SANDUSKY, Ohio — World famous amusement park, Cedar Point, announced this week that a new, record-breaking roller coaster will debut next season.

Valravyn, a dive coaster, is named for the mythical Danish ravens that consumed bodies of the dead on a battlefield and gained supernatural powers. Its drop will be more than 200 feet. The coaster will be more than 3,400 feet long and will travel at a top speed of 75 miles per hour. A dive coaster is one that includes a free-fall, 90-degree drop. This new addition will be the 18th coaster at Cedar Point.

Valravn will shatter 10 world records when it debuts next summer, including:

• Tallest dive coaster (223 feet)
• Fastest dive coaster (75 mph)
• Longest dive coaster (3,415 feet)
• Most inversions on a dive coaster (three)
• Longest drop on a dive coaster (214 feet)
• Highest inversion on a dive coaster (165 feet)
• Most roller coasters taller than 200 feet at one amusement park (five)
• Most rides at one amusement park (72)
• Most steel roller coaster track at one amusement park (52,125 feet/9.9 miles)
• Most roller coaster track at one amusement park (60,110 feet/11.4 miles)

Valravyn will debut in May, 2016.

Source: https://valravn.cedarpoint.com/