Millennium Force
The 310-foot (94 m) hill of Millennium Force
Location	Cedar Point
Park section	Frontier Trail
Type	Steel
Status	Open
Opened	May 13, 2000
Manufacturer	Intamin AG
Designer	Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Model	Gigacoaster
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)
Max speed	93 mph (150 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	1:45
Max vertical angle	80°
Capacity	1,600 riders per hour
Cost	US$ 25,000,000
Height restriction	4 ft 0 in (120 cm)
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Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and was built by Intamin AG. The fourteenth roller coaster built at the park, its royal blue track stands 310 feet (95 m) tall at its highest point. The coaster overlooks Lake Erie. When it was built in 2000, it was briefly the tallest complete circuit roller coaster in the world, before being beaten by Steel Dragon 2000 and then Cedar Point's own Top Thrill Dragster. It is also the first roller coaster to utilize a cable lift system, rather than the traditional chain lift. The chain lift was too heavy considering that Magnum's chain was 7 short tons (6 t) and two-thirds as tall. The cable lift uses an 800-horsepower (600 kW) motor that turns a set of sprocket gears that pulls the cable. Cable lifts were previously only used on smaller coasters in Europe. After the 2007 season, Millennium Force gave almost 12 million rides total. Park guests must be at least 48 inches tall to ride. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2136x2848, 1309 KB) *Subject: Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio *Author: Nick Nolte *Taken: August 8, 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Millennium Force Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... This article is about the amusement park in Ohio. ... This article is about the amusement park in Ohio. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Expedition GeForce, Germany Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. ... A gigacoaster is a type of roller coaster that is in general defined as one achieving a height of 300-399 feet. ... 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. ... Image File history File links Roller_Coaster_Icon. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... This article is about the amusement park in Ohio. ... Sandusky is the name of some places in the United States of America: Sandusky, Michigan Sandusky, Ohio Sandusky was the name of the first locomotive built in the United States. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Expedition GeForce, Germany Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. ... Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the tenth largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ... While there have been hundreds of different roller coasters built, there have been just a few that were notable for specific reasons. ... Steel Dragon 2000 is a roller coaster at Nagashima SpaLand Amusement Park in Nagashima, Japan. ... Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. ... 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. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

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Today, Millennium Force is no longer the tallest or fastest roller coaster at Cedar Point, having been surpassed in height and speed by Top Thrill Dragster. Nonetheless, Millennium Force remains one of the tallest, fastest, and longest steel roller coasters in the world.^[2] Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. ...

The ride

While the train is being loaded in the station, the catch car for the cable lift ascends the lift and latches onto the middle car of the train. Once the train is cleared, the cable lift pulls the train up a 45 degree lift hill at 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) to a height of 310 feet (94 m). After reaching the top, the train drops 300 feet (91 m) down at an 80 degree angle and reaches a top speed of 93 miles per hour (150 km/h) at the bottom. It then climbs 169 feet (52 m) through a right overbanked turn at 122 degrees from the horizontal axis, then travels through a tunnel as it passes over the Frontier Trail midway. It then travels over a 182-foot (55 m) parabolic hill, which provides a moment of "air time" as it passes over a lagoon and down onto Millennium Island. While on Millennium Island, the train completes a 105-foot (32 m), 360-degree, right-handed helix, followed by a left overbanked turn and then a small right-hand turn before traveling over another airtime-filled hill to exit the island. After exiting the island, the train travels left through a second tunnel, then travels over a small "bunny hop" over the station exit before passing by the queue. Finally, the train travels through a 68-foot-tall (21 m) right overbanked turn over the queue and then is brought to a stop by magnetic brakes. 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. ... An element common on large steel roller coasters, particularly those built by Intamin AG of Switzerland. ... A parabola A parabola (from the Greek: παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a cone, and a plane tangent to the cone or parallel to some plane tangent to the cone. ... David OHara tells you about brakes and how effective they are: A brake run on Scorpion A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track meant to slow or stop a roller coaster train. ...

Statistics

Physical dimensions

• Angle of Lift Hill: 45 degrees
• Angle of First Drop: 80 degrees
• Second Hill Height: 182 ft (55 m)
• Third Hill Height: 169 ft (52 m)

Vehicles

• Coaches: Nine four-passenger coaches on each train; Three 36-passenger trains
• Design: Stainless steel coaches featuring stadium seating style seating arrangements with individual hydraulic lap bars and seat belt

World records (2000)

When it opened in May 2000, Millennium Force broke many world records including:

• First ever complete circuit roller coaster to top 300 feet (91 m)
• Tallest complete circuit roller coaster (310 feet (94 m))
• Longest drop on a complete circuit roller coaster (300 feet (91 m))
• Fastest complete circuit roller coaster (93 miles per hour (150 km/h))
• Steepest non-inversion banked turn on a roller coaster (122°)
• First coaster in the United States to utilize elevator lift system
• First roller coaster to feature magnetic braking system

Rankings

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Gallery

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References

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External links

• CedarPoint.com - Millennium Force Official Page