....well, maybe not guaranteed by anyone specifically, but we think it is!!!
Min: 48 inches. First, be forewarned: As of this writing, you WILL stand in long lines for this ride, but it is WELL WORTH IT! The lines begin just outside the final "overbanked" curve - curves which are banked at 122 degrees - that's 32 degrees past sideways - the most banked non-inverted curves on earth. As you snake your way through the maze of waiting lines, you begin to catch glimpses of the first hill. At first it doesn't seem so bad. After all, it's only 310 feet tall; roughly 31 stories. Only after standing and surveying the ride for what seems like an eternity (especially with a child asking "how much longer?") do you realize that this is the tallest coaster in the US (Japan built one 8 feet taller - but slower).
As you get closer, your line moves along that final curve and you can hear the screams, many, I presume, of panic. As you make your way up the ramp toward the loading area, you can hear the riders going up the first hill: first are the shouts of disbelief, later, as they approach the peak, the shouts turn to screams, and finally, as the cars crest the hill, nothing. It's not until we are loaded in (we managed to sit in the second row of seats - WHAT A VIEW!!!) and experience it for ourselves that we realize that the silence is not by choice, but rather the ride taking your breath away.
As our train stretched over the hill, we saw the track some 300 feet below us, but where was the track beneath us??? About the time we finally saw the 80-degree drop, we were accelerating to over 90 mph! The first turn is a 122-degree hill, banking you back towards the building, through a few bunny hops, and into a tunnel with a turn. You shoot out onto the park's island and go through a bow-tie curve, complete with another overbanked turn only to rocket back into another tunnel where screaming riders are photographed as proof that the ride is worth the wait.
Out of the tunnel is another bunny hop and the final overbanked turn. As you approach the unloading area at over 60 mph, you wonder if you are going for a second trip. That thought doesn't last long as you all but screech to a halt in just a couple of seconds. Riders are visibly intoxicated with excitement (as well as dizzy) as they step out of the train, many racing back to the line to wait for another chance.
It is said that a picture says a thousand words, so check out the "BOOK" that was written with the picture from this ride!
(Be careful not to look like my son going down the hill - you might just eat a bug or two!)
***UPDATE 1 year later***
My son still is asking, "Dad, when can we go to Cedar Point again? I want to ride the Millenium Force again!" I guess he liked it!!!