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Cedar Point

Cedar Point is a 364-acre (1.47 km²) amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. It currently holds the world record for most roller coasters (17), one of which, Top Thrill Dragster, is the world's second tallest and second fastest roller...
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Top Thrill Dragster

Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 420 feet tall. It was built by...

Drop:

  • 121.92 m (400 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.3208 m (4.3333 ft )

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Duration:

  • 17 s (0.28 min )

Opened:

  • May 4, 2003

Geolocation:

  • 41.4883

Max Speed:

  • 193.12128 km/h (120.00096 mph )

Power Tower

Power Tower is a vertical thrill ride found at two Cedar Fair amusement parks. The Power Tower at Cedar Point is 300 feet (91 m) tall, with two Space Shot towers and two Turbo Drop towers. Cedar Point's Power Tower riders travel only about 240 feet ...

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Millennium Force

Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin AG located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is the fourteenth roller coaster built at the park since the Blue Streak opened in 1964. Standing 310 feet (95 m) tall at its...

Drop:

  • 91 m (300 ft )

Inversions:

  • 0

Height:

  • 94 m (310 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.2 m (3.9 ft )

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Duration:

  • 105 s (1.75 min )

Opened:

  • May 13, 2000

Max Speed:

  • 150 km/h (93.2 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 1,600

Magnum XL-200

Magnum XL-200 is an Arrow Dynamics steel hypercoaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1989, it was the first complete circuit roller coaster to break the 200 foot barrier. It is considered to have started the roller coaster wars,...

Drop:

  • 59.34 m (194.7 ft )

Inversions:

  • 0

Height:

  • 62.5 m (205 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.2 m (3.9 ft )

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Duration:

  • 120 s (2 min )

Opened:

  • May 6, 1989

Max Speed:

  • 116 km/h (72.1 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 2,000

Wicked Twister

Wicked Twister is a 2nd Generation steel inverted impulse roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It is currently the tallest and fastest inverted rollercoaster in the world (although it is NOT complete circuit). When it opened in 2002, it...

Drop:

  • 62.7888 m (206 ft )

Height:

  • 65.532 m (215 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.3208 m (4.3333 ft )

Manufacturer:

Duration:

  • 40 s (0.67 min )

Opened:

  • May 5, 2002

Max Speed:

  • 115.87277 km/h (72.000576 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 1,000

Corkscrew

Corkscrew is a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. When built in 1976, it was the first roller coaster in the world with 3 inversions. The ride is located on the midway directly across from Top Thrill Dragster,...

Drop:

  • 19.812 m (65 ft )

Inversions:

  • 3

Height:

  • 25.908 m (85 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.2192 m (4 ft )

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Opened:

  • May 15, 1976

Max Speed:

  • 77.24851 km/h (48.00038 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 1,800

Mantis

Mantis is a Bolliger and Mabillard stand-up roller coaster at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. It set several stand-up coaster records, including height (145 feet), speed (60 mph), steepest (52°), and inversions (four). Its four...

Drop:

  • 41.7576 m (137 ft )

Inversions:

  • 4

Height:

  • 44.196 m (145 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.3716 m (4.5 ft )

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Opened:

  • May 11, 1996

Max Speed:

  • 96.56064 km/h (60.00048 mph )

Raptor

Raptor is a steel inverted roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, Raptor opened in May 1994 and was the first inverted roller coaster to feature a "cobra roll". Still beloved more than a decade after its...

Drop:

  • 36.2712 m (119 ft )

Inversions:

  • 6

Height:

  • 41.7576 m (137 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.3716 m (4.5 ft )

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Opened:

  • May 7, 1994

Max Speed:

  • 91.73261 km/h (57.00046 mph )

Blue Streak

Blue Streak is a wooden roller coaster following the out and back design, and is the oldest operating roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. According to park officials, the roller coaster has given over 54 million rides since its...

Drop:

  • 21.9 m (71.9 ft )

Inversions:

  • 0

Height:

  • 23.8 m (78.1 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.2192 m (4 ft )

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Duration:

  • 105 s (1.75 min )

Opened:

  • May 23, 1964

Max Speed:

  • 64.4 km/h (40 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 1,400

Cedar Creek Mine Ride

Cedar Creek Mine Ride is a roller coaster operating at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio in the Frontiertown section of the park. It is the second oldest operating roller coaster in the park behind Blue Streak. While many patrons mistake the coaster as...

