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A LIGHT DAY

If you'd been here on Labor Day,
you'd have walked on everything but the big two.

Sep 7, 2026 held steady at a 3/10, a forgiving day if you arrived with a plan. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 6, settling around a 3 for most of the day.

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3
/10
Light
AVG WAIT14m
PEAK45m
RIDES OPEN11/6
WEATHER82° Clear
Busch Gardens Williamsburg crowd report infographic for Sep 7, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

11 AM to 7 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
11 AM
3
12 PM
3
1 PM
1
2 PM
3
3 PM
3
4 PM
1
5 PM
6
6 PM
6
7 PM
11 AM to 10 AM
Hit Verbolten first

Even on a light day, Verbolten builds fast by mid-morning. Get there before the gates open.

11 AM to 1 PM
Lunch is the low water mark

Waits ease during the noon hour. Hit a second-tier ride now.

2 PM to 6 PM
Walk-on window opens

Finnegan + Tempesto fall to walk-on in the mid-afternoon. Re-rideable.

8 PM to 7 PM
Final-hour re-rides

Most families leave well before close. Re-ride your favorite while everyone else heads out.

Every ride, by average wait.

19 rides · avg wait shown
Verbolten
28m avg
peak 45m · 100% uptime
Finnegan's Flyer
17m avg
peak 30m · 100% uptime
Tempesto
13m avg
peak 20m · 100% uptime
Apollo's Chariot
9m avg
peak 20m · 100% uptime
Der Autobahn
7m avg
peak 20m · 100% uptime
The Battering Ram
6m avg
peak 10m · 100% uptime
Alpengeist
0m avg
peak 0m · 100% uptime
DarKoaster
0m avg
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Escape From Pompeii
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Griffon
0m avg
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Grover's Alpine Express
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
InvadR
0m avg
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Le Catapult
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Le Scoot
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives On
0m avg
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Pantheon
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
The Trade Wind
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Turkish Delight
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 82°F, low 65°F, rain for 1h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Verbolten 34m to 20m
1:15p Walk-on window: Finnegan + Tempesto
4:08p Smart pick: Verbolten is short right now, go
6:30p Dinner spike flagged, sit it out
4 drop alerts · 3 picks · 1 skip suggestion