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A LIGHT DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have walked on everything but the big two.

Jul 9, 2026 held steady at a 4/10, a forgiving day if you arrived with a plan. Crowds bounced between a 1 and a 7, settling around a 4 for most of the day.

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4
/10
Light
AVG WAIT26m
PEAK150m
RIDES OPEN20/18
WEATHER85° Clear
Cedar Point crowd report infographic for Jul 9, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 10 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
10 AM
3
11 AM
6
12 PM
4
1 PM
3
2 PM
5
3 PM
3
4 PM
5
5 PM
4
6 PM
5
7 PM
4
8 PM
6
9 PM
7
10 PM
10 AM to 10 AM
Hit Top Thrill 2 first

Even on a light day, Top Thrill 2 builds fast by mid-morning. Get there before the gates open.

11 AM to 1 PM
Lunch is the low water mark

Waits ease during the noon hour. Hit a second-tier ride now.

2 PM to 6 PM
Walk-on window opens

Wild Mouse + Iron Dragon fall to walk-on in the mid-afternoon. Re-rideable.

8 PM to 10 PM
Final-hour re-rides

Most families leave well before close. Re-ride your favorite while everyone else heads out.

Every ride, by average wait.

22 rides · avg wait shown
Top Thrill 2
71m avg
peak 150m · 80% uptime
Maverick
71m avg
peak 120m · 87% uptime
Siren's Curse
48m avg
peak 75m · 87% uptime
Steel Vengeance
47m avg
peak 90m · 85% uptime
Valravn
39m avg
peak 120m · 87% uptime
Millennium Force
39m avg
peak 60m · 78% uptime
GateKeeper
19m avg
peak 40m · 62% uptime
Wild Mouse
15m avg
peak 20m · 69% uptime
Iron Dragon
14m avg
peak 25m · 88% uptime
Rougarou
11m avg
peak 20m · 59% uptime
Skyhawk
11m avg
peak 15m · 54% uptime
maXair
10m avg
peak 15m · 87% uptime
Blue Streak
9m avg
peak 15m · 87% uptime
Cedar Creek Mine Ride
9m avg
peak 15m · 79% uptime
Gemini
8m avg
peak 15m · 69% uptime
Corkscrew
6m avg
peak 10m · 87% uptime
Power Tower
6m avg
peak 10m · 85% uptime
Pipe Scream
5m avg
peak 5m · 87% uptime
Magnum XL-200
0m avg
peak 0m · 1% uptime
Raptor
0m avg
peak 0m · 1% uptime
Thunder Canyon
Closed all day
WindSeeker
Closed all day
2 rides were closed all day
Thunder Canyon WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 85°F, low 73°F, rain for 9h.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
10:42a Drop alert: Top Thrill 2 85m to 50m
1:15p Walk-on window: Wild Mouse + Iron Dragon
4:08p Smart pick: Top Thrill 2 is short right now, go
6:30p Dinner spike flagged, sit it out
4 drop alerts · 3 picks · 1 skip suggestion