I can't mark it down for bad weather, but we couldn't have picked a worse time to reserve our ticket for as a freak storm passed over! The visibility was really poor but that can't be helped. Love the elevator ride up and the surprise after. I am not sure what the normal lines were like, but we paid extra to skip the lines and it was great to get straight up and down. If you've never done it before, it's certainly worth a visit.