Cedar Point wait time statistics

Steel Vengeance has the longest average wait at Cedar Point, at 67 minutes, followed by Siren's Curse (66 minutes) and Maverick (58 minutes). 7 of the 29 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.

Steel Vengeance sees the longest peak waits at Cedar Point, with its daily maximum averaging 104 minutes, ahead of Siren's Curse (101 minutes) and Maverick (78 minutes).

Cedar Point is usually quietest in September, when crowd levels average as low as 41%. The busiest month tends to be October, at around 62%.

Thursday is typically the quietest day of the week at Cedar Point, averaging 34% compared with 77% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 21 percentage points quieter than weekends.

So far in 2026, Cedar Point is running 6 percentage points quieter than at the same point in 2025 (44% compared with 50%). Of the full years on record, 2019 was the busiest, averaging 55%. 2020 and 2021 are left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels in those years.