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TRY TO TOP THIS.(News)(Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point)
Byline: CARRIE ROCA
If you love hot rods and have a thing for roller coasters, too, the new Top Thrill Dragster is the culmina-tion of your passion.
The 42-story Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, is designed to look and sound like a hot rod. From its heart-in-your-throat launch to its twisting, towering summit and dynamic 90-degree drop, the ride is 17 seconds (nearly four times more than a real Top Fuel run) of pure adrenaline rush over 2800 feet of red-and-white track.
Built by the Swiss firm Intamin, the $25 million Top Thrill Dragster is the first roller coaster to break the 400-foot-tall milestone. Termed a "strata-coaster'' at a height of 420 feet, it replaces the 318-foot-tall Steel Dragon 2000 in Mie, Japan, as the new Mayor of Coasterville.
According to Rob Decker, vice president for planning and design at Cedar Point, an incredible amount of time went into exploring acceleration in the development of the Top Thrill Dragster. "There was a lot of talk about raw speed,'' he said, "and how we could take the sensation of drag racing and incorporate it into ...
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- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Morris, Holly J. May 26, 2003 700+ words
Is it a coaster if it doesn't coast? That's about as much heat as Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster (below, at right)--the fastest, tallest roller coaster in the world, TTD for short--can spark in the world of coaster...
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- Magazine article from: Girls' Life April 1, 2003 700+ words
...difficult to even fathom but, at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio you can have the thrill of a lifetime. Top Thrill Dragster, the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, opens in May for Cedar Point's 2003 season Reaching 120...
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- Magazine article from: Popular Science Anders, Mark Bates, Bryna December 1, 2003 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) May 1, 2003 700+ words
...will come when riders get off the Top Thrill Dragster for the first time." The park...ultimate test on Sunday when the Top Thrill Dragster opens to the public. Thrill-seekers...THRILLS: The towering ride; RECORD: Top Thrill Dragster
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 10, 2003 700+ words
...hour, Cedar Point's new Top Thrill Dragster is the tallest and fastest...coaster enthusiasts to try out Top Thrill Dragster. "With these types of coasters...ticket windows stating when Top Thrill Dragster is down, and provides that...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 3, 2003 700+ words
...Business News May 3--When the Top Thrill Dragster officially opens Sunday at...the Sandusky, Ohio, home of Top Thrill Dragster. "People have been riding...that would be the $25million Top Thrill Dragster, which races 420 feet into...