Flying Ace Balloon Race

Carowinds

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Historical wait times (04-28-2024)

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Ratings

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

Ride statistics

Current wait time 5 mins
Coordinates (OSM) 35.1017, -80.9399

Average wait time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2019 12 19
2020 — —
2021 — —
2022 — —
2023 12 16
2024 14 19

Average wait time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 5 6
Feb 7 9
Mar 10 16
Apr 18 25
May 13 18
Jun 10 15
Jul 9 13
Aug 7 8
Sep 16 23
Oct 24 30
Nov 6 7

Average wait time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 12 18
Mon 11 16
Tue 9 10
Wed 9 11
Thu 10 12
Fri 10 14
Sat 16 23

Top 10 longest wait times (all time)

Day Wait time, mins
October 15, 2023 60
April 06, 2019 60
September 03, 2023 50
March 29, 2024 45
October 22, 2023 45
October 21, 2023 45
October 14, 2023 45
June 10, 2023 45
May 20, 2023 45
April 29, 2023 45

Average wait time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
9 14 14
10 11 11
11 11 12
12 12 13
13 13 14
14 14 15
15 14 15
16 14 14
17 13 14
18 14 14
19 14 15
20 12 12
21 11 12
22 25 25
23 30 30

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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