The Immortal Roller Coaster - Millennium Force Review & Technical Analysis - Cedar Point 

Fun fact: This is my fiancée’s favorite roller coaster!!

I’ve ridden this once this past summer and i completely blacked out on the first drop and missed the entire ride. And for that reason it’s a 10/10

I had a friend who described Millennium so perfectly. “Most coasters fight with you. They want to beat you. The coaster is your enemy. Millennium DANCES with you. It’s your partner. You both have the same goal. You both desire the same thing. It’s flowing and elegant. You don’t win by resisting. You win by surrendering.”

Millennium Force has now gotten so much hate for being overrated that it is now underrated

You forget to mention that at at the top of the hill, you can literally see the border of Canada.

I love watching trains hit the final brake run while waiting in line. Everyone always smiles and cheers when the ride op asks how their ride was. That energy is unmatched.

This is easily the most important coaster ever.

I think a lot of enthusiasts forget (or weren't even around yet) just how impactful this coaster was back in 2000. This coaster was EVERYWHERE - Newspapers, TV shows, news stations, every program about rollercoasters had to talk about Millennium Force - you couldn't escape it! I remember opening day, they had enthusiasts from countries like Japan and Germany fly out to Cedar Point, just to be one of the first to ride this attraction. As much as us enthusiasts LOVE Steel Vengeance and Maverick ( SV is my #1 roller coaster of all time), I have to ask - are these coasters as impactful as Millennium Force was? As far as the mainstream goes, not even close. Even though enthusiasts prefer both of these coasters, none had even close to the amount of media/press coverage, documentation, and hype Millennium Force got its opening year. Millennium Force was a legit superstar in its own right, and is arguably the most iconic roller coaster ever built ( for sure the most iconic in this millennium).

Millenium force is one of the most underrated rides. You can really feel the speed, and nothing compares to a night ride when you're flying so close to the ground, and the wind is whipping in your face! One of my favorite rides ever.

Nothing will ever beat the feeling I had being 10 years old and walking up the queue line for the first time at night, seeing the lights, hearing the song and the butterflies. Something about locking in quickly and waiting for the cable and then getting shuttled straight up the hill at night over the water that will be the greatest roller coaster moment in my life.

Millennium Force is very special to me. It was the first ride I went on when I finally became tall enough to ride the big coasters. And my dad went with me. He’s been dead for 15 years. It’s one of the best memories I have with him.

Finally someone understands the difference between “favorite” coasters and the “best” coasters! Ryan you are the dad

Ryan: “. . . 68 feet tall, which is normally pretty high for a ride’s last hill” Orion: “My brake run is 83 feet tall. Get on my level”

It was June 2002. Me, my brother, and my Mom rode Millennium Force for the first time ever. I can remember being scared in line seeing the steep 310 foot lift hill, telling Mom I wanted to get out of line. A half hour later, we were in the train, it finished climbing the lift hill, Mom yelling, "close your eyes if you want to!". Turns out my eyes were wide open and she's the one that had her eyes closed lol. In the next 2 and a half minutes, Millennium Force became my favorite rollercoaster ever. And remains to this day, in my opinion, the best rollercoaster of all time. How I wish I could turn back time to experience this moment between me and Mom once again on the greatest rollercoaster ever, with the greatest Mom ever. Though she died in October 2018, Millennium Force helps me remember her. I love you Mom. You continue to be missed, not that you have any chance of ever being forgotten. Not that Millennium Force has any chance of ever being rivaled in greatness and magnifence, of any other rollercoaster.

"Many riders gray or black out at this point" Me, who can barely handle kiddie coasters: I'm sorry what

The best roller coaster ever. I'm 64 and still riding it!

Steel Vengeance feels like it is out of control and you might fly out at any moment. Millennium force just soooooo smooooooooth. The reason it is popular is yea Steel Vengeance / Maverick are great and crazy but alot of people would rather marathon the one that just feels like it coasts through the course effortlessly, without drama, and smoothly.

I’m surprised that this ride has gone from overrated to underrated. The feeling of speed and the wind in your face and just the front row in general makes this ride so much fun.

What makes Millennium Force so unique compared to other gigas is how graceful it is. The long first drop, the smoothness, the constant speed, hugging the ground, the intermittent floater airtime (yes, I feel it). Like you said it's not the most intense ride out there but the overall aura of the ride gives off such an elegant vibe. No other coaster really comes close to matching such a feeling, imo.

