INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OHIO, WOOD COUNTY & PEMBERVILLE Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky was once again named “Best Amusement Park in the World” by industry trade publication Amusement Today, which presented the park with the honor on Sunday night during its annual Golden Ticket Awards presentation, held this year in Santa Cruz, Calif. The Golden Ticket Awards were begun 16 years ago, and Cedar Point has won the “best park” award every year. Amusement Today bases its awards on an international poll it conducts through a detailed survey sent to a database of experienced and well-traveled amusement park fans worldwide. The fans are asked to rate the “bests” in 25 categories. The publication named Cedar Point’s Millennium Force roller coaster as the “Best Steel Roller Coaster in the World” and named Kings Island amusement park near Cincinnati as having the “Best Kids Area” for the 13th consecutive year. Cedar Point and Kings Island are owned by Sandusky’s Cedar Fair LP. Another Cedar Fair Park, Knott’s Berry Farm near Los Angeles, received a special “Publisher’s Pick Turnstile Award” from Amusement Today for its makeover of its 50-year-old Timber Mountain Log Ride. Cedar Fair parks did not win any additional first place awards, but Cedar Point’s new $26 million GateKeeper roller coaster finished third in the “Best New Ride” category. Knott’s Halloween Haunt, which began the trend of Halloween-themed activities at amusement parks, finished second in the “Best Halloween Event” category, while Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends finished fifth in the category. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LAST DECADE 2000: Cedar Point stuns the coaster world when it debuts the tallest (310 feet) and fastest (93 mph) "giga-coaster" on the planet, Millennium Force. The 350-room Breakers Express is added on Causeway Drive. "Alien Adventure" is shown in the Cedar Point Cinema. • 2001: The charming Lighthouse Point opens, featuring 50 cottages, 10 cabins and 59 luxury RV campsites. "Michael Jordan To The MAX" is the last movie to be shown in the Cedar Point Cinema. • 2002: The park debuts its 15th roller coaster, Wicked Twister, and a PEANUTS ice-skating program, "Snoopy Rocks! On Ice" in the Good Time Theatre (formerly the Cedar Point Cinema). • 2003: Cedar Point shocks thrill-seekers yet again with the debut of the 420-foot-tall, 120-mph Top Thrill Dragster – making Cedar Point home of the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world. • 2004: Cedar Point invests nearly $10 million in capital improvements for its 2004 season with expansions at its Lighthouse Point luxury camping complex and Soak City waterpark. Cedar Point also makes a big splash with the addition of its new $22 million Castaway Bay indoor waterpark resort. • 2005: Cedar Point takes its guests to new heights with the introduction of its 68th ride – maXair. • 2006: Skyhawk flies into Frontiertown as Cedar Point’s latest thrill ride. "Hot Summer Lights", an all-new sensory experience debuts. It features music, sound, lights, video, pyrotechnics and a new special effect, "FireWater." • 2007: Cedar Point introduces Maverick, its 17th roller coaster, more coasters than any park in the world. Built by IntaRide, Maverick dips, turns and twists through 5.5 acres in Frontiertown. It was named as the Best New Ride of 2007. • 2008: Planet Snoopy becomes Cedar Point’s fourth special area for young children. It features seven rides and The Family Care Center. Adjacent to Planet Snoopy is Joe Cool’s Café that offers an extensive menu designed especially for the little ones. "All Wheels Extreme", a high-energy stunt show, opens in the Extreme Sports Stadium. • 2009: The Starlight Experience transforms the Frontier Trail into a canopy of lights and colors. The themed lighted walkway features more than 1 million LED lights, music and four PEANUTS-themed displays. The Jack Aldrich Theatre, renamed for the park’s late director of park attractions, opens on the Main Midway. 2010: Featuring two hills and a splashy grand finale, Shoot the Rapids, one of three water rides at Cedar Point, opens on the Frontier Trail
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:40:24 +0000
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