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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a weekend like this,
you'd have spent half the day in queues.

Apr 19, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 5 and a 10, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT62m
PEAK180m
RIDES OPEN20/16
WEATHER55° Clear
Kings Island crowd report infographic for Apr 19, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

12 PM to 7 PM · crowd level 1–10
5
12 PM
10
1 PM
7
2 PM
9
3 PM
7
4 PM
8
5 PM
6
6 PM
6
7 PM
12 PM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare all morning.

11 AM to 1 PM
Treat lunch as a ride

You'll queue for food too. Use that time on a sit-down with a reservation.

2 PM to 6 PM
There is no afternoon dip

Waits hold steady through close. Live wait alerts earn their keep here.

8 PM to 7 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

Headliners finally ease late. Skip dinner, stay late, eat after.

Every ride, by average wait.

24 rides · avg wait shown
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
180m avg
peak 180m · 99% uptime
Diamondback
82m avg
peak 90m · 64% uptime
The Beast
76m avg
peak 80m · 61% uptime
Mystic Timbers
75m avg
peak 120m · 93% uptime
Flight of Fear
61m avg
peak 90m · 90% uptime
Banshee
60m avg
peak 75m · 92% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
60m avg
peak 60m · 36% uptime
Orion
58m avg
peak 80m · 93% uptime
The Bat
58m avg
peak 65m · 87% uptime
Racer Blue
53m avg
peak 60m · 59% uptime
Racer Red
47m avg
peak 60m · 93% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
35m avg
peak 35m · 91% uptime
Sol Spin
30m avg
peak 30m · 85% uptime
Woodstock Express
30m avg
peak 30m · 93% uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
25m avg
peak 25m · 93% uptime
Delirium
23m avg
peak 24m · 90% uptime
Adventure Express
Closed all day
Cargo Loco
0m avg
peak 0m · 93% uptime
Drop Tower
Closed all day
Great Pumpkin Coaster
0m avg
peak 0m · 93% uptime
Invertigo
Closed all day
Kings Mills Antique Autos
0m avg
peak 0m · 93% uptime
White Water Canyon
Closed all day
WindSeeker
0m avg
peak 0m · 4% uptime
4 rides were closed all day
Adventure Express Drop Tower Invertigo White Water Canyon

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 55°F, low 40°F, rain for 3h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Phantom Theater right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Phantom Theater 180m to 108m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions