This is a list of rides, attractions and themes from the Cedar Point amusement park that no longer exist in the park.
| Ride | Picture | Year opened | Year closed | Manufacturer | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Trip | 1964 | 1964 | Mack Rides | A steel roller coaster, it operated at six different parks before being dismantled in 2003.[1] | ||
| Cyclone | 1929 | 1951 | Harry G Traver | A wooden roller coaster.[2] | ||
| Dip the Dips Scenic Railway | 1908 | 1917 | A wooden roller coaster with a height of 33feet.[3] | |||
| Disaster Transport | 1985 | 2012 | Intamin | Formerly known as Avalanche Run before being enclosed in 1989. It was an enclosed Bobsled roller coaster.[4] | ||
| High Frolics | 1908 | 1940 | Andy Vettel | A wooden roller coaster with a height of 75feet. It was originally named Scenic Railway, then rebuilt and renamed Leap Frog Railway in 1918, and in 1933 it was renovated and its name was changed to High Frolics.[5] | ||
| Jumbo Jet | 1972 | 1978 | Schwarzkopf | A steel roller coaster, it was a larger and longer version of the Jet Star series of coasters, which followed the Schwarzkopf Wildcat design. The Jumbo Jet was introduced in 1972, making Cedar Point's one of the first.[6] [7] It used individual self-powered cars to run up a spiral lift hill unassisted. The coaster run had some 90° sections, and an ATC-style radar prop rotated up above the ride. Jumbo Jet is currently located at Dreamland in Minsk, Belarus.[8] | ||
| Leap the Dips | 1912 | 1935 | Andy Vettel | A wooden out and back roller coaster.[9] | ||
| Little Dipper | 1952 | 1952 | Allan Herschel Company | A small kiddie coaster that was a one-year concession previously operated a Myrtle Beach Pavilion.[10] | ||
| Mean Streak | 1991 | 2016 | Dinn Corporation | A wooden roller coaster. Mean Streak was the tallest wooden coaster in the world with the longest drop when it opened to the public, standing 161feet. Its closure date of September 16, 2016 was announced on August 1, 2016. The site currently holds Steel Vengeance, a hybrid roller coaster which incorporates some elements of Mean Streak's design. | ||
| Racer | 1910 | 1928 | McKay Construction | A wooden racing roller coaster with a height of 46feet.[11] | ||
| Scamper | 1962 | 1969 | A wooden wild mouse roller coaster.[12] | |||
| Super Coaster | 1952 | 1967 | Allan Herschell Company | A steel kiddie roller coaster that previously operated at Myrtle Beach.[13] | ||
| Switchback Railway | 1892 | 1901 | A wooden roller coaster with a height of 25feet and a speed of 10mph. Switchback Railway was Cedar Point's first roller coaster. It was different in that it did not have a powered lift hill so the cars needed to be pulled back to the station by hand.[14] | |||
| Three-Way Figure Eight Roller Toboggan | 1902 | 1909 | Frederick Ingersoll | A wooden roller coaster with a height of 46feet.[15] | ||
| Top Thrill Dragster | 2003 | 2021(Reopened in 2024 as Top Thrill 2) | Intamin | A first-of-its-kind full circuit Intamin strata coaster, at a height of 420feet. The attraction was closed in August 2021, before its retirement in September 2022.[16] | ||
| Wicked Twister | 2002 | 2021 | Intamin | An inverted impulse roller coaster marketed as the tallest and fastest of its kind in the world when it opened. Replaced by The Grand Pavilion in 2023. | ||
| Wildcat | 1970 | 1978 | Schwarzkopf | A steel wild mouse roller coaster. It operated at two other parks including Valleyfair before being dismantled in 2001.[17] | ||
| WildCat | 1979 | 2011 | Schwarzkopf | A steel wild mouse roller coaster. Removed in 2011 to make room for Luminosity. It operated in three locations in the park before being removed.[18] The footprint for WildCat now houses part of Valravn. | ||
| Wild Mouse | 1959 | 1963 | B. A. Schiff & Associates | A steel wild mouse roller coaster.[19] |
| Ride | Picture | Year opened | Year closed | Manufacturer | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplane Dips | 1917 | Aero Joy-plane company | A track ride themed to airplanes that went around a circle similar to tumble bug. | |||
