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A BUSY DAY

If you'd been here on a day like this,
you'd have wished you'd picked a different week.

Oct 8, 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 7, settling around a 7 for most of the day.

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7
/10
Busy
AVG WAIT27m
PEAK120m
RIDES OPEN24/21
WEATHER68° Clear
Cedar Point crowd report infographic for Oct 8, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

6 PM to 11 PM · crowd level 1–10
1
6 PM
2
7 PM
7
8 PM
6
9 PM
7
10 PM
6
11 PM
6 PM 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 11 PM
The last 90 minutes is the only window

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

Every ride, by average wait.

29 rides · avg wait shown
Top Thrill 2
66m avg
peak 120m · 96% uptime
Maverick
66m avg
peak 90m · 97% uptime
Cornstalkers 2.0: Revenge of the Pumpkin Heads
60m avg
peak 60m · 64% uptime
Diablo: The Infernal Path
60m avg
peak 60m · 64% uptime
Steel Vengeance
52m avg
peak 75m · 82% uptime
Siren's Curse
49m avg
peak 60m · 100% uptime
Millennium Force
36m avg
peak 75m · 100% uptime
Valravn
26m avg
peak 30m · 94% uptime
Raptor
21m avg
peak 30m · 97% uptime
GateKeeper
18m avg
peak 30m · 87% uptime
Midnight
18m avg
peak 20m · 64% uptime
The Haunting of Eerie Estate
15m avg
peak 15m · 64% uptime
Skyhawk
11m avg
peak 15m · 91% uptime
Cedar Creek Mine Ride
10m avg
peak 10m · 91% uptime
Wild Mouse
9m avg
peak 20m · 90% uptime
Corkscrew
9m avg
peak 10m · 97% uptime
Blue Streak
5m avg
peak 5m · 94% uptime
maXair
5m avg
peak 5m · 91% uptime
Pipe Scream
5m avg
peak 5m · 80% uptime
Power Tower
5m avg
peak 5m · 97% uptime
Rougarou
5m avg
peak 5m · 93% uptime
Fearground Freak Show
0m avg
peak 0m · 64% uptime
Gemini
Closed all day
Iron Dragon
Closed all day
Magnum XL-200
Closed all day
Slaughter House
0m avg
peak 0m · 64% uptime
The Conjuring: Beyond Fear
0m avg
peak 0m · 64% uptime
Thunder Canyon
Closed all day
WindSeeker
Closed all day
5 rides were closed all day
Gemini Iron Dragon Magnum XL-200 Thunder Canyon WindSeeker

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 68°F, low 55°F, no rain.

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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 120m to 72m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions