Cedar Point says Top Thrill Dragster is done, sort of

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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.

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.

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Every time I rode TTD I always got the sensation of an aircraft carrier/jet. That rocket start and then pulling up into the sun like liftoff.

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"Drive The Sky" is a throwback line for old farts like me who remember 30 years ago when Raptor gave us the opportunity to "Kick The Sky".

Yes, that was 30 years ago.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

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I always heard it as “‘scuse me while I kick this guy.”

I thought Raptor "Rules the Sky".

"You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world...but it requires people to make the dreams a reality." -Walt Disney

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Wasn't TTD "Race for the sky?"

“Rules the Sky” was the official tag line, “Kick the Sky” was used on billboards and other miscellaneous advertising.

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OhioStater:

Dual headliner with Republica and The Red Rocker to open the ride.

With Dick Kinzel on drums.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

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People gotta rock.

13 Boomerang, 9 SLC, and 8 B-TR clones

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If there's one thing to be said about CP architecture, "timeless" isn't it. Raptor screams 90s, Gemini screams 70s...

Corkscrew screams "This used to be a pizza hut"...

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Eating Pizza Hut pizza with lactose intolerance > Corkscrew?

CP is very popular because of rides but a lot of the park feels very outdated because of the buildings. Including what are probably the nastiest bathrooms I have seen in the industry after Knoebels.

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#boycottCPbathrooms

Gas station>CP toilets

I personally love the coaster station architecture from the various decades. For anyone of a certain age it is an emotional/memory connection to the days when the park debuted these, at the time, amazing rides. I’ve stood in 1.5-2 hour lines with my family for both Corkscrew and Gemini in the 70’s; Corkscrew’s would start literally under the corkscrews and Gemini would start down by the Monster.

at least everybody has a story with a queue line. Once, while I waited in line for steel vengeance, the ride shut down temporarily, so while we waited, a person at the front of the line started to get everybody down the queue to do the wave. That is one of my happier memories.

sorta like this

PhantomTails:

Eating Pizza Hut pizza with lactose intolerance > Corkscrew

Corkscrew > Eating Pizza Hut > Rip Ride Rockit

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RideMan:

....30 years ago when Raptor gave us the opportunity to "Kick The Sky".

-Chris

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