Millennium Force vs Steel Dragon 2000
card comparison
| Stat | Millennium Force | Steel Dragon 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 310 ft | 318 ft | |
| Speed | 93 mph | 95 mph | |
| Inversions | 0 | 0 | |
| Throughputest. | 1300 rph | 1050 rph | |
| Build Costest. | 25 $m | 61.6 $m | |
| Vintage | 2000 | 2000 |
Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.
The verdict
Steel Dragon 2000 takes it 3–1, and the 1 Millennium Force does win is the whole of its case.
Millennium Force is a steel Giga Coaster coaster at Cedar Point, US, built by Intamin. Steel Dragon 2000 is a steel Hyper Coaster (giga) coaster at Nagashima Spa Land, JP, built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing.
Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.
They are near-contemporaries — 2000 and 2000 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.
Stat by stat
- Height goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 318 ft against 310 ft — ahead by a whisker.
- Speed goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 95 mph against 93 mph — ahead by a whisker.
- Inversions splits them not at all: both read 0.
- Throughput goes to Millennium Force at 1,300 rph against 1,050 rph — well clear.
- Build Cost goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 61.6 $m against 25 $m — more than double.
- Both opened in 2000, which makes Vintage a dead heat.