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Vortex — wait times

Vortex at Carowinds. Closed right now.

Busiest around 6pm (about 16 min) and quietest around 10am (about 1 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Saturday averages the longest queue, at about 20 minutes.

Closed during 10% 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 120 minutes on 2026-10-17, the shortest 0 minutes on 2026-08-12.

Typical wait through the day

10am1 min8 readings
11am3 min12 readings
12pm10 min15 readings
1pm9 min13 readings
2pm12 min19 readings
3pm11 min23 readings
4pm13 min18 readings
5pm11 min23 readings
6pm16 min26 readings
7pm16 min22 readings
8pm10 min18 readings
9pm13 min17 readings
10pm6 min15 readings
11pm10 min11 readings

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