First-of-its-kind roller coaster coming to Cedar Point in 2018

SANDUSKY, Ohio — A new roller coaster at Cedar Point will take folks on a wild ride through the Wild West in the park’s FrontierTown in 2018.

At a height of 205 feet, Steel Vengeance is the world's first steel-on-wood hybrid roller coaster over 200 feet tall, according to the amusement park's website.

The coaster reaches speeds of 74 mph and includes an initial 90-degree drop, as well as four inversions and almost 30 seconds of airtime -- the most on any roller coaster on Earth, according to Cedar Point.

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