Cedar Point
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2000
Cedar Point has two listings in the Millennium Edition of the Guinness Book of Records for:
"Most Rides at a Theme Park" (68)
"Most Roller Coasters at a Theme Park" (14).
1999
Thrillride.com -- the web site devoted to amusement park enthusiasts -- honored Cedar Point with Four No. 1 Reader's Poll awards: 1.) Favorite Amusement Park; 2.) Favorite Steel Roller Coaster (Magnum XL-200); 3.) Favorite Freefall Ride (Power Tower); and 4.) Favorite Thrill Ride (Magnum XL-200).
The National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) voted the Magnum XL-200 the "Favorite Steel Roller Coaster in the World" for the ninth consecutive year.
The Great Ohio Coaster Club (GOCC) voted Cedar Point the "Best Amusement Park"; the Magnum XL-200 the "Best Steel Roller Coaster"; and Power Tower the "Best Non-Coaster Ride".
The American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) and the Great Ohio Coaster Club (GOCC) honored Cedar Point's Magnum XL-200 roller coaster for its monumental 10th anniversary. The Magnum was the first roller coaster in the world to ever break the 200-foot-tall barrier when it opened in 1989 and has legions of devoted fans around the globe.
For the second straight year, Cedar Point received the "Golden Ticket Award" for being named the Best Amusement Park in the World in a nationwide survey conducted by Amusement Today newspaper that ranks the "best of the best" in the amusement industry. And, for the second straight year, the Magnum XL-200 received the "Golden Ticket Award" for being rated the Best Steel Roller Coaster in the World. Cedar Point's Raptor inverted roller coaster was voted No. 6 steel roller coaster in the world while the massive Mean Streak was voted No. 18 in the world in the wooden coaster class.
Cedar Point has three listings in the Guinness Book of Records for: 1.) the amusement park with the greatest number of rides; 2.) the amusement park with the greatest number of roller coasters; and 3.) tallest freefall ride (Power Tower).
Readers of FamilyFun magazine voted Cedar Point the #1 Amusement Park in the Midwest in its 1999 Family-Friendly Travel Awards.
The Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain named Cedar Point the Best International Amusement Park for the ninth straight year.
The Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain voted the Magnum XL-200 the Best International Steel Roller Coaster.
1998
Cedar Point received the "Golden Ticket Award" for being named the Best Amusement Park in the World in a nationwide survey conducted by Amusement Today newspaper that ranks the "best of the best" in the amusement industry.
The Magnum XL-200 was rated the Best Steel Roller Coaster in the World in the "Golden Ticket Awards," which are presented to the "best of the best" in the amusement industry as voted in a nationwide survey conducted by Amusement Today newspaper.
The Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain named Cedar Point the Best International Amusement Park for the eighth straight year.
The Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain voted the Magnum XL-200 the Best International Steel Roller Coaster.
The National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) voted the Magnum XL-200 and Raptor the No. 1 and 3 steel roller coasters in the world. Magnum has occupied the top spot since 1991.
www.thrillride.com -- the web site devoted to amusement park enthusiasts -- honored Cedar Point with three Reader's Poll awards: 1.) Favorite Amusement Park; 2.) Favorite Steel Roller Coaster (Magnum XL-200); and 3.) Favorite Freefall Ride (Power Tower).
1997
NBC Today show consumer products reporter and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Andy Pargh, "The Gadget Guru, " selected Cedar Point as Best Amusement Park in "The Gadget Guru's Guide to the Best," a comprehensive guidebook that lists the "bests" of everything in the United States.
1996
Cedar Point was named the winner of the industry's most prestigious honor, the Applause Award, for its "management, operations and creative accomplishments that have inspired the industry with foresight, originality and sound business development."
1995
The National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) honored Cedar Point for its 125th Anniversary -- one of the longest histories in the industry.
1994
Cedar Point's Blue Streak roller coaster was honored for its 30 years of operation by the Great Ohio Coaster Club (GOCC).
1992
The American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) honored Cedar Point for its 100th Anniversary of Roller Coasters -- the longest coaster heritage in the world. Cedar Point's first scream machine, the Switchback Railway, debuted in 1892!
The Guinness Book of Records declared the Mean Streak the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world (161 feet).
1990
The Guinness Book of Records credited the Magnum XL-200 as the fastest coaster (72 mph) with the longest vertical drop (194 feet, 8 inches).
Cedar Point was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the first time for having more roller coasters than any other place in the world.
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