The Force

Oh man that looks like SO MUCH FUN.


- Mikko ... hasn't been on a rollercoaster in years, but really misses it.
 
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Millenium Force is one of my favorite rides at Cedar Point. I try to go there a few times a year. Their new ride is called Maverick (not a Top Gun ride). It's pretty wicked itself. Not a big drop on it, but the drop is at 95 degree angle, and awesome. the ride throws you around a lot. inverted turns, loops, etc. Definitely check it out
 
That clip doesn't even give you the intangibles -- the wind as you get higher up the hill, the way all the sounds of the park disappear because you're just too darn high to hear them, the view of Lake Erie and the surrounding area (heck, the fantastic view of the rest of the park, for that matter) . . . the way the station is built, so that the first hill starts right at the exit (instead of a "taxiway"), and all you can see in front of you is a gigantic slope . . . the extreme openness of the train so it doesn't feel like there's all that much between you and plunging to the ground . . . the WIND of the ride at 92 mph . . . the mist inside the tunnels, the dips where you're only about 10 feet above the park fairway . . .

One thing it DOES do pretty well is show the awesome reveal of the first hill. You just keep going over, over, over, over . . . and then you finally see what you're really in store for.
 
David Jimerson said:
That clip doesn't even give you the intangibles -- the wind as you get higher up the hill, the way all the sounds of the park disappear because you're just too darn high to hear them, the view of Lake Erie and the surrounding area (heck, the fantastic view of the rest of the park, for that matter) . . . the way the station is built, so that the first hill starts right at the exit (instead of a "taxiway"), and all you can see in front of you is a gigantic slope . . . the extreme openness of the train so it doesn't feel like there's all that much between you and plunging to the ground . . . the WIND of the ride at 92 mph . . . the mist inside the tunnels, the dips where you're only about 10 feet above the park fairway . . .

One thing it DOES do pretty well is show the awesome reveal of the first hill. You just keep going over, over, over, over . . . and then you finally see what you're really in store for.
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Sounds awesome. I was scared of roller coasters up until about 2 years ago. Now I can't get enough.
 
that ride looks really weak... no corkscrews, no loops.... just long sweeping fast turns... Blah. NASCAR of rollercoasters.
 
I watched this the other day after my friend got back from Ohio. I went to Cedar Point when Magnum was still a record holder. He says this one was by far the best, and that Maverick is also one hell of a ride.

"Are people actually allowed to hold camcorders while riding extreme rollercoasters?" I think that's why the guys cuts off the camera before returning to the waiting area.
 
I'm sure it was a cell phone camera.

I first went to Cedar Point in 1975. (Oooooouch.) It's in the county next door to where I grew up, and my grandparents' house (now replaced by condos) was on the tip of the adjacent peninsula, so you could see the place out the back door.
 
David Jimerson said:
I'm sure it was a cell phone camera.

I first went to Cedar Point in 1975. (Oooooouch.) It's in the county next door to where I grew up, and my grandparents' house (now replaced by condos) was on the tip of the adjacent peninsula, so you could see the place out the back door.
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where did you grow up David?
 
i know where you're talkin' about. My sister lives in Port Clinton in Ottawa county. I live in Lorain County, about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs away
 
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