Top Thrill Dragster
2003
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With the success of Cedar Point's Millennium Force in 2000, Cedar Point began working with Intamin AG to out do the Millennium Force within a few seasons.
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Cedar Point has had a history of having the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world! 1978, Gemini opened as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster. In 1989, Cedar Point shocked the world with Magnum XL-200. Magnum was the first roller coaster in the world to break the 200 foot barrier. Park Guest would be amazed again with the 310 foot tall Millennium Force in 2000. In 2003, Cedar Point would stun then world once again!
Cedar Point would need a location in the park to put its new roller coaster.
Cedar Point would need a location in the park to put its new roller coaster.
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Cedar Point choose to use a long narrow use of land against the lagoons. Part of the lagoons would be removed and filled in for the new roller coaster. The area was connected to the dodgem site by moving two older park rides.
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In 2003, Troika was moved to near Disaster Transport. The ride remains to this day.
At the same time Chaos was relocated to near Wicked Twister. The ride was removed flowing the closing of the 2011 season. With these two older rides and the lagoon out of the way, Cedar Point had a decent size site to work with! |
Photo by Andrew Borgen
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For the 2003 season, Cedar Point opened Top Thrill Dragster! Top Thrill Dragster was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world!
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Behind the stage, these huge tanks fill with air. The air then pulls the cable and the train down the track!
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Top Thrill Dragster uses a series of cables and magnets to launch its riders at speeds of 120 MPH!
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Riders are then send up and over the 420 foot hill!
On the way up and on the way down the ride twist 270 degrees!
When Top Thrill Dragster opened in 2003, it was so tall and so fast a new classification of roller coaster was made. A strata roller coaster is a roller coaster between 400 feet and 499 feet tall! There are only two strata roller coasters in the world, Top Thrill Dragster and Kinda Ka opened at Great Adventure in Jackson New Jersey in 2005!
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Photos by Jake Hamons
Chaos Photo by Andrew Borgen. Last Updated: 09-26-2013
Chaos Photo by Andrew Borgen. Last Updated: 09-26-2013
