SANDUSKY, Ohio, Nov. 20, 2001 – It’s a roller coaster … with a twist! Cedar Point amusement park/resort today announced plans to build the tallest and fastest "double-twisting" impulse roller coaster in the world for its 2002 season. Named Wicked Twister, this 215-foot-tall, 72-mph steel stunner will be Cedar Point’s 15^th scream machine, breaking the park’s own world record for having more coasters than anywhere else on Earth.

Using 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!

Wicked Twister will make its worldwide debut when Cedar Point opens in May of 2002.