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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a weekend like this,
you'd have spent half the day in queues.

May 16, 2026 came in at a 8/10, the kind of day where Valravn can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 2 and a 10, settling around a 8 for most of the day.

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8
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT68m
PEAK180m
RIDES OPEN18/16
WEATHER74° Cloudy
Cedar Point crowd report infographic for May 16, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
6
10 AM
2
11 AM
7
12 PM
10
1 PM
9
2 PM
9
3 PM
7
4 PM
10
5 PM
8
6 PM
8
7 PM
8
8 PM
10 AM to 10 AM
Early entry or bust

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Valravn 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.

2 PM to 6 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
Valravn
116m avg
peak 180m · 96% uptime
Top Thrill 2
100m avg
peak 180m · 88% uptime
Siren's Curse
99m avg
peak 120m · 96% uptime
Maverick
96m avg
peak 120m · 98% uptime
Steel Vengeance
88m avg
peak 180m · 75% uptime
Millennium Force
74m avg
peak 150m · 69% uptime
Raptor
71m avg
peak 170m · 75% uptime
GateKeeper
62m avg
peak 100m · 71% uptime
Blue Streak
61m avg
peak 75m · 81% uptime
Rougarou
60m avg
peak 90m · 69% uptime
Wild Mouse
48m avg
peak 60m · 90% uptime
Iron Dragon
47m avg
peak 75m · 68% uptime
Cedar Creek Mine Ride
41m avg
peak 60m · 89% uptime
Corkscrew
30m avg
peak 30m · 82% uptime
Gemini
30m avg
peak 30m · 12% uptime
Power Tower
29m avg
peak 30m · 88% uptime
Magnum XL-200
Closed all day
maXair
Closed all day
Pipe Scream
0m avg
peak 0m · 75% uptime
Skyhawk
0m avg
peak 0m · 88% uptime
WindSeeker
Closed all day
3 rides were closed all day
Magnum XL-200 maXair WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 74°F, low 56°F, rain for 6h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Valravn right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Valravn 180m to 108m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions