<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Maverick at RCDB Pictures of Maverick at RCDB </Td> </Tr> <P> Maverick is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States . It was the seventeenth roller coaster built at the park since Blue Streak in 1964 . It is notable as being the 500th roller coaster designed by German engineer Werner Stengel and the first roller coaster featuring a Twisted Horseshoe Roll . Maverick's US $21 - million price tag makes it Cedar Point's fourth most expensive roller coaster, behind Millennium Force, Top Thrill Dragster, and GateKeeper . The 4,450 - foot (1,360 m) course makes it the fourth longest roller coaster at Cedar Point . </P> <P> Maverick was scheduled to open on May 12, 2007, but opening was delayed until May 26, 2007 after testing revealed the heartline roll element to be too intense . Continued use of the element would have put excessive stress on trains . At a drop angle of 95 degrees, Maverick is Cedar Point's steepest roller coaster. The ride's tagline is "The Old West Was Never This Wild ." </P> <P> Maverick sits on the former site of White Water Landing . After White Water Landing closed on October 31, 2005, construction on Maverick began . On January 24, 2006, Cedar Fair Entertainment Company filed a trademark for the name Maverick . The project became known officially and colloquially as "Project 2007" until the announcement on September 7, 2006 . </P>

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