Drop:

  • 14.6304 m (48 ft )

Height:

  • 16.764 m (55 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.2192 m (4 ft )

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Designer:

Opened:

  • May 24, 1969

Max Speed:

  • 67.59245 km/h (42.00034 mph )

Disaster Transport

Disaster Transport is a enclosed steel bobsled roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The name of the ride stems from "Dispatch Master Transport", which was explained during the pre-show, but can still be seen in the logo. The...

Drop:

  • 15.24 m (50 ft )

Height:

  • 19.2024 m (63 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.1684 m (3.8333 ft )

Manufacturer:

Duration:

  • 152 s (2.53 min )

G-force:

  • 2.7 (26 m/s² )

Opened:

  • May 11, 1985

Max Speed:

  • 64.37376 km/h (40.00032 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 1,023

Iron Dragon

Iron Dragon is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was built in 1987 by Arrow Dynamics. It is a suspended model where the cars hang beneath the track with free lateral movement by a chassis allowing them to swing side...

Height:

  • 23.1648 m (76 ft )

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Opened:

  • 1987

Max Speed:

  • 56.32704 km/h (35.00028 mph )

Mean Streak

Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is a wooden roller coaster and was the tallest and fastest one of its kind when it debuted in 1991. It was constructed using 1.7 million board feet (4...

Drop:

  • 47.244 m (155 ft )

Height:

  • 49.0728 m (161 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.2192 m (4 ft )

Manufacturer:

Opened:

  • May 11, 1991

Max Speed:

  • 104.60736 km/h (65.00052 mph )

Gemini

Gemini is a hybrid wood and steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1978 by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer, it is a racing roller coaster. Also, Cedar Point claims that when the ride debuted it was the...

Drop:

  • 35.9664 m (118 ft )

Inversions:

  • 0

Height:

  • 38.19144 m (125.3 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.2192 m (4 ft )

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Opened:

  • Jun 17, 1978

Max Speed:

  • 96.56064 km/h (60.00048 mph )

Jr. Gemini

Jr. Gemini is a roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The ride is located near Gemini in the park, and is named after its big brother. After exiting the 19-foot-tall lift hill, the roller coaster train goes through a 270-degree turn to...

Height:

  • 5.7912 m (19 ft )

Manufacturer:

Opened:

  • 1979

Max Speed:

  • 9.65606 km/h (6.00005 mph )

Woodstock Express

Woodstock Express is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1999 by Vekoma, it is a junior roller coaster. The ride is the staple attraction apart of a new area constructed in 1999, which is Camp Snoopy. Woodstock...

Height:

  • 13.1064 m (43 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 0.9144 m (3 ft )

Manufacturer:

Opened:

  • May 11, 1999

Max Speed:

  • 40.2336 km/h (25.0002 mph )

WildCat

WildCat, designed by Anton Schwarzkopf, is a roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It is a ’’Wild Mouse’’-style coaster where small cars (each holding four passengers) take many tight turns and small hills that produce negative g...

Height:

  • 15.24 m (50 ft )

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Ride Type:

Opened:

  • 1970

Max Speed:

  • 64.37376 km/h (40.00032 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 900

Maverick

Maverick is a linear synchronous motor-launched steel complete-circuit roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was manufactured by IntaRide LLC, the United States division of Intamin AG, and was the five-hundredth roller coaster designed...

Drop:

  • 30.48 m (100 ft )

Inversions:

  • 2

Height:

  • 32.004 m (105 ft )

Height Restriction:

  • 1.3208 m (4.3333 ft )

Manufacturer:

Designer:

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Opened:

  • May 26, 2007

Max Speed:

  • 112.65408 km/h (70.00056 mph )

Capacity (riders per hour):

  • 1,200

Jumbo Jet

Jumbo Jet was a steel roller coaster that operated from 1972 to 1978 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The coaster was a prefabricated roller coaster with an electric spiral lift mechanism. It was one of the first coasters in the world to utilize...

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Opened:

  • 1972

Closed:

  • 1978

Max Speed:

  • 80.4672 km/h (50.0004 mph )
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