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Cedar Point is a 364-acre (1.5 km²) amusement park
Amusement park

Amusement park is the generic term for a collection of Amusement ride and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group of people....
 located in Sandusky
Sandusky, Ohio

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, Ohio
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, United States
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 on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie
Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time....
. It currently holds the world record for most roller coaster
Roller coaster

For Rollercoaster, the wooden rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, see Rollercoaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks....
s (17), one of which, Top Thrill Dragster
Top Thrill Dragster

Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 400-499 feet tall....
, is the world's second tallest and third fastest roller coaster, reaching speeds of and a height of . Cedar Point is also the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than . , Cedar Point has more rides (75) than any other amusement park.

It also has a mile-long white sand beach, an outdoor water park (Soak City
Soak City (Sandusky, Ohio)

Soak City is a water park in Sandusky, Ohio, located next to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. It began as a water-slide complex in the late 1980s and has since grown to be a major water park destination....
), an indoor waterpark and hotel (Castaway Bay), two marinas, several hotels, and Challenge Park, which features attractions such as go-karts and miniature golf.






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Cedar Point is a 364-acre (1.5 km²) amusement park
Amusement park

Amusement park is the generic term for a collection of Amusement ride and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group of people....
 located in Sandusky
Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo, Ohio to the west and Cleveland, Ohio to the east....
, Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie
Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time....
. It currently holds the world record for most roller coaster
Roller coaster

For Rollercoaster, the wooden rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, see Rollercoaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks....
s (17), one of which, Top Thrill Dragster
Top Thrill Dragster

Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 400-499 feet tall....
, is the world's second tallest and third fastest roller coaster, reaching speeds of and a height of . Cedar Point is also the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than . , Cedar Point has more rides (75) than any other amusement park.

It also has a mile-long white sand beach, an outdoor water park (Soak City
Soak City (Sandusky, Ohio)

Soak City is a water park in Sandusky, Ohio, located next to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. It began as a water-slide complex in the late 1980s and has since grown to be a major water park destination....
), an indoor waterpark and hotel (Castaway Bay), two marinas, several hotels, and Challenge Park, which features attractions such as go-karts and miniature golf. Known as "America's Roller Coast", Cedar Point has been voted "Best Amusement Park in the World" by Amusement Today for the past eleven years.

The park opened in 1870, and is the second oldest amusement park in North America after Lake Compounce
Lake Compounce

Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States and a part of the neighboring town of Southington, Connecticut, Connecticut; the lake itself lies completely in Southington....
. Cedar Point is the flagship park for Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (which is headquartered at the park) and, along with Valleyfair, was one of the original parks owned and operated by the company.

Cedar Point's normal operating season runs daily from early May through Labor Day, then for nine weekends following Labor Day. Operating hours vary throughout the summer, but on most days the park opens at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 10:00 p.m. Guests of the on-site hotels (Hotel Breakers
Hotel Breakers

The Hotel Breakers, built in 1905, is a large historic Lake Erie resort hotel located at 1 Cedar Point Drive in the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio....
, Sandcastle Suites, Lighthouse Point, Camper Village, Breakers Express and Castaway Bay) are granted 1 hour early access to the park. In 2009, Cedar Point will be open daily from May 16 through September 7, then on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from September 18 through November 1 for Halloweekends.

History

Prior to development, the Cedar Point peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 was covered by native cedar vegetation and the crystal clear waters provided superb fishing grounds. From the 1840s through the 1870s, local fishermen often leased space on the peninsula in order to ply the profitable waters.

In the 1860s, during the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, housing for a battery of four field artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 pieces was constructed at the tip of the peninsula to guard access to the Confederate
Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army was a military organization whose primary mission was to provide the necessary forces and capabilities to support the National Security and defense of the Confederate States of America during its brief existence from 1861 to 1865....
 prisoner of war
Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war is a combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict....
 camp on nearby Johnson's Island
Johnson's Island

Johnson's Island is a 300-acre island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles from the city of Sandusky, Ohio. It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate States Army commissioned officers captured during the American Civil War....
. When the war ended, Cedar Point resumed its role as a summer picnic area, and the initial park was constructed in 1870. In 1870, Louis Zistel, a German immigrant, who currently was a cabniet maker in Sandusky, Ohio, constructed a beer garden with a small dance floor on the peninsula. He also made a set of small, unsightly bathhouses, and constructed a couple of children's playground attractions. Zistel charged 25 cents a ticket to get a ride from Sandusky to Cedar Point on his boat, "Young Reindeer." There has been no indication of Cedar Point opening again in 1871. The activity level at Cedar Point from 1871 until 1878 was at just about nothing. In 1878, James West opened a group of bathhouses. There were no boating services to Cedar Point in 1878. Benjamin F. Dwelle and Captain William Slackford made a lease with the peninsula's owners, Adolph and Stoll, in 1882, and started to make major improvements for the upcoming season. They laid wooden walkways and picnic tables through a couple of acres of the peninsula. Yet another set of bathhouses was built. A gentleman named Theodore Moore also built Cedar Point's first dance hall. Both the steamboats "Lillie," and "R.B. Hayes," made round trips from Biemiller's Cove to Cedar Point for 25 cents. In 1887, the five-year lease for Dwelle and Slackford ended. Captain Slackford was chronically ill, and was unable to participate in the upkeep of the park. Mr. Dwelle was still anxious to see the park grow, so he, along with the peninsula's owners, Louis Adolph, Adam Stoll, Jacob Kuebeler, and Charles Baetz formed a company, Cedar Point Pleasure Resort Company. The Cedar Point Steamboat Company also evolved from the five men. Baetz was elected General Manager of Cedar Point for the year of 1888. Architect D. L. Stine from Toledo, Ohio was hired that year to build the Grand Pavilion. The Grand Pavilion was a giant theater and concert hall. The "Candy Pagoda," opened in the mid-1890s, by Max Stenzel sold many confections. In 1892, the peninsula's first roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, was opened. The Switchback Railway ran only on gravity's momentum, and the trains often did not have enough "boost" to make it back to the station, and boys or horses had to push or pull the cars back to the station. No other major additons were made to Cedar Point until the appearance of George Arthur Boeckling.

