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Thrill of your life. (Short Stuff).


Imagine you're 420 feet in the air and about to descend at 120 miles per hour down a single steel track. It's difficult to even fathom but, at Cedar Point Cedar Point is a 364 acre (1.5 km²) amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. It is one of the world's largest amusement parks (by ride count) with 69 rides and currently holds the world record for most roller coasters with 17, one  amusement park amusement park, a commercially operated park offering various forms of entertainment, such as arcade games, carousels, roller coasters, and performers, as well as food, drink, and souvenirs.  in Sandusky, Ohio you can have the thrill of a lifetime Thrill of a Lifetime is a television reality series created by Sidney M. Cohen and Willie Stein ("Orange Colored Sky"). It was telecast from 1981 to 1988 in Canada on the CTV network. . Top Thrill Dragster Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 400 to 499 feet tall. , the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, opens in May for Cedar Point's 2003 season Reaching 120 mph in four seconds flat isn't all this baby can do Hold on for dear life as you rocket straight up to the top twist and plummet down the vertical drop in a free fall and then spiral before crossing the finish line. If you're not up for breaking world records Cedar Point has 15 other coasters to choose from. For more info on this top thriller go to www.cedarpoint.com.
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Title Annotation:Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster
Publication:Girls' Life
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2003
Words:137
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