Best Rides at Carowinds
The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time
These are the most popular rides at Carowinds, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.
Top rides by typical wait
37 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1Ricochet~23 min typical wait up to 29 min at peak
- 2Kiddy Hawk~20 min typical wait up to 26 min at peak
- 3The Flying Cobras~19 min typical wait up to 26 min at peak
- 4Snoopy's Racing Railway~19 min typical wait up to 28 min at peak
- 5Fury 325~18 min typical wait up to 24 min at peak
- 6Gear Spin~18 min typical wait
- 7Copperhead Strike~17 min typical wait up to 33 min at peak
- 8Carolina Goldrusher~16 min typical wait up to 22 min at peak
- 9Windstar~13 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 10Flying Ace Balloon Race~13 min typical wait up to 17 min at peak
- 11Thunder Striker~13 min typical wait up to 17 min at peak
- 12Hurler~12 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 13Afterburn~10 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 14Boo Blasters on Boo Hill~10 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 15Hover and Dodge~10 min typical wait up to 11 min at peak
- 16Woodstock Express~10 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 17Vortex~9 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 18Rock 'N' Roller~9 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 19Charlie Brown's River Raft Blast~9 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 20WindSeeker~8 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 21Mountain Gliders~8 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 22Do-Si-Do~8 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 23Carolina Cyclone~7 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 24PEANUTS Trailblazers~7 min typical wait up to 8 min at peak
- 25Air Racers~7 min typical wait up to 9 min at peak
- 26Charlie Brown’s Wind-Up~6 min typical wait up to 9 min at peak
- 27Snoopy vs Red Baron~6 min typical wait up to 7 min at peak
- 28Zephyr~6 min typical wait up to 7 min at peak
- 29Camp Bus~6 min typical wait up to 7 min at peak
- 30Pig Pens Mud Buggies~6 min typical wait up to 7 min at peak
- 31The Airwalker~6 min typical wait up to 8 min at peak
- 32Wilderness Run~6 min typical wait up to 8 min at peak
- 33Kaleidoscope~6 min typical wait up to 7 min at peak
- 34Kite Eating Tree~5 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
- 35Woodstock Whirlybirds~5 min typical wait up to 5 min at peak
- 36Gyro Force~5 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
- 37PEANUTS Pirates~5 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy — the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.