Cedar Point Beach
A mile of Lake Erie sand directly behind the park.
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Cedar Point
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🇺🇸United StatesTheme parkNorth America (USA)
Sandusky, Ohio, United States
An Ohio park on Lake Erie known as the roller coaster capital of the world.
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Best for Thrill SeekersOpened
1870
Size
364 acres (147 ha)
Rides
66 attractions
Avg. visit
9 hours
Ticket range
$60–$95 USD
Cedar Point overview
Cedar Point at a glance
An Ohio park on Lake Erie known as the roller coaster capital of the world.
Cedar Point sits on a Lake Erie peninsula and has spent 150 years collecting record-breaking steel. Seventeen coasters — Steel Vengeance, Millennium Force, Top Thrill 2, Maverick — give it the deepest thrill lineup on earth.
Theming is thin by Disney standards, but for pure ride quality nothing in North America competes.
Our editor's recommendation
Yes, if you already have a reason to be in the region. It ranks #12 of the 50 parks we score, at 8.0/10 with 66 rides and attractions and a typical visit of about 9 hours. Tickets run $60–$95 a day. The strongest reasons to go are its big-ticket thrill rides. The honest catch: tickets are expensive for what you get, and queues average around 26 minutes. Best time to visit: Summer.
Cedar Point highlights
Rides & attractions at Cedar Point
These are the top attractions at Cedar Point — 12 rides and experiences hand-picked and verified by our editorial team, including 6 signature rides you shouldn't miss. Use the filter bar below to narrow the line-up by rider height, zone, category or thrill level.
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Plan your visit to Cedar Point
- Operating hours
- Typically 11am-8pm midweek, 10am-10pm on peak summer days
- Operating calendar
- Hours vary by date and season; published on the official park hours and events calendar and subject to weather changes.
- Seasonal closures
- Closed roughly November to early May, apart from HalloWeekends and Winter events
- Queue-skip pass
- Fast Lane and Fast Lane Plus wristbands, priced roughly $80-$180 depending on the date. From about $110 USD.
- How long to stay
- Full day, two for coaster completists
- Multi-day tickets
- 2-day and multi-visit tickets often bundled with Cedar Point Shores water park and on-site hotel stays.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $199 USD.
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Plan your visitCedar Point events & shows
HalloWeekends
Long-running autumn event with haunted houses, scare zones and family daytime activities.
WinterFest
Holiday event with millions of lights, ice skating on the lagoon and seasonal shows.
Cedar Point reviews & ratings
Amusement Park Ranker overall score
8.0
An aggregate of 3 public review platforms, each normalized to a 0–10 scale and weighted by review volume.
Cedar Point wait times
- Typical day
26
- Crowd & wait score
3.0
Cedar Point records & achievements
Top Thrill Dragster: world's tallest and fastest coaster
2003When it opened in 2003, Top Thrill Dragster was the tallest (420 ft) and fastest (120 mph) roller coaster in the world; the record has since been surpassed and the ride reimagined.
Golden Ticket Award for Best Amusement Park, 16 consecutive years
1997Cedar Point won Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Award for Best Amusement Park in the World every year from 1997 to 2013.
Attractions near Cedar Point
Merry-Go-Round Museum
Historic carousel workshop and antique ride collection in downtown Sandusky.
Kelleys Island
Ferry-accessible island with glacial grooves, vineyards and cycling.
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