Cedar Creek Mine Ride

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Cedar Creek Mine Ride

Cedar Point Location Sandusky, Ohio, USA Coordinates 41.484789°N 82.690422°W / 41.484789; -82.690422 Park section Frontier Town Status Operating since May 24, 1969 Rider height 48 inch minimum
Statistics
Manufacturer	Arrow Dynamics
Product	Runaway Train
Designer / calculations	Ron Toomer
Type	Steel - Hybrid
Riders per train	30
Propulsion	2 chain lift hills
Height	48 feet
Top speed	40 mph
Length	2540 feet
Inversions	0
Duration	2:42
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Cedar Creek Mine Ride is a steel hybrid roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. It is the second oldest operating roller coaster in the park, with the oldest being Blue Streak. The ride was built by Arrow Dynamics and opened on May 24, 1969.

History

On May 24, 1969, Cedar Creek Mine Ride officially opened to the public. It was one of the two roller coasters at Cedar Point with two lift hills, with the other one being Iron Dragon.

In 2019, Cedar Creek Mine Ride celebrated its 50th anniversary. That year, the attraction received some changes, including a new station soundtrack, special effects in the first tunnel and mineshaft scenery in the queue.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Pre-Drop Bayerncurve Helix Chain lift hill Pre-Drop Helix

Colour scheme

Black track and unpainted supports.

Trains

4 trains with 5 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 30 riders per train.

Incident

On May 24, 1984, a 5-year-old boy suffered a fractured skull and bruises after falling from the train's front seat during its 30 foot drop. The ride had a 48 inch height restriction when it opened in 1969, but this was later relaxed to 48 inches or accompanied by a parent, so the boy may have been too small to ride. After the incident, the park reinstated the original 48 inch height restriction and modified the lap bars.

Images

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  Cedar Creek Mine Ride in 1984

External links

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  Cedar Creek Mine Ride on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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  Cedar Creek Mine Ride on Coaster-Count.
• Cedar Creek Mine Ride on the park's website

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