Carowinds queue time statistics

The Conjuring: Beyond Fear has the longest average queue at Carowinds, at 42 minutes, followed by JASON: Blood Reign (28 minutes) and Copperhead Strike (25 minutes). 34 of the 48 rides have an average queue of 15 minutes or less.

The Conjuring: Beyond Fear sees the longest peak queues at Carowinds, with its daily maximum averaging 42 minutes, ahead of Copperhead Strike (39 minutes) and Fury 325 (34 minutes).

Carowinds is usually quietest in July, August, and November, when crowd levels average as low as 38%. The busiest month tends to be April, at around 68%.

Wednesday is typically the quietest day of the week at Carowinds, averaging 34% compared with 68% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 19 percentage points quieter than weekends.

So far in 2026, Carowinds is running 10 percentage points quieter than at the same point in 2025 (40% compared with 50%). Of the full years on record, 2019 was the busiest, averaging 64%. 2020 and 2021 are left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels in those years.