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) · Thu 13 May (1/10) · Thu 20 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
249
2510
269
273
283
291
301
319
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
28
33
43
51
61
78
810
98
103
113
121
131
148
1510
168
173
183
191
201
218
2210
238
243
256✦
261✦
271✦
2810✦
2910✦
308
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
31
41
58
610
78
83
93
101
111
128
1310
148
153
163
171
181
198
2010✦
2110✦
226✦
236✦
241✦
251✦
2610✦
2710✦
2810✦
296✦
306✦
311✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11✦
210✦
310✦
48
53
63
71
81
98
1010
118
123
133
141
151
1610✦
1710✦
1810✦
193
203
211
221
238
2410
258
263
273
281
291
308
3110
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
23
33
41
51
68
710
88
93
103
111
121
1310✦
1410✦
1510✦
163
173
181
191
208
2110
228
233
243
251
261
278
2810
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
23
33
41
51
68
710
89
94
104
111
121
1310
1410
159
164
174
181
191
2010
2110✦
2210✦
235✦
246✦
251✦
261✦
2710✦
2810✦
2910✦
304
314
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
310
410
59
64
74
81
91
1010
1110
129
134
144
151
161
1710
1810
199
204
213
221
231
248
2510
268
273
283
291
301
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17
29
37
42
52
61
71
87
99
107
112
122
131
141
157
169
177
182
192
201
211
227
239
247
252
262
271
281
299✦
3010✦
3110✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
31
41
59
610
79
83
93
101
111
129
1310
149
153
163
171
181
199
2010
219
223
233
241
251
269
2710
289
293
303
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
39
410✦
59
63
73
81
91
109
1110
129
133
143
151
161
179
1810
199
203
213
221
231
249
2510
269
273
283
291
301
319
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
29
33
43
51
61
79
810
99
103
113
121
131
149
1510
169
173
183
191
201
219
2210
239
243
253
261
271
289
2910
309
313
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
21
31
49✦
510✦
610✦
72
82
91
101
117
129
137
142
152
161
171
187
199
207
212
222
231
241
257
269
277
282
292
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
29
310
49
53
63
71
81
910✦
1010✦
1110✦
123
133
141
151
169
1710
189
193
203
211
221
The months that actually matter at Kings Island
Busiest months
June, July, August and October — the summer holiday and Halloween Haunt weekends.
Quietest months
May and September — May weekdays and September weekdays outside Haunt.
Local knowledge: Ride The Beast after dark. It is a genuinely different and better ride at night, and the line is shortest in the last hour of the evening.
When to avoid Kings Island, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 10/10
Sat Feb 13 – Mon Feb 15Presidents' Day · about 10/10
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 10/10
Quietest weeks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 5/10 · 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 May 17 – Sun May 23about 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 Kings Island, 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? Kings Island 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.