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HEIGHT. 420 FT.
SPEED. 120 MPH.
DURATION. 2 MINS.
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The Top Thrill 2 will be the world's tallest and fastest triple-launch strata roller coaster. A strata coaster is any roller coaster that eclipses a height of 400 feet — a feat Cedar Point first pioneered back in 2003 when the Top Thrill Dragster opened. The redesigned coaster will feature a second 420-foot-tall tower.
The Top Thrill 2 will make its debut during the summer season in 2024, replacing the Top Thrill Dragster which closed in August 2021. Cedar Point says its newest ride will last two minutes, is 420 feet tall and reaches speeds up to 120 mph.
Though the top speed (120mph) and maximum height (420') of Top Thrill Dragster will carry over to Top Thrill 2, the addition of the spike will push the total coaster length well over 3,000' (originally 2,800'). The ride experience will last 2:00. Each of the coaster's trains will still carry 20 passengers at one time.
Cedar Point announces new coaster replacing Dragster, the Top Thrill 2. SANDUSKY, Ohio (FOX 2) - Top Thrill 2, a 420-foot-tall coaster with two towers, will replace the Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point, the theme park revealed Tuesday.
Zamperla, which was named as the renovating manufacturer, will reuse the existing 420-foot (130 m) hill and add an equally-sized vertical spike at the opposite end of the track. While the height and maximum speed will remain the same, the track length will be increased to 3,422 feet (1,043 m).
Cedar Point retires Top Thrill Dragster coaster after 19 years — and many problems. The Top Thrill Dragster, which at one time was the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world, is being scrapped — in its current form, anyway.
Cedar Point announces world's tallest, fastest triple-launch coaster. Cedar Point, The Roller Coaster Capital of the World, will once again redefine roller coaster innovation in 2024 with the debut of Top Thrill 2, the world's tallest and fastest triple-launch strata roller coaster.
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The decision by Cedar Point comes a year after a small metal object flew off the 420-foot (128-meter) tall Top Thrill Dragster coaster and struck a woman in the head at the park in Sandusky. A state investigation found no evidence that the park acted illegally or had reason to believe the ride was unsafe.
Record-breaking Top Thrill Dragster is being retired a year after the roller coaster seriously injured a woman waiting in line, Cedar Point announced yesterday.