Cedar Point cheat sheet

Quietest weekday

Thursday

Busiest weekday

Sunday

Quietest month

August

Busiest month

November

Each ride's own quietest and busiest day, tallied and weighted by how long its queue runs. For a dated answer use the crowd calendar, which scores every day of the year.

1. 10:0029mpeak
2. 11:0028m
3. 12:0027m
4. 13:0026m
5. 14:0026m
6. 15:0025m
7. 16:0025m
8. 17:0023m
9. 18:0022m
10. 19:0020mquietest
11. 20:0023m
12. 21:0020m

Arrive for 10:00. Queues climb to their peak around 10:00 and fall back through the afternoon; the last hour or two is the quietest the headliners get all day.

1. 1Maverick ~54 min typical · up to 61 at peak · worst around 4pm54m
2. 2Siren's Curse ~54 min typical · up to 68 at peak · busiest right at opening, so go straight there or leave it to the last hour54m
3. 3Top Thrill 2 ~47 min typical · up to 57 at peak · busiest right at opening, so go straight there or leave it to the last hour47m

Straight to these from the gate, in this order. Every minute before the park fills is worth three later.

1. 1Raptor~17 min typical · about 10 min after 10pm10m
2. 2Cedar Creek Mine Ride~12 min typical · about 5 min after 3pm5m
3. 3Magnum XL-200~13 min typical · about 7 min after 3pm7m

Save them for the last two hours, when the coach parties have gone and the queue is a fraction of the afternoon's.

1. 1Geminirunning 50% of the park's open hours50%
2. 2Corkscrewrunning 60% of the park's open hours60%
3. 3Pipe Screamrunning 61% of the park's open hours61%
4. 4Rougarourunning 65% of the park's open hours65%
5. 5Cedar Creek Mine Riderunning 69% of the park's open hours69%

If one of these is the reason you came, ride it the first time you see it running rather than saving it. The full picture is on the reliability page.