If you’ve been waiting to squeeze in one last coaster ride of the year, this is it — Cedar Point is shutting down its coasters this weekend. And before the panic sets in: it’s the end of the season, not a crisis.

Here’s the truth up front: Cedar Point’s 2026 season ends with the final day of HalloWeekends on Sunday, November 1. After that, the park closes for the winter and reopens in spring 2027. So yes — this really is your last shot at coaster glory until next year. (Free Press/USA Today season-closing report)

What’s already done for the year

Per end-of-season reporting, Gemini and Magnum XL-200 are already listed as closed for the season — fans hoping for one last ride on those two legends will have to wait until 2027. They’re not alone on the sidelines: Planet Snoopy, Ocean Motion, Sky Ride, Space Age, Thunder Canyon, and WindSeeker are all closed for the season too. (end-of-season closure schedule report)

What the final weekend still has in store

HalloWeekends runs Thursday through Sunday this final week: Thursday, Oct. 29 from 6 PM to midnight (frights), Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 from 11 AM to midnight, and Sunday, Nov. 1 from 11 AM to 8 PM — the season’s final day. (HalloWeekends dates and hours)

The send-off is stacked: six haunted mazes including the brand-new DIABLO: The Infernal Path and the returning The Conjuring: Beyond Fear, plus four scare zones and eight live acts. Family-friendly by day, frights by night. (full 2026 Halloween lineup)

One practical tip

End-of-season schedules can shift — check Cedar Point’s official park calendar before heading out. And if you’re keeping the Halloween fun closer to home, check out our complete Toledo-area Halloween 2026 guide for trick-or-treat times, events, and haunted houses.

Featured image: A Millennium Force train cresting an airtime hill with the Top Thrill 2 tower behind at Cedar Point — photo by ThrillZing, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.