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/ September 7, 2026
Wicked Twister was a launched steel coaster that towered over the shoreline at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, from 2002 to 2021. Built by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, it used linear induction motors to fire a single train back and forth between two…
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/ August 31, 2026
Cedar Fair was an American regional amusement park operator headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio, formed in 1983 when the management of Cedar Point combined the historic lakefront park with Valleyfair, which it had acquired in 1978. The company traced its lineage to Cedar Point’s 1870 opening…
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/ August 29, 2026
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company was one of the largest seasonal amusement park operators in North America, running iconic properties like Cedar Point and Dorney Park for four decades before merging into Six Flags Entertainment Corporation in 2024. The name still shows up constantly in park…
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/ August 24, 2026
Siren’s Curse opened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on June 28, 2025, becoming the tallest, fastest, and longest tilt coaster in North America. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the steel coaster replaced the former WildCat Luminosity attraction near the Cedar Point Marina in the…
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/ August 24, 2026
Iron Dragon opened at Cedar Point on June 11, 1987, bringing Arrow Dynamics’ suspended coaster design to the Sandusky, Ohio park. Riders sit in cars that hang beneath the track on a swinging chassis, letting the train swing side to side through the turns as…
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/ August 23, 2026
Rougarou is a floorless roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. The ride occupies the same steel structure that originally opened in 1996 as Mantis, a stand-up coaster that set world records for its type before earning a reputation…
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/ August 16, 2026
Mean Streak was a wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, that opened on May 11, 1991, in the park’s Frontier Town section. Designed by Curtis D. Summers and built by the Dinn Corporation from more than 1.5 million board feet of treated…
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/ August 11, 2026
Here are today’s 9 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters, Stadiums & Arenas and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters Former Disney Cast Member Faces…
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/ August 9, 2026
Blue Streak isn’t the tallest or fastest ride at Cedar Point, but it’s the one that’s been running the longest. Opened in 1964, this wooden out-and-back coaster has outlasted rides built decades after it and remains a rite of passage for anyone visiting the Sandusky…
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/ July 17, 2026
Cedar Point shut its gates at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2026 — roughly three hours ahead of its typical peak-summer closing time — after smoke from hundreds of active Canadian wildfires pushed regional air quality to hazardous levels. The Sandusky, Ohio park, known…
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/ June 30, 2026
If you’ve been searching for “Soak City” at Cedar Point and coming up confused, here’s the short version: it’s still there, it’s just wearing a new name. The water park that opened on Lake Erie’s shoreline in 1988 is now Cedar Point Shores, and it’s…
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/ June 20, 2026
If you’re searching for roller coasters in Sandusky, Ohio, there’s really only one answer: Cedar Point. Perched on a narrow Lake Erie peninsula, this 364-acre park has built, broken, and rebroken world records since 1892, earning its nickname as the Roller Coaster Capital of the…
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/ June 20, 2026
Cedar Point Shores is the water park at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio — an 18-acre complex of speed slides, a giant wave pool, two lazy rivers, and family splash zones perched directly on the shore of Lake Erie. Operated by Six Flags, it consistently…
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/ June 15, 2026
When Magnum XL-200 launched at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on May 6, 1989, it didn’t just break records — it invented a new category. Standing 205 feet tall and reaching 72 mph, it became the world’s tallest, fastest, and steepest complete-circuit roller coaster at…
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/ June 15, 2026
Looking for the numbers? Height, speed, records and the height requirement are on our GateKeeper stats guide. GateKeeper is a steel wing coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M). It opened on May 11, 2013…
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/ June 15, 2026
Maverick doesn’t look like much on paper. At 105 feet, it’s dwarfed by nearly every other major coaster at Cedar Point — yet ask enthusiasts to rank the park’s best rides and Maverick almost always lands near the top, often ahead of coasters twice its…
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/ May 17, 2026
Theme park news May 2026 rolls into the final stretch before Disney’s Muppets Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster opens. This week’s roundup covers the final preview wave for the reimagined attraction, Six Flags Tormenta Rampaging Run’s POV drop and instant viral reaction, SeaWorld’s Barracuda Strike opening…
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/ May 5, 2026
A successful Cedar Point visit rewards riders who plan ahead, arrive early, and understand how the Sandusky, Ohio peninsula park actually flows. With 18 roller coasters spanning the entire spectrum from family woodies to a 420-foot record-setter, Cedar Point packs more vertical thrills per acre…
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/ April 14, 2026
Amusement park, theme park, water park, carnival, and fair get thrown around like they’re interchangeable, but each one describes a genuinely different kind of day out. Get the amusement park vs theme park question wrong and you’ll show up expecting the wrong thing entirely…
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/ April 2, 2026
Roller coasters aren’t one-size-fits-all — from the classic rumble of wooden coasters to the face-down terror of flying coasters, each type delivers a fundamentally different experience. At the extreme end sits the rarest category of all: the strata coaster, a full-circuit ride so tall that…
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