| Antique Cars | 1969 | 2021 | Arrow Development | An automobile track ride in Frontier Town with cars that resemble an early Cadillac car. This ride was demolished in November 2021. It was replaced by The Farmhouse Kitchen & Grill in 2022. | ||
| Bayern Kurve | 1970 | 1984 | Schwarzkopf | A Bayern Kurve bobsled type ride. | ||
| Bumper Boats | 1993[20] | 2013 | Hampton | A kiddie bumper boat ride located in the Gemini's Children Area. It was removed for Lake Erie Eagles. | ||
| Caterpillar | 1924 | 1961 | A fast-paced ride that generates a decent helping of centrifugal force, causing the riders on the inside of the seats to crush the riders on the outside of the seats. | |||
| Circle Swing | 1906 | 1920s or 1930s | A Swing ride that was located at the center of the former amusement circle midway. | |||
| Chaos | 1997 | 2010 | Chance Rides | A Chaos type ride that was one of the first of its kind. It inverts its riders in three degrees of motion: lifting, inverting, and spinning. Moved in 2002 to make room for defunct ride Top Thrill Dragster, and relocated to the former Schwabinchen location. | ||
| Choo Choo Lagoon | 1995 | 2016 | A children's area featuring a train style Splashground. Replaced by Lemmy's Lagoon. | |||
| Demon Drop | 1983 | 2009 | Intamin | An Intamin Freefall ride that provides the feeling of weightlessness. It was relocated to Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and opened for the 2010 season.[21] It was replaced with Ocean Motion which was re-located to make room for WindSeeker. | ||
| Dodgem | 1967 | 2001 | A bumper cars ride located across from Magnum XL-200. It was moved to Michigan's Adventure. A separate Dodgem remains on The Boardwalk. | |||
| Earthquake | 1965 | 1984 | Arrow Development | A dark ride based on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This ride formerly operated at Freedomland U.S.A. and was relocated to Cedar Point in 1965. The ride transportation system was provided by Arrow Development. | ||
| Flying Coaster[22] | 1961 | 1967 or 1968 | John Norman Bartlett | A ride that went around in a circular track with a steep hill that gave riders the sensation of flying. | ||
| Flying Skooters | 1944 | 1960 | A kiddie rider where riders sat in airplanes and swung back and forth as they went in a circle. | |||
| Frontier Carousel | 1972 | 1994 | Dentzel | A 1921 Dentzel wooden carousel with 50 jumping horses, 12 standing horses, 4 menagerie animals (1 deer, 1 giraffe, 1 lion, 1 tiger) and 2 chariots. It was purchased from Lansing, Michigan and moved to Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in 1995. The carousel building still stands in Frontier Town and is used as a haunted house during HalloWeekends. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[23] | ||
| Frontier Lift | 1968 | 1985 | Von Roll | A second sky ride which operated separate from the existing one. It ran from the main midway to Frontier Town. The site of the midway station is now the station for Iron Dragon, but the Frontier Town station still stands; restrooms occupy the ground floor, while the second floor is used for employee meetings and storage. A Cart is used for HalloWeekends. | ||
| Ferris Wheel | 1920s or 1930s? | A small ferris wheel located next to High Frolics. | ||||
| Fun House | 1950s or 1966? | 1981 | A 3-story walk-through house. This "upside-down house" featured someone in a rocking chair on the ceiling and the labyrinth room where the floor was at an angle representing an upside-down attic roof. Replaced with the Kid Arthur's Court play area, which would also eventually be removed. Portions of this attraction are used in the HalloWeekends attraction "The Magical House on Boo Hill". | |||
| Giant Sky Wheel | 1961 | 1980 | Herschell | A double wheel Ferris wheel with two wheels mounted on opposite ends of a giant pivoting arm, allowing one wheel to turn high in the air while the other was being loaded. It was located near the front main entrance. | ||
| Hot Rods | 1970 | 2013 | Hampton | A children's circular old-fashioned automobile ride located inside of Kiddy Kingdom. | ||
