Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster - Construction

This video/footage was created and owned solely by © 2009 Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.

-Top Thrill Dragster- (Sandusky, Ohio)
Cedar Point stunned thrill-seekers yet again in 2003 with the debut of the park's unprecedented 16th, yes, 16th, roller coaster -- Top Thrill Dragster. Reaching a stratospheric 420 feet tall and topping out at an unheard of speed of 120 mph, this new steel screamer helped Cedar Point reclaim the title of owning the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the universe.

Riders begin their epic journey aboard this whopping 42-story screamer by securing themselves into ultra-cool trains that resemble top fuel dragsters. The train then moves into a "starting line" position, where it is launched forward, reaching 120 mph in approximately four seconds. The train then zooms straight up the 420-foot-tall hill on track that rotates 90 degrees, crests the coaster's apex and then free falls back to Earth. But hold on, this isn't your father's roller coaster. As the train races 400 feet to the ground, the track twists an unbelievable 270 degrees -- what a rush! Riders then return to the station to begin regaling their friends with stories of the greatest ride of their lives.
-Millenium Force (Sandusky, Ohio)
What else can possibly be said? Cedar Point took the roller coaster record book to new heights and speeds in 2000 with the addition of the epic Millennium Force. Termed a "giga-coaster" for its extreme height, this colossal coaster looms an incredible 310 feet above the ground and reaches a top speed of 93 mph! Millennium Force destroyed 10 world records when it debuted in the first year of the new millennium. In 2006, Millennium Force was voted No. 2 in the "Best Steel Roller Coaster in the World" category in a poll conducted by Amusement Today.

Millennium Force takes its passengers over 6,595 feet of steel track that includes 310-, 169- and 182-foot-tall hills, two dark tunnels and two 122-degree overbanked turns.
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[Bubbleblower217]

my dad helped build the millennium force

[CannedHam6]

Your job is to go stand on icy steel beams 300 or 400 feet in the air whilst a crane swings 8000 lb sections of track at you, catch it, and wrangle it in place while fighting freezing 40 mph winds. I don't think so.

[pombo39]

hellooooooooo ^^

me brazil ok?

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[MegaChicagocubsfan]

This ride is insane!  and very very very very scary and tall.

Milenium force is 310 feet tall and goes 93.9 mph and a lot of g force

[superpuolustus]

My dad was building millenium force 2 :)

[MultiWillPill]

@Bubbleblower217 COOL!

[BonitaChiquita100]

wow O_o



[jimvodka]

i helped build it :-)

[epistte]

@rct3forever Those are Canadian geese and seagulls. Winged rats.

[rct3forever]

@ 2:01 I thought they were at the top...

[rct3forever]

@ 1:43 are those penguins?

[xisoownyoux]

@Bubbleblower217 tell him thank you :)