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A LIGHT DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have set your own pace, all day.

Aug 21, 2026 held steady at a 3/10, a forgiving day if you arrived with a plan. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 7, settling around a 3 for most of the day.

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3
/10
Light
AVG WAIT16m
PEAK60m
RIDES OPEN20/15
WEATHER82° Clear
Kings Island crowd report infographic for Aug 21, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

6 PM to 10 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
6 PM
3
7 PM
3
8 PM
7
9 PM
2
10 PM
6 PM to 10 AM
Hit Mystic Timbers first

Even on a light day, Mystic Timbers builds fast by mid-morning. Get there before the gates open.

11 AM to 1 PM
Lunch is the low water mark

Waits ease during the noon hour. Hit a second-tier ride now.

2 PM to 6 PM
Walk-on window opens

Kings Mills Antique Autos + Orion fall to walk-on in the mid-afternoon. Re-rideable.

8 PM to 10 PM
Final-hour re-rides

Most families leave well before close. Re-ride your favorite while everyone else heads out.

Every ride, by average wait.

24 rides · avg wait shown
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
35m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Diamondback
32m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Mystic Timbers
29m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Flight of Fear
28m avg
peak 35m · 99% uptime
The Beast
27m avg
peak 40m · 95% uptime
Banshee
24m avg
peak 30m · 85% uptime
Kings Mills Antique Autos
12m avg
peak 20m · 99% uptime
Orion
11m avg
peak 20m · 98% uptime
Racer Red
9m avg
peak 15m · 99% uptime
Invertigo
8m avg
peak 15m · 87% uptime
The Bat
7m avg
peak 10m · 94% uptime
Delirium
5m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Drop Tower
5m avg
peak 5m · 55% uptime
Sol Spin
5m avg
peak 5m · 96% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
5m avg
peak 5m · 72% uptime
Adventure Express
0m avg
peak 0m · 99% uptime
Cargo Loco
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Great Pumpkin Coaster
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
0m avg
peak 0m · 99% uptime
Racer Blue
0m avg
peak 0m · 4% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
0m avg
peak 0m · 99% uptime
White Water Canyon
Closed all day
WindSeeker
Closed all day
Woodstock Express
0m avg
peak 0m · 99% uptime
2 rides were closed all day
White Water Canyon WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 82°F, low 66°F, rain for 4h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Mystic Timbers 35m to 20m
1:15p Walk-on window: Kings Mills Antique Autos + Orion
4:08p Smart pick: Mystic Timbers is short right now, go
6:30p Dinner spike flagged, sit it out
4 drop alerts · 3 picks · 1 skip suggestion