The station music gets me so hyped every time I hear it. My first trip to CP was two years ago, and I can't wait to come back someday! My big regret was not picking up any Millennium Force merch.

I always considered the name and feel of the ride to be its "theme." So its lack of ejector airtime and rapid twists was out of this idea that the "millennium" would be fast, smooth, technological, things that we think of when we think futuristic. We also mustn't forget the kickass soundtrack they play on the loading platform. If you want ejector airtime you can step over to Magnum and have it rattle you out of your seat and throw you about till your heart's content. I remember back during the first two years that Millennium Force was opened the ride experimenting with faster dispatch times. The ride pretty much runs a train along its circuit and doesn't dispatch another one until it hits the final breakrun. But I remember, and my dad remembers this, too, that in those first two years there were times - it was not universal - where a train was dispatched after the train ahead of it cleared the two overbanks on the island. They didn't do this for very long, but they did it, like I said, on and off for about two seasons. I'm not sure if this was originally part of Intiman's plan for the ride, or if the park decided there was no conceivable advantage to doing it, or because of the lack of blockbreaks that there might be a liability and so stopped. But they did do this. Maybe you can shed some light on that? This is, and was, always one of my favorite rides growing up. I've ridden a number of the other gigas, and this is still my favorite. I grew up in Northeastern Ohio, and also lived for a time in the Carolinas, so I've done both Millennium and Fury, and while Fury certainly is doing more, it doesn't impress me. I think that's because non-inverting B&M rides don't thrill me like inverting B&M rides. And, while I think Fury is a great ride, the B&M Intimidator at Carowinds I find more enjoyable. But a problem with B&M is how carbon copy their hyper and giga coasters are. I prefer Intiman, and I love Morgan and old school Arrow hypers. I always found Raptor's history and popularity to be a bit surprising and sad. The ride sits near the front of the park and was rapturously welcomed in '94 and continued to be freakish popular, really up until about 2013. I think Raptor, Millennium Force, Maverick, Steel Vengeance, and Magnum, are best coasters in the park, followed closely by GateKeeper, Top Thrill, Wicked Twister, and Blue Streak. It depresses me that people don't seem to flock to it anymore, but I'm happy I can ride it with less waiting!

Whenever I describe this ride, I say this, "It's fast. It's smooth. It's fun." Nothing compares to how you just maintain high speed through the entire run while also having one of the smoothest rides you will ever experience.

This is a coaster I find a little overrated by the Golden Ticket Awards but very underrated by the majority of other enthusiasts. It has absolutley flawless pacing, it has multiple intense valleys, the drop is one of the worlds best, the three airtime moments it has are very fun and it's glass smooth. I still can't understand why people call it "MilLeNnIuM fOrCeLeSs". It currently sits at number 15 in my rankings out of over 190 roller coasters I have ridden.

I rode this coaster in 2018 with my brother, we both were in our 60's at that time. This was the most terrifying coaster we ever rode, and we rode many coasters in our lives. Glad I did, because I don't think I would do it today!

There is no feeling better than being on top of that coaster about to go down. You literally feel A) Sooooo small B) You're going to land right in the middle of the highway. Definitely my favorite coaster in America. ANDDDDD I got to ride it at night, which was SUPER cool. Along with valraven when it first opened. Definitely will be going back

THAT WAS THE BEST VIDEO ON MILLENNIUM FORCE I'VE EVER SEEN. RODE IT THE DAY IT OPENED. STILL A GREAT COASTER.

Great video! As an older enthusiast, I was obsessed with this coaster from the moment it was announced. I made sure that I was in attendance for opening day. Cedar point workers were conducting surveys at the exit of the ride that day. They were concerned about the height and speed of the ride. They feared that the ride was so tall and fast that perhaps people would not ride and just watch it from the midway. Consequently, they didn’t want to make it too forceful as they were venturing into uncharted waters with a new giga coaster. This is why they didn’t push the limits on the intensity with the first coaster of this type. Later, other gigas come out with even more intensity and people bash the original. However, they are separated by many years and Millennium Force was the original to break this important barrier.

I would be very sad to see Valraven close. But he’s right, Millennium can’t go away. It is a stable of Cedar points Skyline, and a symbol of the park. It’s a good ride for anybody, which is another reason why it is immortal. Wether your 10-50yrs old, you can ride this and have a blast.

