Best Rides at Kings Island
The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time
These are the most popular rides at Kings Island, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.
Top rides by typical wait
21 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1Flight Of Fear~41 min typical wait up to 58 min at peak
- 2The Beast~36 min typical wait up to 46 min at peak
- 3Diamondback~33 min typical wait up to 42 min at peak
- 4Invertigo~28 min typical wait up to 32 min at peak
- 5Orion~27 min typical wait up to 35 min at peak
- 6Mystic Timbers~21 min typical wait up to 29 min at peak
- 7Banshee~20 min typical wait up to 36 min at peak
- 8Queen City Stunt Coaster~19 min typical wait up to 27 min at peak
- 9Kings Mills Antique Autos~19 min typical wait up to 26 min at peak
- 10The Bat~17 min typical wait up to 31 min at peak
- 11Drop Tower~17 min typical wait up to 26 min at peak
- 12Woodstock Express~17 min typical wait up to 25 min at peak
- 13Woodstock's Air Rail~16 min typical wait up to 22 min at peak
- 14Franklin's Flyers~15 min typical wait up to 16 min at peak
- 15Delirium~14 min typical wait up to 17 min at peak
- 16Surf Dog~13 min typical wait up to 21 min at peak
- 17Racer Red~11 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 18Snoopy's Soap Box Racers~11 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 19Adventure Express~10 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 20Sol Spin~10 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 21Racer Blue~9 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy — the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.