Negative-G - Cedar Point 2023

Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
June 13 & 14, 2023
Page Forty-Three

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The Blue Streak Roller Coaster at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio

When the Blue Streak was Cedar Point's "big" coaster the coaster line up at the park consisted primarily of little portable coasters like Wild Mice or Allen Hirschell "Little Dipper" coasters. Really between 1951 when Cedar Point's legendary Harry Traver designed Cyclone was demolished and when the Blue Streak opened in 1963 there weren't any coasters to really write home about.

The Blue Streak in 1964 lead to the Cedar Creek Mine Ride in 1969 which lead to Corkscrew in 1976 and Gemini in 1978 and so on until we have the giant theme park that is crammed with world class thrill machines today. While Cedar Point has been around for over a hundred and fifty years the Cedar Point that we know if began with the Blue Streak. When on the point make sure to stop by, pay some respects, and of course take the Blue Streak for a ride.

The Raptor Roller Coaster at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio

The final coaster on our tour that began on the Lake Erie side of Cedar Point is Raptor.

Raptor of course is an inverted coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard.

B&M shocked the world in 1992 with the debut of Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America which was the worlds first inverted looping coaster. With world wide media attention and lines reaching all the way to the front of Six Flags Great America the theme park world stood up and took notice. Cedar Point certainly took notice and after the 1993 season Raptor began to rise over the point.