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Cedar Point ride reliability

39 operating days17 Aug to 9 Oct66 rides tracked

66 tracked rides at Cedar Point ran 75.1% of opening hours across the last 39 operating days, which is patchy. The least reliable is Space Age at 0%, down on 39 of 39 days.

Reliability verdict

Patchy

Across the last 39 operating days, 66 tracked rides ran 75.1% of opening hours. The one to plan around is Space Age, at 0%.

75.1%uptime

Every Cedar Point ride ranked by uptime

Uptime by ride

66 rides · 39 days · worst first

  1. 1Space Age17d 3h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 0%
  2. 2WindSeeker12d 16h lost · 19 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 25.6%
  3. 3Ocean Motion12d 7h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 29.5%
  4. 4Gemini8d 16h lost · 56 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 47%
  5. 5Peanuts Road Rally8d 12h lost · 18 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 48.7%
  6. 6Kite Eating Tree7d 19h lost · 14 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 52.3%
  7. 7Snoopy's Deep Sea Divers7d 5h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 55.2%
  8. 8Flying Ace Balloon Race7d 5h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 55.4%
  9. 9Snoopy's Space Race7d 2h lost · 13 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 55.8%
  10. 10Snoopy's Express Railroad7d 2h lost · 14 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 55.9%
  11. 11Joe Cool's Dodgem School7d 1h lost · 13 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 56%
  12. 12Woodstock's Whirlybirds7d 0h lost · 15 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 56.2%
  13. 13Sky Ride7d 0h lost · 18 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 59.8%
  14. 14Pipe Scream5d 18h lost · 31 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 66.7%
  15. 15Magnum XL-2005d 15h lost · 67 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 67%
  16. 16Rougarou5d 10h lost · 49 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 67.2%
  17. 17Cedar Creek Mine Ride4d 20h lost · 25 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 71.6%
  18. 18SlingShot4d 21h lost · 31 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 72.1%
  19. 19Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad3d 18h lost · 14 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 74.2%
  20. 20Steel Vengeance4d 6h lost · 43 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 74.3%
  21. 214x4's4d 7h lost · 23 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 75.2%
  22. 22Corkscrew4d 5h lost · 41 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 75.2%
  23. 23Skyhawk4d 4h lost · 31 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 75.4%
  24. 24Power Tower Shot4d 7h lost · 10 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 75.8%
  25. 25Power Tower4d 6h lost · 7 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 76.1%
  26. 26Woodstock Express3d 22h lost · 20 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 76.6%
  27. 27maXair3d 19h lost · 41 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 77.8%
  28. 28Maverick3d 19h lost · 60 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 78%
  29. 29Wave Swinger3d 17h lost · 14 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 78.6%
  30. 30Raptor3d 11h lost · 39 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 78.7%
  31. 31Valravn3d 12h lost · 36 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 79.3%
  32. 32Giant Wheel3d 9h lost · 18 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 79.3%
  33. 33Calypso3d 12h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 79.4%
  34. 34Wild Mouse3d 5h lost · 40 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 80.9%
  35. 35Balloon Race3d 4h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 81.1%
  36. 36GateKeeper3d 2h lost · 85 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 81.6%
  37. 37Iron Dragon2d 20h lost · 43 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 81.6%
  38. 38Blue Streak3d 0h lost · 34 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 82.3%
  39. 39Camp Bus2d 19h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 83.5%
  40. 40Charlie Brown's Wind-Up2d 18h lost · 7 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 83.8%
  41. 41Wilderness Run2d 18h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 83.9%
  42. 42Red Baron2d 16h lost · 7 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 84.1%
  43. 43Peanuts 5002d 16h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 84.2%
  44. 44Linus' Beetle Bugs2d 15h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 84.2%
  45. 45Woodstock's Airmail2d 16h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 84.3%
  46. 46Troika2d 15h lost · 19 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 84.5%
  47. 47Matterhorn2d 12h lost · 12 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 84.8%
  48. 48Lake Erie Eagles2d 8h lost · 10 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 86%
  49. 49Top Thrill 22d 10h lost · 68 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 86.1%
  50. 50Super Himalaya2d 7h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 86.3%
  51. 51Dodgem2d 6h lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 86.4%
  52. 52Atomic Scrambler2d 6h lost · 6 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 86.5%
  53. 53Siren's Curse2d 8h lost · 59 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 86.7%
  54. 54Sky Fighters2d 4h lost · 4 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 86.8%
  55. 55Midway Carousel2d 3h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 87.2%
  56. 56Rock, Spin & Turn2d 2h lost · 3 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 87.3%
  57. 57Dune Buggies2d 2h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 87.3%
  58. 58Police Cars2d 2h lost · 2 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 87.3%
  59. 59Millennium Force2d 4h lost · 59 breakdowns · down on 39 of 39 days 87.4%
  60. 60Motorcycles2d 1h lost · 1 breakdown · down on 38 of 39 days 87.6%
  61. 61Helicopters1d 7h lost · 9 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 92.1%
  62. 62Cedar Downs Racing Derby21h 22m lost · 6 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 94.9%
  63. 63Roto Whip20h 32m lost · 4 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 95.1%
  64. 64Kiddy Kingdom Carousel17h 53m lost · 5 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 95.8%
  65. 65Mustangs17h 8m lost · 3 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 96%
  66. 66Cadillac Cars16h 46m lost · 3 breakdowns · down on 38 of 39 days 96.1%
Excellent 95% and upGood 85-94%Patchy 70-84%Poor under 70%

When Cedar Point rides break down

Closures by the hour they start

1,386 breakdowns · late starts excluded

219am
9310am
10911am
11712pm
1011pm
1422pm
1363pm
1284pm
1095pm
1216pm
1187pm
1558pm

Breakdowns cluster at 8pm, with 155 of the 1,350 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 2,115 rides simply were not running at opening, which is a late start rather than a fault and is counted separately. The other 36 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 9 Oct

17 Aug9 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 39 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 (25.6%), Ocean Motion (29.5%) have the lowest uptime at Cedar Point across the last 39 recorded operating days. The full ranking of all 66 tracked rides is above.

How reliable is Cedar Point overall?

Cedar Point averages 75.1% uptime across 66 tracked rides, which is patchy. 4 excellent, 15 good, 31 patchy, 16 poor.

Which ride at Cedar Point is the most reliable?

Cadillac Cars, at 96.1% uptime over 39 recorded days, losing only 16h 46m in total.

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

8pm is the commonest hour for a closure to start, with 155 of the 1,350 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.