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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.

May 15, 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 3 and a 10, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT34m
PEAK90m
RIDES OPEN20/20
WEATHER66° Cloudy
Kings Island crowd report infographic for May 15, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

11 AM to 9 PM · crowd level 1–10
3
11 AM
7
12 PM
8
1 PM
7
2 PM
10
3 PM
8
4 PM
8
5 PM
8
6 PM
6
7 PM
5
8 PM
5
9 PM
11 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 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.

24 rides · avg wait shown
Flight of Fear
60m avg
peak 90m · 73% uptime
Invertigo
60m avg
peak 60m · 80% uptime
The Beast
54m avg
peak 70m · 89% uptime
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
50m avg
peak 90m · 100% uptime
Banshee
49m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Orion
44m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
44m avg
peak 60m · 91% uptime
Diamondback
42m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Drop Tower
34m avg
peak 60m · 97% uptime
Mystic Timbers
34m avg
peak 45m · 97% uptime
Kings Mills Antique Autos
33m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
The Bat
33m avg
peak 45m · 89% uptime
Adventure Express
26m avg
peak 30m · 99% uptime
Delirium
23m avg
peak 30m · 99% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
21m avg
peak 35m · 92% uptime
Woodstock Express
20m avg
peak 25m · 99% uptime
Racer Red
19m avg
peak 30m · 93% uptime
Sol Spin
18m avg
peak 35m · 99% uptime
Racer Blue
17m avg
peak 20m · 81% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
10m avg
peak 10m · 92% uptime
Cargo Loco
Closed all day
Great Pumpkin Coaster
Closed all day
White Water Canyon
Closed all day
WindSeeker
Closed all day
4 rides were closed all day
Cargo Loco Great Pumpkin Coaster White Water Canyon WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 66°F, low 45°F, rain for 2h.

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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 90m to 54m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions