Vortex

Carowinds

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Historical wait times (04-27-2024)

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Ratings

Children age 3-7
Children age 8-12
Young adults
Adults
Elderly

Ride statistics

Current wait time 60 mins
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 — —
2021 21 27
2022 19 23
2023 13 18
2024 23 36

Average wait time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Mar 19 32
Apr 20 26
May 16 20
Jun 16 21
Jul 14 17
Aug 11 14
Sep 13 16
Oct 14 19
Nov 6 6

Average wait time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 15 19
Mon 15 19
Tue 13 16
Wed 12 14
Thu 13 15
Fri 12 15
Sat 18 24

Top 10 longest wait times (all time)

Day Wait time, mins
October 29, 2023 130
October 28, 2023 130
March 30, 2024 90
April 27, 2019 80
March 29, 2024 75
April 26, 2024 60
April 13, 2024 60
April 02, 2024 60
October 22, 2023 60
October 21, 2023 60

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 13 13
11 13 14
12 14 16
13 16 16
14 16 17
15 17 18
16 17 18
17 17 17
18 16 17
19 15 16
20 15 16
21 15 15
22 16 18
23 18 18

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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