góry-i-pustynie: Cedar Point

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Cedar Point is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, Cedar Point opened in 1870 and is considered the second-oldest operating amusement park in the country behind Lake Compounce. It served as the "flagship park" of the Cedar Fair amusement park chain prior to the merger with Six Flags in 2024. Known as "America's Roller Coast", the park features 18 roller coasters, which ties for first among amusement parks in North America alongside sister parks Six Flags Magic Mountain and Canada's Wonderland. Cedar Point's normal operating season runs from early May until Labor Day in September, which is foll…

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An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme, often featuring multiple areas with different themes. Unlike temporary and mobile funfairs and carnivals, amusement parks are stationary and built for long-lasting operation. They are more elaborate than city parks and playgrounds, usually providing attractions that cater to a variety of age groups. While amusement parks often contain themed areas, theme parks place a heavier focus with more intricately designed themes that revolve around a particular subject o…

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Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It was built in 1927 and is the 14th oldest operating roller coaster in the world. It greatly resembles the now-defunct Wildcat roller coaster at Elitch Gardens Theme Park in Denver. Wildcat has received the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) Coaster Landmark Award for its historical significance.

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Lake Compounce Carousel is a historic carousel at Lake Compounce amusement park in Southington, Connecticut. It was designed by Charles I. D. Looff and built around 1890. A rare surviving operational Looff carousel, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol and Southington, Connecticut that opened in 1846. It is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States. It spans 332 acres (134 ha), which includes a beach and a water park called Crocodile Cove, both included in the price of admission. In addition to housing the 14th oldest wooden roller coaster in the world, Wildcat, its newer wooden roller coaster, Boulder Dash, won the Golden Ticket Award for Best Wooden Coaster for five consecutive years. The park is owned by Herschend.

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SlingShot is a ride manufactured by Funtime and featured at several Six Flags amusement parks, including Cedar Point, Carowinds, and Canada's Wonderland. The first installation opened at Kings Island in 2002, but the park retired the ride in 2022. An additional fee is required to ride, which is separate from park admission.

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Six Flags Magic Mountain, formerly known and colloquially referred to as simply Magic Mountain, is a 209-acre (85 ha) amusement park located in unincorporated Los Angeles County, just outside Santa Clarita, California, United States, 35 miles (56 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It opened on May 29, 1971, as a development of the Newhall Land and Farming Company and Sea World Inc. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added "Six Flags" to the park's name. With 16 operating roller coasters, Six Flags Magic Mountain is tied for third for the most coasters at any park, behind Energylandia in Zator, Poland and a tie between sister parks Cedar Point and Canada's Wonderland and is now, a…

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Raptor is an inverted roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The coaster, which broke many records upon its opening in 1994, differs from previous inverted coasters. Instead of having a short layout designed to fit into a compact area like Batman: The Ride, Raptor was designed with a larger, 3,790-foot (1,160 m) layout, making it the tallest, fastest and longest inverted roller coaster in the world when it opened. It features six inversions, including a cobra roll, a first for inverted roller coasters. The ride is themed as a bird of prey.

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Cedar Fair, L.P. (branded as Cedar Fair Entertainment Company) was an American amusement park company headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio, with significant administrative offices in Charlotte, North Carolina. Formed in 1983 via Cedar Point's acquisition of Valleyfair, it was the seventh-largest amusement park company in the world by attendance, hosting 26.7 million guests in 2023. Before its 2024 merger into Six Flags, Cedar Fair owned 11 amusement parks and 4 separately-gated water parks. Additionally, Cedar Fair had theme park licensing rights to use Peanuts intellectual properties at its parks. In November 2023, Cedar Fair and competitor Six Flags announced plans to merge. With the merger co…

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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American multinational amusement park company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with administrative offices in Sandusky, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas. It was formed on July 1, 2024, through the merger of Cedar Fair and the former Six Flags company. The company has 34 properties in North America, including 20 amusement parks and 14 water parks with nine on-site resorts. The company also manages two parks in Saudi Arabia. Six Flags is the largest regional amusement park operator in North America and the fifth-largest amusement park operator in the world by attendance, hosting 47.4 million guests in 2025. The company holds exclusive theme park…