Cedar Creek Mine Ride
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| Cedar Creek Mine Ride | |
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| Location | Cedar Point |
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| Type | Steel - Mine Train |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | May 24, 1969 |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
| Designer | Ron Toomer |
| Model | Runaway Mine |
| Lift/launch system | Two chain lift hills |
| Height | 55 feet (16.8 m) |
| Drop | 48 feet (14.6 m) |
| Length | 2,400 feet (731.5 m) |
| Max speed | 42 mile per hour (67.6 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:42 |
| Max Vertical Angle | 45 degrees |
| Capacity | 2,400 riders per hour |
| Height Restriction | 48 inches (121.9 cm) |
| Cedar Creek Mine Ride at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Cedar Creek Mine Ride at RCDB | |
Cedar Creek Mine Ride is a roller coaster operating at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio in the Frontiertown section of the park. It is the second oldest operating roller coaster in the park behind Blue Streak. While many patrons mistake the coaster as being wooden, the ride is actually constructed of steel tubular track on a wooden frame, hence it is considered a steel roller coaster. It is one of three roller coasters at Cedar Point that has two chain lifts.
[edit] Trivia
- Cedar Creek Mine Ride is one of only three roller coasters at Cedar Point with multiple chain lifts and the only roller coaster at Cedar Point which features two lift hills that take riders to the same height.
- Cedar Creek Mine Ride was the second Arrow Dynamics coaster ever built.
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| Roller coasters at Cedar Point |
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Blue Streak - Cedar Creek Mine Ride - Corkscrew - Disaster Transport - Gemini - Iron Dragon - Jr. Gemini - Magnum XL-200 - Mantis - Maverick - Mean Streak - Millennium Force - Raptor - Top Thrill Dragster - Wicked Twister - WildCat - Woodstock Express |
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