Vortex

Carowinds

Historical wait times (06-14-2026)

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Ride statistics

Coordinates (OSM) 35.1038, -80.9417

Average wait time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2018 11 15
2019 7 9
2020 β€” β€”
2021 21 27
2022 19 23
2023 14 20
2024 12 20
2025 15 21
2026 19 31

Average wait time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Mar 22 35
Apr 22 31
May 17 24
Jun 13 18
Jul 13 15
Aug 12 15
Sep 12 16
Oct 15 24
Nov 6 8

Average wait time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 13 18
Mon 12 16
Tue 12 14
Wed 11 12
Thu 12 15
Fri 13 17
Sat 21 31

Top 10 longest wait times (all time)

Average wait time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
0 5 5
9 12 13
10 12 13
11 13 15
12 15 17
13 17 18
14 17 18
15 18 19
16 18 19
17 17 18
18 17 17
19 16 17
20 15 16
21 14 15
22 16 18
23 18 19

Average wait time by week of year (all time)

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Average daily wait time histogram (all time)

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Maximum daily wait time histogram (all time)

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Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

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