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Flying Ace Balloon Race — wait times

Flying Ace Balloon Race at Carowinds. Closed right now.

Busiest around 6pm (about 19 min) and quietest around 11am (about 3 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Monday averages the longest queue, at about 21 minutes.

Closed during 5% of the readings taken while the park was fully open. The feed does not say why, so that covers refurbishment and weather as well as breakdowns.

The longest queue we have recorded is 60 minutes on 2026-08-29, the shortest 0 minutes on 2026-08-14.

Typical wait through the day

10am4 min9 readings
11am3 min13 readings
12pm5 min15 readings
1pm9 min14 readings
2pm12 min20 readings
3pm15 min23 readings
4pm17 min20 readings
5pm12 min24 readings
6pm19 min12 readings
7pm14 min7 readings

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