Drop Tower wait times
Drop Tower at Kings Island averages 39 minutes. It is shortest at 9pm and worst at 6pm. It has run 1% of the park's opening hours recently.
Drop Tower queue times, day by day
Drop Tower over recent weeks
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Drop Tower has averaged about 39 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 65 minutes, with the longest queues near 6pm, and the shortest near 9pm. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
Drop Tower queue times by hour
Average wait by hour
Across the last 28 days · minutes
Drop Tower peaks at 2pm with 65 minutes, and is at its shortest at 8pm with 0. Riding it at the right hour saves 65 minutes on a single ride.
Best time to ride Drop Tower
Best time to ride
Drop Tower averages 0 minutes at 8pm against 65 at the 2pm peak - 65 minutes for turning up at the right hour.
Drop Tower by day of the week
Average wait by day
3 days with a recorded queue
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- Sun0m
Does Drop Tower break down?
Uptime and closures
1% of opening hours · 3 days recorded
Running 1% of the minutes Kings Island was open, across the last 3 recorded days.
Last 3 days uptime
- 1%
- 3%
- 0%
Drop Tower ran 1% of Kings Island's opening hours across 3 recorded days. It ran without a recorded stop on Thursday 1 Oct.
Drop Tower through the year
All-time average by month
From this ride's own recorded readings · minutes
Queue times are the figures Kings Island publishes for this ride, recorded every few minutes through the park's own opening hours. The hourly pattern is this ride's own last 28 days; the day-by-day rail is its last 14 days. Uptime is the share of the park's operating minutes the ride was running.
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About Drop Tower
Drop Tower is one of 24 rides tracked at Kings Island, 9th longest of 24 by usual wait. It queues about 39 minutes on a typical day, longer than the 35-minute park average.
Drop Tower has averaged about 39 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 6pm and quietest around 9pm. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 1% of the park's operating hours.
Frequently asked
What's the current wait time for Drop Tower?
The live wait time for Drop Tower at Kings Island is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Drop Tower wait times.
Is Drop Tower open right now?
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Drop Tower is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Kings Island's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Drop Tower has been open around 1% of Kings Island's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Kings Island.
What's the best time of day to ride Drop Tower?
Based on historical wait time data, Drop Tower is typically quietest around 9pm. For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window.
How long is the line for Drop Tower usually?
Over recent weeks, Drop Tower has averaged about 39 minutes, with lines usually longest around 6pm. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak lines for Drop Tower at Kings Island.
Is Drop Tower often closed or broken down?
Over the last two weeks, Drop Tower has been running about 1% of the time. We track Drop Tower's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.
Where can I find Drop Tower at Kings Island?
Drop Tower is at Kings Island - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Kings Island page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest lines right now.
Can I get wait time alerts for Drop Tower?
Yes - create a free alert and we'll notify you when Drop Tower's wait time drops below your chosen threshold (for example, "tell me when Drop Tower is under 20 minutes"). Great for timing your sprint from across the park.