Cedar Point is one of Ohio’s most well-known attractions. It’s considered the roller coaster capital of the world by many and serves as a rite of passage for locals and a summer destination for tourists. The park is home to 68 total attractions, including 19 roller coasters.
Not all of the coasters were made to test the limits of gravity and bravery, but some of them — both past and present — have broken records and been part of Cedar Point’s legendary, 155-year-old story.
Siren's Curse
This year, Cedar Point is set to debut Siren’s Curse, a coaster that is set to become the tallest, fastest and longest “tilt” coaster in North America.
The new coaster will have a maximum speed of 59 mph while taking thrill-seekers 160 feet off the ground at its apex. It also has two “360-degree, zero-gravity barrel rolls” as part of 13 moments during the ride where the rider may feel weightless.
When Siren’s Curse opens up this season it will become the newest attraction at Cedar Point, but it won’t take away from the other legendary coasters in Sandusky.
Magnum XL-200
When Magnum XL-200 opened in 1989, it crossed a new frontier in the roller coaster game. There’s an argument to be made that roller coasters would not be what they’ve become without the existence of this one. Magnum XL-200 was given an American Coaster Enthusiasts landmark award for its record-breaking features and the inspiration it provided for other coasters across the world.
The Records: Magnum XL-200 was the first hyper-coaster to be completed and the first coaster to surpass 200 feet in height. At the time of its opening, it was also the fastest (72 mph) roller coaster in the world and had the longest drop.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be 48 inches tall to ride.
Millennium Force
When the Millennium Force first launched in 2000, it broke several records in the roller coaster world. The Golden Ticket Awards has named Millennium Force one of the five best Steel Roller Coasters each year it has been in existence, including naming it the best coaster of its kind 10 times.
The Records: The coaster was so revolutionary that it launched a category all its own — the Giga Coaster. Millennium Force takes riders to a peak of 310 feet in the sky before its signature 300-foot drop. Those figures set records at the time for a complete-circuit coaster, as did the top speed of 93 mph. The coaster also set the record for the steepest non-inversion banked turn on a roller coaster at 122 degrees.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be between 48 and 78 inches tall to ride.
Gatekeeper
This is one of Cedar Point’s most unique coasters as the park’s only “wing coaster” and one of just 19 that have been installed across the globe to date. A wing coaster has passengers off to both sides of the track while level with it. Feet will dangle from the chairs as the impression of being in a free flight is given throughout the ride. Gatekeeper was the fifth wing coaster to be installed when it first opened in 2013.
The Records: With Gatekeeper being early in terms of the genre of coaster it fits into, it has set several records for coasters of its kind. It instantly became the longest (4,164 feet), fastest (67 mph) and featured the longest drop (164 feet) of any wing coaster. It also became the coaster with the highest inversion of any coaster at the time.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be between 52 inches and 78 inches tall to ride.
Steel Vengeance
The Steel Vengeance has been around for a long time, even if it hasn’t always been called by that name. From 1991-2016, it was known as Mean Streak before closing to undergo a facelift and return as an entirely new beast. Like the Millennium Force, this record-setting coaster changed the game. When Steel Vengeance reopened, it did so as a “hyper-hybrid” coaster, marking the transition from a wooden coaster to one that has a steel base.
The Records: When Steel Vengeance debuted in 2018, it set 10 world records for tallest hybrid coaster (205 feet), fastest hybrid coaster (74 mph), steepest drop on a hybrid coaster (90 degrees), longest drop on a hybrid coaster (200 feet), most inversions (four), longest hybrid roller coaster (5,740 feet), fastest airtime hill on a hybrid roller coaster (74 mph), most airtime on a hybrid roller coaster (27.2 seconds), most airtime on any roller coaster (27.2 seconds) and being the world’s first “hyper-hybrid” coaster. The first five records have since been broken, but the latter five still stand as of this writing.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be 52 inches tall to ride.
Top Thrill 2
It’s hard to recall there ever being more hype around a new roller coaster than what surrounded Cedar Point’s Top Thrill Dragster when it opened in 2003. After 19 seasons and a serious accident that resulted in a piece of metal striking a parkgoer in the head, the ride was closed for two seasons and modified. The result was Top Thrill 2, a similar ride with a longer track. The ride briefly opened in 2024 but was again closed for further modification. The goal is for Top Thrill 2 to be opened again this season.
The Records: When the ride first opened in 2003, it immediately set records for the tallest (420 feet), fastest (120 mph) and tallest drop for a coaster. It still holds the records for tallest complete circuit roller coaster and the world’s tallest roller coaster, taking back that title from Kingda Ka, a coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey that shut down in November of 2024.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be 52 inches tall to ride.
Corkscrew
Even as one of the older coasters on this list doesn’t mean Corkscrew is any less thrilling. It first opened in 1976 and was part of a race to be the first coaster to have a vertical loop. Just a week before Corkscrew opened, The New Revolution opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, winning that race. Despite that, Corkscrew did set a new standard in other ways.
The Records: Corkscrew became the first coaster to have three inversions during the ride and also the first coaster to go over a midway.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be 48 inches tall to ride.
Rougarou
Longtime parkgoers might know this ride better as Mantis, which it was called from the time it opened in 1996 until it was remodeled in 2014. Rougarou as we know it opened in 2015 and has provided thrills ever since. The floorless coaster replaced the stand-up variety that Mantis had.
The Records: While Rougarou doesn’t hold any current records, Mantis did during its time and it’s worth highlighting. When the coaster originally opened it set records in the stand-up coaster category. No stand-up coaster at that time featured a greater maximum height (145 feet), faster speed (60 mph) or greater length (3,900 feet). It also became the first coaster of its kind to have both an incline loop and a dive loop.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be between 54 inches and 78 inches tall to ride.
Valravn
When Valravn opened in 2016 it rewrote the record books when it came to dive coasters. It not only set several records in that category, but it also became the first dive coaster at a park owned by Cedar Fair (Cedar Point’s parent company). Three different inversions and an Immelmann maneuver will certainly get your blood pumping if you dare to ride this one.
The Records: The easier question to answer would be: What dive coaster records didn’t Valravn set when it opened? It became the tallest (223 feet tall), fastest (75 mph) and longest (3,415 feet) dive coaster on the planet. Valravn also broke the record for the longest drop on a dive coaster (214 feet) as well as most inversions (three) and highest inversion (165 feet).
Ride Requirements: Riders must be 52 inches tall to ride.
Power Tower
This one is a little bit different because Power Tower isn’t technically a roller coaster. It’s unique to this list in that aspect but not in the aspect of providing a quick adrenaline boost to riders.
The Records: Power Tower is fraternal twins with another ride of the same name at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota. Cedar Point’s version is the more notable of the two, however. The version in Cedar Point held the title of the world’s tallest vertical drop ride when it opened in 1998. That didn’t last long, as it was surpassed by another ride within two months. To this day, Cedar Point’s Power Tower is the only of its kind to feature four towers.
Ride Requirements: Riders must be 48 inches tall to ride.
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