Steel Vengeance is the world's longest hybrid coaster, 205 feet of steel-on-wood at the back of Frontier Town. Its line has two personalities: about 23 minutes in the opening hour, a 60 to 65 minute wall from 2 to 5 PM, then back under 30 after 9 PM. Time it right and you ride twice for less than one midday wait.
Typical midday wait: 60 min. Best time: opening hour (~23 min) or after 9 PM (~27 min). Peak: 2-5 PM, up to 120 on busy days. Height requirement: 52". Picking your day matters here, weekdays run 25 to 35% lighter at peak. Check the Cedar Point crowd calendar before you book.
| Hour | Typical Wait | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 10 AM | 23 min | Rope-drop window, best of the day |
| 11 AM | 44 min | Climbing fast |
| 12 PM | 57 min | The wall goes up |
| 1 PM | 56 min | Steady plateau |
| 2 PM | 60 min | Peak stretch begins |
| 3 PM | 65 min | Worst of the day |
| 4 PM | 65 min | Still peak, 120 on busy Saturdays |
| 5 PM | 53 min | Starting to ease |
| 6 PM | 46 min | Dinner dip |
| 7 PM | 37 min | Falling off |
| 8 PM | 35 min | Late-close nights only |
| 9 PM | 27 min | Near rope-drop levels again |
Averages from two seasons of measured waits. Cedar Point closes anywhere from 6 to 10 PM by season, so read the evening rows relative to your night's closing time.
Steel Vengeance under 40 minutes is a ride-now signal. Ride Ready watches Cedar Point waits all day and pings you the moment it happens, so you're walking to Frontier Town while everyone else checks the board.
Download Ride Ready, FreeYes, and it's not close. Steel Vengeance averages about 23 minutes in the opening hour, then climbs past 60 by mid-afternoon and can pass two hours on busy Saturdays. That's the biggest rope-drop payoff among Cedar Point's headliners. It's a long walk to Frontier Town, so commit to it before the crowd does.
Two windows: the opening hour (about 23 minutes) and late evening. The line falls roughly 40% in the final hour, averaging 27 minutes at 9 PM on late-close nights. The 2 to 5 PM stretch is the wall, 60 to 65 minutes on a typical day and up to 120 on busy ones.
Surprisingly, no. Across two seasons of measured waits, Maverick and Top Thrill 2 both average higher through the middle of the day. Steel Vengeance spikes hardest on peak Saturdays, but it also gives the most back at rope drop and after 9 PM, which the other two don't.
205 feet tall with a 200-foot first drop at 90 degrees, a top speed of 74 mph, 5,740 feet of track, and 4 inversions. It's a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid, steel track on a wooden structure, and the longest hybrid coaster in the world. You need to be at least 52 inches to ride.