You have your hotel reservations made. Tickets are in hand and you have taken all the necessary tips to plan your vacation to Cedar Point. After arriving to the park, you are then surprised with some of the attractions may not be open yet.

Under some circumstances, operation of rides is due to weather or maintenance issues. Things happen that can not be planned, and no one, including the park, wants you to miss out on that must get ride. Know that personnel are working hard behind the scenes to get the ride up and running, even if that means an hour before closing.

Cedar Point has put out a list of rides and times they are expected to operate under normal circumstances during the 2019 season, which we think can greatly help you plan your day. Note all rides are subject to change.

Early Ride Times

Our family loves to get to Cedar Point early and take advantage of early ride times. One hour before the park opens, Platinum passholders and guests staying in a resort property can enjoy the following attractions.

Balloon Race – Camp Snoopy
Cadillac Cars
Camp Bus – Camp Snoopy
Cedar Downs
Charlie Brown’s Wind-Up – Camp Snoopy
GateKeeper
Maverick
Midway Carousel
Millennium Force
Ocean Motion
Peanuts 500 – Camp Snoopy
Red Baron – Camp Snoopy
Skyhawk
Snoopy Bounce – Camp Snoopy
Steel Vengeance
Tilt-a-Whirl – Camp Snoopy
Valravn
Wilderness Run – Camp Snoopy
Woodstock Express – Camp Snoopy
Woodstock’s Airmail – Camp Snoopy

Rides Opening at 11:00 AM

From May 11 through September 2, Cedar Point opens at 10:00 am. Thereafter the schedule varies. The following attractions are on a delayed opening schedule until 11:00 am. Everything not on this list should be operational when the gates open at 10:00 am.

Corkscrew
Flying Ace Balloon Race – Planet Snoopy
Gemini
Joe Cool’s Dodgem School – Planet Snoopy
Kite Eating Tree – Planet Snoopy
Mine Ride
Peanuts Road Rally – Planet Snoopy
Power Tower
Professor Delbert’s Frontier Fling
SlingShot
Snoopy’s Deep Sea Divers – Planet Snoopy
Snoopy’s Express Railroad – Planet Snoopy
Snoopy’s Space Race – Planet Snoopy
Super Himalaya
Wicked Twister
WindSeeker
Woodstock’s Whirlybirds – Planet Snoopy

Rides Open 12 PM – 8 PM

Snake River Falls (operates May 25 – Sept. 8)
Thunder Canyon (operates May 25 – Aug. 18)

Rides Closing at 10 PM (When Park is Open 10 PM or Later)

This list is more meant to note the rides that close at 10:00 pm when the park is open later, which is only select Fridays and Saturdays in July, August, September, and October. All other rides are typically open until posted close time.

4×4’s – Kiddy Kingdom
Balloon Race – Camp Snoopy
Camp Bus – Camp Snoopy
Charlie Brown’s Wind-Up – Camp Snoopy
Dune Buggies – Kiddy Kingdom
Flying Ace Balloon Race – Planet Snoopy
Helicopters – Kiddy Kingdom
Joe Cool’s Dodgem School – Planet Snoopy
Kiddy Kingdom Carousel – Kiddy Kingdom
Kite Eating Tree – Planet Snoopy
Motorcycles – Kiddy Kingdom
Mustangs – Kiddy Kingdom
Peanuts 500 – Camp Snoopy
Peanuts Road Rally – Planet Snoopy
Police Cars – Kiddy Kingdom
Professor Delbert’s Frontier Fling
Red Baron – Camp Snoopy
Rock, Spin, Turn – Kiddy Kingdom
Roto Whip – Kiddy Kingdom
Sky Fighters – Kiddy Kingdom
SlingShot
Snoopy Bounce – Camp Snoopy
Snoopy’s Deep Sea Divers – Planet Snoopy
Snoopy’s Express Railroad – Planet Snoopy
Snoopy’s Space Race – Planet Snoopy
Space Age – Kiddy Kingdom
Tilt-a-Whirl – Camp Snoopy
Wilderness Run – Camp Snoopy
Woodstock Express – Camp Snoopy
Woodstock’s Airmail – Camp Snoopy
Woodstock’s Whirlybirds – Planet Snoopy

If you miss out on riding some of the attractions, also take note of the Cedar Point passholder exclusive ride schedule, that allows guests to ride after the general public.

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