Cedar Point

amusement park
Cedar Point
Location	Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Status	Operating
Opened	1870
Owner	Cedar Fair
Area	364 acres (147.3 hectares)
Website	http://cedarpoint.com/

Cedar Point, viewed from the air

Cedar Point is an amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. The park opened in 1870 and is the second oldest amusement park in North America after Lake Compounce. Cedar Point is the flagship park for Cedar Fair and, along with Valleyfair, was one of the original parks owned and operated by the company. It is one of two Cedar Fair parks in Ohio, the other being Kings Island. Cedar Point currently has the second highest number of roller coasters in one park.

Awards

Cedar Point received the Golden Ticket Award by Amusement Today for "Best Amusement Park in the World", winning for the fourth consecutive year in a row, however this record was beaten in 2014 by Europa-Park. The park has also placed in categories for "Friendliest Staff", "Best Outdoor Night Production" and "Best Halloween Event". Cedar Point won "Best New Ride of 2007" with the new roller coaster Maverick.

Roller coasters

Present (17)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Blue Streak	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Wooden	May 23, 1964	Operating
Cedar Creek Mine Ride	Arrow Dynamics	Mine Train	May 24, 1969	Operating
Corkscrew	Arrow Dynamics		May 15, 1976	Operating
GateKeeper	Bolliger & Mabillard	Winged	May 11, 2013	Operating
Gemini	Arrow Dynamics	Hybrid twin	June 10, 1978	Operating
Iron Dragon	Arrow Dynamics	Suspended	June 11, 1987	Operating
Magnum XL-200	Arrow Dynamics	Hyper	May 6, 1989	Operating
Maverick	Intamin	Launched	May 26, 2007	Operating
Millennium Force	Intamin	Giga	May 13, 2000	Operating
Raptor	Bolliger & Mabillard	Inverted	May 7, 1994	Operating
Rougarou	Bolliger & Mabillard	Floorless	May 11, 1996	Operating
Steel Vengeance	Rocky Mountain Construction	Hybrid	May 5, 2018	Operating
Top Thrill Dragster	Intamin	Strata	May 4, 2003	Operating
Valravn	Bolliger & Mabillard	Dive	May 7, 2016	Operating
Wicked Twister	Intamin	Twisted Impulse	May 5, 2002	Operating
Wilderness Run	Intamin	Kiddie	May 12, 1979	Operating
Woodstock Express	Vekoma	Family	May 10, 1999	Operating

Past (16)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Broadway Trip	Mack Rides	Steel	1964	1964 or later	Palisades Amusement Park
Cyclone	Harry Traver	Wooden	1929	1951	-
Dip the Dips Scenic Railway	Unknown	Wooden	1908	1917	-
Disaster Transport	Intamin	Bobsled	1985	2012	-
High Frolics	Andy Vettel	Wooden	1918	1940	-
Jumbo Jet	Schwarzkopf		1972	1978	Palace Playland
Leap the Dips	Andy Vettel	Wooden	1912	1935	-
Mean Streak	Dinn Corporation	Wooden	May 11, 1991	September 16, 2016	-
Racer	McKay Construction	Racing	1910	1928	-
Scamper	Unknown	Wild Mouse	1962	1969	-
Super Coaster	Allan Herschell Company	Kiddie	1952	1964 or later	-
Switchback Railway	Unknown	Wooden	1892	1901	-
Loop the Loop	Fredrick Ingersoll	Wooden	1902	1909	-
Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Wild Mouse	1959	1962	-
WildCat	Schwarzkopf		1979	2011	-
WildCat	Schwarzkopf		1970	1978	Jolly Roger Amusement Park