It’s a long 10 seconds, staring straight down, strapped into Cedar Point’s newest thriller, Siren’s Curse. The new coaster’s signature element is a 61-foot-long piece of steel track that slowly rotates from horizontal to vertical and holds you hanging 160 feet above the pavement.

Cedar Point's newest roller coaster opens to the public Saturday. Why it matters: Siren's Curse is the 19th roller coaster at the Sandusky theme park and will be the tallest, fastest "tilt coaster" in the country.

Siren’s Curse will suspend riders 160 feet above the midway before tilting them 90 degrees forward and launching them into a series of high-speed, gravity-defying elements.