I find it quite interesting how the lift speeds up when the last train clears the block, I always thought that was just for effect.

Love the station music in the background.

Millennium Force is still my favorite ride at cedar point. That first drop is insane. I'm a big dragster fan I ride that right at least three times every time I go to cedar point but millennium Force really is the icing on the cake that is the funnest roller coaster I've ever been on in my life

my favorite coaster there ever been..when you loading into car..then launch outta station and almost go straight up...fast as hell..CRAZY. the lift hill is so gorgeous at night

This will always be my favorite roller coaster. Can I admit there are better ones? Of course. However, it took me over 10 years to get to CP after I started to like roller coasters and Millennium Force was the one I basically waited my life to ride. The joy I had the first time I saw it and the walk to it will never be beat and that glorious first ride. I had such a huge smile of pure joy.

When I went to Cedar Point for 2 days out of my 4 day vacation in May 2018 we got the Fast lane pass for all the rides and the only one we weren’t able to use it for was Steel Vengeance since it had just opened the week we went there. As for as wait times I have to say Millennium Force had the longest queue wait times with the exception of Steel Vengeance, as its wait time was averaging 4-8 hours and was only running a single train due to the accident. The only ride that had hardly any wait was Gate Keeper. We rode the hell out of Top Thrill Dragster and we were lucky enough to experience a double rollback!

The massive drop is terrifying but so smooth its like a spiritual experience. You just like melt right out of it. I also love the fast good airtime and lake scenery you can see from up there. I could ride this coaster all day.

Ill never forget riding this for the first time, the perception was that it never slowed down until the end. Exhilarating!

Honestly Millennium Force is one of my most favorite and enjoyable rollercoasters out there. It’s such a smooth ride and the minimum restraints really let you feel the speed. It is also just an amazing normal rollercoaster, no boosters, no brake zones aside from the end, and no loops. Just fun banks, gravity, and a smooth ride.

This ride has been the only ride to make me feel like I was going to pass out while going down and I’ve ridden every ride at cedar point and other parks. This ride is the only ride that makes me sweat before because I know those positive g’s will get me.

Honestly, with this being my first Giga, it was my second favorite at Cedar Point. The speed is insane. The airtime is highly underrated. And honestly, it's not as boring as everyone says. I agree that Steel Vengeance is a better ride, but I enjoy this more. I think Maverick not being my favorite really helped this out

3:40 I love a tight pullout

I love that Cedar Point is my home park, and that I grew up seeing it’s best years!

As an "Enthusiast" myself that absolutely adores RMC's and everything else, Millennium is still one of my favorite steels (It's in my Top 3) Because like you said, it's just FUN. I could easily just stay on it all day long. It's just fast and awesome the whole way along.

I never rode this coaster because the minimal restraint scared the hell out of me

"let's be real. People come to the park for Millie" SteVe: Am I a joke to you?

Thanks for giving me hope during Coronavirus

I could not believe how smooth this ride was compared to other big coasters. Can something be relaxing and intense at the same time? Cause somehow Millennium Force is.

Still in my top 10. Have there been more intense rides rides since? Yes. But when this ride opened it literally blew my mind. There was nothing else like it, and it truly felt like the most advanced coaster ever built. This is the type of groundbreaking attraction that Cedar Point used to be known for. I’ve been honestly underwhelmed by their lineup the last 10 years. Yes Steel Vengeance is amazing, but it’s still an RMC and doesn’t do anything revolutionary - it’s just the longest, tallest, and fastest of an already existing model. Millenium Force harkens back to a time when CP would be the first to debut new coaster models and take risks. While better gigas have come since (and even better hypers), Millenium Force is a legend because it represented a new era of ingenuity for coaster design.

I haven’t ridden SteVe yet, but Millennium Force is and will always be one of the best rides I’ve ever ridden, it’s my number one but I still think Magnum is my favorite at the park. And to the people who call it Millennium Forceless, I hope you get a good ride at some point because it can be forceful.

People forget that this ride is 20 years old. Hell, I just was reminded of that fact.

I’ve always said the exact same thing about Millennium Force being my favorite ride, even though I don’t think it’s the best objectively. For some reason this ride has a knack of producing long lasting memories for so many people that get to ride it.

I rode this once with my wife while gatekeeper was being built. I don't remember much but I do remember it dwarfed magnum xl which was the tallest coaster I had ever ridden before that point.

I really appreciate the use of the queue music in the background. Millennium Force is absolutely my favorite coaster

I still get chills when the trailer says Millennium Force

People were saying that this was overrated, that it is so underrated

I'm retired and would love to ride some of these newer coasters, but my cardiologist said, "No...Absolutely not." Sucks, but it is what it is. I will live vicariously through these vids. TY.

I have been to Cedar Point multiple times over the years, and every single time on the drive up, we are all talking about how much we can't wait to ride the Millennium Force!! Of course we love a lot the coasters at Cedar Point, but like you say it's a wonderful ride!

Thanks so much for the incredible detail of this magnificent coaster...i love coaster operation detail & dispatch times...please do another video about operations on a coaster @ CP that you worked on & anywhere else..fascinating

It's nuts that you can literally walk right onto Magnum, Gemini Corkscrew, Gatekeeper and Twister while Millennium Force always has at least a one hour wait at least. Gatekeeper especially had probably the fastest wait time drop off of any Cedar Point coaster I've ever seen. It's nice to be able to walk right on those coasters but having to wait for Millennium Force just goes to show how absolutely perfect it is and how it stands the test of time.

I think what blows me away about Millenium Force the most is just the like, branding of it. The look, the color scheme, the name, the logo. It all just sticks in your brain from the first time you see it. It came out as something big and fresh and new, and over 20 years has aged into a modern classic. I can't think of any other roller coaster that has more of an outsized place in the collective consciousness except for maybe Space Mountain.

This ride way ahead of its time !....a must experience for all coaster lovers !😀😀😀

I stg if I’m not able to ride this, this summer Because of corona I’m gonna cry.

This was my second ever coaster, which I rode after the Iron Dragon when I was 10 (yeah ik quite the jump lmao). It was terrifying at the time while riding, but immediately after I got off after the ride was done, I was hoomed. It sparked my love of thrill rides and roller coasters. It's still one of my favorites ever, and I can't believe people call it the Millenium Forceless lmao

This coaster actually allows me to ride with my mom - who has back issues. It's tall enough that she gets a thrill, but smooth enough that her back isn't irritated.

Millennium Force is definitely my favorite. I love Steel Vengeance, but I'm not fond of the wait time. I've been riding that at the end of the day as the last ride. A few years ago before Steel Vengeance opened, I was in Sandusky for another event and just went over to Cedar Point for a few hours before it closed. There was nobody there. Like almost nobody. I rode Millennium three times in a row and did every other coaster in the park once before I left. I walked right onto Maverick and rode it with one other stranger. It was amazing.

Before millennium force, I was worried that it’d be a short and underwhelming ride like Superman in Six Flags New England. BOY WAS I WRONG. I got there when steel vengeance first opened, so all of the crowds were over there. I got to marathon ride Millenium force for 8 hours one day. My favorite ride, no shadow. Also, banana train is the smoothest. I tested it scientifically.

I think the lack of forcefulness is really what makes it unique. This is one of the only coasters I know of that doesn't take a break. It just goes fast for 100% of the ride. Most rides have alternating fast and slow points, but Millennium is just all speed all the time

Finally, an enthusiast that doesn't hate this ride! Millennium Force is actually my favourite coaster in general. The airtime is awesome, and the feeling of speeding through the park is amazing. The night rides are also very fun. Great video!

Too this day this is the smoothest feeling roller coaster I've ever been on

This has been hands down my favorite ride experience! It was perfect every time I rode it but at night it's absolute off the hook insane!...in a good way! I don't like rough rides. Even riding in the last car, my experience on Millennium Force was always glass smooth and FAST FAST FAST! Nothing like that ejector air time in the last car! I've been on many coasters in my lifetime. This one is still my favorite!

Again, I love a tight pullout.

My first giga was I-305, this is my second. I find that I enjoy MF so much more than I-305. However I will say that I-305 is good but there’s something about MF by comparison with the crowds reaction to it. Many know all there is about this ride and have done it for 20 years in many cases but that excitement and pure love for MF I see is something special. I enjoy seeing the riders whiz past with their hands up and shouting hoy prior to the break run and even then you still hear the cheers! I do pretty much each time I’ve rode it. Love it. Millennium Force is one coaster im glad I finally got to experience. Took me 21 years to do it but I enjoy it like it’s brand new! Prior to this first ever cedar point trip, the most excitement I saw for a coaster was the soft opening if west coast racer in 2019. Haven’t made it to Carowinds to ride Fury or Canada’s Wonderland for Leviathan. Going to check out Orion in a few days Millie is one heck of a ride!!!

You’re a genius, Ryan. Best 23 minutes I’ve spent watching a RU-vid video.

I love Millie! I prefer Magnum and Maverick to it, but I always have a blast, whether by myself or with others. It's like a party on every train, which makes the ride that much more fun.

Poetry in motion as a ride

You're really reigniting my love for coasters and hitting me with info I never knew! I was lucky enough to have a dad who drove from NJ to Sandusky the year wicked twister came out! Going on the front of MF as a 12 year old felt more forceful then the back. I normally love the back on trains but I still think of that night time ride, being more nervous than the first ride, covered in bugs, just being stunned. I would love to go back once the world is "safe" again. Raptor was amazing, I would be in line for it!!

This blue monster will always hold a place dear to my heart. I was essentially coerced by my friend's mom into riding it in 2001, as I was still hesitant to ride anything close to this size. I remember just throwing my arms up as we created the lift hill at age 14 and that was it. Bring on whatever a park could muster.

Really good idea to upgrade Millie to FLP, in exchange for Gatekeeper and Valravn being downgraded to FL. It makes a lot more sense in my eyes.

Millennium Force is my favorite coaster I haven't ridden lol I've been in awe of it since it was built and I cannot wait to ride it this year 🙈❤

I first rode Millenium Force back in 2002. I rode it 3 times that day. 16 years later, I took my oldest son to Cedar Point. We rode it 6 times those two days we were there. It was still just as thrilling as the first time I rode it. It is my all time favorite ride. I do find Top Thrill Dragster and Steel Vengeance to be much more thrilling, but I could spend all day riding Millenium Force non stop. Once my younger son reaches the age and size to ride the rides at Cedar Point, we will head up there again. Probably in about 4 more years.

It’s my favorite too. The first time I rode this I was impressed by two things: how quickly the train is lifted up the first hill, and the sheer speed of the ride.

I like how you just talk stupid hilarious crap in your vlogs but you talk serious here wich I think is great

I remember my mom being freaked out by seeing that ginormous lift hill

Dude your analysis of the track layout is fantastic thank you for sharing

“An overbanked turn is a turn that is overbanked”. Well put 😂

I think it has the best combo of speed, height, and ride smoothness. It's like speeding in a Ferrari with the comfort of a Cadillac.

Damn this is the most technical you've been and I'm here for it mang :) There should be a course about this content, led by the one and only yeet. Intamin is no doubt proud of this video (you know, if they see it, which is never ....... RIP)

Millennium Force is the coaster that got me hooked on roller coasters.

14:02 best pronunciation of B&M I have heard yet. Well done!

This ride is awesome and I love it and it’s my dads favorite coaster. He loves how fast smooth and long it is

Millie is not the best roller coaster by any means. But in terms of favorite? It is on the top of my list

I was actually expecting it to be pretty mediocre when I first rode it because of all the hate I had heard for it, and partially due to that, I ended up absolutely loving it. I love rides that feel even faster than they really are and this is definitely one of those rides. Combine that with the gorgeous scenery, the t-bar restraints which I absolutely adore, and the wickedly forceful first overbank, and you've got a winner on your hands.

On my first ride, in the back car, it was the first time I ever feared for my life on a roller coaster. I was NOT expecting it to launch over that first drop so fast, and I reached down for my lap bar like I thought something broke and I was flying out of my seat. It was an AWESOME experience! lol

14:03 why’d you say bolliger and mabillard like that 😂😂

I went on Fury for the 1st time last year and I thought it would blow MF out of the water. Nope.

I love how you play the station music for these coasters in the background. Noticed it first on the Top Thrill Dragster video, and instantly noticed it on this one too. Such a cool little detail to throw into the video.

So helpful. Love this insight.

World: is suffering a deadly disease Ryan: Ight imma review an overrated coaster

Something hit me while watching that made me feel kinda old - young people today looking at when Millenium Force was released and the 2000s in general are looking at it the way I looked at Magnum XL200 and the 1980s.

Very thorough video. Good info about the ride capacity and block groups.

Millennium Force is currently my #10, right behind Iron Rattler, and right ahead of RailBlazer and Wonder Women (Six Flags Fiesta Texas). It is a fun roller coaster. I do prefer Fury to it and I of course prefer Steel Vengeance and Maverick. Great video!