La Ronde Montreal cheat sheet

Quietest weekday

Sunday

Busiest weekday

Friday

Quietest month

November

Busiest month

September

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. 12:0021mquietest
2. 13:0023m
3. 14:0026m
4. 15:0030m
5. 16:0033m
6. 17:0034m
7. 18:0032m
8. 19:0035m
9. 20:0037mpeak

Arrive for 12:00. Queues climb to their peak around 20:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Le Monstre ~56 min typical · up to 93 at peak · worst around 4pm56m
2. 2Dragon ~55 min typical · up to 90 at peak · worst around 6pm55m
3. 3Titan ~53 min typical · up to 81 at peak · worst around 7pm53m

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

1. 1Chaos~26 min typical · about 15 min after 8pm15m
2. 2Grande Roue~20 min typical · about 9 min after 9pm9m

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

1. 1Goliathrunning 0% of the park's open hours0%
2. 2Orbiterunning 29% of the park's open hours29%
3. 3Bateau Piraterunning 67% of the park's open hours67%
4. 4Vertigorunning 71% of the park's open hours71%
5. 5Toboggan Nordiquerunning 73% of the park's open hours73%

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.