Troika

Troika
1976

Troika is a classic family ride that has been at Cedar Point since 1976.

In the 1960's and 1970's Cedar Point was on its road to become a modern amusement park. Over that time Cedar Point began to have an aggressive expansion. In 1966 Cedar Point added Pirate Ride, a dark ride that took guests back in time to when pirates ransacked the high seas. In 1967 Cedar Point opened its first themed section, Frontiertown. Sky Slide opened in 1968. In 1969 Cedar Creek Mine Ride opened when Frontiertown was expanded. In 1970 Cedar Point Celebrated its 100th anniversary! Frontier Trail opened in 1971 taking guest back in time to when people made things by hand. In 1972 Giant Wheel opened. Cedar Point Cinema opened in 1975 as the world's largest IMAX Theatre.

WIth all of these rides being added, Cedar Point was becoming a really good park to take the whole family to!

In 1976 the area that was home to Jungle Larry was re-designed and an entire new midway was included on that land.

Two new rides were added. Corkscrew and Troika. Troika was added a little past Corkscrew.

With the introduction of Troika, it gave a ride on the new midway the entire family could enjoy together. It was joined by Dodgem 1 in 1977. Dodgem 1 was in the park until 2001.

Troika instantly become a very popular ride.

Over the next 26 years, the area around Troika would be changed. Jungle Larry's was removed in 1994. Chaos was built in 1997. In 1998 Power Tower was added. Dodgem 1 saw its last season in 2001.

Dodgem 1 was removed from Cedar Point in early 2002. The ride site was placed behind a fence and a mystery construction project had began.

As the summer progressed the construction site had grown. It was very clear that Cedar Point was building a huge roller coaster.

Troika closed in late 2002 to make room for the new roller coaster.

During the fall Troika and Chaos were completely removed from the Corkscrew Midway.

On January 9, 2003, Cedar Point announced Top Thrill Dragster was going to open in 2003. The ride would be the tallest, and fastest roller coaster in the world. To make room for the ride Troika and Chaos was relocated to the Beach Midway.

During the spring Troika was repainted and restored while the park relocated the ride.

In 2003, Troika was moved to a new location on the Beach Midway by Disaster Transport and Space Spiral to make way for the addition of Top Thrill Dragster. Over the years to come, the area around the new location would completely change as well.

The ride grew in popularity in its new location. Troika became a favorite with families.

Over the years the area around troika would change several times.

Troika was built by Huss. Troika was one of 4 rides at Cedar Point built by Huss of Berman, Germany. The other rides are: Witches' Wheel (1979-2018), Ocean Motion (1981) and maXair (2005). These rides are really fun for Cedar Point and help make the park's collection of rides unique.

In 2023 Cedar Point would open The Boardwalk. The Boardwalk was a reimagined Beach Midway. The Boardwalk is the new official name of the area Troika is in.

Troika received an all new color scheme to make the ride fit in better with The Boardwalk.

Troika also new signs and theming was added to the ride fence.

The Troika ride concept was developed sometime in the mid 1970's. There were many different parks that had this ride at one point or another. The ride also was made to travel around. There are currently 13 parks in the United States that have a Troika ride. There are at least 25 known Troika rides in the world.

Troika is a very popular ride that can often draw lines of up to 15 to 20 minutes.

Troika Ride Facts
Type: Troika
Opened: 1976
Manufacturer: Huss
Location:
1976 - 2002 Corkscrew Midway
2003 - Present The Boardwalk
Cars: 21

Light Package

Troika has a really cool lighting package. The ride features LED lights that bring the ride to life.

Ride Experience

Riders get in line for Troika on the left side of the ride. The ride has an archway that has the logo for the ride.

Riders are usually on troika within 1 or 2 cycles, but they could wait up to 30 minutes to ride the ride.

Riders on Troika are loaded on a flat platform into one of 21 cars that hold 2 people. The cars are Yellow, Purple and Orange.

Riders are held into their seat with a seat-belt and a lap bar that locks into place.

Troika is a very conferable ride.

When the ride turns on, it starts spinning in a clockwise rotation.

While the ride is spinning the cars tilt a bit to the side facing the inside of the ride.

The tilting is caused by the rides cars being suspended and the spinning of the ride. The ride does have a bit of speed as it goes around.

Troika is a great ride for families! It isn't the tamest ride but it's not as thrilling as rides like maXair and Skyhawk. It is an in-between ride.

After spinning around the ride quickly lifts riders and spins them around 25 feet in the air! It gives a really cool view of the midway and the beach.

The ride puts it's riders high enough that you can look around.

The ride offers a good amount of airtime!

After spinning around for about a minute or so the ride starts to lower to the ground!

The ride slowly spins to a stop and riders exit the ride.

POV's

With Standing The Test Of Time

Troika has a very nice entrance that is very well themed. The ride is located on The Boardwalk that has lots of rides for the entire family to enjoy and some big roller coasters as well.

Troika is a very cool experience for guests who ride it. The ride has became a rare ride as time goes on. A lot of parks have opted to remove this ride over the years, but Cedar Point has kept it.