Want to own a piece of the Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point? Now’s your chance.
The Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park is selling pieces of track from the roller coaster, which the park touts as the first to reach 200 feet in height, WKYC TV-3 reports. And while the Magnum may have been temporarily shut down after loosing a washer over Father’s Day weekend, these pieces of track are slices from what has been replaced over the years, park spokesman Tony Clark tells the Cleveland station.
Here’s how to get a piece.
How to buy a piece of track from Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point
The pieces of track went on sale Saturday, June 27 in the Pagoda Gift Shop on the Main Midway, WKYC reports.
They cost $300 per piece, and there are more than 100 available, Clark told the station.
Roller coaster temporarily closes, reopens after part falls off
On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21, a park guest at Cedar Point Shores found a washer-like object on the ground just after Magnum XL-200 had past overhead. The guest then alerted park staff.
“As a precaution, the ride was temporarily closed for a thorough inspection, and it reopened once the inspection was complete,” Clark said.
The small, flat metal disc was part of the coaster’s lift mechanism that is a chain that pulls the train to the top of the first lifthill. No injuries were reported.
Magnum XL-200 was first coaster to top 200 feet, once the fastest and steepest
The Magnum XL-200 was the first hyper coaster and the first to top 200 feet, according to the park’s website.
When it debuted in 1989, it was also the fastest and steepest complete-circuit coaster in the world.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Cedar Point now sells pieces of track from Magnum XL-200. How to buy
Reporting by Chad Murphy, USA TODAY NETWORK / Akron Beacon Journal
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