Cedar Point has released there 2000 plans by unleashing the "giga-coaster" Millennium Force! This record breaking coaster will make anything look small by a long short. Cedar Point already set the pace before with the worlds tallest coaster with the Magnum XL200, yet again with the world's tallest Inverted Coaster with Raptor, the world's tallest wooden coaster with Meanstreak, and the world's tallest standup coaster Mantis. All of this means that it is no coincidence that Cedar Point would make the Millennium a fitting time to break 10 World Records!
Millennium Force's statistics are staggering: with a monumental 310-foot-tall first hill at a 45-degree incline, speeds of 92 mph over 6,595 feet of track and a first drop of 300 feet at an extraordinary 80-degree angle, this mega-thriller will awe riders with its dynamic world-record-breaking dimensions. Termed a "giga-coaster" for its extreme height, Millennium Force will be the first and only roller coaster in the world to break the 300-foot-tall barrier.
Don Miears, executive vice president and general manager of Cedar Point, said they wanted to make the "knock your socks off" coaster for the Millennium. Don wanted this coaster to set a new standard for coasters to come after the Millennium and to also keep Cedar Point the most thrilling park in the world.
"Millennium Force will shatter or help shatter 10 world records:
1.) Tallest roller coaster at 310 feet.
2.) Fastest roller coaster at 92 mph.
3.) Longest drop on a roller coaster at 300 feet.
4.) The most roller coasters anywhere in the world with an astonishing 14 at Cedar Point.
5.) The most rides anywhere in the world with 68 at Cedar Point.
6.) First roller coaster to break the 300-foot-tall threshold.
7.) Most steel roller coasters anywhere in the world with 12 at Cedar Point.
8.) More roller coaster track than anywhere else in the world with 44,013 feet.
9.) First roller coaster to use an elevator lift cable system.
10.) Steepest non-inversion banked turn on a rollercoaster at 122 degrees.
The new coaster will also have several newfangled concepts: the stainless steel trains on Millennium Force will use the latest design in roller-coaster-seating where the second row of seats are tiered above the first row on each of the nine cars on the coaster's trains to offer an unobstructed view for riders (similar to cinema seating); and the braking system will utilize unique "magnetic" brakes rather than the typical "friction" brakes present on all but a handful of rollr coasters in the world.
Millennium Force will challenge riders to a 2-minute, 45-second rampage over the rails that begins with a 310-foot-high lift hill, followed by a 300-foot drop at 92 mph. Riders will then encounter a 169-foot-tall turn that overbanks (extremely banked, but not quite inverted) at a dramatic 122-degree angle, dive into a tunnel, cross a lagoon, scale a hill that stands 182 feet tall and plunge onto a small wooded island. On the island, the coaster will race into an 87-foot-high turn, zoom into a curve 100 feet in the air at an overbanked 122-degree angle and then travel back across the lagoon and through a second tunnel. After emerging from the tunnel, riders will experience "air-time" before flying into a final 68-foot-tall overbanked turn and then return to the station."
Location: Loading Dock is along the Frontier Trail but Millennium Force will cover 13 acres.
Lift Height: 310 ft.
Angle of Lift Hill: 45 degrees!
Track Length: 6,595 ft.
First Drop: 300 ft.
Angle of First Drop: 80 degrees.
Second Hill Height: 169 ft.
Third Hill Height: 182 feet.
Time: Around 2 minutes, 45 seconds.
Speed: Around 92 mph.
Trains: 3 Trains
Riders per train: 36
Riders per hour: 1,600
Colors: Structure will be a "futuristic two-tone" color silver with blue track. Trains will be Red, Blue, and Yellow.
