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Millennium Force : ウィキペディア英語版 | Millennium Force
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 the Blue Streak opened in 1964. Upon completion in 2000, Millennium broke six world records and was the world's first Giga Coaster, a roller coaster that exceeds in height. It was briefly the tallest and fastest in the world until Steel Dragon 2000 opened later the same year. 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 , 45-degree lift hill with a drop and features two tunnels, three overbanked turns, and four hills. It has a top speed of . Since its debut, Millennium Force has been voted the number one steel roller coaster nine times in ''Amusement Todays Golden Ticket Awards. Its lowest ranking in the poll has been two, a position that it has swapped with Bizarro at Six Flags New England numerous times over the years. Although Millennium Force has been surpassed in height and speed, it remains one of the tallest and fastest in the world. ==History== The planning, design and development phases of Millennium took place over two years. The first rumors that a new record-breaking roller coaster would be built at Cedar Point, which included speculation about a ten inversion roller coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard and an Arrow Dynamics MegaLooper, began circulating in early 1998.〔 A roller coaster from D. H. Morgan Manufacturing was also rumored. On July 2, 1999, Cedar Fair Entertainment Company filed a trademark for the name Millennium Force,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.trademarkia.com/millennium-force-75742710.html )〕 which raised more speculation about what the ride would be like. About a week later, the first track pieces were seen at the park, which confirmed that the ride would be manufactured by Intamin. Cedar Point officials also confirmed that it would not have inversions.
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