ParkPulse Islands of Adventure
The Cat in The Hat: Wait Times
Live queue time, the real wait you are likely to stand, and the quietest times to ride, from our own minute-by-minute tracking . Times are park time (ET).
Best time to ride: around 9am, typically 6 min posted
Busiest around 5pm at 12 min
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Quietest later today: around 08:00, typically 5 min.
Forecast this ride for your park day
Pick any date up to ten months ahead: hour-by-hour expected waits for The Cat in The Hat, from twelve years of crowd history. Free.
Typical posted wait
9 min
Highest we've seen
75 min
Days tracked
95
Best day to ride
Mon
Wait by time of day
Average posted wait per hour, all recorded days
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| Hour | Average posted wait |
|---|---|
| 9am | 6 min |
| 10am | 7 min |
| 11am | 9 min |
| 12pm | 9 min |
| 1pm | 9 min |
| 2pm | 9 min |
| 3pm | 9 min |
| 4pm | 10 min |
| 5pm | 12 min |
| 6pm | 11 min |
| 7pm | 9 min |
| 8pm | 7 min |
| 9pm | 7 min |
Wait by day of week
Average posted wait per day, all recorded days
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| Day | Average posted wait |
|---|---|
| Sun | 9 min |
| Mon | 7 min |
| Tue | 8 min |
| Wed | 8 min |
| Thu | 7 min |
| Fri | 8 min |
| Sat | 13 min |
Wait by month
Estimated from six years of this park's daily crowd history, scaled to this ride. Tap a month for its day-by-day detail.
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| Month | Average posted wait |
|---|---|
| Jan | 9 min |
| Feb | 10 min |
| Mar | 12 min |
| Apr | 11 min |
| May | 9 min |
| Jun | 10 min |
| Jul | 11 min |
| Aug | 8 min |
| Sep | 4 min |
| Oct | 8 min |
| Nov | 8 min |
| Dec | 10 min |
Monthly figures are estimated from this park's recorded daily crowd levels, scaled to this ride.
From this park's recorded crowds on each day, scaled to this ride's level. Weekends and holidays stand out.
Wait by year
Yearly average and typical daily peak, how demand for this ride has changed
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| Year | Average wait | Typical peak |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 min | 24 min |
| 2025 | 8 min | 22 min |
| 2024 | 10 min | 22 min |
| 2023 | 10 min | 28 min |
| 2022 | 11 min | 30 min |
| 2021 | 10 min | 27 min |
| 2020 | 8 min | 20 min |
| 2019 | 8 min | 22 min |
| 2018 | 7 min | 19 min |
The posted wait is not your real wait
Parks pad their posted times. We compared over 139,000 measured queue walks with the boards: rides like this one typically move at about 72% of the posted time. This is a modelled estimate, we do not yet have measured walk-through data for this ride. Queues move slowest mid-afternoon and fastest at opening and closing. None of this is a promise: on peak days some queues do run the full posted time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average wait for The Cat in The Hat?
The posted wait averages 9 minutes across every day we have tracked, with a recorded peak of 75 minutes.
When is the best time to ride The Cat in The Hat?
Waits are typically shortest around 9am, and Mondays tend to be the quietest day of the week. Rope drop (arriving before park opening) beats both.
Where do these wait times come from?
Posted times come from the park's own wait boards via queue-times.com, polled every five minutes. The history charts blend our own recorded readings with queue-times.com's published yearly statistics.
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ParkPulse is a free tool from Theme Park Direct. Live data via queue-times.com. Posted waits change quickly, real-wait figures are typical estimates, not guarantees.
