Millennium Force

What else would you expect from the roller coaster capital of the world?

Standing a staggering 310 feet tall and reaching speeds of a remarkable 93 mph, the $25 million Millennium Force "giga-coaster" is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in North America. This steel monster looms over the Cedar Point skyline beckoning guests to take the ride of their lifetime.

Riders travel up the amazing first hill at a 45-degree angle in sleek blue, red or yellow trains that offer tiered seating for optimum viewing. Once at the top of the mammoth structure, passengers zoom down a 300-foot-long drop at an outrageous 80-degree angle - that's almost straight down! From there, riders encounter overbanked (extremely banked, but not quite inverted) turns, dark tunnels, towering hills and lots of "airtime." The wild journey covers 13 acres and 1.25 miles of brilliant blue steel tubular track.

 Since its first summer, Millennium Force has given more than
3.6 million riders yet another reason to scream at the home of the largest collection of rides and roller coasters in the universe,
Cedar Point amusement park/resort.

"I think that Millennium Force is all the commercials and ads have made it out to be, and more! For being able to design a coaster on that large of a scale and build it on such a small footprint is no small feat of engineering!"
 
"I rode Millennium Force for the first time and can't get it out of my mind. I see how you can get addicted to riding it. That first drop is like that dream you have when you are first drifting off to sleep. You dream you are falling and you jerk yourself awake, only this was no dream. This was incredible. I was dizzy afterwards. Wow!"

 
Millennium Force smashed 10 world records when it first opened, including the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster. Some of its records may have been beaten, but the ride's popularity still hasn't dwindled.

The trains have been designed to give riders the best view possible, there are no sides to the trains and the seats are raised in the back of each car. If you're tall you may find yourself short on leg room. Restraints are a seat belt and T-shaped lapbars.



Records broken when the ride opened

·       Tallest roller coaster.
·       Fastest roller coaster.
·       Longest drop.
·       First coaster to top 300 feet.
·       First coaster to use an elevator lift system.
·       Steepest banked non-inversion turns.



Cedar Point's bragging list included at the time (13 May 2000)

·       Most roller coasters at any park (14).
·       Most rides at one park (68).
·       Most steel coasters (12).
·       Most coaster track (44,013 feet).