Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Wed 5 May (1/10) · Wed 12 May (1/10) · Wed 19 May (1/10)
Busiest: Sat 26 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
234
2410
2510
265
271
281
291
304
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
24
31
41
51
63
710
810
94
101
111
121
133
1410
1510
164
171
181
191
203
2110
2210
234
241
251✦
261✦
276✦
2810✦
2910✦
304
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
31
43
510
610
74
81
91
101
113
1210
1310
144
151
161
171
183
1910
2010✦
218✦
221✦
231✦
241✦
257✦
2610✦
2710✦
288✦
291✦
301✦
311✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
17✦
210✦
310✦
44
51
61
71
83
910
1010
114
121
131
141
153
1610✦
1710✦
187✦
191
201
211
223
2310
2410
254
261
271
281
293
3010
3110
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
21
31
41
53
610
710
84
91
101
111
123
1310✦
1410✦
157✦
161
171
181
193
2010
2110
224
231
241
251
263
2710
2810
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
21
31
41
53
610
710
85
91
101
111
124
1310
1410
155
161
171
181
194
2010
2110✦
227✦
231✦
241✦
251✦
266✦
2710✦
2810✦
297✦
301
311
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
24
310
410
55
61
71
81
94
1010
1110
125
131
141
151
164
1710
1810
195
201
211
221
233
2410
2510
264
271
281
291
303
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
29
33
41
51
61
72
810
99
103
111
121
131
142
1510
169
173
181
191
201
212
2210
239
243
251
261
271
282
2910✦
3010✦
316✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
31
42
510
69
73
81
91
101
112
1210
139
143
151
161
171
182
1910
209
213
221
231
241
252
2610
279
283
291
301
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
24
310
410✦
55
61
71
81
94
1010
1110
125
131
141
151
164
1710
1810
195
201
211
221
234
2410
2510
265
271
281
291
304
3110
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110
25
31
41
51
64
710
810
95
101
111
121
134
1410
1510
165
171
181
191
204
2110
2210
235
241
251
261
274
2810
2910
305
311
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
11
21
34
410✦
510✦
67✦
71
81
91
104
1110
1210
135
141
151
161
174
1810
1910
205
211
221
231
244
2510
2610
275
281
291
301
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
210
310
45
51
61
71
84
910✦
1010✦
117✦
121
131
141
154
1610
1710
185
191
201
211
224
The months that actually matter at Cedar Point
Busiest months
July, August, September and October — July and August, plus HalloWeekends Saturdays in late September and October.
Quietest months
May, June and September — May and early June weekdays, and September weekdays when the park runs a reduced schedule.
Local knowledge: Cedar Point is a weekend park in a way few others are. Shifting your visit from Saturday to Tuesday does more for your day than any paid product — and it is free.
When to avoid Cedar Point, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Sat Jan 16 – Mon Jan 18MLK Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat Feb 13 – Mon Feb 15Presidents' Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sun Jul 4July 4th · about 10/10
Sat Sep 4 – Mon Sep 6Labor Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Sat Oct 9 – Mon Oct 11Columbus Day · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Apr 26 – Sun May 2about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 3 – Sun May 9about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 10 – Sun May 16about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 17 – Sun May 23about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Cedar Point, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Cedar Point wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.