SANDUSKY, Ohio — Amusement park Cedar Point completed tearing down its Wicked Twister ride on Friday after a 20-year run.
The ride officially closed on Sept. 6, 2021 after giving nearly 16 million riders a spin for over the course of two decades. When the ride opened, it was Cedar Point’s 15th roller coaster, the amusement park said.
"A 'double-twisting' impulse roller coaster, Wicked Twister will use the advanced technology of linear induction motors (LIM) to rocket riders out of the coaster’s station – at a maximum speed of 72 mph in 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," the original 2001 press release stated. "With 'twists' on both towers – instead of just one – Wicked Twister will be the first and only coaster of its kind anywhere in the world."
Park spokesperson Tony Clark hinted that the public could soon own a piece of Cedar Point history.