Busch Gardens Williamsburg wait time statistics

Skyride (England Station) has the longest average wait at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, at 137 minutes, followed by Skyride (France Station) (137 minutes) and Skyride (Germany Station) (137 minutes). 9 of the 21 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.

Skyride (England Station) sees the longest peak waits at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, with its daily maximum averaging 137 minutes, ahead of Skyride (France Station) (137 minutes) and Skyride (Germany Station) (137 minutes).

Busch Gardens Williamsburg is usually quietest in February, when crowd levels average as low as 24%. The busiest month tends to be October, at around 60%.

Thursday is typically the quietest day of the week at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, averaging 32% compared with 75% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 22 percentage points quieter than weekends.

So far in 2026, Busch Gardens Williamsburg is running 7 percentage points busier than at the same point in 2025 (48% compared with 41%). Of the full years on record, 2019 was the busiest, averaging 61%. 2020 is left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels that year.