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Cedar Point is one of the top rated theme parks in the entire world. Its main claims to fame include its astounding number of world-class coasters (17) and the fact that many of them were record-breakers when they were introduced. In addition to the coasters, Cedar Point includes two water parks, hotel resorts, marinas, a mile-long beach, theaters, and many other family attractions. Roller Coaster enthusiasts often visit the park due to its wide range of coaster types - from wooden twisters, inverted and looping steel coasters, to hanging, stand-up, and steel hypercoasters. There's a little bit of everything at Cedar Point!
Cedar Point from Wikipedia
Cedar Point is a 364-acre (1.47 km²) amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. It currently holds the world record for most roller coasters (17), one of which, Top Thrill Dragster, is the world's second tallest and second fastest roller coasterrcdb.com, reaching speeds of and a height of . Cedar Point is also the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than . , Cedar Point has more rides (75) than any other amusement park.
It also has a mile-long white sand beach, an outdoor water park (Soak City), an indoor waterpark and hotel (Castaway Bay), two marinas, several hotels, and Challenge Park, which features attractions such as go-karts, miniature golf, Ripcord and Skyscraper. Known as "America's Roller Coast", Cedar Point has been voted "Best Amusement Park in the World" by Amusement Today for the past eleven years.
The park opened in 1870, and is the second oldest amusement park in North America after Lake Compounce. Cedar Point is the flagship park for Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (which is headquartered at the park) and, along with Valleyfair, was one of the original parks owned and operated by the company. Cedar Point's normal operating season runs daily from early May through Labor Day, then for nine weekends following Labor Day. Operating hours vary throughout the summer, but on most days the park opens at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 10:00 p.m. Guests of the on-site hotels (Hotel Breakers, Sandcastle Suites, Lighthouse Point, Camper Village, Breakers Express and Castaway Bay) are granted 1 hour early access to the park. In 2009, Cedar Point will be open daily from May 16 through September 7, then on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from September 18 through November 1 for Halloweekends.
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See what the coasters at CP look like and some of the other popular attractions!
First person views of CP coasters!
Cedar Point guide and pictures of its history
Cedar Point - Sandusky, Ohio
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GypsyPirate wrote...
I haven't ridden the Maverick yet - it's been way too long since I have been there. This coming season hopefully! I love that you found YouTube vid's to include here!






















