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Cedar Point ride reliability

37 operating days17 Aug to 4 Oct66 rides tracked

66 tracked rides at Cedar Point ran 75.7% of opening hours across the last 37 operating days, which is patchy. The least reliable is Space Age at 0%, down on 37 of 37 days.

Reliability verdict

Patchy

Across the last 37 operating days, 66 tracked rides ran 75.7% of opening hours. The one to plan around is Space Age, at 0%.

75.7%uptime

Every Cedar Point ride ranked by uptime

Uptime by ride

66 rides · 37 days · worst first

  1. 1Space Age16d 10h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 0%
  2. 2WindSeeker11d 23h lost · 19 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 27%
  3. 3Ocean Motion11d 14h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 31%
  4. 4Gemini8d 8h lost · 55 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 47.7%
  5. 5Peanuts Road Rally7d 19h lost · 18 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 51.4%
  6. 6Kite Eating Tree7d 2h lost · 14 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 55.1%
  7. 7Snoopy's Deep Sea Divers6d 12h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 58.2%
  8. 8Flying Ace Balloon Race6d 12h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 58.4%
  9. 9Snoopy's Space Race6d 9h lost · 13 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 58.9%
  10. 10Snoopy's Express Railroad6d 9h lost · 14 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 58.9%
  11. 11Joe Cool's Dodgem School6d 8h lost · 13 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 59%
  12. 12Woodstock's Whirlybirds6d 7h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 59.3%
  13. 13Sky Ride6d 10h lost · 18 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 61%
  14. 14Pipe Scream5d 14h lost · 28 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 66.3%
  15. 15Rougarou5d 1h lost · 48 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 67.9%
  16. 16Magnum XL-2004d 22h lost · 67 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 70.6%
  17. 17SlingShot4d 17h lost · 29 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 71.9%
  18. 18Cedar Creek Mine Ride4d 7h lost · 25 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 73.4%
  19. 19Steel Vengeance4d 2h lost · 41 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 74.2%
  20. 204x4's4d 4h lost · 22 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 74.8%
  21. 21Corkscrew4d 3h lost · 40 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 74.8%
  22. 22Skyhawk4d 1h lost · 29 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 75.2%
  23. 23Power Tower Shot4d 4h lost · 10 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 75.6%
  24. 24Power Tower4d 3h lost · 7 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 75.9%
  25. 25Woodstock Express3d 19h lost · 20 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 76.4%
  26. 26Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad3d 9h lost · 13 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 76.4%
  27. 27maXair3d 17h lost · 41 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 77.4%
  28. 28Maverick3d 17h lost · 60 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 77.6%
  29. 29Wave Swinger3d 15h lost · 14 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 78.5%
  30. 30Raptor3d 9h lost · 39 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 78.5%
  31. 31Giant Wheel3d 7h lost · 18 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 79%
  32. 32Calypso3d 10h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 79.2%
  33. 33Valravn3d 9h lost · 35 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 79.2%
  34. 34Wild Mouse3d 3h lost · 40 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 80.8%
  35. 35Balloon Race3d 1h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 81.2%
  36. 36GateKeeper2d 23h lost · 82 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 81.6%
  37. 37Blue Streak2d 21h lost · 33 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 82.2%
  38. 38Camp Bus2d 16h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 83.6%
  39. 39Charlie Brown's Wind-Up2d 15h lost · 7 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 83.9%
  40. 40Wilderness Run2d 14h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 84.1%
  41. 41Red Baron2d 13h lost · 7 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 84.3%
  42. 42Peanuts 5002d 13h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 84.4%
  43. 43Troika2d 13h lost · 19 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 84.5%
  44. 44Woodstock's Airmail2d 13h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 84.5%
  45. 45Linus' Beetle Bugs2d 12h lost · 4 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 84.7%
  46. 46Matterhorn2d 10h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 84.8%
  47. 47Top Thrill 22d 8h lost · 67 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 85.9%
  48. 48Iron Dragon2d 3h lost · 43 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 86%
  49. 49Siren's Curse2d 7h lost · 59 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 86.1%
  50. 50Lake Erie Eagles2d 6h lost · 10 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 86.1%
  51. 51Super Himalaya2d 5h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 86.3%
  52. 52Dodgem2d 4h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 86.5%
  53. 53Atomic Scrambler2d 3h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 86.7%
  54. 54Sky Fighters2d 2h lost · 4 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 86.9%
  55. 55Millennium Force2d 3h lost · 59 breakdowns · down on 37 of 37 days 87%
  56. 56Midway Carousel2d 1h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 87.3%
  57. 57Rock, Spin & Turn2d 0h lost · 3 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 87.5%
  58. 58Dune Buggies2d 0h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 87.5%
  59. 59Police Cars2d 0h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 87.5%
  60. 60Motorcycles1d 23h lost · 1 breakdown · down on 36 of 37 days 87.8%
  61. 61Helicopters1d 7h lost · 9 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 91.7%
  62. 62Cedar Downs Racing Derby21h 13m lost · 6 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 94.7%
  63. 63Roto Whip20h 23m lost · 4 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 94.9%
  64. 64Kiddy Kingdom Carousel17h 24m lost · 4 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 95.7%
  65. 65Mustangs16h 59m lost · 3 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 95.8%
  66. 66Cadillac Cars16h 37m lost · 3 breakdowns · down on 36 of 37 days 95.9%
Excellent 95% and upGood 85-94%Patchy 70-84%Poor under 70%

