A BUSY DAY
If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have needed a plan to get on the headliners.
Apr 24, 2026 came in at a 8/10, 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 8 for most of the day.
PLANNING A TRIP?
Pick your dates on the crowd calendar
and we'll show you how this day compares to your window.
8
/10
Busy
Busy
AVG WAIT42m
PEAK120m
RIDES OPEN19/15
WEATHER81° Cloudy
The day, hour by hour.
5
11 AM
6
12 PM
7
1 PM
7
2 PM
9
3 PM
10
4 PM
8
5 PM
9
6 PM
9
7 PM
7
8 PM
6
9 PM
11 AM 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 9 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window
Headliners finally ease late. Skip dinner, stay late, eat after.
Every ride, by average wait.
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
peak 120m · 100% uptime
Diamondback
peak 75m · 100% uptime
Mystic Timbers
peak 90m · 100% uptime
The Beast
peak 65m · 100% uptime
Flight of Fear
peak 60m · 98% uptime
The Bat
peak 45m · 95% uptime
Banshee
peak 45m · 94% uptime
Racer Red
peak 45m · 93% uptime
Racer Blue
peak 45m · 73% uptime
Sol Spin
peak 35m · 100% uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
peak 30m · 80% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
peak 30m · 100% uptime
Orion
peak 30m · 100% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
peak 25m · 100% uptime
Woodstock Express
peak 15m · 100% uptime
Adventure Express
peak 0m · 6% uptime
Delirium
peak 0m · 100% uptime
Drop Tower
peak 0m · 26% uptime
Invertigo
Kings Mills Antique Autos
peak 0m · 100% uptime
White Water Canyon
WindSeeker
3 rides were closed all day
Invertigo White Water Canyon WindSeeker
Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 81°F, low 56°F, rain for 4h.
FOR YOUR TRIP
This is the day,
but live, in your pocket.
On heavier days strategy matters more. Ride Ready watches every queue and tells you the moment a window opens.
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 120m to 72m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions