Editing Millennium Force (section)

==Characteristics==
===Manufacturer===
Millennium Force is a Giga Coaster model designed by Werner Stengel and built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin.<ref name=RCDB /> It was the first of a series of roller coasters, including [[Top Thrill 2|Top Thrill Dragster]]{{mdash}}the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world in 2003{{mdash}}that Intamin built at Cedar Point.<ref name="Dragster announcement">{{cite news|title=New Cedar Point ride to be tallest and fastest|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=se8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5393,23811&dq=top+thrill+dragster+announcement&hl=en|access-date=February 4, 2013|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=January 11, 2003|archive-date=September 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911144446/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=se8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5393,23811&dq=top+thrill+dragster+announcement&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, Millennium Force is one of two Giga Coasters built by Intamin, the other being [[Pantherian]] at [[Kings Dominion]].<ref name="Giga Coaster RCDB search">{{cite RCDB|coaster_name=Giga Coaster|location=Search|access-date=January 12, 2019|url=http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&mo=8375}}</ref>

===Trains===
[[File:MillenniumBorceBoaster.png|thumb|upright|The trains seen on Millennium Force]]
Millennium Force operates with three fiberglass, [[Stadium seating|stadium-style seating]] [[train (roller coaster)|trains]] colored red, yellow, and blue.<ref name="Facts">{{cite web|title=Millennium Force Fact Sheet|publisher=Ultimate Roller Coaster|year=1999|url=http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/new00/cp_millennium/cp_mf_facts.html|access-date=March 11, 2012|archive-date=January 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120124035/http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/new00/cp_millennium/cp_mf_facts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Each train has nine cars that seat four passengers, allowing a maximum capacity of 36 people per train and 1,300 riders an hour.<ref name=RCDB /> Each seat has an individual, hydraulic, T-shaped lap bar and seat belt which rests across the rider's lap.<ref name="RCDB">{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Millennium Force|location=Cedar Point|rcdb_number=594|access-date=May 29, 2012}}</ref> Each train weighs 19 tons.<ref name="Construction facts" />

===Station===
The [[station (roller coaster)|station]] has two separate platforms, one for unloading and another for loading. Two trains are loaded and unloaded while the third train is running the course. There is also a separate line in the station where riders can wait for the first seat.<ref name="Policies" /> The loading platform has red overhead lights, which are located above the train.<ref name="Red station lights">{{cite web|last=Borgen|first=Andrew|title=Cedar Point&nbsp;— Millennium Force Station|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewb94/3932420010/|publisher=Flickr|access-date=March 20, 2013|date=September 11, 2009|archive-date=January 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123163448/http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewb94/3932420010/|url-status=live}}</ref> Millennium Force's theme song is played in the station while riders are boarding.<ref name="Station music">{{cite web|title=Millennium Force Theme / Station Music| date=January 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG2T_uYDMeM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/hG2T_uYDMeM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|access-date=January 4, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2024, 4 confirmed sets of dispatch audio were added for when a train exits the station.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=nXI1h4x9CAGdNr-Z&v=fuiylLIWY8Y&feature=youtu.be |title=Cedar Point Millennium Force Off-Ride Footage (No Copyright) |date=2024-08-15 |last=Valley Thrills |access-date=2024-10-22 |via=YouTube}}

"Go Full Force", "Greatest Thrill Ride Ever", and "At the Turn of the Millennium, There Were Signs" are featured.</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=6kB3OvEztJIBaUhP&v=CWO5mxS0OGU&feature=youtu.be |title=Millennium Force Cedar Point (off ride 2024) |date=2024-08-28 |last=Brian Connors |access-date=2024-10-22 |via=YouTube}}

"At the Turn of the Millennium, There Were Signs" is featured.</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=8p3gO37KLXNlljBw&v=OaCnE4XOni4&feature=youtu.be |title=Millennium Force got new lights in the station! |date=2024-07-08 |last=CP Rundown |access-date=2024-10-22 |via=YouTube}}

"Greatest Thrill Ride Ever" is featured</ref> It is also unknown whether these audio sets had previously been featured before its current installment. Two projectors in the station were deactivated sometime in the 2000's, before being reintroduced in a new but limited fashion in 2024.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaCnE4XOni4 |title=Millennium Force got new lights in the station! |date=2024-07-08 |last=CP Rundown |access-date=2024-10-22 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

===Track===
The steel tubular track is {{convert|6595|ft|m}} long and the lift is approximately {{convert|310|ft|m}} high.<ref name=RCDB/> The track is blue and the supports are silver. The track consists of 229 pieces, each weighing between {{convert|11000|and|17000|lb|kg}}.<ref name="Construction facts" />  Intamin supplied the track with [[hollow structural section]]s (HSS), which is used in all the track pieces, supports and towers. Millennium Force uses three different track shapes. The simplest sections are two-pipe track, made with two running rails connected by {{convert|6|inch|cm|adj=on}} 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. The third type of track forms a square and is considered the strongest. It has two running rails with two backbone tubes.<ref name="HSS">{{cite web|title=HSS: Designs for the 21st century|url=http://www.steeltubeinstitute.org/pdf/casestudies/milenium.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223060239/http://steeltubeinstitute.org/pdf/casestudies/milenium.pdf|archive-date=December 23, 2010|publisher=Steel Tube Institute|access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> As both a high altitude and high velocity ride, Millennium Force is affected by unfavorable weather conditions such as rain, lightning or strong winds; under these conditions the ride is closed, but in light rain it can remain open.<ref name="Policies">{{cite web|title=Ride policies and Procedures|publisher=Cedar Point|url=http://www.cedarpoint.com/plan-a-visit/ride-policies-and-procedures|access-date=March 24, 2012|archive-date=March 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306083851/http://www.cedarpoint.com/plan-a-visit/ride-policies-and-procedures|url-status=live}}</ref>