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Cedar Point today announced on Twitter that Top Thrill Dragster is being retired, but they're hard at work creating a "reimagined" ride experience.
— Cedar Point (@cedarpoint) September 6, 2022
The ride has been closed since August 2021, when a metal plate detached from the ride and struck a guest in the head, according to a state investigation.
So it’s now official Dragster is getting reimagined, wonder if that means a Intamin quick switch track and backwards spike is about to happen (Ala Pantheon) also does this mean new trains? (Moved from wrong thread)
2025 Trips: Universal Orlando, Disneyland Resort, Knotts, Dollywood, Silver Dollar City, Cedar Point, Kings Island, Canada’s Wonderland, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Sea World Orlando, Discovery Cove, Magic Kingdom
Seems doubtful as the trains caused the injury. Do have to say the new u bar restraints on Veliciocoaster and pantheon are very nice.
2025 Trips: Universal Orlando, Disneyland Resort, Knotts, Dollywood, Silver Dollar City, Cedar Point, Kings Island, Canada’s Wonderland, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Sea World Orlando, Discovery Cove, Magic Kingdom
That didn’t stop them before did it? My pipe dream is that they use the tower for a drop tower, then reuse the station to support a new multi-launch family coaster that replaces Corkscrew, Power Tower, etc.
If they are going to fix problems, this would be my guess at the priority list:
Absent from this list of concerns is an aging physical track structure. Unlike Hulk or Vortex with hundreds of thousands of cycles, all signs point to the ride track being in solid shape. I don't see any reason why they can't address all of the above items and still use the tophat for another 15-20 years of ride life.
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