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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on Memorial Day,
you'd have spent half the day in queues.

May 25, 2026 came in at a 8/10, the kind of day where Diamondback can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 5 and a 10, settling around a 8 for most of the day.

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8
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT33m
PEAK90m
RIDES OPEN21/21
WEATHER76° Cloudy
Kings Island crowd report infographic for May 25, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 10 PM · crowd level 1–10
6
10 AM
5
11 AM
7
12 PM
7
1 PM
10
2 PM
9
3 PM
8
4 PM
10
5 PM
9
6 PM
9
7 PM
7
8 PM
6
9 PM
5
10 PM
10 AM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Diamondback 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 10 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
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
63m avg
peak 80m · 100% uptime
Diamondback
61m avg
peak 90m · 95% uptime
The Beast
54m avg
peak 75m · 96% uptime
Invertigo
53m avg
peak 90m · 99% uptime
Mystic Timbers
45m avg
peak 75m · 85% uptime
Banshee
44m avg
peak 90m · 100% uptime
Orion
44m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
White Water Canyon
42m avg
peak 45m · 60% uptime
Flight of Fear
41m avg
peak 60m · 70% uptime
Woodstock Express
30m avg
peak 30m · 92% uptime
Drop Tower
27m avg
peak 45m · 94% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
26m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
26m avg
peak 30m · 86% uptime
The Bat
22m avg
peak 60m · 89% uptime
Delirium
21m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Adventure Express
19m avg
peak 40m · 99% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
19m avg
peak 30m · 99% uptime
Racer Blue
18m avg
peak 30m · 82% uptime
Racer Red
17m avg
peak 20m · 84% uptime
Sol Spin
13m avg
peak 20m · 99% uptime
Kings Mills Antique Autos
10m avg
peak 15m · 99% uptime
Cargo Loco
Closed all day
Great Pumpkin Coaster
Closed all day
WindSeeker
Closed all day
3 rides were closed all day
Cargo Loco Great Pumpkin Coaster WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 76°F, low 62°F, rain for 2h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Diamondback right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Diamondback 90m to 54m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions