The Grand Carousel

The live wait time for The Grand Carousel at Carowinds is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live The Grand Carousel queue times.

The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether The Grand Carousel is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Carowinds's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, The Grand Carousel has been open around 97% of Carowinds's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Carowinds.

For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window. The hour-by-hour heatmap on this page shows The Grand Carousel's specific pattern once a few days of data have been recorded.

Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak queues for The Grand Carousel at Carowinds.

Over the last two weeks, The Grand Carousel has been running about 97% of the time. We track The Grand Carousel's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.

The Grand Carousel is at Carowinds - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Carowinds page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest queues right now.

Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when The Grand Carousel's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when The Grand Carousel is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.