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Thunder Striker — wait times

Thunder Striker at Carowinds. Closed right now.

Busiest around 5pm (about 14 min) and quietest around 10am (about 1 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 16 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 45 minutes on 2026-08-16, the shortest 0 minutes on 2026-08-10.

Typical wait through the day

10am1 min9 readings
11am3 min8 readings
12pm7 min10 readings
1pm9 min9 readings
2pm12 min10 readings
3pm7 min13 readings
4pm9 min9 readings
5pm14 min14 readings
6pm14 min10 readings
7pm13 min8 readings
8pm9 min4 readings
9pm14 min5 readings

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