Top Thrill 2 faces extended closure for modification
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From the official Cedar Point website:
Top Thrill 2 is currently experiencing an extended closure as Zamperla (the ride’s manufacturer) completes a mechanical modification to the ride's vehicles. Once the modification is complete, Zamperla, the Cedar Point maintenance & operations teams and our third-party ride inspection partner will conduct a thorough review before approving both the modification and the reopening of the ride.
Though we cannot yet confirm a reopening date, we will provide updates here.
We know our guests are excited to experience this incredible roller coaster, and we share your disappointment that we are not able to operate it this weekend. We will do everything possible to reopen Top Thrill 2 as soon as we are confident we can deliver the ride experience that our guests deserve.
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Yesterday TT2 had all three trains running more or less all day. Operations were awesome. New launch every 85 seconds (on average...but hey you have to do something while waiting in the queue).
The downside? Our last ride was on the black train, in the coveted row 10 (back seat).
From the moment the backwards launch kicked in, there was an uncomfortable vibration...it disappeared during that amazing surge up the spike, but immediately returned once we re-entered the straightaway and got worse once the third launch kicked in. I can only describe it as mind-rattling...like a tuning fork got hit underneath us and we were along for the ride.
Maybe this is just something that happens towards the back? Maybe it was an anomaly? But it was significant enough that my wife grabbed the Advil after we got off.
Ride #1 felt nothing like this.
EDIT: After posting this on P-Buzz and asking a few non-buzzer friends (yes, I have some), the "word on the street" is that the black train is the only one of the three like this.
It was certainly the only ride like that we had.
Promoter of fog.
TT2 has been down for the last 3 days. Some speculation is that it's related to the heat. No idea if that's true, but his is the first sustained hot weather we've had this year. It was #!$#1 50-something degrees when I went last weekend.
High temps reduce friction creating the risk of overshooting the rear spike which as we know does not have a stopper.
It was still cool when I was at CP, and didn’t notice much different with the steel coasters of Holiday World and KI but I can report that all the wooden coasters responded quite favorably to the hotter weather with extremely intense and fast rides. The Raven had near Voyage intensity on my last ride on it, Legend was hauling, and when the Racer hit the final breaks you could still feel the upstops spinning. The Voyage and Beast were their typical excellent selves and weren’t intensified like the others due to their trims. Did love the modifications made to the Beast this year though, it’s great to get two pops of air on hill 2 and 3.
2022 Trips: WDW, Sea World San Diego & Orlando, CP, KI, BGW, Bay Beach, Canobie Lake, Universal Orlando
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