Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point "Closing"

[Naazon]

We need a shovel emote for when people double down.

[Rivals]

1 hour ago, Dean Barnett said:

Red Force is nothing compared to the former TTD - this just backs up this claim even more. 

Red Force safely slowing down to keep riders safe backs up the claim it isn’t as good as TTD? okay…

[mba2012]

1 hour ago, Dean Barnett said:

A sensor alerted - and aborted the launch. The launch failed. 

I'd call that a complete success then

[Gazza]

@Dean Barnettis the argument than in the event of a non launch the ride system is better if its rollback is higher?

But, Hydraulic launches can have varied rollbacks. It's not a case that all rollbacks on LSMs are low and all rollbacks on Hydraulic "almost make it over"

I've seen ones that go less than this even, as in a few meters up the curve.

 

Xcelerator

 

Edited October 12, 2022 by Gazza

[joz]

If you read most of his posts they tend to be a series of negative statements, with no actual point attached. His contributions to this thread are a classic example of that. See also his latest posts in the MW Maintenance thread. My advice would be to simply ignore him.

[New display name]

To be fair @Gazza  The video is of MW dialling Superman in, after major maintenance.  It's not a non-launch.

[Dean Barnett]

@Gazza both of those videos are testing. 

 

My video is a fully operational ride with a loaded train.

 

Also isn't this a discussion board?

[joz]

42 minutes ago, Dean Barnett said:

Also isn't this a discussion board?

It is. Good to see a slightly negative vibe with no actual point again

[Rivals]

1 hour ago, Dean Barnett said:

@Gazza both of those videos are testing. 

 

My video is a fully operational ride with a loaded train.

90% of Dragster’s rollbacks are from other factors besides a mechanical fault (wind, cold mornings.) Whereas the video of Red Force is to do with a mechanical error - hence why it slows down quickly and doesn’t go high up the top hat. Accelerators with guests on board still only make it a couple metres off the ground if it was a mechanical and not weather related rollback.

I’d suggest trying to get a grip on common sense concepts, rather then spitting out incorrect statements and trying to back them up with empty, negative points.

 

Edited October 12, 2022 by Rivals

[Spotty]

10 hours ago, themagician said:

Even Superman Escape at MW has had many rollbacks during its life 

Surprisingly Superman has actually very rarely rolled back. AFAIK it's only had 2 or 3 rollbacks that I'm aware of with guests on board. It's had a few launch abortions though where the brake fins have popped up mid launch however but not many full on rollbacks.

[joz]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

It's had a few launch abortions

Oh it wouldn't have gone far up the top hat so fail!!!!!

[Spotty]

Just now, joz said:

Oh it wouldn't have gone far up the top hat so fail!!!!!

My bad... I'll keep my mouth shut 🤣

[Naazon]

1 hour ago, Spotty said:

It's had a few launch abortions

Personally I'm a pro Launcher. Give every launch a chance!

[Gazza]

I mean, certainly judge a ride on the ride experience, but rating rides on how they behave during faults is just nitpicking imo.

99.9% of guests will probably never get a rollback.

[Dean Barnett]

Anyway the plot thickens. All the existing track has been stored methodically - and now even the handrails possibly from the hand rails. 
 

 

[red dragin]

Going to Gumbuya World too? 

[franky]

Probably to have the new LSM mounts fabricated.. from what I've read elsewhere (so no warranty on this) they're not working with Intamin to complete this change.

[Dean Barnett]

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[rappa]

18 hours ago, franky said:

Probably to have the new LSM mounts fabricated.. from what I've read elsewhere (so no warranty on this) they're not working with Intamin to complete this change.

Maybe they’ll go with Velocity Magnets… worked so well for Dollywood 😂😂

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 15/10/2022 at 2:59 PM, Dean Barnett said:

and now even the handrails possibly from the hand rails. 

err... what?

 

[Dean Barnett]

Station. Tried to edit but couldn’t work out to on mobile. Sorry. 

[downunder]

I'm glad they're not demolishing the main part of the structure (it would appear), it's such a centrepiece in the park. This is the coaster that got me travelling internationally to go to a park (after I saw it on the news, I had to ride it), so it has some sentimental value.

It's going to be intriguing what they do, it could be as simple as adding LSMs or maybe they'll be more ambitious. Purely pie in the sky, but if they lowered the drop to ground level they could might just scrape past Kingda Ka's drop record (TTD is 420 feet tall with a 400 foot drop; KK is 456 feet tall with a 418 foot drop). I'd love to see something like a towering turn with an extra drop around the back, (maybe a similar concept to Xcelerator) and a switch track as well to add an extra block. Time will tell...  

[TBoy]

I personally think they should ship all of it off and rebuild a taller version of Top Thrill Dragster. One that beats the height of KingDa Ka would be good.

[Dean Barnett]

There's no way they'll rebuild the tophat, but dropping the track to get a higher drop may be a thing.

[Dean Barnett]

Maybe Intamin are involved after all