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  1. Hyde

    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    So update, apparently TT2 was struggling yesterday against 20-30 MPH gusting headwinds, with many, many rollbacks counted. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6wYTIgpfap/?igsh=a3k4MjRqZmFrMjg4 The greatest mistake of Top Thrill was building it to face westward (weather usually blows from...
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    Stylised Vs Themed

    Have honestly never thought of roller coaster "stylization" versus themed, but rather a general scale of themed to not themed. I guess I'd agree with folks here that "stylized" would point to coasters with a light motif/homage to an overall theme or envisioned trope. I'm thinking for instance...
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    Top Thrill 2 report is out! Is it better than TTD...

    Top Thrill 2 report is out! Is it better than TTD? https://coasterforce.com/forums/threads/top-thrill-2-baby-im-ready-to-go-again.46883/
  4. Hyde

    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    Definitely looks 95% complete. Also, love the lowkey cityscape as background to SFQ in those renderings. 😅 I for one am interested on Spitfire and seeing more detail there. Definitely cool they opted for the inside top hat.
  5. Hyde

    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    Just capped off my trip report of TT2! https://coasterforce.com/forums/threads/top-thrill-2-baby-im-ready-to-go-again.46883/ Overall some quick hits: What we give up on TTD (fast acceleration) is traded for new elements and feature on TT2 (sustained speed, better airtime, longer ride). Add on...
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    Top Thrill 2 - Baby I'm Ready to Go... Again!

    It isn’t every opening day that you get to ride a new roller coaster. And it’s not every opening day where you get to ride a renovated roller coaster. But to do both, -ish, at the same time? That’s something special. We started our morning with a quick coffee stop in downtown Sandusky, being...
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    Skull Island: Reign of Kong or Fast & Furious: Supercharged; which 360° screen ride at Universal Orlando do you prefer?

    Huh weird - "Maybe the tram will just tip over, catch on fire, and I can die from smoke inhalation" doesn't seem to be a fourth option? Both are absolute feats of dark ride technology. And yet, somehow, clutch defeat from the jaws of victory by having such over-the-top-storyline, it makes the...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    It turns out Cedar Point finally diverted their webcam to TT2 view during the latest passholder preview event. So of course coaster enthusiasts are gonna enthusiast - and make dispatch timing spreadsheets! For funsies, I calculated what an actual representative sample of data would be. That...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    Yes, to affirm, was offering fun anecdote and regaling ye old tales of park guests. Pretty sure it's fair to say everyone is simultaneously on team "yay lockers" and team "boo, pay-for lockers". To also affirm, the metal detector scheme is a solidly tight ship for Cedar Fair operations across...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    P.S. last construction update is out. Can you believe it that comments are turned off? ;)
  11. Hyde

    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    In short, if you have medical note from a doctor; medical exception can always be made for needing to bring medical equipment/medication/etc. needed to address any conditions. To the glass strap question, yes it goes with you...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    Agreed overall, and I'm realizing I may have already assumed lockers would be pay-for when they announced a few weeks back there would be no storage space within the TT2 infield. While I'd like to think this is more an oversight (e.g. Steel Vengeance too debuted with pay-for lockers, which...
  13. Hyde

    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    Love Cedar Point doubling down on their locker policy in the new ride safety writeup, especially saying shared lockers were "not possible": https://www.cedarpoint.com/blog/2024/top-thrill-2-rider-safety-guidelines
  14. Hyde

    The Staff v. User counting game!

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  15. Hyde

    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    Very cool news indeed. Also welcome back to the pedestrian side @CedarPoint6!
  16. Hyde

    Defunct coasters POV's

    Welp if we're digging up this thread:
  17. Hyde

    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    Nice views of the entry and some more testing shots!
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