MaXair

maXair
2005
15th Anniversary Edition

maXair is a thrilling spinning thrill ride that is located in the front of Cedar Point.

In the late 1990's Cedar Point was in the middle of a roller coaster war! A war on who could build the tallest and fastest roller coasters and thrill rides in the world. In 1995 Cedar Point Celebrated its 125th anniversary. Riders would stand to their fears with Mantis when it opened in 1996. In 1997 Cedar Point expanded Soak City and added Chaos and Swan Boats to its dry park. In 1998 Power tower became the tallest and fastest combo ride. In 1999 Cedar Point added Camp Snoopy. For 2000, Cedar Point added the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world when Millennium Force opened in 2000. In 2002 Cedar Point added Wicked Twister. Wicked Twister was the world's tallest and fastest impulse roller coaster in the world. In 2003, Top Thrill Dragster became the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world! With all these new rides, Cedar Point would add a fun experience in 2005.

On December 1, 2004, Cedar Point announced it was building maXair for the 2005 season. maXair was placed in an area between just off of Kiddy Kingdom and in front of Disaster Transport.

To make room for maXair Cedar Point had to relocate part of the games area. When the park closed for the 2004 season the games area was tore down and maXair was built in its place.

maXair opened on May 7, 2005 and it was a huge hit!

maXair was the first thrill ride added to Cedar Point since Power Tower was built in 1998. It would give the park guest another new way to be thrilled that wasn't a roller coaster.

maXair was built by Huss. Huss also built Troika (1976), Witches' Wheel (1977-2018), and Ocean Motion (1981) at Cedar Point.

The structure of maXair is 84 feet in the air. The motors for the ride are located up there.

maXair swings its riders to 140 feet in the air at speeds of 70 MPH!

maXair was a very liked ride when it first opened. 15 years after to opened, it still is a popular ride!

Ride Experience

The maXair ride experience begins by guest entering the line for the ride. The line is on the back side of the ride across from Troika. The line isn't very big because the line moves really fast.

maXair features 50 seats. The seats are on the outside on the ring of the ride. Each seat has an over the shoulder restraint and a seatbelt.

On the platform for the ride are several large barrels that have spots to put your shoes.

maXair starts by dropping its floor. Once the floor is dropped the ride starts spring in a counter clockwise motion.

maXair starts swinging back and forth. While the ride swings, it continues to spin.

As the ride swings it goes higher and higher each time.

maXair swings its riders up to 140 feet in the air! As the ride keeps swinging, riders experience the sensation of airtime!

maXair gives great views of Cedar Point and the beach as it swings.

At 140 feet, maXair is taller then many of Cedar Point's roller coasters.

As maXair slows down it stops spinning as high.

maXair returns to the ride platform and the floor comes up so guests can exit the ride.

A ride on maXair lasts about 2 and a half minutes.

After adding maXair in 2005, Cedar Point would add more attractions that would balance out its collection of rides. Cedar Point would add: Skyhawk (2006), Maverick (2007), Planet Snoopy (2008), Shoot the Rapids (2010-2015), WindSeeker (2011), Dinosaurs's Alive on Adventure Island (2012-2018), GateKeeper (2013), New Gemini Midway (2014), Rougarou (2015), Valravn (2016), Cedar Point Shores Water park (2017), Steel Vengeance (2018), Forbidden Frontier on Adventure Island (2019), and Cedar Point's 150th Anniversary Celebration (2021)! All of these additions have helped to make Cedar Point a better place.