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Thunder Striker — wait times

Thunder Striker at Carowinds. Closed right now.

Busiest around 9pm (about 23 min) and quietest around 10am (about 1 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Saturday averages the longest queue, at about 17 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 70 minutes on 2026-09-26, the shortest 0 minutes on 2026-08-10.

Typical wait through the day

10am1 min9 readings
11am3 min10 readings
12pm8 min13 readings
1pm9 min9 readings
2pm11 min16 readings
3pm7 min19 readings
4pm10 min14 readings
5pm14 min18 readings
6pm17 min16 readings
7pm15 min14 readings
8pm10 min9 readings
9pm23 min10 readings
10pm16 min9 readings
11pm21 min7 readings

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