Cedar Point
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| place | Sandusky, Ohio | |||
| opening | 1870 | |||
| Visitors | 3.604 million (2016) | |||
| surface | 147 hectares | |||
| Website | www.cedarpoint.com | |||
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Coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′ 40 " N , 82 ° 40 ′ 43" W.
Cedar Point is an American amusement park in Sandusky , Ohio . The park has a total of 16 roller coasters. With Millennium Force , the park owns a record track that has been a symbol of roller coasters since it opened and is still one of the most extraordinary roller coasters in the world today. With Top Thrill Dragster , Cedar Point has the second highest and third fastest roller coaster in the world after Kingda Ka and Formula Rossa . The newest roller coaster, opened in 2018, is Steel Vengeance . Cedar Point calls itself the largest amusement park in the world. With an estimated 3.604 million visitors (ranked 14th), the park was one of the 20 most-visited amusement parks in North America in 2016.
history
Cedar Point was opened in 1870 as a park with a bathing beach on Lake Erie by a businessman from Sandusky. The park initially offered guests diving boards for 10 cents, a platform on the lake, and a clubhouse with the possibility of dining, bowling, dancing and changing clothes. With over 130 years of company history, it is one of the oldest amusement parks in the world. It was not until 1892 that the Switchback Railway was slowly converted into an amusement park in the modern sense , with the construction of the wooden roller coaster . With the inauguration of four more wooden roller coasters from 1902 to 1912, the focus was on the operation of roller coasters for the entertainment of guests. Cedar Point has decommissioned a total of 15 roller coasters to date and currently operates 17 roller coasters. The last roller coaster dismantled was Disaster Transport , which closed in late July 2012 and demolished for GateKeeper construction . The oldest active roller coaster in the park is Blue Streak from 1964.
Attractions
roller coaster
| Name of the roller coaster | height | length | Max. speed | Specialty | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue streak | 24 m | 780 m | 64 km / h | Wooden roller coaster from 1964 | Toboggan Coasters |
| Cedar Creek Mine Ride | 15 m | 774 m | 68 km / h | no | Arrow |
| Corkscrew | 26 m | 625 m | 77 km / h | first roller coaster with three inversions | Arrow |
| GateKeeper | 52 m | 1269 m | 108 km / h | Wing Coaster | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Gemini | 36 m | 1199 m | 97 km / h | the trains are racing | Arrow |
| Iron Dragon | 23 m | 853 m | 64 km / h | the carriages are suspended under the rail so that they can swing freely; equipped with VR technology from 2017 | Arrow |
| Magnum XL-200 | 63 m | 1556 m | 116 km / h | first roller coaster over 200 feet high (≈61 m) | Arrow |
| Rougarou (formerly Mantis) | 44 m | 1189 m | 97 km / h | former Stand-Up Coaster (now Floorless Coaster ) | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Maverick | 33 m | 1265 m | 113 km / h | First roller coaster with lift hill and launch | Intamin |
| Mean Streak (closed) | 49 m | 1654 m | 105 km / h | For the opening of the world's largest wooden roller coaster, it has been converted into an RMC hybrid coaster since October 2016. | Dinn Co. |
| Millennium Force | 95 m | 2010 m | 150 km / h | first roller coaster over 300 feet high (≈91 m) | Intamin |
| Raptor | 42 m | 1155 m | 92 km / h | Inverted Coaster | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Steel Vengeance | 62 m | 1750 m | 121 km / h | RMC hybrid coaster, which was known as the Mean Streak before the renovation. He holds 10 world records . | Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) |
| Top thrill dragster | 128 m | 853 m | 193 km / h | strong acceleration and first roller coaster over 400 feet high (≈122 m) | Intamin |
| Valravn | 68 m | 1041 m | 120 km / h | highest, fastest and longest dive coaster in the world | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Wicked Twister | 66 m | 823 m | 116 km / h | shuttle train and "Inverted Coaster" | Intamin |
| Wilderness Run | 6 m | 135 m | 10 km / h | no | Intamin |
| Woodstock Express | 13 m | 335 m | 46 km / h | no | Vekoma |
Other attractions (selection)
- Snake River Falls
- Thunder Canyon
- monster
- Skyhawk
- chaos
- Scrambler
- Giant wheel
Former roller coasters
| Name of the roller coaster | Manufacturer | opening | closure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway trip | Mack Rides | 1964 or earlier | 1964 or later |
| Cyclone | Harry G Traver | 1929 | 1951 |
| Dip the Dips Scenic Railways | unknown | 1908 | 1917 |
| Disaster transportation | Intamin | 1985 | 2012 |
| High frolics | Andy Vettel | 1918 | 1940 |
| Jumbo Jet | Black Head | 1972 | 1978 |
| Leap the dips | Andy Vettel | 1912 | 1935 |
| Racer | McKay Construction | 1910 | 1928 |
| Scamber | unknown | 1962 | 1969 |
| Great coaster | Allan Herschell Company | 1952 | 1964 or later |
| Switchback Railway | unknown | 1892 | unknown |
| Three-Way Figure Eight Roller Toboggan | Frederick Ingersoll | 1902 | 1909 |
| Wild Mouse | BA Schiff & Associates | 1959 | 1962 |
| Wildcat | Black Head | 1979 | 2011 |
| Wildcat | Black Head | 1970 | 1978 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Global Attractions Attendance Report 2016. (PDF) aecom.com, accessed on December 11, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Snake River Falls - Cedar Point - Freizeitpark-Welt.de. In: www.freizeitpark-welt.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Thunder Canyon - Cedar Point - Freizeitpark-Welt.de. In: www.freizeitpark-welt.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Monster - Cedar Point - Freizeitpark-Welt.de. In: www.freizeitpark-welt.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Skyhawk - Cedar Point - Freizeitpark-Welt.de. In: www.freizeitpark-welt.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
- ^ Chaos - Cedar Point - Freizeitpark-Welt.de. In: www.freizeitpark-welt.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
- ^ Scrambler - Cedar Point - Freizeitpark-Welt.de. In: www.freizeitpark-welt.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Giant Wheel - Cedar Point - Freizeitpark-Welt.de. In: www.freizeitpark-welt.de. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .