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Encyclopedia > Cedar Creek Mine Ride
Cedar Creek Mine Ride

Type Steel
Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics
Designer Ron Toomer
Model Runaway Mine
Track layout
Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
Status Open
Opened May 24, 1969
Height 55 feet
Drop 48 feet
Length 2,400 feet
Max speed 42 mph
Inversions 0
Duration 2:42
Max Vertical Angle 45°
Capacity 2,400 riders pr. hour
Cost


Cedar Creek Mine Ride is a roller coaster operating at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio in the Frontiertown section of the park. It is the second oldest operating roller coaster in the park behind Blue Streak. While many patrons mistake the coaster as being wooden, the ride is actually constructed of steel tubular track on a wooden frame, hence it is considered a steel roller coaster. The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah. ... Ronald Valentine Toomer (31 May 1930-) is one of the preeminent roller coaster designers in the world. ... A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Inside Cedar Point with Corkscrew in view. ... Sandusky is a city located in Erie County, Ohio. ... Blue Streak is a wooden roller coaster following the out and back design. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ...



This article about an amusement park, amusement ride, or roller coaster is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Ferris wheel at a fair in Yate, Bristol, England. ... Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... Types of amusement rides include: Bumper cars Carousels Dark rides Ferris wheels Freefall towers Hall of mirrors Log flumes Loop-O-Plane Motion platforms Observation towers Octopus (ride) Roller coasters Scenic railways switchbacks Horror train Shoot-the-Chutes The Zipper Tilt-A-Whirl See also Amusement park Closed rides and... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...



 
 

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