| Mill Race | 1963 | 1993 | Arrow Development | A log flume water ride that was located near the main entrance. It had a relatively small footprint, and was the second Arrow Development flume to open. The final drop on this ride was once sponsored by Nestea and was called the "Nestea Plunge", named after a very popular advertising slogan of the time. The ride was retired after the 1993 season to make room for Raptor. | ||
| Miniature Merry go round | 1920s or 1930s | A miniature merry go round that stood next to Cyclone and High Frolics. | ||||
| Monorail | 1959 | 1965 | Ohio Mechanical Handling Company | A monorail with a gasoline-powered engine and five streamlined passenger cars that ran along a three-quarter mile long course suspended nine feet off the ground. | ||
| Moon Rocket | 1946 | 1940s–1950s | Spinning ride that only lasted a few seasons on the midway due to poor business.[24] | |||
| Old Timers | 1970 | 2013 | Hampton | A children's circular old-fashioned automobile ride located inside of Kiddy Kingdom. | ||
| Octopus | 1941 | A spinning ride that spun around on an axis with several spinning arms and ride vehicles similar to the Monster currently located in Gemini Midway. | ||||
| Paddlewheel Excursions | 1961 | 2011 | A boat ride with wise-cracking captains that transported its guests on a relaxing voyage around Cedar Point's lagoons past scenes depicting early, rural Americana. Paddlewheel Excursions closed on Labor Day 2011 to make room for defunct attraction Dinosaurs Alive!. The ride was originally known as "Riverboat Cruises," then renamed Western Cruise in 1964. Renamed "Paddlewheel Excursions" in 1987, when the loading dock was relocated to the Gemini Midway, upon the opening of Iron Dragon (whose station currently sits on the present-day dock of Western Cruise).[25] | |||
| Pirate Ride | 1966 | 1996 | Arrow Development | A pirate-themed dark ride located near the Blue Streak queuing area. This ride formerly operated at Freedomland U.S.A. and was relocated to Cedar Point in 1966. The building still stands today and remnants of the ride can still be seen. The ride transportation system was provided by Arrow Development. | ||
| Rotor | 1961 | 1964 | Anglo Rotor Corporation | A rotor type ride. A cylindrical room that spun while the floor dropped, leaving riders stuck to the wall by centrifugal force. | ||
| 1967 | 1984 | Chance Rides | ||||
| Schwabinchen | 1970 | 2002 | Mack Rides | A Trabant. The ride motion pattern resembled that of a spinning coin before coming to rest. The Schwabinchen had a tilted loading platform and featured a beautiful German tavern dancer in the center, where riders "sat" on the outskirts of the "Lady In Red's" dress. It was removed in 2002 to make room for Chaos after defunct ride Top Thrill Dragster was built. | ||
| Sea Swing | 1904 | Traver Engineering | An amusement park ride with a central axis and a circular track.[26] | |||
| Shoot the Rapids | 1967 | 1981 | The ride closed in 1981 to make room for White Water Landing. Where Maverick is located now. | |||
| Shoot the Rapids | 2010 | 2015 | Intamin | A log flume water ride that was named after the original Shoot the Rapids. Frequent ride problems, including an incident in 2013, led to its closure. The original Shoot the Rapids closed to make way for another defunct water ride, White Water Landing (Cedar Point). | ||
| SkyScraper | 2008 | 2015 | Gravity Works | A Booster type ride. The ride was 2 minutes long and rotated its riders at a max speed of 55mi/h at a max height of 160feet.[27] The ride was previously located at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and Valleyfair. | ||
| Sky Slide | 1968 | 1991 | A Fun Slide. It featured a huge cyan-colored fiberglass slide located just west of the Main Arcade. Guests had to sit on a burlap mat while sliding down. There were two long steep drops followed by a short dip, and the slide had 15 "lanes" for riders. | |||
| Snake River Expedition | 2021 | 2023 | A themed Riverboat attraction that navigated the route formerly taken by the retired Paddlewheel Excursions. | |||
| Space Spiral | 1965 | 2012 | Von Roll/Willie Buhler's Space Towers Company | A 330feet tall Gyro tower that gave riders a 360-degree view of the surrounding area. Space Spiral was the first amusement ride in the world to top 300feet. It featured a distinctive two-level cabin, found only on a few early models. However, the second level wasn't used in the ride's later years. It was imploded and demolished on September 12, 2012.[28] | ||
