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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 18, 2026 came in at a 7/10, the kind of day where Top Thrill 2 can eat two hours of your morning. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 10, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT60m
PEAK180m
RIDES OPEN18/15
WEATHER85° Clear
Cedar Point crowd report infographic for May 18, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

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

On a busy day, missing rope-drop means a brutal wait for Top Thrill 2 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
Top Thrill 2
105m avg
peak 180m · 85% uptime
Maverick
97m avg
peak 120m · 77% uptime
Steel Vengeance
88m avg
peak 180m · 82% uptime
GateKeeper
80m avg
peak 120m · 67% uptime
Siren's Curse
80m avg
peak 90m · 83% uptime
Raptor
76m avg
peak 120m · 67% uptime
Millennium Force
74m avg
peak 120m · 63% uptime
Valravn
74m avg
peak 120m · 54% uptime
Rougarou
45m avg
peak 45m · 73% uptime
Cedar Creek Mine Ride
38m avg
peak 40m · 51% uptime
Power Tower
25m avg
peak 25m · 66% uptime
Blue Streak
23m avg
peak 45m · 73% uptime
Iron Dragon
20m avg
peak 35m · 86% uptime
Wild Mouse
20m avg
peak 20m · 58% uptime
Corkscrew
14m avg
peak 20m · 74% uptime
Gemini
0m avg
peak 0m · 38% uptime
Magnum XL-200
Closed all day
maXair
Closed all day
Pipe Scream
0m avg
peak 0m · 76% uptime
Skyhawk
0m avg
peak 0m · 1% uptime
WindSeeker
Closed all day
3 rides were closed all day
Magnum XL-200 maXair WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 85°F, low 70°F, rain for 7h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Top Thrill 2 right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Top Thrill 2 180m to 108m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions