Cedar Point gets Twisted

This article comes from Highwaygames.com

The amusement park Cedar Point located in Ohio USA recently announced plans to build a new roller coaster. This roller coaster will join the other 14 currently operating within the park. This ride named "Wicked Twister" once completed with be the tallest and fastest "double-twisting" impulse roller coaster in the world.

Cedar Point is planning to unveal the 215-foot-tall, 72-mph ride in May 2002. The amusement park already holds the world record for having more coasters than anywhere else on Earth.

The ride will use the revolutionary linear induction motor (LIM) propulsion system, Wicked Twister will blast riders out of its station reaching a top speed of 72 mph in a mere 2.5 seconds – propelling forward and backward and up and down a U-shaped track with spiraling 450-degree corkscrews atop each vertical 215-foot-tall tower. This twisted coaster will be launched out of the station five times – three forward and two backward!

To learn more about developments for this roller coasters visit the Cedar Point website