Editing Millennium Force (section)

== Ride experience ==

=== Queue ===
Millennium Force's entrance is located behind the [[Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad]]'s Millennium Midway station. The queue is situated between the ride's last overbanked turn and the station. A DJ booth was originally provided to entertain waiting visitors; the park's "Jamming DJ's" took requests for family friendly songs from people in the queue.<ref name="DJ">{{cite web|title=Jamming DJ's at Cedar Point|url=http://www.cedarpoint.com/things-to-do/live-entertainment|publisher=Cedar Point|access-date=October 2, 2012|archive-date=October 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009010902/http://www.cedarpoint.com/things-to-do/live-entertainment|url-status=live}}</ref> The concrete base of the booth can still be seen as of 2024.

[[File:Millennium Force sign.png|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Millennium Force entrance sign|alt=Sign at Millennium Force entrance]]
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. Visitors could buy tickets then return later and wait in a shorter line.<ref name="Ticket to Ride begins" /><ref name="14 hours, one coaster" /> This system was discontinued in 2004 after several people complained it was unfair that others were going ahead of them in line.<ref name="Amusement parks offer different ways of letting people skip long lines">{{cite news|last=Glaser|first=Susan|title=Amusement parks offer different ways of letting people skip long lines|url=http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2011/07/amusement_parks_offer_differen.html|access-date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]]|date=July 30, 2011|archive-date=December 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215170408/http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2011/07/amusement_parks_offer_differen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Cedar Point introduced its [[Fast Lane (Cedar Fair)|Fast Lane]] queue system on the ride; visitors can buy a wristband which enables them to wait in a shorter line.<ref name="Fast Lane">{{cite news|last=Glaser|first=Susan|title=Pay to get in the Fast Lane and you'll wait less at Cedar Point: close to home|url=http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2012/04/if_you_hate_to_wait_you_can_pa.html|access-date=January 5, 2013|newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]]|date=April 28, 2012|archive-date=September 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905022425/http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2012/04/if_you_hate_to_wait_you_can_pa.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The system was tested at [[Kings Island]] the previous year, where it received positive reviews.<ref name="Amusement parks offer different ways of letting people skip long lines" />

===Layout===
Millennium Force covers {{convert|13|acre}}; it runs parallel to the shoreline of [[Sandusky Bay]], then travels to an island located inside the park. There are two tunnels, three overbanked turns and three hills.<ref name="Press Release"/><ref name="Facts"/> One cycle of the ride takes approximately 2 minutes and 20 seconds.<ref name=RCDB />

[[File:Millennium Force train coming out of tunnel.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|The blue train coming out of the second tunnel|alt=Roller coaster train coming out of a tunnel]]
While the train is being loaded with passengers, the catch car for the [[Lift hill|cable lift]] descends the lift hill and latches onto the middle car underneath the train. Once the train is cleared, the cable lift immediately pulls the train up the 45-degree lift hill at {{convert|15|mph|abbr=on}} to a height of {{convert|310|ft}}. The train then drops {{convert|300|ft|m}} at an 80-degree angle and reaches a maximum speed of {{convert|93|mph|abbr=on}} at the bottom of the hill. This is followed by a climb of {{convert|169|ft}} through a right [[Roller coaster elements#Overbanked turn|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 {{convert|182|ft|adj=on}} parabolic hill, which provides a moment of [[Weightlessness|zero gravity]] as it passes over a lagoon and down onto Adventure Island.

[[File:Millennium Force hills over the lagoon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|The two hills that go over the lagoon and onto the island|alt=Two roller coaster hills over a lagoon]]
It completes an {{convert|87|ft|adj=on}}, 360-degree right-handed helix,<ref name="Newsmagazines" /> followed by a {{convert|100|ft|adj=on}} 122-degree left overbanked turn.<ref name="Newsmagazines">{{cite news|date=July 24, 1999|title=Newsmagazines, movies rule the roost|work=The Bryan Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bryan-times-newsmagazines-movies-rule-t/159941882/|access-date=November 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> This is followed by a small right-hand turn and another hill that leaves the island. The train then travels left through a second tunnel where the [[On-ride camera|on-ride photo]] is taken, followed by a left turn and a small hill, passing by the queue. Finally, the train travels {{convert|68|ft}} high through another right overbanked turn over the queue and is stopped by [[Brake run|magnetic brakes]]. Passengers disembark the ride at an unloading station and the train moves to a second station where it is reloaded with passengers.<ref name="Press Release">{{cite web|title=Cedar Point To Build World's Tallest Roller Coaster|url=http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/new00/cp_millennium/cp_mf_pr.html|access-date=March 11, 2012|date=July 22, 1999|publisher=Ultimate Roller Coaster|archive-date=September 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905151028/http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/new00/cp_millennium/cp_mf_pr.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=RCDB /><ref name="POV">{{cite web|title=Official Millennium Force POV|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To3jujFzwHg| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113082153/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To3jujFzwHg&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2012-01-13 | url-status=dead|publisher=YouTube|year=2011|access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>