Cedar Point Coasters Inside the Park

Boeckling Era

Beginning in 1899, businessman George Arthur Boeckling
George Arthur Boeckling

George Arthur Boeckling was the president of Cedar Point, which joined with Valleyfair in 1978 and became Cedar Fair. He is often credited for bringing Cedar Point out of the hole at the 1900?1909 and making it extremely profitable....
 took control of Cedar Point. In 1902, The Racer, a figure eight roller toboggan coaster was built by Fred Ingersoll. Tickets for The Racer were just a nickel. A pony track was built near the beach that same year. Although families flocked to Cedar Point together, the resort was still known as a beer garden. In 1904, the Detroit Dredging Company dug the lagoons that now are home to the Paddlewheel Excursions boats and also run under Iron Dragon. The historical Hotel Breakers was built in 1905, which still is in operation today. In 1906, a new powerhouse was installed and a brand new "Amusement Circle," was formed southeast of the mammoth Coliseum. A circle swing and a carousel were put into place at Cedar Point. The year 1908 brought the Dip the Dips Scenic Railway, which was overlook in 1912 because of the Leap the Dips coaster. A giant part of Cedar Point's history includes the steam boat vessle, G.A. Boeckling, which made rounds to Cedar Point from 1909-1951. The boat was replaced in 1951 by G.A. Boeckling II. Leap Frog Scenic Railway was constructed in 1917 on the site of the demolished out of date coaster, Dip the Dips. Cyclone, a rickety and rough coaster, was built in 1926. Many more hotels and restaurants were constructed during the 1900-1930 time period, including Hotel Cedars, White House Hotel, Crystal Rock Castle, and Crystal Gardens Ballroom. By 1919, alcoholic beverages left the resort by order of a law. It was clear in 1929 that Cedar Point was trying to update their attractions, by razing Racer, A Trip to Rockaway, the circle swing, and many other rides to make way for Shoot the Chutes water ride, a Tilt-A-Whirl, a fun houses called Noah's Ark and Bluebeard's Palace, the huge Cyclone coaster, and many other rides. It was also clear that George Boeckling's health was declining, fast. He was confined to his home, where a local doctor told him that he was suffering with chronic nephritis. In 1931, Boeckling had to be put into a wheelchair. He was pushed around Cedar Point by an employee or a relative to overlook the park. The heat of the summer took it's toll on Boeckling, when he collapsed. He was forced to stay home after that, where he developed uremia. At 5:00 PM, on July 24, 1931, George Arthur Boeckling sadly passed away. His portrait in the lobby of Breakers Hotel were draped in black crepe. Flags in the resort, and on the G.A. Boeckling steamboat were pulled down to half staff. Most people think that this event affected Cedar Point more economically than the Great Depression.

After Beockling

After the tragic death of George Boeckling, Cedar Point fell in the hands of a man named Edward Smith. Little expansion happened through the 1930s Great Depression. One of the only rides put in place at Cedar Point in the 1930s was the Tumble Bug. The decaying Leap the Dips coaster was razed in the mid-1930s. In the 1940s, the restaurant business blossomed in Cedar Point, including Ross' Hot Dogs, Coffelt's Fudge, Green and Silver Grill, Castle Sandwich Shop, and the legendary Momma Bernardi's Home Made French Fries. French Fries similar to Momma Bernardi's are sold in the existing restaurants in Cedar Point, Hot Potato and Mr. Potato. By the end of the second World War, Cedar Point was in a strong need of financial help. The wood of the Cyclone coaster was rotting away, the boardwalk was cracked in many, many places, and the fishing dock was in need of repair. Things started to turn around for Cedar Point in 1945. In 1946, Cedar Point's oldest-still existing ride, the Midway Carousel, was installed. By 1951, the Cyclone coaster was razed because it's poor condition. The resort then didn't have a single roller coaster after the Cyclone disappeared. While the Cyclone was departing, the Laff-in-the-Dark, Rocket Ships, and Loop-A-Plane were newcomers. Cedar Point Causeway, built in 1957, is still used many times a day. The then current president of Cedar Point, Bernie Zeiher was replaced by George Roose around 1958, and Emile Legros was elected chairman that same year. Berni's Penny Arcade was removed in 1959 to make way for construction. Back in the 1950s, the Pagoda Gift Shop was a post-office. The Crystal Rock Castle was turned into a maintenance shop in the late-1950s. In 1959, the hotels received a needed fresh coat of paint, concrete had been poured for the new admission gates, and over $1200000 had been spent to refresh Cedar Point. Cedar Point's first roller coaster since the Cyclone had been built. It was called the Wild Mouse. The huge resort also got a new kind of ride, a Monorail. It was the most ridden ride in 1959. Breakers Hotel was restored to it's natural beauty, and the neglected cottages were burned. The Coliseum and Grand Pavilion were both also painted and remodeled. The Crystal Rock Castle Maintenance Shop, bathhouses, and the old powerhouse were burned. A new $50,000 bathhouse, boiler house, and maintenance shop were build to make up for the burned buildings. In the 1960s, the idea of "pay one price" season passes was spread. In 1964, Cedar Point's oldest existing roller coaster, Blue Streak, was planned and built. It was named after the local sports team, the Sandusky Blue Streaks. By 1967, the Dodgem, Cedar Downs Racing Derby, San Francisco Earthquake Ride, Pirate Ride, Sky Ride, Mill Race, and the Cadillac Cars had been build, along with many others. George Roose loved to plant flowers all around the park, and made sure many magnificent flower displays were seen by guests. Jungle Larry's Safari Island was a well known attraction from the mid-1960s until Jungle Larry's death in 1991. 1970 brought the Centennial Theatre, due to Cedar Point's 100th birthday. In 1975, Robert L. Munger Jr. took over as president of Cedar Point after Roose's retirement. The record breaking coaster, Corkscrew, was built in 1976. It was the first corkscrew roller coaster to span a midway and have three loops. In 1985, the San Francisco Earthquake Ride was transformed into the Berenstain Bear Country. The bears were the icon of Cedar Point

