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Cedar Point Shores delays its 2026 opening to May 30

Forecasted weather pushed the Sandusky water park's season start out of Memorial Day weekend.

A colorful water slide complex at Cedar Point Shores Waterpark
Image credit: Cedar Point / Six Flags.

Cedar Point Shores Waterpark will open Saturday, May 30 after forecasted weather pushed back the beginning of the 2026 season.

The Sandusky water park sits next to Cedar Point and includes Point Plummet, Crosscurrent, Lemmy's Lagoon, Lakeslide Landing, and the half-million-gallon Cedar Creek lazy river.

The delay takes Cedar Point Shores out of the holiday weekend mix while the main amusement park continues its posted operating schedule. Guests planning a water-park day will need to look at May 30 or later for the season's first public hours.

Cedar Point Shores hours begin May 30 on the operating calendar. The park has not announced any separate make-up event for the missed weekend.

Weather delays are especially disruptive for regional water parks because early-season weekends carry a lot of the first-trip traffic. This one lands just before school calendars begin to loosen across Ohio and Michigan.

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