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Cedar Point
Ohio's Roller Coaster Capital of the World! By Carma Haley Shoemaker
Listed in the Guinness Book of Records for both "Most Rides at a Theme Park" and "Most Roller Coasters at a Theme Park" and most recently as "Park of the Year" in the Coaster's Choice Awards, Cedar Point, located on a Lake Erie peninsula midway between Cleveland and Toledo in Sandusky, Ohio, has quickly become one of America's most popular amusement parks. Cedar Point is sure to be one of the most exciting trips of the year.
Cedar Point was "born" in July 1870 with various small attractions. Currently, Cedar Point has 15 roller coasters, including the recent addition of the Wicked Twister in April 2002. The Wicked Twister is the world's tallest and fastest "double-twisting" impulse roller coaster that launches riders to a maximum speed of 72 mph. The coaster propels riders backward and forward on a U-shaped track that has 450-degree corkscrews on top of a 215-foot-high tower. 
Another coaster, Millennium Force, holds 10 of its own records including those for speed, topping out at 92 mph, and largest vertical drop, which is 310 feet at an 80-degree angle. In addition, Millennium Force is the first roller coaster on Earth to break the 300-foot-high barrier.
Understanding the concept of a roller coaster with a height of 310 feet and a speed of 92 mph is easier by comparison. For example, the Millennium Force roller coaster is 5 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty and is 73 feet taller then the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. In addition, the legal speed limit in most states is 65 mph, which is broken by 27 mph at Millennium Force's top speed.
Cedar Point has 14 other roller coasters, the most of any one theme park, to add to the "screaming" good time. These coasters include Blue Streak, the Corkscrew, the Gemini, the Iron Dragon, the Magnum SL-200, Disaster Transport, the Mean Streak, the Raptor and the Mantis.
