I may be biased, but I absolutely love this take on the fun rumor, and think it would be one of the best coasters in the world! I do not actually think this will happen, but if it somehow does I will probably piss and shit everywhere.
Enjoy the preview of the Cedar Point Raptor and Xtreme Spinner Concepts :)
Big thanks to my friends Marv and Julian for doing the amazing supports on the massive spike and letting me use their Top Thrill Dragster recreations for this! This is something I made late 2020-early 2021 when I was really missing CP during the offseason lol
Dragster 555 takes the iconic Top Thrill Dragster and turns the thrills up another level! Cedar Point continues their reign as coaster supreme as they build this record shattering coaster.
Standing at 555ft tall, this is the first coaster in the world to break the 500ft tall barrier! Hitting speeds of 135mph, it is the fastest coaster in North America and the 2nd fastest in the world, and fastest backwards coaster in the world! The ride has 21.5 seconds of airtime spread across 5 airtime moments, two of which set the records for fastest backwards airtime moment and fastest airtime moment in the world! The ride breaks many many more records, almost too many to count.
The ride starts off with a launch from 5-65mph (0.8g) sending the train over the airtime hill, giving riders a semi-weightlessness feeling (*not actual airtime*). Riders then quickly boost to 95mph before climbing the first 300ft of the ride's original tophat! This first spike gives about 5 seconds of weightlessness before it sends riders into a 1.3g backwards launch, catapulting riders into a backwards ejector airtime hill reaching almost -1g at speeds of over 110mph! The train accelerates again reaching a top speed of 135mph as it rockets riders into the 555ft tall 540° beyond vertical spike! This 93° steep spike allows riders to feel 7 seconds of airtime, as they take in the twisting view of supports around them and an amazing view of the surrounding peninsula. The ride then coasts through the last swing as it flies over the airtime hill at 123 mph, pulling -1.3gs. The riders then go up and over the original 420ft tall tophat and spiral 270° back down into the brakes!
Due to the increased length of the train, as well as the more consistent operation, the ride's capacity actually increases! The original Top Thrill Dragster could launch 18 riders every 60 seconds, while the ride was only 17 seconds long! This gives the ride a theorhetical max capacity of 1080. Now, this ride can launch 24 (or 20) people up to once every 50 seconds! This gives the ride a potential max cycle count of 72 and people per hour capacity at 1728!
Max Height: 555ft
Top Speed: 135mph
Length: 3455ft
Total Experienced Length: 5270ft
Total Airtime: 21.5 sec
30 сен 2024
