Vortex

at Carowinds Coaster Min height: 54" Fast Lane available
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Latest reading (Oct 1, 5:28 AM park time)

Status

Closed

Current Wait

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Fast Lane Wait

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Best time of day to ride

Quietest around 11 AM — typical wait 5 min.

  • 11 AM 5 min
  • 12 PM 8 min
  • 1 PM 8 min
  • 2 PM 9 min
  • 3 PM 7 min
  • 4 PM 7 min
  • 5 PM 8 min
  • 6 PM 7 min
  • 7 PM 8 min
  • 8 PM 9 min
  • 9 PM 9 min
  • 10 PM 8 min

Average across all days, from 557 readings over the last 90 days (park local time).

Typical wait by day and hour

Quietest day: Wednesday (~5 min) · Busiest: Saturday (~15 min)

Typical wait in minutes for Vortex by day of week and hour
Day 8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM
Sun · · · 5 5 8 8 6 8 8 7 6 8 8 8
Mon · · 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 5 5 5 · 0 0
Tue · · 5 5 · 8 · 5 6 11 9 7 7 8 8
Wed · · · · · 5 5 · 5 5 5 5 5 5 ·
Thu · · 5 5 5 5 5 5 · · 7 7 5 5 5
Fri · · · · 5 5 9 11 8 7 8 5 5 8 8
Sat · · · · 19 11 15 8 9 10 9 18 22 27 15

Greener = shorter typical waits. A dot (·) means no samples for that hour. Based on 614 readings.

Last 30 days

Not enough data yet for a 30-day trend (0 days with readings).