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Carowinds

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Historical wait times (10-27-2025)

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Current wait time Closed
Coordinates (OSM) 35.1038, -80.9417

Average wait time by month (2023)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Apr 15 15
May 15 15
Aug 14 21
Sep 11 18
Oct 17 29
Nov 6 6

Average wait time by day (2023)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 12 18
Mon 10 20
Thu 8 8
Fri 9 12
Sat 19 29

Top 10 longest wait times (2023)

Day Wait time, mins
October 29, 2023 130
October 28, 2023 130
October 22, 2023 60
October 21, 2023 60
October 28, 2023 45
October 21, 2023 45
October 15, 2023 45
October 14, 2023 45
October 13, 2023 45
September 30, 2023 45

Average wait time by hour (2023)

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

Average wait time by week of year (2023)

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Average wait time by event (2023)

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Event Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins