A BUSY DAY
If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have wished you'd picked a different week.
Jul 22, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 9, settling around a 7 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.
7
/10
Busy
Busy
AVG WAIT42m
PEAK95m
RIDES OPEN21/21
WEATHER74° Partly Cloudy
The day, hour by hour.
1
10 AM
2
11 AM
8
12 PM
8
1 PM
8
2 PM
9
3 PM
9
4 PM
9
5 PM
9
6 PM
8
7 PM
9
8 PM
8
9 PM
7
10 PM
10 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 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.
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
peak 95m · 96% uptime
Flight of Fear
peak 90m · 99% uptime
Invertigo
peak 90m · 99% uptime
The Beast
peak 80m · 99% uptime
Diamondback
peak 60m · 94% uptime
Woodstock Express
peak 60m · 91% uptime
Mystic Timbers
peak 75m · 99% uptime
Kings Mills Antique Autos
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Orion
peak 70m · 86% uptime
The Bat
peak 80m · 99% uptime
Banshee
peak 60m · 96% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
peak 40m · 99% uptime
Adventure Express
peak 35m · 99% uptime
Sol Spin
peak 45m · 97% uptime
White Water Canyon
peak 75m · 64% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Drop Tower
peak 50m · 92% uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
peak 35m · 100% uptime
Delirium
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Racer Blue
peak 30m · 82% uptime
Racer Red
peak 30m · 85% uptime
Cargo Loco
peak 0m · -- uptime
Great Pumpkin Coaster
peak 0m · -- uptime
WindSeeker
peak 0m · -- uptime
Weather that day: ⛅ Partly Cloudy, high 74°F, low 63°F, no rain.
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 95m to 57m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions