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Cedar Point opens WindSeeker in the year of the tower ride

Cedar Point opened their new tower ride WindSeeker last week. The 301 foot tall ride spins riders in two-person swings at speeds of 25 to 30 mph. At 30 stories above the park, guests are treated to a great view of Lake Erie, the beach, and Cedar Point's massive collection of roller coasters and theme park rides.

Here's a video covering the Cedar Point's WindSeeker as it opens. At about 4 minutes into the video you can see the ride operate with its impressive lighting system. It looks pretty incredible at night.

Like Hollywood's summer of sequels a number of theme parks are all inexplicably opening tower rides this year. There are WindSeeker clones that will be popping up at sister Cedar Fair parks Kings Island (near Cincinatti), Knotts Berry Farm (near Los Angeles), and Canada's Wonderland (near Toronto). Add to that Busch Gardens Williamsburg's Mach Tower and Six Flags' SkyScreamers at Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (near San Francisco) and you've got quite an unusual trend.

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