Cedar Point’s Tony Clark says a fix is in the works to replace the shorter seat belts.
SANDUSKY, Ohio — When Cedar Point opened for the 2026 season earlier this month, conversation started swirling on social media after some riders said they could no longer fit on the Millennium Force roller coaster.
Some claimed the ride’s seat belts had been shortened from last year, limiting their ability to climb aboard the coaster.
While some doubted if this was true, Cedar Point spokesperson Tony Clark has now set the record straight, telling 3News the seat belts are, in fact, shorter this year.
But a fix is in the works.
“Regarding Millennium Force, the ride’s manufacturer (Intamin) directly supplies the seat belts to Cedar Point, and it has been identified that they are shorter than the manufacturer’s specifications,” he told 3News in an email. “We are working with them to replace the belts in the coming weeks.”
He also shared the same statement on X.
Clark did not provide an expected date on when the seat belts will be swapped.
Millennium Force, which opened in 2000, was the first roller coaster in the world to ever top 300 feet. When it first debuted, the record-breaking coaster featured the longest drop with the fastest speed topping out at 93 mph.
