La Ronde Montreal cheat sheet

Quietest month

May

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. 11:0019mquietest
2. 12:0026m
3. 13:0030m
4. 14:0032m
5. 15:0034m
6. 16:0036mpeak
7. 17:0036m
8. 18:0035m
9. 19:0033m
10. 20:0032m
11. 21:0031m

Arrive for 11:00. Queues climb to their peak around 16:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Catapulte ~49 min typical · up to 63 at peak · worst around 8pm49m
2. 2Monstre - Voie 2 ~49 min typical · up to 56 at peak · worst around 6pm49m
3. 3Dragon ~48 min typical · up to 90 at peak · worst around 7pm48m

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

1. 1Titan~41 min typical · about 15 min after 4pm15m
2. 2Toboggan Nordique~37 min typical · about 15 min after 3pm15m
3. 3Boomerang~29 min typical · about 15 min after 5pm15m
4. 4Goliath~28 min typical · about 15 min after 4pm15m
5. 5Bateau Pirate~27 min typical · about 15 min after 5pm15m

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

1. 1Splashrunning 0% of the park's open hours0%
2. 2Le Monstrerunning 53% of the park's open hours53%
3. 3Ourson Friponrunning 54% of the park's open hours54%
4. 4Manitourunning 64% of the park's open hours64%
5. 5Toboggan Nordiquerunning 65% of the park's open hours65%

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.