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Cedar Point

An Ohio peninsula park with around sixteen roller coasters, more than almost anywhere, on a Lake Erie sandspit.

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Typeamusement park
WhereOhio
Nearest citySandusky, adjacent; Cleveland about 100 km
Best seasonMay to September
Time to allowA full day
Getting thereRoute 4 to Sandusky, then the causeway; a car is needed
EntryTicket

The park opened in 1870 as a bathing beach on a sandspit reaching into Lake Erie and grew into a coaster park with a reputation among enthusiasts as the strongest collection anywhere - around sixteen at any given time, with the number shifting as rides are removed and built. Millennium Force in 2000 was the first complete-circuit coaster over three hundred feet. Top Thrill Dragster launched to 120 miles per hour in under four seconds and was closed after a 2021 incident, then rebuilt and reopened as Top Thrill 2. Steel Vengeance, a wooden structure with steel track, holds several records for a hybrid. The peninsula setting means water on both sides and wind that closes rides.

What you actually see

  • Around sixteen coasters - among the largest collections anywhere.
  • Millennium Force - the first full-circuit coaster over three hundred feet.
  • Steel Vengeance - a record-holding wood-and-steel hybrid.
  • A lake peninsula setting - water on both sides, and a beach.

When to go

May to September; the park closes for winter. A full day.

Honest expectations

Wind off the lake closes the tall rides regularly. Summer queues are very long without a fast pass, which costs a great deal. The season is short. Parking is charged.

Nearby

Put-in-Bay is offshore by ferry; Sandusky is at the causeway.

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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.

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