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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have needed a plan to get on the headliners.

Jul 23, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Flight of Fear can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 2 and a 8, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT36m
PEAK95m
RIDES OPEN21/21
WEATHER76° Clear
Kings Island crowd report infographic for Jul 23, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

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

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Flight of Fear 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 10 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
Flight of Fear
61m avg
peak 95m · 90% uptime
Woodstock Express
60m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
53m avg
peak 60m · 95% uptime
Mystic Timbers
52m avg
peak 90m · 93% uptime
The Beast
50m avg
peak 75m · 93% uptime
Diamondback
48m avg
peak 70m · 91% uptime
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
46m avg
peak 60m · 92% uptime
Kings Mills Antique Autos
33m avg
peak 50m · 98% uptime
The Bat
32m avg
peak 50m · 98% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
32m avg
peak 35m · 98% uptime
Invertigo
29m avg
peak 60m · 97% uptime
Banshee
29m avg
peak 45m · 98% uptime
Orion
28m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Drop Tower
27m avg
peak 45m · 92% uptime
White Water Canyon
26m avg
peak 60m · 66% uptime
Sol Spin
26m avg
peak 30m · 50% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
24m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Adventure Express
24m avg
peak 25m · 98% uptime
Racer Red
21m avg
peak 30m · 83% uptime
Delirium
20m avg
peak 30m · 96% uptime
Racer Blue
17m avg
peak 30m · 82% uptime
Cargo Loco
Closed all day
Great Pumpkin Coaster
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
WindSeeker
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
1 ride was closed all day
Cargo Loco

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 76°F, low 55°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Flight of Fear right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Flight of Fear 95m to 57m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions