Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
June 13 & 14, 2023
Page Thirty-One
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Millennium Force was built by Intamin and opened at Cedar Point in 2000.
Like many of Cedar Point's coasters Millennium Force shattered records
when it opened.
Millennium Force with a lift height of three hundred and ten feet
and a drop of three hundred feet was the first coaster to break the 300
foot barrier and as a result was the worlds first "Giga coaster".
Once boarding and getting locked into the train you are quickly pulled
out of the station using not a traditional chain lift but a cable lift
that sends you to the top of Millennium Force's lift hill in no time at
all. Seated in the back, which is my favorite seat, you whip over
the crest and are airborne all the way down to the ground.
Millennium Force is so forceful that heading up and then speeding around
the rides first turnaround that I start to get tunnel vision on the way
to blacking out. It is as if when designing this ride Cedar Point
brought in Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and his main design input was to
add as much speed and power as possible.