Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point "Closing"

[Dean Barnett]

Adding more Roller to the Roller Coaster

 

@Jake_Coasters 

 

Completed mock-up by @Hxpeball

 

[REGIE]

Looks pretty slick if that’s going to be what they go for. I imagine the color scheme will also include red like the logo. Maybe the top hat will be light grey track and the spike red track.

[Levithian]

 

On 14/07/2023 at 11:00 AM, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

If a retrofit isn't difficult, why did SFMM come to Australia to pillage the TOT carcass, instead of just buying a new launch system? 

While not financially viable for Dreamworld, SFMM could easily have afforded to retrofit S-EFK if it were that easy.

A big part of the issue is the launch distance. With current technology you need a longer launch area than compared a hydraulic launch. Something compact like superman would likely require a track redesign. 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

13 hours ago, Levithian said:

 

A big part of the issue is the launch distance. With current technology you need a longer launch area than compared a hydraulic launch. Something compact like superman would likely require a track redesign. 

Thanks for making my point.

[Dean Barnett]

Posted at 4:20pm EST

[Dean Barnett]

Three V's suggest a triple launch as rumored. 

[Dean Barnett]

 

Could be a leak - could be fake 

[franky]

So a faster, taller (in height), shorter (in length) version of Steel Taipan?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Steel Taipan has an actual layout beyond the launch, not just a top hat and return. They may well give it a layout beyond the hat though - especially since the launch takes longer, additional blocks could still allow them to pump trains through - but I guess we'll have to wait until the official announcement to find out.

[Dean Barnett]

They have the trademark

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

9 minutes ago, Dean Barnett said:

They have the trademark

That was filed in 2019, well before the incident occurred. Polaris was rumored to be a front running name for Orion at Kings Island. Given that opened in July 2020, the 2019 registration of the trademark makes sense.

(Polaris is the name of the North Star, part of the Little Dipper constellation, Orion is a constellation in its own right)

The more I re-read this, the more the language feels off. Someone tried a little too hard to make this genuine, using 'high point' and 'top thrill' - and I think they've just took it a bit too far...

It's still possible some of these things ring true - park insiders have dropped several hints both personally and on their socials (many of which have been reposted here) that the joining of the dots presented here seems believeable. There's less than 2 weeks until we have an announcement though - so all will be revealed in good time.

Edited July 20, 2023 by DaptoFunlandGuy
added constellation references

[joz]

I have nothing to add, but I'm betting fake.

[Gobbledok]

Their director of comms confirmed it as fake

Same as the Zamperla labels confirmed to be for wild mouse

[Dean Barnett]

 

[Spotty]

4 hours ago, Dean Barnett said:

 

I personally like the old colours more as I feel it was iconic. In saying that though, it's a clean collar scheme that certainly doesn't look bad at all in the area that it's in. I just hope they can keep the white paint clean!

[Dean Barnett]

 

[Dean Barnett]

Pretty good advertising 
 

Source - CP Rundown

[Whombex]

On 19/07/2023 at 6:25 AM, Dean Barnett said:

Posted at 4:20pm EST

Until I remembered this was in the USA, I thought - wow, 8 months late! :p

[Dean Barnett]

New arrival  - CPFoodBlog

[Dean Barnett]

https://web.archive.org/web/20230730151056/https://www.zamperla.com/top-thrill-2/

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

There's been a lot of discussion over the swing\triple launch being a poor cousin to TTD's original, I do like how they're spinning this to 'feature' a rollback - it was always something fans of the ride loved when the launch would underrun, so selling the swing launch as 'everyone gets a rollback' is pretty clever.

[Tricoart]

I just really hope that ‘Top Thrill 2’ is just a placeholder name that they’ve called it to refer back to the original in their own article, and not the actual new name of the ride. Everything else is pretty much exactly as expected, new Lightning trains, triple LSM launch (that doesn’t seem to incorporate a speed hill, you’d think they’d mention that if it did), then normal top hat & brakes.

Edited July 31, 2023 by Tricoart

[Gobbledok]

Nope that lame lass name is the actual thing

Great marketing spin to try and sell the fact the launch system isnt capable of the required acceleration by making it a feature 

These guys should work for village

[Spotty]

https://www.cedarpoint.com/new-in-2024

"Top Thrill 2"

The World’s Tallest & Fastest Triple-Launch Strata Coaster

Have a need for speed? Get revvved up in 2024 and buckle in as Cedar Point introduces Top Thrill 2, the world’s TALLEST and FASTEST triple-launch strata coaster. This record-breaking, next generation motorsport machine races a course unlike any other on the planet. Sleek, aerodynamic vehicles launch you not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES as you drive the sky in an epic competition to reach the finish line.

Experience true weightlessness as you immerse yourself in three “free-fall” moments, including the coveted, fan-favorite “rollback” after you’re first launched forward. Then, launch backward and rise into the sky on a new, cloud-piercing vertical tower, giving you never-before-seen views of America’s Roller Coast®. A third launch rockets you forward at 120 mph, sending you on a race to the stratosphere before reaching the finish line.

Join the CP Racing Team and conquer Top Thrill 2 – a new formula for thrills. Follow construction updates and the rise of Top Thrill 2 on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as we race to the summer of 2024!

[red dragin]

So it's just a straight spike for the reverse section. Alot of effort for a missed opportunity to fit a twist in it once it's lost some speed.