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A MODERATE DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have felt the park, not the lines.

Aug 7, 2026 landed at a 6/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 10, settling around a 6 for most of the day.

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6
/10
Moderate
AVG WAIT9m
PEAK60m
RIDES OPEN24/23
WEATHER92° Clear
Kings Dominion crowd report infographic for Aug 7, 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
4
2 PM
4
3 PM
5
4 PM
5
5 PM
7
6 PM
7
7 PM
10
8 PM
10
9 PM
5
10 PM
12 PM to 10 AM
Be at the gates before they open

Touring strategy starts here. Woodstock Express climbs steeply through the morning on moderate days.

11 AM to 1 PM
Eat before 11 or after 2

Quick-service queues stack between 11:30 and 1:30. Plan around them.

2 PM to 6 PM
Mid-afternoon dip is real but brief

The window around 2 PM is your friend. Use it on Woodstock Express or whatever you've been putting off.

8 PM to 10 PM
Closing rush is your friend

Lines drop sharply once the night winds down. Wait it out, then re-ride.

Every ride, by average wait.

27 rides · avg wait shown
Rapterra
25m avg
peak 50m · 63% uptime
Woodstock Express
18m avg
peak 60m · 26% uptime
Reptilian
16m avg
peak 30m · 63% uptime
Grizzly
15m avg
peak 25m · 60% uptime
White Water Canyon
13m avg
peak 35m · 57% uptime
Dodgem
13m avg
peak 30m · 99% uptime
Flight of Fear
13m avg
peak 25m · 63% uptime
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
9m avg
peak 60m · 86% uptime
Backlot Stunt Coaster
8m avg
peak 30m · 63% uptime
Dominator
8m avg
peak 25m · 64% uptime
Shenandoah Lumber Co.
8m avg
peak 15m · 57% uptime
Apple Zapple
7m avg
peak 25m · 57% uptime
Bad Apple
7m avg
peak 15m · 68% uptime
Tumbili
7m avg
peak 10m · 57% uptime
WindSeeker
6m avg
peak 8m · 30% uptime
Flying Eagles
5m avg
peak 15m · 69% uptime
Pantherian
5m avg
peak 10m · 45% uptime
Drop Tower
5m avg
peak 6m · 51% uptime
Blue Ridge Tollway
4m avg
peak 20m · 61% uptime
Twisted Timbers
4m avg
peak 15m · 58% uptime
Delirium
4m avg
peak 6m · 53% uptime
Carousel
4m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Wave Swinger
3m avg
peak 5m · 65% uptime
Americana
Closed all day
Great Pumpkin Coaster
Closed all day
Racer 75
0m avg
peak 0m · 61% uptime
Racer 75 - South
Closed all day
3 rides were closed all day
Americana Great Pumpkin Coaster Racer 75 - South

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 92°F, low 74°F, rain for 4h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Woodstock Express 60m to 13m
2:42p Walk-on window: Woodstock Express + Reptilian
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions