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
235
247
256
263
273
283
294
305
317
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
23
33
43
54
65
77
86
93
103
113
124
135
147
156
163
173
183
194
205
217
226
233
243
256✦
267✦
279✦
2810✦
2910✦
303
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
45
57
66
73
83
93
104
115
127
136
143
153
163
174
185
197
2010✦
217✦
226✦
236✦
248✦
259✦
2610✦
2710✦
287✦
296✦
306✦
318✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19✦
210✦
310✦
43
53
63
74
85
97
106
113
123
133
144
155
169✦
177✦
186✦
193
203
214
225
237
246
253
263
273
284
295
307
316
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
67
76
83
93
103
114
125
139✦
147✦
156✦
163
173
184
195
207
216
223
233
243
254
265
277
286
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
67
77
84
94
104
115
126
139
147
154
164
174
185
196
209
2110✦
226✦
235✦
246✦
257✦
268✦
2710✦
2810✦
296✦
304
314
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
39
47
54
64
74
85
96
109
117
124
134
144
155
166
179
187
194
204
213
224
235
247
256
263
273
283
294
305
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
25
32
42
52
63
74
86
95
102
112
122
133
144
156
165
172
182
192
203
214
226
235
242
252
262
273
284
298✦
306✦
315✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
46
58
67
74
83
93
104
116
128
137
144
153
163
174
186
198
207
214
223
233
244
256
268
277
284
293
303
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
26
38
410✦
54
63
73
84
96
108
117
124
133
143
154
166
178
187
194
203
213
224
236
248
257
264
273
283
294
306
318
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
22
32
42
53
64
76
85
92
102
112
123
134
146
155
162
172
182
193
204
216
225
232
242
252
263
274
286
295
302
312
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
23
34
48✦
56✦
65✦
72
82
93
104
116
125
132
142
152
163
174
186
195
202
212
222
233
244
256
265
272
282
292
303
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
27
36
43
53
63
74
85
99✦
107✦
116✦
123
133
144
155
167
176
183
193
203
214
225
The months that actually matter at Holiday World
Busiest months
June and July — June and July Saturdays, when the included water park is at its busiest.
Quietest months
May, August and September — May weekdays and August weekdays once Indiana schools return.
Local knowledge: The Voyage is the one line worth planning around. Everything else stays short enough that you can ride on impulse.
When to avoid Holiday World, 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, 9 at worst
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sun Jul 4July 4th · about 10/10
Quietest weeks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
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 Aug 2 – Sun Aug 8about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 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 Holiday World, 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? Holiday World 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.