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A3 News Herald, Port Clinton, Ohio. Friday, July 23, 1999 to Suit 92 ph rtew Cedar Polnfl eoast Millennium Force tallest coaster yet 51 brakes present on all but a handful of roller coasters in the world. Millennium Force will challenge riders to a 2-minute, 45-second run over the rails. Located in the center of the park along Frontier Trail, Millennium Force's expansive layout will cover 13 acres. The Giant Wheel will be relocated adjacent to the Disaster Transport roller coaster to make room for the mammoth Millennium Force.

The three 36-passenger trains will allow for a capacity of approximately 1,600 riders an hour. Millennium Force will be the seventh world-record-breaking ride Cedar Point has introduced since debuting the world-class No. 1-rated Magnum XL-200 steel roller coaster in 1989. Plus, it will be the seventh roller coaster the park has added during this same time period. "Our philosophy of reinvestment continues with the stunning addition of Millennium Force," comments Richard L.

Kinzel, president and CEO of Cedar Fair, L.P., which owns and operates Cedar Point and four other amusement parks. "This cjearly represents the largest project that our company has ever been involved with, and I can't imagine a more exciting time than the new millennium to kick off such a blockbuster roller coaster." The roller coaster engineering and manufacturing firm, Intamin AG of Wollerau, Switzerland, and Cedar Point's Planning and Design Department, teamed up to create the layout of Millennium Force. Construction of Millennium Force is currently under way and will continue throughout the winter. It will open next May. SANDUSKY cidar Point amusement parkresort will take a thrill-riding leap into the next century when it builds the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world for its 2000 season.

Named Millennium Force, the steel roller coaster will be the single largest investment in the 129-year history of Cedar Point. It will be the park's 14th roller coaster and will break 10 world coaster records. Millennium Force's statistics: A 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 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. "We want to enter into the next century with the 'knock-your-socks-off roller coaster of the millennium," says Don Miears, executive vice president and general manager of Cedar Point.

"Millennium Force will introduce the world to a whole new level of roller-coaster-riding, while reinforcing Cedar Point's strong commitment to being the foremost thrill ride park in the world." Millennium Force will shatter 10 world records: Tallest roller coaster at 310 feet. The new Cedar Point coaster is being constructed next to Frontier Trail along Sandusky Bay. Most steel roller coasters anywhere in the world with 12 at CedarPoint. More roller coaster track than anywhere else in the world with 44,013 feet. First roller coaster to use an elevator lift cable system Steepest non-inversion banked turn on a roller coaster at 122 Fastest roller coaster at 92 mph.

Longest drop on a roller coaster at 300 feet. The most roller coasters anywhere in the world with an astonishing 14 at Cedar Point. The most rides anywhere in the world with 68 at Cedar Point. First roller coaster to break the 300-foot-tall threshold. Millennium Force will use prototype roller coaster technology with a newly designed elevator cable system to carry the coaster trains up the lift hill versus a traditional lift chain.

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