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History
Top Thrill Dragster opened in May 2003. On opening day, the lines were over 6 hours long to ride! It has had mechanical trouble, but most of it has been fixed. It gave 25 million rides in its first year of operation. |
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| Stats
Height: 420 ft. tall Speed: 120 M.P.H. 0-120 M.P.H. in 3.5 seconds. Angle of Ascent: 90 degrees (Straight up!) Angle of Descent: 90 degrees (Straight down!) Spiral on Drop Angle: 270 degrees The ride motto is "Race For The Sky!" |
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| Top Thrill Dragster launches you from 0-120 M.P.H. in 3.5 seconds. You climb into a drag race themed train. You're pulled out into a launch position. There are 3 yellows and 1 green on a sign next to you that light up. It starts in Pre-Stage, then it says "Keep Arms Down, Head Back, and Hold On!" Then your train "revs" up. The brakes go down, make a hiss, then your train moves a couple feet back. | |||
| Then the sign lights up, yellow, yellow, yellow, GREEN! You are rocketed up the tower at 120 M.P.H. going straight up 420 ft. You then go over the top and spiral 270 degrees, while plummeting 420 ft. to the ground. Then, it is over. On occasion, the train will go to the top, stop, and rollback. You will then be re-launched. This is already planned for. This is Top Thrill Dragster. It is located at Cedar Point. |