Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Thu 7 Jan (1/10) · Thu 14 Jan (1/10) · Thu 21 Jan (1/10)
Busiest: Sun 21 Mar (10/10) — Easter week
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
232
2410
2510
267
271
281
291
302
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
26
31
41
51
61
710
810
96
101
111
121
131
1410
1510
166
171
181
191
201
2110
2210
236
241
251✦
261✦
274✦
2810✦
2910✦
306
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
31
41
510
610
76
81
91
101
111
1210
1310
146
151
161
171
181
1910
2010✦
2110✦
222✦
231✦
241✦
254✦
2610✦
2710✦
2810✦
292✦
301✦
311✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14✦
210✦
310✦
45
51
61
71
81
910
1010
115
121
131
141
151
1610✦
1710✦
188✦
191
201
211
221
2310
2410
255
261
271
281
291
3010
3110
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
21
31
41
51
610
710
85
91
101
111
121
1310✦
1410✦
158✦
161
171
181
191
2010
2110
225
231
241
251
261
2710
2810
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
21
31
41
52
610
710
89
91
101
111
123
1310
1410
159
161
171
181
193
2010
2110✦
2210✦
232✦
241✦
251✦
264✦
2710✦
2810✦
2910✦
301
311
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
22
310
410
58
61
71
81
92
1010
1110
128
131
141
151
162
1710
1810
198
201
211
221
231
2410
2510
266
271
281
291
301
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
210
35
41
51
61
71
810
910
105
111
121
131
141
1510
1610
175
181
191
201
211
2210
2310
245
251
261
271
281
2910✦
3010✦
318✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
31
42
510
610
77
81
91
101
112
1210
1310
147
151
161
171
182
1910
2010
217
221
231
241
252
2610
2710
287
291
301
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
22
310
410✦
57
61
71
81
92
1010
1110
127
131
141
151
162
1710
1810
197
201
211
221
232
2410
2510
267
271
281
291
302
3110
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
26
31
41
51
61
710
810
96
101
111
121
131
1410
1510
166
171
181
191
201
2110
2210
236
241
251
261
271
2810
2910
306
311
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
32
410✦
510✦
610✦
71
81
91
102
1110
1210
137
141
151
161
172
1810
1910
207
211
221
231
242
2510
2610
277
281
291
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
210
310
47
51
61
71
82
910✦
1010✦
1110✦
121
131
141
152
1610
1710
187
191
201
211
222
The months that actually matter at Busch Gardens Tampa
Busiest months
March, June, July, September and October — spring break, summer, and Howl-O-Scream weekends.
Quietest months
January, February, May and September — January and February weekdays, May weekdays, and September weekdays before Howl-O-Scream.
Local knowledge: Busch Gardens is also a zoo, and the animal areas are far more rewarding in the first two hours before the Florida heat.
When to avoid Busch Gardens Tampa, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 6/10, 10 at worst
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 6/10, 10 at worst
Sun Jul 4July 4th · about 10/10
Sat Sep 4 – Mon Sep 6Labor Day · about 10/10
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 10/10
Quietest weeks
Mon Jan 4 – Sun Jan 10about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jan 25 – Sun Jan 31about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Feb 1 – Sun Feb 7about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Busch Gardens Tampa, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Busch Gardens Tampa wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.