Kings Island cheat sheet

Quietest weekday

Sunday

Busiest weekday

Friday

Quietest month

November

Busiest month

April

Each ride's own quietest and busiest day, tallied and weighted by how long its queue runs. For a dated answer use the crowd calendar, which scores every day of the year.

1. 11:0027m
2. 12:0026m
3. 13:0029m
4. 14:0032m
5. 15:0036mpeak
6. 16:0036m
7. 17:0036m
8. 18:0021mquietest

Arrive for 11:00. Queues climb to their peak around 15:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Flight of Fear ~53 min typical · up to 78 at peak · worst around 3pm53m
2. 2The Beast ~49 min typical · up to 81 at peak · worst around 9pm49m
3. 3Woodstock Express ~48 min typical · up to 69 at peak · worst around 3pm48m

Straight to these from the gate, in this order. Every minute before the park fills is worth three later.

1. 1Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare~46 min typical · about 2 min after 6pm2m
2. 2Banshee~30 min typical · about 6 min after 10pm6m
3. 3The Bat~27 min typical · about 10 min after 11pm10m
4. 4Invertigo~25 min typical · about 12 min after 10pm12m
5. 5The Racer (Red)~16 min typical · about 5 min after 6pm5m

Save them for the last two hours, when the coach parties have gone and the queue is a fraction of the afternoon's.

1. 1Diamondbackrunning 10% of the park's open hours10%
2. 2Orion®running 10% of the park's open hours10%
3. 3Woodstock's Air Railrunning 54% of the park's open hours54%
4. 4Surf Dogrunning 55% of the park's open hours55%
5. 5Woodstock Expressrunning 62% of the park's open hours62%

If one of these is the reason you came, ride it the first time you see it running rather than saving it. The full picture is on the reliability page.