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A LIGHT DAY

If you'd been here on a weekend like this,
you'd have walked on everything but the big two.

Jul 12, 2026 held steady at a 4/10, a forgiving day if you arrived with a plan. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 5, settling around a 4 for most of the day.

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4
/10
Light
AVG WAIT8m
PEAK60m
RIDES OPEN24/24
WEATHER81° Cloudy
Kings Dominion crowd report infographic for Jul 12, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

12 PM to 10 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
12 PM
3
1 PM
3
2 PM
4
3 PM
3
4 PM
5
5 PM
4
6 PM
3
7 PM
5
8 PM
5
9 PM
5
10 PM
12 PM to 10 AM
Hit Twisted Timbers first

Even on a light day, Twisted 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

Blue Ridge Tollway + Rapterra 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.

27 rides · avg wait shown
Twisted Timbers
35m avg
peak 60m · 91% uptime
Blue Ridge Tollway
18m avg
peak 30m · 95% uptime
Rapterra
17m avg
peak 45m · 85% uptime
Apple Zapple
12m avg
peak 35m · 51% uptime
Tumbili
12m avg
peak 35m · 79% uptime
Dodgem
12m avg
peak 25m · 99% uptime
Reptilian
11m avg
peak 35m · 92% uptime
Flight of Fear
11m avg
peak 25m · 92% uptime
Woodstock Express
11m avg
peak 25m · 83% uptime
Dominator
9m avg
peak 30m · 89% uptime
Shenandoah Lumber Co.
7m avg
peak 30m · 79% uptime
Flying Eagles
5m avg
peak 15m · 95% uptime
WindSeeker
5m avg
peak 15m · 68% uptime
Bad Apple
5m avg
peak 8m · 91% uptime
Carousel
5m avg
peak 8m · 99% uptime
Delirium
5m avg
peak 8m · 79% uptime
Drop Tower
5m avg
peak 7m · 74% uptime
Wave Swinger
5m avg
peak 7m · 92% uptime
Backlot Stunt Coaster
4m avg
peak 15m · 92% uptime
Racer 75
4m avg
peak 10m · 92% uptime
Pantherian
3m avg
peak 20m · 64% uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
3m avg
peak 10m · 74% uptime
Grizzly
3m avg
peak 6m · 92% uptime
White Water Canyon
2m avg
peak 5m · 79% uptime
Americana
Closed all day
Great Pumpkin Coaster
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Racer 75 - South
Closed all day
2 rides were closed all day
Americana Racer 75 - South

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 81°F, low 69°F, rain for 9h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Twisted Timbers 42m to 24m
1:15p Walk-on window: Blue Ridge Tollway + Rapterra
4:08p Smart pick: Twisted Timbers is short right now, go
6:30p Dinner spike flagged, sit it out
4 drop alerts · 3 picks · 1 skip suggestion