Halloween Haunt 2026 at Kings Dominion: crowd calendar
Halloween Haunt 2026 at Kings Dominion runs 18 Sep to 1 Nov 2026 and is forecast moderately busy, averaging 37% crowd level. The quietest night is Fri 2 Oct at 16%, the busiest Sun 18 Oct at 63%.
Quietest night of Halloween Haunt 2026
Halloween Haunt 2026 is forecast moderately busy at Kings Dominion, averaging 37% crowd level across its 16 nights. The busiest is Sunday 18 Oct at 63%.
Across its 45 nights the forecast averages 37% crowd level, which is about a normal day for this park. That is 9 points busier than the same weeks measured in 2025 (28%). Expect lines to average around 13 minutes park-wide on a typical night.
Halloween Haunt is an evening event, so the crowd figures above describe the whole day at Kings Dominion, not the event hours alone. Tricks and Treats runs alongside it during the day, on the same dates.
Every night, with the forecast
September 2026
October 2026
- Thu122%~7 min
- Fri216%~5 min
- Sat317%~6 min
- Sun418%~6 min
- Mon537%~12 min
- Tue6No forecast
- Wed7No forecast
- Thu8No forecast
- Fri932%~10 min
- Sat1047%~16 min
- Sun1151%~18 min
- Mon12No forecast
- Tue13No forecast
- Wed14No forecast
- Thu15No forecast
- Fri1636%~12 min
- Sat1743%~14 min
- Sun1863%~25 min
- Mon19No forecast
- Tue20No forecast
- Wed21No forecast
- Thu22No forecast
- Fri2336%~12 min
- Sat2448%~17 min
- Sun2551%~18 min
- Mon26No forecast
- Tue27No forecast
- Wed28No forecast
- Thu29No forecast
- Fri3036%~12 min
- Sat3146%~15 min
November 2026
How the same weeks ran in 2025
Between 18 Sep and 1 Nov 2025 the park measured 28% on average over 8 recorded days. The busiest was Sunday 19 Oct at 72%, the quietest Sunday 12 Oct at 12%. These are the same calendar weeks, not necessarily 2025's event dates.
Busiest days, measured
- 1Sunday 19 Oct72%
- 2Sunday 26 Oct45%
- 3Sunday 5 Oct21%
- 4Wednesday 1 Oct18%
- 5Monday 6 Oct18%
Quietest days, measured
- 1Sunday 12 Oct12%
- 2Wednesday 8 Oct18%
- 3Tuesday 7 Oct18%
- 4Monday 6 Oct18%
- 5Wednesday 1 Oct18%
Dates as published by Kings Dominion; always check the park's own site before travelling. Crowd levels are modelled from this park's own recorded queue times, school and public holidays, day of the week and the weather forecast, and may not always be right. We score every past forecast against what the queues actually did and publish the result in the crowd forecast accuracy ledger.
Frequently asked
When is Halloween Haunt 2026 at Kings Dominion?
Halloween Haunt 2026 runs 18 Sep to 1 Nov 2026, on selected dates, which the park has not listed: 45 nights in total. Dates are as published by Kings Dominion.
What is the quietest night of Halloween Haunt 2026?
Friday 2 Oct is forecast the quietest at 16% crowd level. The next best are Sat 3 Oct (17%), Sun 4 Oct (18%), Thu 1 Oct (22%).
What is the busiest night of Halloween Haunt 2026?
Sunday 18 Oct is forecast the busiest at 63%. The 17 nights that fall in the October break (13 Oct to 30 Oct) average 42%.
How busy is Halloween Haunt compared with a normal day at Kings Dominion?
The event nights average 37% crowd level, about a normal day for this park. The same weeks in 2025 measured 28% on average.
Do I need a separate ticket for Halloween Haunt?
Halloween Haunt runs in the evening, with Tricks and Treats during the day. Check Kings Dominion's own site for what your ticket includes on the day you visit.