The Corkscrew is a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... Inside Cedar Point with Corkscrew in view. ... 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. ... Sandusky is a city located in Erie County, Ohio. ...

It consists of an elevated station that houses the patriotic cars, made in combinations of red & white, white & blue, and blue & white. They are designed in this manner because they debuted in 1976, the U.S. Bicentennial. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... The United States Bicentennial was celebrated on Sunday, July 4, 1976, the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. ...

First, riders are carried up an 85 foot (26 m) lift hill, and dropped, gaining speed up to 48 m.p.h (77 km/h). It then goes through a vertical loop, coasts along a flat section of track, and then enters the corkscrew, at which point it is traveling at 38 m.p.h. (61 km/h). It completes two corkscrew loops, and coasts back into the station. 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. ...

The ride is 2,050 feet (625 m) long, built on 5 acres (20,000 m²), rides for ~2 minutes, and has three 24 passenger trains.