Millenium Force

Of all the rides at Cedar Point my favorite was Millenium Force. It starts with a long slow climb up 300 feet. This gives you about 20 seconds to ask yourself questions such as:

• This structure is pretty thin for being so tall, did the engineers factor in the amount of wind that is blowing today? and also the ever expanding waistline of the average North American adult?
• It was cold overnight, is there ice on the rails?
• Is this structure going to collapse sideways before we get to the top?
• Did I lock the door before leaving home?

And just then over the top you go, plummeting almost straight down then banking to the right and etc etc at awesome speeds before skidding back to the station about two minutes later. The only thing that gets me past my intense fear of heights is my more intense love of controlled free falling.

Two thumbs way up on this one!

p.s. If any reader happens to understand the engineering of this kind of structure I would be interested to know that it is in fact capable of bearing any load!!