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A PACKED DAY

If you'd been here on a weekend like this,
you'd have walked off the property by 2pm.

Sep 26, 2026 ran at a 9/10. Full-park conditions, lines stacked everywhere. Crowds bounced between a 4 and a 10, settling around a 9 for most of the day.

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9
/10
Packed
AVG WAIT43m
PEAK120m
RIDES OPEN26/26
WEATHER71° Clear
Kings Island crowd report infographic for Sep 26, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

7 PM to 11 PM · crowd level 1–10
5
7 PM
4
8 PM
7
9 PM
9
10 PM
10
11 PM
7 PM to 10 AM
Rope-drop hard or rethink the morning

If you walk in after 9 AM, plan to save The Beast for the last hour instead.

11 AM to 1 PM
Sit-down lunch, no exceptions

Quick-service waits balloon on days like this. A reservation buys you AC and time.

2 PM to 6 PM
Take a break, come back at 7

Crowds don't thin. Leave the park, swim, return for the last 90 minutes.

8 PM to 11 PM
One more ride, then leave

Even at close, waits hold long. Pick one ride and get out before the parking lot does its worst.

Every ride, by average wait.

30 rides · avg wait shown
The Beast
90m avg
peak 120m · 99% uptime
Jason: Blood Reign
75m avg
peak 120m · 99% uptime
Flight of Fear
67m avg
peak 95m · 99% uptime
Orion
55m avg
peak 75m · 81% uptime
The Bat
55m avg
peak 65m · 99% uptime
Kings Mills Antique Autos
55m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Mystic Timbers
54m avg
peak 75m · 99% uptime
Diamondback
54m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Metal Massacre
52m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Invertigo
51m avg
peak 65m · 99% uptime
Banshee
51m avg
peak 60m · 93% uptime
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
45m avg
peak 45m · 2% uptime
Woodstock Express
45m avg
peak 45m · 2% uptime
Woodstock's Air Rail
45m avg
peak 45m · 2% uptime
Queen City Stunt Coaster
39m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
The Conjuring: Beyond Fear
39m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Slaughter House
35m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Order of the Dragon
31m avg
peak 75m · 99% uptime
Racer Blue
30m avg
peak 60m · 99% uptime
Delirium
30m avg
peak 35m · 99% uptime
Killmart
28m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Sol Spin
28m avg
peak 30m · 99% uptime
Racer Red
21m avg
peak 30m · 99% uptime
Adventure Express
17m avg
peak 35m · 99% uptime
Alien Abyss
5m avg
peak 5m · 99% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
5m avg
peak 5m · 2% uptime
Drop Tower
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
Drop Tower Great Pumpkin Coaster White Water Canyon WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 71°F, low 49°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop The Beast right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: The Beast 120m to 72m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions