Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Tue 4 May (1/10) · Thu 6 May (1/10) · Tue 11 May (1/10)
Busiest: Sat 26 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
231
2410
259
266
271
2810
291
301
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
25
31
410
51
61
710
88
95
101
1110
121
131
1410
158
165
171
1810
191
201
2110
228
235
241
2510✦
261✦
274✦
2810✦
2910✦
305
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
210
31
41
510
69
76
81
910
101
111
1210
139
146
151
1610
171
181
1910
2010✦
2110✦
221✦
2310✦
241✦
254✦
2610✦
2710✦
2810✦
291✦
3010✦
311✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14✦
210✦
310✦
45
51
610
71
81
910
108
115
121
1310
141
151
1610✦
1710✦
188✦
191
2010
211
221
2310
248
255
261
2710
281
291
3010
318
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
21
310
41
51
610
78
85
91
1010
111
121
1310✦
1410✦
158✦
161
1710
181
191
2010
218
225
231
2410
251
261
2710
288
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
21
310
41
51
610
710
87
91
1010
111
122
1310
1410
157
161
1710
181
192
2010
2110✦
229✦
231✦
2410✦
251✦
263✦
2710✦
2810✦
299✦
301
3110
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
22
310
410
57
61
710
81
92
1010
1110
127
131
1410
151
162
1710
1810
197
201
2110
221
231
2410
258
265
271
2810
291
301
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
27
34
41
59
61
71
810
97
104
111
129
131
141
1510
167
174
181
199
201
211
2210
237
244
251
269
271
281
2910✦
309✦
317✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
210
31
41
510
69
76
81
910
101
111
1210
139
146
151
1610
171
181
1910
209
216
221
2310
241
251
2610
279
286
291
3010
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
310
410✦
56
61
710
81
91
1010
119
126
131
1410
151
161
1710
189
196
201
2110
221
231
2410
259
266
271
2810
291
301
3110
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19
26
31
410
51
61
710
89
96
101
1110
121
131
1410
159
166
171
1810
191
201
2110
229
236
241
2510
261
271
2810
299
306
311
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
21
31
410✦
510✦
69✦
71
810
91
101
1110
129
136
141
1510
161
171
1810
199
206
211
2210
231
241
2510
269
276
281
2910
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
210
39
46
51
610
71
81
910✦
1010✦
119✦
121
1310
141
151
1610
179
186
191
2010
211
221
The months that actually matter at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Busiest months
June, July, August, September, October and December — summer, Howl-O-Scream in autumn and Christmas Town in December.
Quietest months
May and September — May weekdays and early September weekdays.
Local knowledge: The park is built across steep river valleys — the walking is real, and the skyride and train are genuine time-savers rather than attractions.
When to avoid Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Wed Nov 25 – Sun Nov 29Thanksgiving · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat Sep 4 – Mon Sep 6Labor Day · about 10/10
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 10/10
Quietest weeks
Mon Nov 2 – Sun Nov 8about 5/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 5/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 5/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 5/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 17 – Sun May 23about 5/10 · 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 Williamsburg, 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 Williamsburg 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.