Modern Era

In 1987, just one year before the death of Robert Munger Jr, Iron Dragon, a suspended swinging roller coaster, debuted on the Million Dollar Midway, near the station of the Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad Station. Soak City, Cedar Point's own outdoor water park opened just a little way away from Breakers Hotel. It featured speed slides, more than 10 body and tube slides, a family raft ride, a water playhouse, and two lazy rivers.

For the 1990 season, the roller coaster Avalanche Run was transformed into the indoor Disaster Transport
Disaster Transport

Disaster Transport is a enclosed roller coaster Steel roller coaster bobsled roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The name of the ride stems from "Dispatch Master Transport", which was explained during the pre-show, but can still be seen in the logo....
. Richard Kinzel, the president of Cedar Point at the time, hired a man from Toledo, Ohio, named Eric to design the building that would enclose the Avalanche Run. The 12 - E on the current building stands for the 12th building design by the man named Eric. The interior of the building was painted and designed to recreate a battered, worn down and abandoned shuttle launching facility. More than 150 moving robots, projectors, lasers, wind making machines, audio-visual and other props were installed. Guests entering the air-conditioned building are informed that they are on a mission to deliver cargo to Earth, and on the way, they have many drops, curves and screams. The sound effects in the structure were removed in 2008 and many of the props have been dismantled, making it more of a dark ride.

The Magnum XL-200
Magnum XL-200

Magnum XL-200 is a Steel roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1989 by Arrow Dynamics, it was the first complete circuit roller coaster to break the 200 foot barrier....
 roller coaster opened in 1989, breaking world height and speed records. Two years after the opening of Magnum XL-200, the mammoth wooden Mean Streak
Mean Streak

Mean Streak is a Wooden roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is a wooden roller coaster and was the tallest and fastest one of its kind when it debuted in 1991....
 opened in 1991 as the northernmost attraction in Frontier Town and the park. It as well broke records for the fastest and tallest wooden roller coaster in the world.

In 1992, Cedar Point celebrated its 100th year of having roller coasters in the park. Challenge Park was created between Hotel Breakers and Soak City that same year. Challenge Park included a go kart car race track, and two eighteen hole golf courses. The Berenstein Bear Country expanded outside, with slides, a miniature train rides, and other playground equipment. Snake River Falls was constructed in 1993, because of the popularity of Soak City. The 83-foot-tall structure sent riders plunging down at forty miles per hour. At the bottom of the hill, a splash landing tops off the ride. When landing in the water, the boat creates a large wave that hurdles over a bridge, soaking all people on it. A year after Snake River Falls, in 1994, Cedar Point installed a new roller coaster near the legendary Blue Streak. The inverted coaster was called Raptor
Raptor

Raptor can refer to:...
. The Mill Race was removed from the park, and the circular Calypso was relocated in order to make room for the Raptor, which featured a "Cobra-Roll." In 1996 Cedar Point opened Mantis, then the tallest and fastest stand up roller coaster in the world. The original name for the Mantis was "Banshee," but many people thought it was offensive and the name was changed (the logo for the Banshee was later used as the logo for Steel Force at Dorney Park, a Cedar Fair holding).

Roller coasters

  • Blue Streak
    Blue Streak (Cedar Point)

    Blue Streak is a wooden roller coaster following the out and back roller coaster design, and is the oldest operating roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio....
     – wooden Out and Back
    Out and Back roller coaster

    Out and back refers to the layout of a roller coaster. An out and back coaster is one that climbs a lift hill, races out to the far end of the track, performs a 180 degree turn and then races its way back to the station....
     (1964) Philadelphia Toboggan Company
    Philadelphia Toboggan Company

    The Philadelphia Toboggan Company is the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing company in the world. Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, it was established in 1904 by Henry Auchey and Chester Albright, making various amusement devices, including carousels, wooden roller coasters, and their trains....
  • Cedar Creek Mine Ride
    Cedar Creek Mine Ride

    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 ....
     – steel mine train (1969) Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
  • WildCat
    WildCat (Cedar Point)

    WildCat, designed by Anton Schwarzkopf, is a roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It is a Wild Mouse roller coaster where small cars take many tight turns and small hills that produce negative g-force as well as strong lateral forces....
     – steel Wild Mouse
    Wild Mouse roller coaster

    A Wild Mouse roller coaster is a type of roller coaster characterized by small cars that seat four people or fewer and ride on top of the track, taking tight, flat turns at modest speeds, yet producing high lateral G-forces....
     (1970) Schwarzkopf
    Schwarzkopf

    Schwarzkopf refers to:*Anton Schwarzkopf , German roller coaster engineer*Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , German soprano opera singer*Klaus Schwarzkopf , German actor...
  • Corkscrew
    Corkscrew (Cedar Point)

    Corkscrew is a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. When built in 1976, it was the first roller coaster in the world with 3 inversions....
     – steel looping (1976) Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
  • Gemini
    Gemini (roller coaster)

    Gemini is a hybrid wooden roller coaster and steel roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1978 by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer, it is a racing roller coaster....
     – racing
    Racing roller coaster

