Anyone with Mother's Day KI wait time/crowd experiences that you'd wish to share relative to other Sunday's in May? TIA!

I believe it's a Bring A Friend day...so expect crowds to be heavier.

Can't speak to wait lines for rides but there is a massive line in Fest Haus. It looks as though the school groups all timed their lunch break time to happen between 12:15-1p.

Food lines are terrible. Rides are mostly 15 minutes. Park is getting busier though.

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Currently in line for boo blasters. Not a long line at all. Less than 5 minutes.

From the webcams it looks like a pretty good Saturday to be there. 

A lot of people have started filling in. Lines have gotten a bit longer. I hope the thunderstorms that are supposed to come through today come!

Be careful what you wish for....

20 minutes through security outside gate

Not sure why the stepped up security this year. Is this chain wide?

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So far it's just been Sundays

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20 minutes through security outside gate

What do you mean by this? Is security out front like they do during Haunt?

Yes.

High attendance days? 

Mothers' Day is typically a lower attendance day, hence the bring-a-friend deal.

This was last weekend. Fortunately they are only doing this on Sundays (so far). Last year they did it on some weekdays as well as at the water park.

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Unpredictability is part of security measures.

The less said, the better.

Diamondback was 30 minutes and matched the app. Are they getting better or is this a coincidence?

Yes.

Terp, who just HAD to.

Anyone else having issues with the app ride times? Friday night mine listed The Beast at 2min?? Went to check, line was out past the vending machines.

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Thanks for the welcome! Long time reader, finally signed up. Visited the park Friday evening, rode a bunch of flats with our neice. Was watching the ride wait times in the app and was really confused with some of the numbers put out.

I think somebody made a typo or something with that 2 min Beast time Friday night. We saw it too, and knew without looking no way it was that short after 9PM

Longest wait I had for a ride was 30 minutes for Diamondback (which was still good).  After that, food lines and getting through security was my biggest waits.  Firehawk was walkon from around 7 to close

Anyone else having issues with the app ride times? Friday night mine listed The Beast at 2min?? Went to check, line was out past the vending machines.

 

During my 2nd ride on it on Friday, we ran into the same issue- app said 2 minutes so we went to it, except while the line was past the vending machines many of the mini-ques were not open, so we got on in around 20-30 minutes. Earlier in the day though it was a walk-on. (The ride was much better when there was a wait though) So it could be they just didn't update it or something.

More than likely they were going fast and just forgot to hit the 0 or hit backspace. They always do it in intervals of 5 I have noticed and past 30 then it's intervals of 30

More than likely they were going fast and just forgot to hit the 0 or hit backspace. They always do it in intervals of 5 I have noticed and past 30 then it's intervals of 30

 

I think you made a mistake there, 45 min wouldn't be possible in those intervals which is where FoF and Firehawk are often at.  I've seen 40 as well before. 

I agree, I've seen 40, 45 and 50. Anything that isn't a multiple of 5 is likely an entry error.

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That is true. Most of the time I see it either 30 or 60 but I have seen the occasional 40 or 45

Following up on my Mother's day info question, I thought I'd give feedback for anyone else who was interested. Take into account also that there was a 50/50 threat of rain, temps started upper 40's/low 50's and was forecast to top out around 60, and there was a lot of rain during the day in SE Indiana and Northern KY. The radar also showed rain off-and-on downtown Cincinnati, though it only barely sprinkled once during the day at KI.

 

The crowds were pretty light. The longest wait we had all day was maybe 15 minutes (on Banshee/Bat/Adv Express) around 2-4 in the afternoon. We did skip ride lines that seemed to be much longer than that(and traditionally slower), including Flying Ace Aerial Chase and Delirium.

 

We got there with plans for ERT at 9:30, but were held up for 15-20 minutes at the security line check-in. We were in the Diamondback line for about 5 minutes and were riding for the first time at exactly 10am. When we exited the ride, the line was gone. It was a walk-on in the station, so we rode it again. Those morning hours were great! Diamondback 2x, Stunt Coaster 3x, Beast 2x, SRR 2x, Bumper Cars 2x all by 11:30am. Everything we wanted to ride was pretty much a "wait for the next cycle wait" in the morning.

 

The food lines at around 1pm, though, ugh. We didn't think would be a problem given the ride lines up to that point. Chicken shack had a long line WAY past the door. Festhaus packed. LaRosa's on International the line looked ridiculous. So, we headed back to what has become our traditional short wait place to eat. LaRosa's by The Beast. No wait to grab your pizza. Only a slight wait to pay after I had my food.