Wender·Vista
Millennium Force
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileOhio · United States
at Cedar Point, on the Lake Erie peninsula

Millennium Force

— — three hundred feet of cable, then the drop.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A steel giga coaster on the Cedar Point peninsula at Sandusky, Ohio. Opened in 2000 as the first complete giga in the world — 310 feet up, 300 feet down, 93 miles per hour at the bottom. The lift is a cable elevator, not a chain, so the climb is silent. From the top you can see the Lake Erie islands stretched out under the cars.

from the studio
Millennium Force
— bring it home

Millennium Force, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Millennium Force

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Millennium Force opened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 13, 2000, as the world's first giga coaster — a class defined by a complete circuit with a drop of at least 300 feet. The ride stands 310 feet at the lift hill and reaches a top speed of 93 miles per hour on the 300-foot first drop. The track runs 6,595 feet, designed by Intamin AG of Switzerland with engineering by Werner Stengel. Cedar Point itself sits on a narrow peninsula projecting into Lake Erie, about three hours northeast of Columbus.

— informed by Wikipedia, Cedar Point
— the year

The ride opened to immediate critical recognition, winning the Golden Ticket for Best Steel Coaster in its debut year and holding that title for ten consecutive years through 2009. It has remained in the top five of the Amusement Today Golden Ticket steel-coaster rankings every year since opening, the longest sustained run in the award's history. The cable lift, manufactured by Intamin, replaced the conventional chain-dog system and remains rare on giga coasters; only a handful of rides worldwide use the design. Capacity runs about 1,600 riders per hour.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the visit

Cedar Point opens for the season in early May and runs through Halloweekends in late October, with rides typically operating from 10am to 10pm in peak summer. A single-day general-admission ticket is the standard entry; Fast Lane Plus and Front of the Line passes shorten the wait, which on Millennium Force can run two hours in July. The minimum rider height is 48 inches. The park sits on a peninsula at Sandusky, Ohio, about 60 miles west of Cleveland on US-6, with hotel and water-park lodging on the property.

— informed by Cedar Point
— where
United States · Sandusky, Ohio
— within
Cedar Point
— position
41.4795° N · 82.6822° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
5 km S
Sandusky
lakefront city
at the lake
Lake Erie
Great Lake
16 km N
Kelleys Island
Lake Erie island
22 km NW
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie island
100 km E
Cleveland
Great Lakes city
N
Millennium Force
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Kelleys Island
Put-in-Bay
Cleveland
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Millennium Force — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Millennium Force stands 310 feet at the top of the lift hill, with a first drop of 300 feet. When it opened in 2000 it was the world's first complete giga coaster and the tallest full-circuit ride in the world.

The top speed is 93 miles per hour, reached at the bottom of the 300-foot first drop. The ride holds that pace through most of the layout, including the second hill and the over-banked turns.

The track runs 6,595 feet, or about 1.25 miles, and the full ride lasts roughly two minutes and twenty seconds from launch to brake run. The layout includes three tunnels and two over-banked turns.

Millennium Force was designed by Intamin AG of Switzerland with engineering by Werner Stengel, the German coaster designer behind much of the modern hyper- and giga-coaster catalogue. The ride opened on May 13, 2000.

A giga coaster is a full-circuit roller coaster with at least one drop of 300 feet or more. Millennium Force was the first to meet the standard; today the category includes about a dozen rides worldwide.

The cable lift, instead of a chain dog, pulls the train up the 310-foot hill in roughly twenty-two seconds — quiet, smooth, and faster than a chain. Only a small number of coasters use the design.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Millennium Force is one of the rides Cedar Point regulars name first. For an Ohio native, a longtime season-pass holder, or a coaster enthusiast, a Small or Medium reads instantly.

The reds and steel-blues sit well with industrial-modern, garage-and-game-room, and Americana-traditional interiors. It also works in a child's bedroom or a teenage hangout, against plain white or grey walls.

Theme-park art has moved from kitsch to grown-up collector territory, especially for coaster enthusiasts. The piece holds its own beside framed posters and signed prints rather than reading as juvenile.

A single Large covers most consoles. Above a three-seat sofa or pool-table wall, the four-tile Mural sits in proportion; the nine-tile Mural carries a long game-room wall.

Yes. Choose Dura Satin or Matte for either room. The surface handles steam and splash without lifting. Reserve the Glossy for a dry display wall.

A soft microfibre cloth, lightly damp with water. No abrasives, no ammonia-based cleaners. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath the finish, so ordinary cleaning will not lift it.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is painted by Reid Wender in our Knoxville studio and hand-finished in-house. We license no images and reprint no third-party work.

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