Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Wed 21 Apr (1/10) · Wed 28 Apr (1/10) · Wed 5 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
258
266
273
281
291
301
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
25
33
41
51
61
710
87
95
103
111
121
131
1410
157
165
173
181
191
201
2110
227
235
243
251✦
261✦
271✦
2810✦
2910✦
305
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
31
41
510
67
75
83
91
101
111
1210
137
145
153
161
171
181
1910
2010✦
219✦
226✦
231✦
241✦
251✦
2610✦
2710✦
289✦
296✦
301✦
311✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11✦
210✦
310✦
45
53
61
71
81
910
107
115
123
131
141
151
1610✦
179✦
188✦
193
201
211
221
2310
247
255
263
271
281
291
3010
317
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
31
41
51
610
77
85
93
101
111
121
1310✦
149✦
158✦
163
171
181
191
2010
217
225
233
241
251
261
2710
287
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
23
31
41
51
610
79
86
94
101
111
121
1310
149
156
164
171
181
191
2010
2110✦
228✦
235✦
241✦
251✦
261✦
2710✦
2810✦
298✦
304
311
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
310
48
55
63
71
81
91
1010
118
125
133
141
151
161
1710
188
195
203
211
221
231
2410
256
264
272
281
291
301
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
26
34
42
51
61
71
810
96
104
112
121
131
141
1510
166
174
182
191
201
211
2210
236
244
252
261
271
281
2910✦
308✦
317✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
21
31
41
510
68
76
83
91
101
111
1210
138
146
153
161
171
181
1910
208
216
223
231
241
251
2610
278
286
293
301
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
310
410✦
56
63
71
81
91
1010
118
126
133
141
151
161
1710
188
196
203
211
221
231
2410
258
266
273
281
291
301
3110
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
26
33
41
51
61
710
88
96
103
111
121
131
1410
158
166
173
181
191
201
2110
228
236
243
251
261
271
2810
298
306
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
31
410✦
58✦
67✦
72
81
91
101
1110
126
134
142
151
161
171
1810
196
204
212
221
231
241
2510
266
274
282
291
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
210
38
46
53
61
71
81
910✦
1010✦
119✦
123
131
141
151
1610
178
186
193
201
211
221
The months that actually matter at Carowinds
Busiest months
June, July, August and October — the summer holiday and Scarowinds weekends.
Quietest months
April, May and September — April and May weekdays and September weekdays.
Local knowledge: Fury 325 has excellent throughput for its popularity — the posted wait usually overstates the real one by a good margin.
When to avoid Carowinds, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat Feb 13 – Mon Feb 15Presidents' Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat May 29 – Mon May 31Memorial Day · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sat Sep 4 – Mon Sep 6Labor Day · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 10/10
Quietest weeks
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
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 17 – Sun May 23about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 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 Carowinds, 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? Carowinds 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.