Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.

The ride is also the third-longest roller coaster in North America following The Beast at Kings Island and Fury 325 at Carowinds.

Since its debut, Millennium Force has been voted the number one steel roller coaster ten times in Amusement Today's annual Golden Ticket Awards.

Although Millennium Force has been surpassed in height and speed, it remains one of the tallest and fastest coasters in the world.

[7] On July 2, 1999, Cedar Fair Entertainment Company filed a trademark for the name Millennium Force,[8] which raised more speculation about what the ride would be like.

[11][12] It would be the tallest roller coaster in the world, taking the record from Fujiyama at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan.

After the ride was announced, several disputes about whether Millennium Force or Superman: The Escape was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world arose between Cedar Point and Six Flags Magic Mountain.

[26][27][25] In August, Cedar Point engaged John Hancock and Associates and Stalker Radar of Indianapolis to measure the height and speed of Millennium Force.

[28] Before the start of the 2004 season, Millennium Force's seat belts were modified because of an incident that occurred on Superman the Ride, a similar roller coaster at Six Flags New England.

About a month after Millennium's debut, Cedar Point introduced a new queue system known as "Ticket to Ride" (later Fast Lane) to reduce the wait time.

[36] In 2012, Cedar Point introduced its Fast Lane queue system on the ride; visitors can buy a wristband which enables them to wait in a shorter line.

[36] Millennium Force covers 13 acres (5.3 ha); it runs parallel to the shoreline of Sandusky Bay, then travels to an island located inside the park.

This is followed by a climb of 169 feet (52 m) through a right overbanked turn at 122 degrees from the horizontal axis, of which the train then travels through a tunnel as it passes over the Frontier Trail.

The train proceeds over a 182-foot (55 m) parabolic hill, which provides a moment of zero gravity as it passes over a lagoon and down onto Adventure Island.

Finally, the train travels 68 feet (21 m) high through another right overbanked turn over the queue and is stopped by magnetic brakes.

[24][39][41] Millennium Force is a Giga Coaster model designed by Werner Stengel and built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin.

[42] As of 2024[update], Millennium Force is one of two Giga Coasters built by Intamin, the other being Pantherian at Kings Dominion.

[43] Millennium Force operates with three fiberglass, stadium-style seating trains colored red, yellow, and blue.

The simplest sections are two-pipe track, made with two running rails connected by 6-inch (15 cm) square HSS cross-members.

The ride also uses three-pipe track, which has two running rails with a backbone of round HSS, which forms a triangle.

Rob Decker, Cedar Point's Corporate Director of Planning & Design, said that they thought they would have to mount multiple floodlights on the tower.

In 2012, Cedar Point introduced a nighttime show, Luminosity — Ignite the Night!, to "re-energize" the park at the end of the day.

[53] Millennium Force's records as the tallest and fastest complete-circuit roller coaster were broken several months later in August when Steel Dragon 2000 opened.

In the Travel Channel's Insane Coaster Wars, Millennium Force was voted the "fan favorite" in the Extreme Heights and The Top 10 categories.