A Steel Vengeance train cresting the top of the first drop above its gray wooden structure, blue sky behind
Back carriders’ pick, 6 of 8 90°first drop

Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio

Steel Vengeance

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“Worth 7 hours.”

5,740ftlongest hybrid coaster of 14Steel VengeanceTwisted Colossus 4,990 ftNew Texas Giant 4,200 ft2:30ride time74mphtop speed
POV
Ride it: back row POV
Back row
it keeps you guessing
a foretaste of heaven
The finale throws you out of your seat as well.
What riders love
  • Just when you think it should be over it keeps launching you out of your seat.
  • The outer bank ejects you out of your seat sideways to the left just before you are absolutely yanked back to the right at the bottom of the element.
  • Constant airtime, a lot of it being ejector.
  • You never come off Steel Vengeance wanting a longer ride, which is a testament to how complete it really is.
  • The ride never lets up; it spends its entire long ride time throwing you out of your seat without losing any of the pacing.
  • The speed, the airtime, the length...you ride it and it just keeps going.
  • That first drop with just a lap bar is one of the craziest feelings ever, it also has the best airtime of any coaster I've been on and some incredible inversions.
  • My butt was out of the seat for the entire first drop and half the time for the rest of the ride.
  • Steel Vengeance is the best coaster on the planet, it has an amazing first drop, which gives strong floater in the front of the train and good ejector in the back.
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Steel Vengeance Front Seat POV 2018 FULL HD Cedar Point

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Steel Vengeance Back Seat POV 2018 FULL HD Cedar Point

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2024 Steel Vengeance Roller Coaster On Ride 4K POV Cedar Point

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Cedar Point Steel Vengeance off ride 8/20/21

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Steel Vengeance Review | Cedar Point's Record Breaking Hyper Hybrid Coaster

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Steel Vengeance (Cedar Point) Review - RMC Hyper Hybrid

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Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point Short

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Cedar Point -Steel Vengeance

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Cedar Point

It wowed me from the second I left the station from the first airtime and the ejector from the drop and all of the amazing whippy inversions.

Lucius Venditti

I must have got a bad ride tonight.  I now rank lightning rod ahead of steel vengeance.  The airtime and ride was good but was not intense as lightning rod.

Tera Ryzing

A wonderful coaster, I can see why people like it so much, wonderful airtime, which I definitely enjoy.

Emile P.

Relies too much on ejector air time.

Brendan O'Brien

This ride is incredible, I wish the airtime was a little stronger at points however there’s so much of it you can’t really complain that much.

Adrenaline Central

The first drop is epic, the double zero g barrel rolls are amazing and the feeling of smooth flying through the tight wood frame is incredible.

Jason Osborne

RMC’s three trains (named Digger, Blackjack and Chess) are very comfortable, as are the lapbar restraints.

Theme Park James

The speed, smoothness, air time and unique elements make the ride phenomenal.

Stitch

The restraints were not hard on my legs, the experience was not uncomfortable at all unlike what other people said about it.

Max B.

Towards the end of the day it seemed to run faster and rougher, causing quite a lot of discomfort on my thighs, when lapping in the back row.

Simon C.

Steel Vengeance gave me a huge headache though (I think it was the inversions because Corkscrew did the same thing to me) and had to take Tylenol after.

Emile P.

SteVe is intense in the beginning then kinda just drags on with slow inverts and then rollers at the end that feel pointless and kind of hurt.

Cade Walden

The total ride length is 2 minutes and 30 seconds of intensity, and I was never able to wipe a smile off my face for the entire duration.

Limitless Park

The coaster is a force to be reckoned with and subjects riders to relentless speed, airtime, inversions and so much more.

Coaster101

This ride is the best rollercoaster I have ever ridden and many other people.This ride has such good inversions intensity and the main pro airtime.

Theodora

I do think it’s a good ride.  It lacks intensity.  First ride couple weeks ago I thought it was best thing ever.  The bunny hops on magnum has more ejector IMO.  The quad down on lighting rod is...

Tera Ryzing

It’s got a fantastic first drop, length of the ride is phenomenal with quite possibly the best pacing I’ve ever experienced on a coaster.

Matt Cowan

I don’t think the ride ever lost its speed, and at times it was almost a little disorienting (in a good way).

Limitless Park

Kept a nice fast pace of speed which I liked a lot but it didn’t do anything different to impress me

Monsoon

The ride is superbly smooth, fast and intense.

Theme Park James

The first two big hills are crazy and I love every other element besides the mid course which does slow you down a bit

Adrenaline Central

I’m not going to waste time to explain why the layout is worth waiting hours for, because you all already know why.

Kaspersetz Slide Studios

Was it worth the wait and did it live up to the expectations..? In a word, absolutely.

Brian Sheldon

I waited 3 times 1 and a alf hour to get in but its worth it.

Rik Steetsel

I still find the wait to be worth it though.

Bubble Gaming

Worth 7 hours.