| Speed Slides | 1988 | 2011 | Two body slides in Soak City. Replaced by Riptide Raceway. | |||
| Sir Rub-A-Dub's Tubs | 1986 | 2014 | A small water ride in kiddie kingdom. Replaced by Dodgem. | |||
| Star Voyager | 1961 | 1986 | Kasper Klaus | A Kasper Klaus Satellite Jet ride in which 20 jet-like vehicles were attached to a rotating arm. As the ride rotated, guests could pull or push the yoke of the vehicle to make the jet rise or descend. | ||
| Tiki-Twirl | 1970 | 1984 | Mack Rides | A Polynesian-themed version of a Mack Calypso. As of 2016, the existing Calypso was renamed "Tiki Twirl" after the 1970 ride and relocated near the giant wheel. In 2023 the name reverted to Calypso. | ||
| Trabant | 1966 | 1990 | Chance Rides | A Trabant type ride in which the riders sat on the ends of a round disc-shaped object similar to a flattened cone. The ride motion pattern resembled that of a spinning coin before coming to rest and featured a disco ball as its centerpiece. | ||
| Tumble Bug | 1934 | 1963 | Traver Engineering | An amusement park ride with a central axis and a circular, humped track. | ||
| Turnpike Cars | 1959 | 2014 | Arrow Dynamics | The ride featured cars themed as mini hot rods from the 1950s and 1960s. Replaced by Valravn. | ||
| Twister | 1950s?? | early 1970s | A spinning ride that was located where the main midway restaurants are. In the late 60s it was moved to where the Grand pavilion stands today. | |||
| VertiGo | 2001 | 2001 | S&S Worldwide | An air powered thrill ride that used three 265feet-tall towers and cable to propel riders over 300feet. One of the rides three towers partially collapsed after its debut season. Park management felt the potential for failure of this ride design outweighed the positive impact made by repairing it, and it was removed prior to the start of the 2002 season. It was located in Challenge Park, located between Cedar Point and Soak City. | ||
| Water Toboggan | 1890 | early 1900s | A slide built out into Lake Erie approximately where Windseeker stands today. | |||
| White Water Landing | 1982 | 2005 | Arrow Development | A log flume water ride built on the former site of the original Shoot the Rapids. It operated for twenty-three years before it was retired to make room for Maverick. The station and queue are now part of Maverick's queue and gift shop. | ||
| Witches' Wheel | 1977 | 2018 | HUSS Park Attractions | An Enterprise ride that spun riders, eventually inverting them upside down for several rotations more than 60feet above ground. Replaced by BackBeatQue. | ||
| Yankee Bullet | 1941 | Fast-paced ride that had enclosed ride cars, most of the information on the ride has been lost to time. | ||||
| Zugspitze[29] | unknown | 1966 | 1971 | Mack Rides | A variation of a standard Mack Himalaya-type ride. | |
| Jaycopter | 1964 ?? | 1964 ?? | Jaycopter Corporation | A unique helicopter simulator, originally intended for military training. Also operated at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. |
| Ride | Year opened | Year closed | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquarium | 1967 | 2001 | An aquarium featuring many fish. It was removed to make room for the defunct ride Wicked Twister. It is the currently occupied by the Grand Pavilion which was added in 2023. | |
| Berenstain Bear Country | 1985 | 1998 | A children's play area themed to The Berenstain Bears closed in 1998 & re themed to Peanuts Playground in 1999. | |
| Cedar Point Cinema | 1975 | 2001 | A 950-seat IMAX cinema featuring a 67-foot by 90 foot giant screen and an IMAX projection system. The screen was removed in 2001 and was renamed the Good Time Theater. After hosting ice skating shows from 2002 to 2014, the theater was removed at the end of the 2014 season for Valravn.[30] | |
| Challenge Park | 1992 | 2016 | A small area that featured Challenge Racing, Skyscraper (removed during 2015-2016 offseason), Xtreme Trampoline, Ripcord(relocated to Frontier Trail as Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling)o Frontier Trail, and Challenge Golf (Closed Labor Day 2016). Removed to allow for expansion and rebranding of Soak City to "Cedar Point Shores" | |
