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Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024
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Rob Coasters
Rob Poster
Inspections continue and the green light has not yet been given.
www.cleveland19.com
EDIT - seeing reports that employees are riding, which means TT2 is likely "ready to go" for tomorrow
Top Thrill 2 still waiting regulatory green light to launch on opening day
State inspectors have yet to give Cedar Point’s Top Thrill 2 the green light for launch on opening day on May 3 the 13 Action News I-TEAM has learned.
www.cleveland19.com
EDIT - seeing reports that employees are riding, which means TT2 is likely "ready to go" for tomorrow
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cookie
Giga Poster
Green light appears to have been given:
www.cleveland.com
(It reportedly still hasn’t opened due to poor weather, though)
Edit: Did operate for brief intervals on Saturday and even had a double rollback happen. Tuned mass dampers have also been added to the supports on the pull-up.
Ready to go: Cedar Point’s Top Thrill 2 will open today ‘weather permitting’
The Ohio Department of Agriculture last night certified the ride to open this morning, which is opening day at Cedar Point.
www.cleveland.com
(It reportedly still hasn’t opened due to poor weather, though)
Edit: Did operate for brief intervals on Saturday and even had a double rollback happen. Tuned mass dampers have also been added to the supports on the pull-up.
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After a year back at the drawing board, glad to report in on two rides aboard TT2 for CP opening day! Weather was awful to start, but TT2 gratefully came online after weather cleared later in the afternoon. In no particular order of thought:
- The overall ride is noticeably smoother than last year. Considering that seemed the fault of the coaster, tearing itself apart, the new rigidity is welcome! Everything from launch track sway to train jostling is either noticeably absent or much more firm. The tuned mass dampers as reported can be visibly spotted on the Top Hat supports too.
- The trains themselves are visibly identical to the original – all intel points to improvements of chassis and an entirely rebuilt train, but maintaining all the same aesthetic and riding experience. I was especially pleased at this as the trees are honestly some of the best looking in the biz, and bring a great Non-seatbelt OTSR and near-zero entry that makes for very comfortable, easy riding.
- It was pretty cold and windy today (TR inbound for more) which could have affected TT2 rollbacks and undershoot today. Only time will tell if the ride is “neutered” and not launching at original speeds, whatever that means for a coaster that just completed its fifth operational day in two seasons.
Aaron Smith
Mega Poster
Question for the more engineering savvy people... With those dampers that were installed... would it have been cost prohibitive to manufacture/install lateral supports on the supports that received the dampers? Or is this a short term solution and new/different support structures may come during the next off season?
It really depends how much any additional supports would change the response frequency and natural damping of the tower structure. I would imagine with fabrication, design iteration and installation (steel costs are very high just now), the tuned mass dampers are a much quicker and easier solution to damp the vibration down for the next train.