    A racing roller coaster, sometimes referred to as a dual track coaster, consists of one whole track or two separate roller coaster that travels along parallel or mirrored tracks to simulate a race between the trains....
     figure-8
    Figure 8 roller coaster

    A Figure 8 roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster where the train runs through a figure 8 shaped course before returning to the boarding station....
     on a wooden frame (1978) Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
  • Jr. Gemini
    Jr. Gemini

    Jr. Gemini is a roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, Ohio. The ride is located near Gemini in the park, and is named after its big brother....
     – steel kiddie (1979) Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
  • Disaster Transport
    Disaster Transport

    Disaster Transport is a enclosed roller coaster Steel roller coaster bobsled roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The name of the ride stems from "Dispatch Master Transport", which was explained during the pre-show, but can still be seen in the logo....
     – indoor bobsled
    Bobsled roller coaster

    A Bobsled roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster that uses a track design that is essentially a "pipe" with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode....
     (formerly Avalanche Run and outdoors) (1985) (Building and special features added in 1990) Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
  • Iron Dragon – suspended (1987) Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
  • Magnum XL-200
    Magnum XL-200

    Magnum XL-200 is a Steel roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1989 by Arrow Dynamics, it was the first complete circuit roller coaster to break the 200 foot barrier....
     – Out and Back
    Out and Back roller coaster

    Out and back refers to the layout of a roller coaster. An out and back coaster is one that climbs a lift hill, races out to the far end of the track, performs a 180 degree turn and then races its way back to the station....
     hypercoaster
    Hypercoaster

    A hypercoaster can mean one of two things;*A style or model of roller coaster with three features:**An initial drop or lift hill of 200?299 feet...
     (1989) Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
  • Mean Streak
    Mean Streak

    Mean Streak is a Wooden roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is a wooden roller coaster and was the tallest and fastest one of its kind when it debuted in 1991....
     – Wooden twister
    Twister roller coaster

    A twister roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster layout which tends to twist or interweave its track within itself several times....
     (1991) Dinn Corporation
  • Raptor
    Raptor (roller coaster)

    Raptor is a Steel roller coaster inverted roller coaster roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, Raptor opened in May 1994 and was the first inverted roller coaster to feature a "cobra roll"....
     – inverted
    Inverted roller coaster

    An inverted roller coaster is a roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage....
     (1994) B&M
    Bolliger & Mabillard

    Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president....
  • Mantis
    Mantis (roller coaster)

    Mantis is a Steel roller coaster stand-up roller coaster roller coaster at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. It set several stand-up coaster records, including height , speed , steepest , and Roller coaster inversion ....
     – stand-up
    Stand-up roller coaster

    A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride. Typically, the passenger is restrained by an adjustable, bicycle-like seat and an over-the-shoulder restraint....
     (1996) B&M
    Bolliger & Mabillard

    Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president....
  • Woodstock Express
    Woodstock Express

    Woodstock Express is a Steel roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, Ohio. Built in 1999 by Vekoma, it is a junior roller coaster....
     – steel junior (1999) Vekoma
    Vekoma

    Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" and had first manufactured agricultural machinery and mining equipment....
  • Millennium Force
    Millennium Force

    Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster roller coaster built by Intamin AG located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is the fourteenth roller coaster built at the park....
     – Out and Back
    Out and Back roller coaster

    Out and back refers to the layout of a roller coaster. An out and back coaster is one that climbs a lift hill, races out to the far end of the track, performs a 180 degree turn and then races its way back to the station....
     gigacoaster (2000) Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
  • Wicked Twister
    Wicked Twister

    Wicked Twister is a steel roller coaster roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.This 215-foot-tall ride consists of one train operating on a double-ended track....
     – launched impulse LIM
    Launched roller coaster

    The launched roller coaster is a modern form of roller coaster which has risen to prominence within the last decade. In place of a traditional chain lift, the launched coaster initiates a ride with high amounts of acceleration via one or series of Linear motor, catapults, or other mechanisms employing hydraulic or pneumatic power....
     (2002) Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
  • Top Thrill Dragster
    Top Thrill Dragster

    Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 400-499 feet tall....
     – hydraulically-launched
    Launched roller coaster

    The launched roller coaster is a modern form of roller coaster which has risen to prominence within the last decade. In place of a traditional chain lift, the launched coaster initiates a ride with high amounts of acceleration via one or series of Linear motor, catapults, or other mechanisms employing hydraulic or pneumatic power....
     stratacoaster (2003) Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
  • Maverick
    Maverick (roller coaster)

    Maverick is a Linear motor-launched Steel roller coaster complete-circuit roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was manufactured by IntaRide LLC, the United States division of Intamin AG, and was the five-hundredth roller coaster designed by Germany engineer Werner Stengel....
     – launched LSM
    Launched roller coaster

    The launched roller coaster is a modern form of roller coaster which has risen to prominence within the last decade. In place of a traditional chain lift, the launched coaster initiates a ride with high amounts of acceleration via one or series of Linear motor, catapults, or other mechanisms employing hydraulic or pneumatic power....
     (2007) Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....


