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A MODERATE DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have felt the park, not the lines.

May 27, 2026 landed at a 6/10, the threshold where you start needing strategy. Crowds bounced between a 2 and a 7, settling around a 6 for most of the day.

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6
/10
Moderate
AVG WAIT39m
PEAK160m
RIDES OPEN19/17
WEATHER73° Cloudy
Cedar Point crowd report infographic for May 27, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 8 PM · crowd level 1–10
5
10 AM
2
11 AM
6
12 PM
6
1 PM
6
2 PM
5
3 PM
7
4 PM
7
5 PM
7
6 PM
5
7 PM
6
8 PM
10 AM to 10 AM
Be at the gates before they open

Touring strategy starts here. Top Thrill 2 climbs steeply through the morning on moderate days.

11 AM to 1 PM
Eat before 11 or after 2

Quick-service queues stack between 11:30 and 1:30. Plan around them.

2 PM to 6 PM
Mid-afternoon dip is real but brief

The window around 2 PM is your friend. Use it on Top Thrill 2 or whatever you've been putting off.

8 PM to 8 PM
Closing rush is your friend

Lines drop sharply once the night winds down. Wait it out, then re-ride.

Every ride, by average wait.

21 rides · avg wait shown
Top Thrill 2
88m avg
peak 160m · 91% uptime
Maverick
76m avg
peak 120m · 98% uptime
Siren's Curse
66m avg
peak 120m · 96% uptime
Millennium Force
61m avg
peak 120m · 95% uptime
Raptor
57m avg
peak 120m · 99% uptime
Steel Vengeance
51m avg
peak 75m · 93% uptime
Valravn
51m avg
peak 60m · 96% uptime
Wild Mouse
30m avg
peak 30m · 99% uptime
GateKeeper
28m avg
peak 45m · 99% uptime
Magnum XL-200
27m avg
peak 60m · 94% uptime
Iron Dragon
17m avg
peak 30m · 100% uptime
Power Tower
10m avg
peak 15m · 89% uptime
Gemini
10m avg
peak 10m · 66% uptime
Pipe Scream
10m avg
peak 10m · 87% uptime
Blue Streak
9m avg
peak 15m · 86% uptime
Cedar Creek Mine Ride
6m avg
peak 10m · 88% uptime
Rougarou
5m avg
peak 5m · 88% uptime
Corkscrew
0m avg
peak 0m · 87% uptime
maXair
Closed all day
Skyhawk
0m avg
peak 0m · 2% uptime
WindSeeker
Closed all day
2 rides were closed all day
maXair WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☁️ Cloudy, high 73°F, low 63°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:15a Drop alert: Top Thrill 2 160m to 62m
2:42p Walk-on window: Iron Dragon + Power Tower
3:55p Smart pick: pivot while a queue resets
7:15p Re-ride window opens late
5 drop alerts · 4 picks · 2 skip suggestions