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A PACKED DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have queued for everything, sweated through most of it.

Oct 9, 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 WAIT33m
PEAK120m
RIDES OPEN22/20
WEATHER79° Clear
Kings Island crowd report infographic for Oct 9, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

7 PM to 11 PM · crowd level 1–10
4
7 PM
7
8 PM
9
9 PM
10
10 PM
7
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.

31 rides · avg wait shown
The Beast
72m avg
peak 120m · 84% uptime
Flight of Fear
55m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Mystic Timbers
50m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Diamondback
47m avg
peak 90m · 95% uptime
Order of the Dragon
47m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Banshee
42m avg
peak 90m · 98% uptime
The Bat
39m avg
peak 45m · 98% uptime
Orion
37m avg
peak 45m · 88% uptime
Metal Massacre
35m avg
peak 60m · 81% uptime
Killmart
30m avg
peak 50m · 98% uptime
Invertigo
27m avg
peak 30m · 90% uptime
Jason: Blood Reign
23m avg
peak 45m · 98% uptime
Alien Abyss
22m avg
peak 47m · 98% uptime
Delirium
21m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Adventure Express
20m avg
peak 20m · 98% uptime
Racer Red
19m avg
peak 25m · 98% uptime
Racer Blue
18m avg
peak 25m · 98% uptime
Slaughter House
14m avg
peak 25m · 98% uptime
The Conjuring: Beyond Fear
9m avg
peak 30m · 98% uptime
Sol Spin
5m avg
peak 5m · 79% uptime
Cargo Loco
0m avg
peak 0m · -- uptime
Drop Tower
Closed all day
Great Pumpkin Coaster
Closed all day
Kings Mills Antique Autos
0m avg
peak 0m · 98% uptime
Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare
Closed all day
Queen City Stunt Coaster
0m avg
peak 0m · 98% uptime
Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
Closed all day
White Water Canyon
Closed all day
WindSeeker
Closed all day
Woodstock Express
Closed all day
Woodstock's Air Rail
Closed all day
8 rides were closed all day
Drop Tower Great Pumpkin Coaster Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare Snoopy's Soap Box Racers White Water Canyon WindSeeker Woodstock Express Woodstock's Air Rail

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 79°F, low 48°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