Thrill rides

  • Chaos – A Chance-Morgan
    Chance-Morgan

    Chance Morgan, a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer, was formed in 2001 with the merger of Chance Industries and D. H. Morgan Manufacturing ....
     Chaos that opened in 1997 as one of the first ride of its kind in the world. It inverts its riders in three degrees of motion: lifting, inverting, and spinning.
  • Demon Drop – An Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
     first-generation Freefall
    Freefall (ride)

    The Freefall an amusement ride developed by Giovanola and marketed throughout the world by Swiss company, Intamin AG. Two generations of this ride were developed....
     attraction. It carries four passengers at a time up an elevator shaft, slides forward, and then falls downward on a track, giving two seconds of weightlessness. It is the only remaining ride of its kind in the United States.
  • maXair – A Huss
    Huss

    Huss may refer to:...
     Giant Frisbee ride
    Frisbee (ride)

    The Frisbee is an pendulum ride-motion amusement ride designed by HUSS Maschinenfabrik. The term is often used to describe similar rides built by other companies....
     that swings back and forth at an arc of up to 120 degrees.
  • Skyhawk – An S&S Screamin' Swing, it is currently the world's largest swinging ride, reaching speeds of and swings up to an arc of 92 degrees.
  • Power Tower – A Drop Tower ride featuring both a Space Shot
    Space Shot

    Space Shot is a type of amusement ride manufactured by S&S Power.The ride is a Drop tower type attraction that uses compressed air to rapidly propel riders up the tower then gently lower them with a series of air-cushioned bounces back to the loading platform....
     and Turbo Drop
    Turbo Drop

    Turbo Drop is a type of tower-based amusement ride manufactured by S&S Power, similar to the company's Space Shot. The current tallest Turbo Drop installation in operation is the Supreme Scream at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, CA....
    . Power Tower
    Power Tower

    The Power Tower is a vertical thrill ride found at two Cedar Fair amusement parks. The Power Tower at Cedar Point is tall, with two Space Shot towers and two Turbo Drop towers....
     is the only four-towered Drop Tower ride in the world, devoting two towers to each drop cycle.
  • Troika – A common Troika
    Troika (ride)

    The Troika is an amusement park ride, designed and manufactured by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in the mid-1970s. The ride is available in both transportable and permanent forms, although due to the total weight and size of the ride , transportable Troikas are unpopular and uncommon....
     ride.
  • Witches' Wheel – A thrilling variation of the Ferris wheel, the Witches' Wheel turns riders upside down more than a dozen times nearly above the midway.


Water rides

  • Snake River Falls – A Shoot-the-Chutes
    Shoot-the-Chutes

    Shoot-the-Chutes is an amusement ride consisting of a flat-bottomed boat that slides down a ramp or inside a flume into a lagoon. The first of this type of amusement ride was built by J.P....
     ride designed by Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
    , Snake River Falls opened in 1993 as the tallest, steepest water ride in the world upon opening.
  • Thunder Canyon – A River Rafting Ride
    River rafting ride

    A river rafting ride is an amusement ride that simulates whitewater rafting....
     ride designed by Intamin AG
    Intamin AG

    Intamin AG is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide....
    , Thunder Canyon opened in 1986. Thunder Canyon was the second ever Intamin AG River Rafting Rides built, and currently is the oldest operating water ride of its type. Thunder Canyon normally closes in early September in order to transform into a Halloween attraction called CornStalkers (formerly Werewolf Canyon).


Family rides

  • Antique Cars – An automobile track ride designed by Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
    . One of three track rides in the park.
  • Cadillac Cars – A second track ride with cars designed to look like a 1914 Cadillac. Also made by Arrow Dynamics
    Arrow Dynamics

    Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
    .
  • Calypso – A Mack Calypso ride that spins riders in two degrees of motion.
  • Cedar Downs Racing Derby Built in 1920 by Prior and Church and brought to Cedar Point in 1967, this Carousel simulates a horse race and is one of only three still operating today. The other two are located at Playland, in Rye, New York
    Rye (city), New York

    Rye is a political subdivisions of New York State#City in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States. Rye is also a Dutch word that means high priced trannie hooker....
    ; and Pleasure Beach, Blackpool
    Pleasure Beach Blackpool

    Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park situated in Blackpool, England. The park is a privately funded business and is owned, managed and directed by the Thompson family....
    , in Blackpool
    Blackpool

    Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the North West England#Important cities and towns settlement in North West England behind Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington....
    , UK.
  • Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad – Opened in 1963. The 15-minute train excursion encompasses a two-mile (3 km) trip along Lake Erie and through a western themed "Bone Town".
  • Giant Wheel – A Ferris wheel
    Ferris wheel

    A Ferris wheel is a nonbuilding structure, consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached to the rim.The original Ferris wheel was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago....
     Manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf
    Anton Schwarzkopf

    Anton Schwarzkopf was a prolific and very highly regarded German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous amusement ride and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs....
    . At tall, Giant Wheel is one of the tallest Ferris wheels in North America.
  • Kiddy Kingdom Carousel – A carousel designed by the William H. Dentzel firm of Philadelphia. It is located in the Kiddie Kingdom section of the park.
  • Matterhorn – A Mack Matterhorn
    Matterhorn (ride)

    For the Disneyland attraction, see Matterhorn Bobsleds.The Matterhorn or Flying Bobs, sometimes also known by alternate names such as Musik Express or Terminator in the UK is an Amusement Ride very similar to the Music Express, which consist of a number of cars attached to axels and swing out and in....
     circular ride that swings riders as it moves in a clockwise motion while traveling up and down.
  • Midway Carousel – One of the few remaining Daniel Muller Carousels, it was built in 1912 and moved to Cedar Point 1946. It's the oldest operating ride at Cedar Point.
  • Monster – A standard Eyerly Monster
    Monster (Thrill Ride)

    The Monster is an amusement ride manufactured by Eyerly Aircraft Corporation. It opened in 1970 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. This ride spins while moving up and down at a slow pace....
     ride.
  • Ocean Motion – A Huss
    Huss

    Huss may refer to:...
     swinging pirate ship ride.
  • Paddlewheel Excursions (formerly Western Cruise) – Boats that transport its guests on a relaxing voyage around Cedar Point’s lagoons past scenes depicting early Americana.
  • Scrambler – An Eli Bridge Scrambler
    Twist (ride)

