Millennium Force design and development phases of Millennium Force took place over five years. The first rumors that a new record-breaking roller coaster would be built at Cedar Point, which included speculation about a ten inversion roller coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard and an Arrow Dynamics MegaLooper, began circulating in early 1998. A roller coaster from D. H. Morgan Manufacturing was also rumored. On July 2, 1999, Cedar Fair Entertainment Company filed a trademark for the name Millennium Force, which raised more speculation about what the ride would be like. About a week later, the first track pieces were seen at the
Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000 and BBC Northern Ireland co-operated on several events during the broadcast. The first midnight celebrations in the South Pacific and reports from Jerusalem and Nazareth featured. The "Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000" schedule reached 75 per cent of the people of Ireland, the equivalent of 2.6 million viewers. At midnight 74 per cent of the available audience were watching RTÉ One. Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000 Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000 was RTÉ's coverage of the turn of the millennium from 31 December 1999 into 1 January 2000. Part of the "2000 Today" programming in Ireland, a series of well-known broadcasters presented various