Danielle Pluzsik

Great airtime pops, my favorite being the final 6, the line wasn’t that long, great first drop, overall a pretty solid coaster.

Elizabeth Korsedal

Extra: For a ride so famous, wait times range between 30-75 minutes which allows for multiple rides during the day.

Ziggy Holmes

It turned out being 2h 50 mins for us that day.

Thrill_Biscuit

The only price you’ll pay is some sore thighs from all the airtime, but with wait times like THAT all day, you have plenty of time for them to heal before you do it again.

Wesley Flowers
Height fear

From my opinion, the drop is very steep and scary for a lot of people when they look at it.

Gavin Baez

Lowkey if ur scared close your eyes at the drop only because it’s not scary after that and u lowk have a good time

qzxaiv FF2

Should I ride it?

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Car 6, the back: 6 of 8 riders who named a rowFront row: 2 riders

Specifications

205 ftHeight
420 Top Thrill2 310 MillenniumForce 223 Valravn 205 SteelVengeance 205 MagnumXL-200 170 GateKeeper
200 ftFirst drop
400 Top Thrill2 300 MillenniumForce 214 Valravn 200 SteelVengeance 195 MagnumXL-200 164 GateKeeper
74 mphTop speed
Top Thrill 2120 MillenniumForce93 Valravn75 SteelVengeance74 Magnum XL-20072 Maverick70 0120 mph
90°Drop angle
95°Maverick90°SteelVengeance90°Valravn90°Top Thrill290°Siren’sCurse80°MillenniumForce60°MagnumXL-200dashed line: straight down, 90°
4Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Strong airtimeRider favouriteLong rideEjector airtimeHuge first dropGreat layoutGreat inversionsWorth the wait

Criticised for

Uncomfortable restraintsWeak theming

This ride topped my list of favorite coasters after my very first ride, and afterwards, I proceeded to ride it two more times during my trip.

Limitless Park, published review

Steel Vengeance has incredible inversions, amazing length, somewhat good theming, the best airtime, and so many good things that I want to add to the pros, but they only allow 3.

Elliot Lieberthal, Captain Coaster review

Steel Vengeance is one of those coasters where I can understand WHY people like it, but it just never really clicked for me.

iimvanny, Captain Coaster review

I appreciate the small bits of theming in the station between the decorated trains, the audio, and the structure of the station in general.

Shy Guy Coasters, Captain Coaster review

Steel Vengeance - There isn’t a whole lot to say that hasn’t been said on here, but it’s really the length and amount of elements packed in here that push it to the top.

Hutch, review

i went expecting the world class experience everyone raved about but it was just a bit meh the trains were uncomfortable the layout sometimes just stopped being good for like a solid 10-15 seconds

Dominic Radford, Captain Coaster review

Photos

The drop and other parts of the roller coaster, Steel Vengeance that is located at Cedar Point and was built by RMC in 2018
Owen1904, CC BY-SA 4.0
Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Steel Vengeance
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
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Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
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Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
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Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
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Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Steel Vengeance at night
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
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Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0

11 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

May 5, 2018Opened

Built by Rocky Mountain Coasters, designed by Alan Schilke.

Past incidents

  1. August 2018On August 10, 2018, a tire from the drive system located near the brake run became detached and landed near the queue.
  2. May 2018During opening day on May 5, 2018, Steel Vengeance was temporarily closed following a minor collision between two trains.

Golden Ticket Awards, top steel coaster: ranked in 8 polls, 2018 to 2026

3rd2018, its first poll
2nd2022, its best placing
3rd2026, most recent
2incidents blamed on the ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Cedar Point. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, kicentral.com, themeparkjames.co.uk, limitlesspark.com, coaster101.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Owen1904 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California (CC BY 2.0), Cards84664 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Inverted Thrills, rider review on Captain Coaster: “From start to finish this ride is non stop…”; Nathan Parks, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Just when you think it should be over it…”; Brian Cooke, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The outer bank ejects you out of your seat…”; Reese Babbitt, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Constant airtime, a lot of it being ejector.”; Zach S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “And it just keeps going, and going, and going,…”; Wesley Flowers, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You never come off Steel Vengeance wanting a longer…”; Zachary McCullough, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride never lets up; it spends its entire…”; L B, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The speed, the airtime, the length...you ride it and…”; Steel Vengeance Steve, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is one of my favorite sensations,…”; Hsh Sbbsbs, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That first drop with just a lap bar is…”; Paige Schmid, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My butt was out of the seat for the…”; Evosioa, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Steel Vengeance is the best coaster on the planet,…”; Your Coaster Friend, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's long, it's fast, it keeps you guessing, and…”; Mark L., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Just...inversions, airtime, smoothness, longevity...talk about a foretaste of heaven.”; Travis Wagner, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The finale throws you out of your seat as…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: East Coasters's back row POV, Steel Vengeance POV 5K Back Row No Trims RMC Hyper Hybrid Coaster Cedar Point Sandusky, OH (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.