| Dinosaurs Alive! | 2012 | 2018 | A walkthrough attraction which featured 50 animatronic dinosaurs. It was removed to make way for defunct Forbidden Frontier. | |
| Eden Musee | 1918 | 1966 | A wax museum that contained the heads of well known historical and folk figures it was replaced by the Hollywood wax museum. | |
| Fun House | 1966 | 1981 | A fun house that has an upside down facade. | |
| Forbidden Frontier on Adventure Island | 2019 | 2022 | An Island full of Adventure | |
| Jungle Larry's African Safari | 1965 | 1994 | A zoological attraction with live animal exhibits, including some trained-animal shows. Originally, guests had to walk a long bridge over a lagoon to get there. When the midway was extended in 1976, this part of the lagoon was filled in. | |
| Kid Arthur's Court | 1982 | 1999 | A kids play area with ball pits, a maze and rope climbing. Demolished to make way for Peanuts play area. | |
| Noah's Ark | 1925 | 1959 | A wooden replica of Noah's ark that contained moving animals, and it would slightly swing around. | |
| Peanuts Playground | 1999 | 2007 | A kids play area. It was removed to make room for Planet Snoopy. | |
| Rock Climbing Wall | 2000 | 2004 | Upcharge rock climbing wall | |
| Snoopy Bounce | 1999 | 2019 | Bounce house formerly in Camp Snoopy | |
| Starlight Experience | 2009 | 2012 | Over one million colorful LED lights lit up the Frontier Trail nightly. It also featured music and various Peanuts floats. | |
| Swan Boats | 1997 | 2003 | A swan boat style paddleboat ride.[31] They were re-located to Michigan's Adventure for the 2004 season. The pond used for the Swan Boats is now where Maverick's turnaround is. |
| Show | Opened | Closed | Location | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Portrait | 2011 | 2011 | Millennium Midway | A nighttime show themed to the Patriotic America. It occurred nightly around 10 pm and was shown on the big screen in front of the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad station.[32] It was replaced by Luminosity — Ignite the Night!. | |
| Great Western Band | 1884 | 1884 | Grove on lakeshore[33] | ||
| Hot Summer Lights | 2006 | 2010 | Millennium Midway | ||
| Luminosity – Ignite the Night! | 2012 | 2017 | Celebration Plaza | Luminosity was a nighttime show featuring dancers, singers, drummers, Cirque du Soleil performers. It was free with admission and was replaced by another show called Vertical Impact. | |
| Mundy's Trained Wild Animal Show[34] | 1908 | 1966 | |||
| Splash! | 1999 | 2007 | The Aquatic Stadium | An innovative and daring high diving demonstration. It was replaced by All Wheels Extreme stunt show. | |
| The Summer Spectacular | 1995 | 2005 | Millennium Midway | A nighttime laser light show projected on a giant screen in front of the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad train station. It was replaced by Hot Summer Lights. |
| Ride | Year moved | Former location | New location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Himalaya | 1985 | Near former Space Spiral spot(Gatekeeper) | Camp Snoopy | |
| 1999 | Camp Snoopy | Next to Corkscrew's station. | ||
| Matterhorn | 1985 | Near former Space Spiral spot (Gatekeeper) | Near Corkscrew | |
| 2023 | Near Corkscrew | The Boardwalk | ||
| Monster | 1987 | Iron Dragon | Gemini Midway | |
| Midway Carousel | 1994 | Raptor | Near Front Entrance | |
| Giant Wheel | 2000 | Millennium Force | The Boardwalk | |
| Troika | 2003 | Near Corkscrew | The Boardwalk | |
| Ocean Motion | 2011 | WindSeeker | Former Demon Drop spot (near Front Entrance) | |
| Rock, Spin, and Turn | 2014 | Gemini Midway | Kiddy Kingdom | |
| Space Age | 2014 | Gemini Midway | Kiddy Kingdom | |
| Dodgem | 2015 | Millennium Midway Plaza | The Boardwalk | |
| Calypso (formerly Tiki Twirl) | 2015 | Next to Blue Streak | The Boardwalk | |
| Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling (formerly RipCord) | 2017 | Challenge Park(Cedar Point Shores) | Former Shoot the Rapids site(near Forbidden Frontier) | |
| Atomic Scrambler(formerly Scrambler) | 2023 | Near Corkscrew | The Boardwalk |