    The Twist, also known as the Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Scrambler or Grasscutter is an amusement ride in which suspended riders spinning in cars experience the illusion that they will crash into other suspended, spinning cars....
     ride that is one of the oldest rides at Cedar Point.
  • Sky Ride – Manufactured by Von Roll
    Von Roll

    Von Roll Seilbahnen AG was a Switzerland aerial tramway and industrial manufacturing company. The cableway part of the company was taken over by Austria manufacturer Doppelmayr in 1996....
    , this standard aerial tram-way opened in 1961.
  • Space Spiral – This tall Von Roll
    Von Roll

    Von Roll Seilbahnen AG was a Switzerland aerial tramway and industrial manufacturing company. The cableway part of the company was taken over by Austria manufacturer Doppelmayr in 1996....
     observation tower
    Gyro Tower

    A Gyro Tower or Panoramic Tower is an evolution of the Observation tower with a vertical moving platform. A Gyro Tower's observation deck is not simply raised to provide its passengers a spectacular view, it is also rotated around the supporting mast, either once in the raised position or while traveling up and down the center mast....
     gives riders a 360-degree view of the surrounding area. Space Spiral was the first amusement park ride in the world to top and was the tallest in the world when it was built. Space Spiral is the second tallest ride in the park if you include the antenna.
  • Super Himalaya – A circular Mack Musik Express ride that travels in a clockwise motion on a track of various elevations.
  • Tilt-a-Whirl – A Sellner
    Sellner Manufacturing

    Sellner Manufacturing is the Faribault, MN manufacturer of the Tilt-A-Whirl and other amusement park rides. Started by Herbert Sellner in 1926 and still family owned....
     Tilt-A-Whirl
    Tilt-A-Whirl

    Tilt-A-Whirl is one of the best-known flat rides, designed for commercial use at amusement parks, fairs and carnivals in which it is commonly found....
     ride.
  • Turnpike Cars – The park's third car track ride, it features big 1960's-style cruising cars.
  • Wave Swinger – A Zierer
    Zierer

    File:Wicked at Lagoon.JPGZierer is a Germany company located close to Deggendorf. Zierer manufactures Tivoli and Force line of roller coasters, as well as panoramic wheels, Wave Swingers, magic carpets, Hextentanz and Kontiki rides....
     Wave Swinger
    Wave swinger

    The Wave Swinger premiered in Germany in 1972 as a park model designed by Zierer and built by Franz Schwartzkopf. In 1974 the first portable Wellenflug debuted under the same partnership....
     ride featuring hand painted murals.


Children's rides

  • 4x4's
  • Balloon Race
  • Bumper Boats
  • Camp Bus
  • Dune Buggies
  • Frog Hopper
  • Helicopters
  • Hot Rods
  • Krazy Kars
  • Lolli Swing
  • Motorcycles
  • Mustangs
  • Old Timers
  • Peanuts 500
  • Snoopy's Express Railroad
  • Flying Ace Balloon Race
  • Snoopy's Space Race
  • Snoopy's Deep Sea Divers
  • Peanuts Road Rally
  • Kite Eating Tree
  • Police Cars
  • Red Baron
  • Rock Spin & Turn
  • Roto Whip
  • Sir Rub-a-Dub's Tubs
  • Sky Fighters
  • Space Age
  • Woodstock's Whirlybirds


  • Resorts


    On-site properties:


    Offsite nearby:


    Awards

    Cedar Point has received the Golden Ticket Award by Amusement Today
    Amusement Today

    Amusement Today is a monthly newspaper centered in Arlington, Texas. It was founded in 1997. It won the 1997 IAAPA award for Best New Company, and a year later started the Golden Ticket Awards, of which it is most famous for....
     for "Best Amusement Park in the World" in 2008,winning for the eleventh consecutive year. The park also placed in the categories for "Friendliest Staff", "Best Outdoor Night Production" and "Best Halloween Event". Cedar Point also won "Best New Ride of 2007" with their new roller coaster Maverick
    Maverick (roller coaster)

    Maverick is a Linear motor-launched Steel roller coaster complete-circuit roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was manufactured by IntaRide LLC, the United States division of Intamin AG, and was the five-hundredth roller coaster designed by Germany engineer Werner Stengel....
    .

    Roller coaster rankings

    The following steel and wooden coasters were ranked by Amusement Today in 2008:

    Steel
    • Millennium Force
      Millennium Force

      Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster roller coaster built by Intamin AG located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is the fourteenth roller coaster built at the park....
      : 2nd
    • Magnum XL-200
      Magnum XL-200

      Magnum XL-200 is a Steel roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1989 by Arrow Dynamics, it was the first complete circuit roller coaster to break the 200 foot barrier....
      : 7th
    • Top Thrill Dragster
      Top Thrill Dragster

      Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 400-499 feet tall....
      : 9th
    • Maverick
      Maverick (roller coaster)

      Maverick is a Linear motor-launched Steel roller coaster complete-circuit roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was manufactured by IntaRide LLC, the United States division of Intamin AG, and was the five-hundredth roller coaster designed by Germany engineer Werner Stengel....
      : 12th (voted Best New Ride for 2007)
    • Raptor
      Raptor (roller coaster)

      Raptor is a Steel roller coaster inverted roller coaster roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, Raptor opened in May 1994 and was the first inverted roller coaster to feature a "cobra roll"....
      : 19th


    Wooden
    • Mean Streak
      Mean Streak

      Mean Streak is a Wooden roller coaster roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is a wooden roller coaster and was the tallest and fastest one of its kind when it debuted in 1991....
      : 39th
    • Blue Streak
      Blue Streak (Cedar Point)

      Blue Streak is a wooden roller coaster following the out and back roller coaster design, and is the oldest operating roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio....
      : 48th


    Cedar Point also holds several IAAPA Big E Awards for Live Entertainment productions.

