Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Thu 6 May (1/10) · Fri 7 May (1/10) · Thu 13 May (1/10)
Busiest: Sun 20 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
231
248
2510
265
274
283
291
301
318
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
25
34
42
51
61
77
810
95
104
112
121
131
147
1510
165
174
182
191
201
217
2210
235
244
256✦
264✦
273✦
2810✦
2910✦
305
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
22
31
41
57
610
75
84
92
101
111
127
1310
145
154
162
171
181
197
2010✦
219✦
228✦
236✦
244✦
254✦
2610✦
2710✦
289✦
298✦
306✦
314✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14✦
210✦
310✦
45
54
62
71
81
97
1010
115
124
132
141
151
169✦
1710✦
187✦
194
202
211
221
237
2410
255
264
272
281
291
307
3110
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
24
32
41
51
67
710
85
94
102
111
121
139✦
1410✦
157✦
164
172
181
191
207
2110
225
234
242
251
261
277
2810
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
24
32
41
51
67
710
86
95
104
112
122
139
1410
156
165
174
182
192
209
2110✦
228✦
237✦
245✦
253✦
263✦
2710✦
2810✦
298✦
305
314
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
22
39
410
56
65
74
82
92
109
1110
126
135
144
152
162
179
1810
196
205
212
221
231
247
2510
265
274
282
291
301
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
210
34
43
52
61
71
86
910
104
113
122
131
141
156
1610
174
183
192
201
211
226
2310
244
253
262
271
281
297✦
3010✦
316✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
22
31
41
56
610
74
83
92
101
111
126
1310
144
153
162
171
181
196
2010
214
223
232
241
251
266
2710
284
293
302
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
38
410✦
55
64
73
81
91
108
1110
125
134
143
151
161
178
1810
195
204
213
221
231
248
2510
265
274
283
291
301
318
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
25
34
43
51
61
78
810
95
104
113
121
131
148
1510
165
174
183
191
201
218
2210
235
244
253
261
271
288
2910
305
314
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
21
31
47✦
510✦
66✦
73
82
91
101
116
1210
134
143
152
161
171
186
1910
204
213
222
231
241
256
2610
274
283
292
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
28
310
45
54
63
71
81
910✦
1010✦
118✦
124
133
141
151
168
1710
185
194
203
211
221
The months that actually matter at Kennywood
Busiest months
July, August and October — the summer holiday and Phantom Fall Fest weekends.
Quietest months
May, June and September — May and June weekdays and September weekends.
Local knowledge: The three historic wooden coasters are the reason to come and almost never have a line — the modern steel takes the crowd.
When to avoid Kennywood, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sun Mar 21 – Mon Mar 29Easter week · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sun Jul 4July 4th · about 10/10
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Kennywood, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Kennywood wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.