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Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Friday 21 August 2026

6 rides tracked10am - 9pmWilliamsburg, Virginia, United States

Busch Gardens Williamsburg ran at 35% of a peak day on Friday 21 August 2026 - below avg, the 24th quietest of the 31 days that month. The park-wide average queue was 10 minutes, peaking at 13 around 3pm.

Friday 21 August 2026

Below avg · 24th quietest of 31

Busch Gardens Williamsburg ran at 35% of a peak day, against 33% for August 2026 as a whole. The park-wide average queue was 10 minutes.

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35%crowds
Hours10am - 9pm33.3% of rides running

Queue times through the day at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Park-wide average by hour

10am - 9pm · minutes

510a
811a
1112p
121p
122p
133p
134p
95p
86p
87p
78p
79p
710p
711p

The park was at its worst around 3pm, averaging 13 minutes, and at its best at 10am with 5 minutes.

Every ride's queue at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Fri 21 Aug

Average queue by ride

33 rides · longest first

  1. Verbolten: Forbidden Turnpeak 30 min · ran all day18m
  2. Tempestopeak 20 min · ran all day12m
  3. Der Autobahnpeak 15 min · ran all day8m
  4. Finnegan's Flyerpeak 15 min · ran all day8m
  5. The Battering Rampeak 15 min · ran all day7m
  6. Apollo's Chariotpeak 10 min · ran all day6m
  7. Alpengeistpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  8. Bert and Ernie's Loch Adventurepeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  9. Bug-a-Dugpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  10. Chug-a-Tugpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  11. DarKoaster®peak 0 min · ran all day0m
  12. Der Autobahn Jrpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  13. Der Roto Baronpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  14. Escape From Pompeiipeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  15. Flutter Sputterpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  16. Griffonpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  17. Grover's Alpine Expresspeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  18. InvadRpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  19. Kinder Karusselpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  20. Le Catapultpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  21. Le Scootpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  22. Li'l Clydespeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  23. Loch Ness Monster: The Legend Lives Onpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  24. Oscar's Whirly Wormspeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  25. Pantheonpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  26. Rhine River Cruisepeak 0 min · 660 min down (1)0m
  27. Roman Rapids peak 0 min · 660 min down (1)0m
  28. Skyride (England Station)peak 0 min · ran all day0m
  29. The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf’s Revengepeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  30. The Little Balloonspeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  31. The Little Gliderspeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  32. The Trade Windpeak 0 min · ran all day0m
  33. Turkish Delightpeak 0 min · ran all day0m

Verbolten: Forbidden Turn held the longest queue, averaging 18 minutes and touching 30. No ride lost time on this day.

Where Fri 21 Aug sat in August 2026

Crowd score, day by day

31 days · this day marked

At 35% this was the 24th quietest of the 31 days in August 2026, which averaged 33%.

Quiet 0-20%Below avg 20-40%Average 40-60%Above avg 60-80%Very busy 80-100%

Every figure here was measured on the day: each ride's queue time and open or closed status is recorded every few minutes through Busch Gardens Williamsburg's own operating hours. The crowd score is relative to this park's own busiest day rather than to other parks. Rides with no queue recorded were either walk-on all day or not reporting.

Frequently asked

How busy was Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Friday 21 August 2026?

35% of a peak day, which is below avg. The park-wide average wait across 6 rides was 10 minutes, making it the 24th quietest of the 31 days in August 2026.

What was the best time of day to be at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on that day?

10am, when the park-wide average was 5 minutes, against 13 minutes at the 3pm peak. The park was open 10am - 9pm.

Which ride had the longest queue at Busch Gardens Williamsburg that day?

Verbolten: Forbidden Turn, averaging 18 minutes and reaching 30 minutes at its worst. The shortest was Turkish Delight at 0 minutes.

Were any rides closed at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Fri 21 Aug?

No ride lost time on this day.

Where do these figures come from?

Every ride's queue time and open or closed status is recorded every few minutes through Busch Gardens Williamsburg's own operating hours. The figures on this page are what was measured on the day, not a forecast.

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