When Cedar Point rides break down

Closures by the hour they start

1,363 breakdowns · late starts excluded

219am
9310am
10711am
11612pm
1011pm
1422pm
1343pm
1284pm
1095pm
1176pm
1137pm
1518pm

Breakdowns cluster at 8pm, with 151 of the 1,332 closures that started before the park's final hour beginning then - so the ride you most want is safest earlier in the day, not saved for last. A further 1,999 rides simply were not running at opening, which is a late start rather than a fault and is counted separately. The other 31 closures start in the 9pm hour, when the park is shutting - those are rides finishing their day, not failing, so they are left out here.

Cedar Point downtime day by day

Share of ride hours lost

17 Aug to 4 Oct

17 Aug4 Oct

The worst day in this window was 27 Sept, when 50.4% of the park's ride hours were lost and 66 of 66 rides went down at some point.

Uptime is the share of the park's own operating minutes a ride was running, recorded every few minutes and averaged over 37 days. A closure counts as one breakdown when it lasts ten minutes or more; shorter stops still count towards time lost, because a two-minute reset is not a fault. Touching closure windows are merged into one closure - a ride shut all day arrives from the feed as that day sliced into the sampling interval, and counting each slice would report one bad day as a hundred breakdowns.

Frequently asked

Which rides break down most at Cedar Point?

Space Age (0%), WindSeeker (27%), Ocean Motion (31%) have the lowest uptime at Cedar Point across the last 37 recorded operating days. The full ranking of all 66 tracked rides is above.

How reliable is Cedar Point overall?

Cedar Point averages 75.7% uptime across 66 tracked rides, which is patchy. 3 excellent, 17 good, 31 patchy, 15 poor.

Which ride at Cedar Point is the most reliable?

Cadillac Cars, at 95.9% uptime over 37 recorded days, losing only 16h 37m in total.

What time of day do rides break down at Cedar Point?

8pm is the commonest hour for a closure to start, with 151 of the 1,332 closures that started before the park's final hour beginning then. Rides that are not running at opening are counted separately as late starts, not as faults.

Which rides are closed at Cedar Point today?

This page is the longer-term pattern rather than the live picture. For what is shut right now, open the Cedar Point live page - every ride shows whether it is open or closed, with the reason where the park provides one.

How is uptime measured?

Each ride's open or closed status is recorded every few minutes through the park's own operating hours. Uptime is the share of those minutes the ride was running. A closure counts as one breakdown when it lasts ten minutes or more; shorter stops still count towards time lost, because a two-minute reset is not a fault.

Does weather affect Cedar Point reliability?

Yes. Water rides close in heavy rain, and exposed coasters close in lightning, high winds or very cold temperatures. These figures reflect actual operations including weather closures, which is why uptime varies through the year.