    Slogans

    • Early 1900s: "America's Most Beautiful Summer Pleasure Health Resort"
    • Mid 1930s: "Queen of American Watering Places"
    • 1951-56: "The Most Popular Summer Vacationland in the Midwest"
    • 1972: "Cedar Point 72, It's like you've never been there before!"
    • 1974-75: "All the places that you wanna go this summer are at Cedar Point"
    • 1976: "Cedar Point, for the time of your life"
    • 1977: "With more rides than ever before, and a lot more than just rides. Cedar Point."
    • 1978: "And share it, with someone you love, Cedar Point"
    • 1979-1985s: "The Amazement Park," while ads featured "Cedar Point is the cure for the summertime blues" (sung as a modified version of the classic Eddie Cochran
      Eddie Cochran

      Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran was an United States of America rock and roll musician and an important influence on popular music during the 1950s, 1960s, and beyond....
       song "Summertime Blues
      Summertime Blues

      "Summertime Blues" is a song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart about the trials and tribulations of Adolescence life in United States.It was written in the late 1950s by Eddie Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart....
      ")
    • 1986-87: "The Cure for the Summertime Blues!"
    • Late 1989-early 1990s: "Get to the Point!"
    • Early 1990s - present: "America's Roller Coast"/"America's Rockin' Roller Coast"
    • Mid 1990s: Commercials featuring hairstyles caused by Cedar Point's collection of roller coasters hit local television. One actress had a large wind-whipped "Frankenstein's Bride-esque" hairdo caused by a day at Cedar Point and her line at the end of the commercial was: "I call it the Sandusky!" This commercial ran during the "Get to the Point!" ad campaign.
    • 1995: "Real Thrills"
    • 1996: "Get to the Point!"
    • 2000-03: "Hold On!"
    • 2003-04: "Are You Ready?"
    • 2004-05: "Absolutely Amazing"
    • 2006-Present: "America's Roller Coast"/"America's Rockin' Roller Coast", "Ride On!"


    Retired attractions

    Among the notable rides and attractions Cedar Point was home to in the past (with their last year of operation):
    • Switchback Railway (c.1907) Cedar Point's first roller coaster.
    • High Frolics (1940) Built in 1918 by Andy Vettle, this coaster was originally called "Leap Frog Railway"
    • Cyclone (1951)- A Traver built wooden twister built in 1929.
    • Scamper (1969) Wooden Wild Mousecoaster built in 1962
    • Jumbo Jet (1978) — a steel roller coaster similar to the Wildcat, but larger and longer. It used individual self-powered cars to run up a spiral lift hill unassisted. The coaster run had some 90° sections, and an ATC
      Air traffic control

      Air traffic control is a service provided by ground-based Air traffic controller who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other support for pilots when able....
      -style radar
      Radar

      Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic radiation waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain....
       prop rotated up above the ride. The Jumbo Jet had the tallest height requirement in the park at the time. One of several built by Schwarzkopf
      Anton Schwarzkopf

      Anton Schwarzkopf was a prolific and very highly regarded German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous amusement ride and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs....
      , CP's Jumbo Jet is now at Beoland in Russia
      Russia

      Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
      .
    • Sky Wheel (1980) — Two smaller Ferris wheel
      Ferris wheel

      A Ferris wheel is a nonbuilding structure, consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached to the rim.The original Ferris wheel was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago....
      s mounted on opposite ends of a giant pivoting arm, allowing one wheel to turn high in the air while the other was being loaded. It was located in the middle of the Funway in front of the main entrance.
    • Fun House (1981) — A creepy 3-story walk-through house. Of particular popularity was the upside-down room (which featured someone in a rocking chair on the ceiling) and the labyrinth room where the floor was at an angle. At the end of the tour was a stairway back to ground level, but kids had the option of exiting via one of three enclosed spiral slides. Replaced with the Kid Arthur's Court play area, which would also eventually be removed. Portions of this attraction are used in the Holloweekends attraction "the house on boo hill"
    • Shoot the Rapids (1981) — a lengthy flume ride
      Log flume

      A log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and loggings down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water. These watertight trough-like channels could be built to span a long distance across chasms and down steep mountain slopes....
       with twin tracks. Located in Frontiertown near the train station.
    • Earthquake (1984) — a dark ride
      Dark ride

      A dark ride or darkride is an indoor amusement ride where riders in guided vehicles travel through specially-lit scenes that typically contain animation, sounds, music, and other special effects....
       based on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This ride formerly operated at Freedomland U.S.A.
      Freedomland U.S.A.

      Freedomland U.S.A. was a short-lived, U.S. history-themed amusement park in the Baychester area in the northeastern part of the Political subdivisions of New York State#Borough of The Bronx, New York, New York....
       and was relocated to Cedar Point in 1966.
    • Frontier Lift (1985) — A second sky ride which operated separate from the existing one. It ran from the main midway to Frontiertown. The midway station is now the queueing area of the Iron Dragon, but the Frontiertown station still stands — unused except for its restrooms.
    • Avalanche Run (1989) — Opened in 1985, this ride reopened in 1989 as Disaster Transport after it was enclosed and rethemed.
    • Sky Slide
      Fun Slide

      Frederiksen's Fun Slide is an Amusement ride that is popular with kids. People walk up the stairs to get to the top of this slide along with a mat, than sit down, and place the mat on the slide....
       (1991) — a huge cyan-colored fiberglass slide
      Playground slide

