Millennium Force
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The 310-foot (94 m) lift hill and 122° overbank turn of Millennium Force
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| Cedar Point | |
| Park section | Frontier Trail |
| Coordinates | 41°28′54″N 82°41′17″W / 41.48167°N 82.68806°WCoordinates: 41°28′54″N 82°41′17″W / 41.48167°N 82.68806°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Soft opening date | May 11, 2000 |
| Opening date | May 13, 2000 |
| Cost | US$25,000,000 |
| Replaced | Giant Wheel |
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| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Giga Coaster |
| Track layout | Out and back |
| Lift/launch system | Cable lift hill |
| Height | 310 ft (94 m) |
| Drop | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Length | 6,595 ft (2,010 m) |
| Speed | 93 mph (150 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:20 |
| Max vertical angle | 80° |
| Capacity | 1,300 riders per hour |
| G-force | 4.5 |
| Height restriction | 48–78 in (122–198 cm) |
| Trains | 3 trains with 9 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 36 riders per train. |
 Fast Lane available |
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Millennium Force at RCDB Pictures of Millennium Force at RCDB |
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Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It was the fourteenth roller coaster to be built at the park since Blue Streak opened in 1964. Upon completion in 2000, Millennium Force broke six world records and was the world's first Giga Coaster, a roller coaster that exceeds 300 feet (91 m) in height and completes a full circuit. It was briefly the tallest and fastest in the world until Steel Dragon 2000 opened later the same year. The ride is also the third-longest roller coaster in North America after The Beast at Kings Island and Fury 325 at Carowinds. It was the first roller coaster to use a cable lift system rather than a traditional chain lift. The coaster has a 310 ft (94 m), 45-degree lift hill with a 300 ft (91 m) drop and features two tunnels, three overbanked turns, and four hills. It has a top speed of 93 mph (150 km/h).
Since its debut, Millennium Force has been voted the number one steel roller coaster ten times in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards. Its lowest ranking in the poll has been two, a position that it has swapped with Superman the Ride (formerly Bizarro) numerous times since 2001, and in 2016, with Fury 325. Although Millennium Force has been surpassed in height and speed, it remains one of the tallest and fastest in the world.
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