Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Tue 4 May (2/10) · Tue 11 May (2/10) · Tue 18 May (2/10)
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
203
213
224
236
247
256
266
273
283
294
306
317
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
25
33
43
54
65
76
85
95
103
113
124
135
146
155
165
173
183
194
205
216
225
235
243
256✦
267✦
279✦
2810✦
299✦
305
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
45
56
65
75
83
93
104
115
126
135
145
153
163
174
185
196
2010✦
219✦
226✦
236✦
248✦
259✦
2610✦
2710✦
289✦
296✦
306✦
318✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19✦
210✦
310✦
45
53
63
74
85
96
105
115
123
133
144
155
167✦
176✦
188✦
193
203
214
225
236
245
255
263
273
284
295
306
315
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
33
44
55
66
75
85
93
103
114
125
137✦
146✦
158✦
163
173
184
195
206
215
225
233
243
254
265
276
285
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
33
44
55
66
76
86
94
104
115
126
137
146
156
164
174
185
196
207
219✦
228✦
235✦
246✦
257✦
268✦
279✦
289✦
298✦
304
314
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
37
46
56
64
74
85
96
107
116
126
134
144
155
166
177
186
196
204
213
224
235
246
255
265
273
283
294
305
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
24
34
42
52
63
74
85
94
104
112
122
133
144
155
164
174
182
192
203
214
225
234
244
252
262
273
284
296✦
306✦
317✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
46
57
66
76
83
93
104
116
127
136
146
153
163
174
186
197
206
216
223
233
244
256
267
276
286
293
303
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
26
37
49✦
56
63
73
84
96
107
116
126
133
143
154
166
177
186
196
203
213
224
236
247
256
266
273
283
294
306
317
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
26
33
43
54
66
77
86
96
103
113
124
136
147
156
166
173
183
194
206
217
226
236
243
253
264
276
287
296
306
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
23
34
46✦
56✦
67✦
72
82
93
104
115
124
134
142
152
163
174
185
194
204
212
222
233
244
255
264
274
282
292
303
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
27
36
46
53
63
74
86
98✦
107✦
119✦
123
133
144
156
167
176
186
193
The months that actually matter at California's Great America
Busiest months
June, July, August and October — the summer holiday and Halloween Haunt weekends.
Quietest months
May and September — May and September weekdays.
Local knowledge: RailBlazer seats twelve at a time, so its line moves slowly all day — ride it in the first half hour or the last.
When to avoid California's Great America, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Wed Nov 25 – Sun Nov 29Thanksgiving · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 7/10, 8 at worst
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 8/10, 9 at worst
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 8/10, 9 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 17 – Sun May 23about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 20 – Sun Sep 26about 3/10 · 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 California's Great America, 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? California's Great America 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.