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Live standby where we have it, plus typical waits built from the same crowd-sourced feed—grouped by month, weekday, and clock time for this park. We infer busy hours from when posted waits rise and drop in the data, not from a printed park schedule.
Typical wait averaged across the full day: weekdays (Mon–Fri) compared with Sat–Sun, from the same history as the charts.
Every poll records whether the queue was accepting guests and posting a standby number, or temporarily unavailable (refurbishment, weather hold, mechanical issue, etc.). Those “not running” moments are rolled into the same history you see in charts—so when a ride shows a high “pause” share, it usually means real interruptions guests would have hit, not the park calendar in the app.
Across all rides here, about 6% of our samples caught the queue unavailable instead of posting a wait you could join. That number falls as rides reopen and the day runs smoothly.
Roughly how busy each land feels on average. Rides without a land label are grouped as “Other”.
The single clock hour with the lowest typical wait anywhere in your data, and which day of the week is usually softest when you average the whole day.
Twelve rides with the highest peak waits. Numbers are typical wait times in minutes for that clock hour (darker = longer).
| Attraction | 1PM | 2PM | 3PM | 4PM | 5PM | 6PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Goldrusher | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| The Flying Cobras | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Fury 325 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Ricochet | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Thunder Striker | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Gear Spin | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Woodstock Express | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Copperhead Strike | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Flying Ace Balloon Race | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Mountain Gliders | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Snoopy's Racing Railway | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Vortex | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
On narrow screens, scroll sideways to see all hours.