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Millennium Force is a
steel roller coaster built by
Intamin at
Cedar Point amusement park in
Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It was the fourteenth roller coaster to be built at the park since
Blue Streak opened in 1964. Upon completion in 2000, Millennium Force broke six world records and was the world's first
Giga Coaster, a roller coaster that exceeds 300 feet (91 m) in height. It was not the tallest and fastest ride on earth when it opened: the Tower of Terror ll opened in 1997 at 377 feet tall and 100 mph and Superman: The Escape, opened in 1996, was 415 feet tall and 100 mph. The ride is also the third-longest roller coaster in North America after
The Beast at
Kings Island and
Fury 325 at
Carowinds. It was the first roller coaster to use a
cable lift system rather than a traditional chain lift. The coaster has a 310 ft (94 m), 45-degree lift hill with a 300 ft (91 m) drop and features two tunnels, three
overbanked turns, and four hills. It has a top speed of 93 mph (150 km/h).
Since its debut, Millennium Force has been voted the number one steel roller coaster ten times in
Amusement Today's
Golden Ticket Awards. Its lowest ranking in the poll has been two, a position that it has swapped with
Superman the Ride (formerly Bizarro) numerous times since 2001, and in 2016, with
Fury 325. Although Millennium Force has been surpassed in height and speed, it remains one of the tallest and fastest in the world.