      Playground slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards. The slide may be flat, or half cylindrical or tubular to prevent falls....
       located just west of the Main Arcade. Guests had to sit on a burlap mat while sliding down. There were two long steep drops followed by a short dip, and the slide had 15 "lanes" for riders. Unfortunately, the adjacent first-aid station saw many treatments for slide-related friction burns.
    • Mill Race (1993) — A more compact flume ride than Shoot The Rapids that was located near the main entrance. It was one of the first Arrow Dynamics flume rides opened. The final drop on this ride was once sponsored by "Nestea" and was called the Nestea Plunge, named after a very popular advertising slogan of the time. This ride was retired after the 1993 season to make room for Raptor.
    • Jungle Larry's African Safari (1994) — a zoological attraction with live animal exhibits, including some trained-animal shows. Originally, guests had to walk a long bridge over a lagoon to get there. When the midway was extended in 1976, this part of the lagoon was filled in. For its remaining 18 years, Jungle Larry's was located in the shadow of the Corkscrew.
    • Pirate Ride (1996) — a pirate
      Piracy

      Piracy is a warlike act committed by a foreign nonstate actor, especially robbery or crime committed at sea, on a river, or sometimes on shore, either from a vessel flying no national flag, or one flying a national flag but without authorization from a nation....
      -themed dark ride located near the Blue Streak queueing area. This ride formerly operated at Freedomland U.S.A.
      Freedomland U.S.A.

      Freedomland U.S.A. was a short-lived, U.S. history-themed amusement park in the Baychester area in the northeastern part of the Political subdivisions of New York State#Borough of The Bronx, New York, New York....
       and was relocated to Cedar Point in 1966.
    • Vertigo
      Vertigo (Cedar Point)

      Vertigo was a thrill ride at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, Ohio. It opened in August of 2001, and was open for only four months. The ride was designed by S&S Power....
       (2002) - An air powered thrill ride that used three tall towers and cable to propel riders over . This ride was damaged during a storm and partially collapsed after its debut season. Park management felt the potential for failure of this ride design outweighed the positive impact made by repairing it for the next operating season.
    • White Water Landing
      White Water Landing

      White Water Landing was a log flume attraction at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky Ohio. Built in 1982, it was made to be like a wild river ride down an Appalachian River....
       (2005) - a log flume
      Log flume (attraction)

      Log flumes originally referred to a special construct used to transport lumber and loggings down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water....
       built by Arrow Dynamics in 1982 on the former site of Shoot the Rapids. It operated for twenty-three years before it was retired to make room for Maverick. The station and queue are now part of Maverick's queue.


    Former flat rides included:
    • Zugspitz(1966) - a Himalaya-like ride; demolished when Super Himalaya was built in 1972.
    • Comet (1969) - a Hrubetz Round-Up; removed to make room for Trabant/Schwabinchen in 1990.
    • Bayern Kurve (1984) — a bobsled-themed ride that ran around an ovoid track.
    • Rotor
      Rotor (ride)

      The Rotor is an amusement park ride, designed by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in the late 1940s. The ride was first demonstrated at Oktoberfest 1949, and was exhibited at fairs and events throughout Europe during the 1950s and 1960s....
       (1984)
    • Tiki-Twirl (1984) — a Tilt-A-Whirl
      Tilt-A-Whirl

      Tilt-A-Whirl is one of the best-known flat rides, designed for commercial use at amusement parks, fairs and carnivals in which it is commonly found....
       type ride. Similar to the Calypso except for tropical theming.
    • Trabant
      Wipeout/Trabant (Ride)

      The Wipeout is a newer form of the Trabant. The rides are very similar as they both were made by Chance-Morgan. They each spin horizontally, and then start fluctuating in a wavelike manner....
       (1990) and Schwabinchen (2002) — two rides in which the riders sat on the ends of a round disc-shaped object similar to a flattened cone. The ride motion pattern resembled that of a spinning coin before coming to rest. Theming was different; the Schwabinchen featured a beautiful German tavern dancer in the ride's center, where riders "sat" on the outskirts of the "Lady In Red's" dress, while the Trabant had a disco ball as its centerpiece.


    Attendance

    According to TEA 2008 records, Cedar Point is visited by approximately 3 million guests annually. It is the 16th-most-visited park in North America.

    Popular culture

    Cedar Point has surfaced in several movies, TV shows, and books:
    • Characters in the series finale of Gilmore Girls
      Gilmore Girls

      Gilmore Girls is a Creative Arts Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated, Television in the United States comedy-drama television program created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel....
       discuss taking a summer-long trip to notable amusement parks, among them Cedar Point.
    • A character in the TV adaptation of the Jean Shepherd
      Jean Shepherd

      Jean Parker Shepherd was an American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor who was often referred to by the nickname Shep....
       short story "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss"a sequel to A Christmas Story. is seen wearing a Cedar Point cap.
    • A character in the Michael Crichton
      Michael Crichton

      John Michael Crichton, Doctor of Medicine , was an United States author, film producer, film director, and physician, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and techno-thriller genres....
       novel Next indirectly discusses visiting Cedar Point in order to film a documentary on "the novelty gene."
    • In the movie "Knute Rockne, All American," as a life guard on the beach at Cedar Point. Knute and his college roommate and teammate, Gus Dorais, worked on the forward pass. The forward pass was first used in a scrimmage game on the Cedar Point beach.
    • Characters in the gay "coming of age" movie, "Edge Of Seventeen" work at a restaurant at Cedar Point. The movie is set in the 80's however the only shot featuring the park is filmed at a distance and clearly shows "Raptor", a coaster which wasn't built until 1994.
    • The TV show Metalocalypse
      Metalocalypse

      Metalocalypse is an United States animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha that premiered in August 2006....
      s 10th episode
      Mordland features two fans talking to Deth Klok's band manager, Charles Foster Ofdensen, in an attempt to blackmail the band. After finding out the fans are from Sandusky, Ohio Charles mentions Cedar Point indirectly, only as 'An amusement park'.


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