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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have needed a plan to get on the headliners.

May 15, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Raptor can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds dipped to a 1 out of ten for 2 straight hours between 10 AM and 12 PM.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT60m
PEAK150m
RIDES OPEN18/17
WEATHER68° Cloudy
Cedar Point crowd report infographic for May 15, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
10 AM
1
11 AM
5
12 PM
8
1 PM
7
2 PM
10
3 PM
10
4 PM
10
5 PM
10
6 PM
10
7 PM
5
8 PM
10 AM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Raptor all morning.

11 AM to 1 PM
Treat lunch as a ride

You'll queue for food too. Use that time on a sit-down with a reservation.

10 AM to 12 PM
There is no afternoon dip

Waits hold steady through close. Live wait alerts earn their keep here.

8 PM to 8 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

Headliners finally ease late. Skip dinner, stay late, eat after.

Every ride, by average wait.

21 rides · avg wait shown
Raptor
143m avg
peak 150m · 89% uptime
Top Thrill 2
100m avg
peak 150m · 73% uptime
Valravn
83m avg
peak 120m · 84% uptime
Maverick
79m avg
peak 120m · 98% uptime
Steel Vengeance
75m avg
peak 150m · 91% uptime
Millennium Force
68m avg
peak 80m · 84% uptime
Siren's Curse
58m avg
peak 80m · 49% uptime
GateKeeper
55m avg
peak 120m · 98% uptime
Pipe Scream
45m avg
peak 45m · 98% uptime
Rougarou
44m avg
peak 60m · 76% uptime
Blue Streak
43m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
Iron Dragon
39m avg
peak 50m · 95% uptime
Wild Mouse
34m avg
peak 60m · 96% uptime
Gemini
34m avg
peak 45m · 59% uptime
Cedar Creek Mine Ride
31m avg
peak 45m · 88% uptime
Corkscrew
29m avg
peak 38m · 98% uptime
Power Tower
25m avg
peak 50m · 89% uptime
Magnum XL-200
0m avg
peak 0m · 2% uptime
maXair
Closed all day
Skyhawk
Closed all day
WindSeeker
Closed all day
3 rides were closed all day
maXair Skyhawk WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 68°F, low 44°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Raptor right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Raptor 150m to 90m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions