nzlegend 1 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Just saw on T.V channel 4 a story showing the new "Top Thrill Dragster" coaster at Cedar Point in the U.S and..........DAMMMM!!! its looks awesome!!!!!!! 190kph, 120m high, enough for any adrenaline junkie to cream his pants! Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Where is Cedar Point? Point me in the right direction, please Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted May 28, 2003 Author Share Posted May 28, 2003 Sandusky Ohio, its the Worlds premier Coaster park Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 For those of you that had trouble believing that I dated Lucy Liu in the late 80's, you may find this even harder to swallow... I live close enough to Sandusky, Ohio to go there on a day trip. In fact I've been to Cedar Point many times... But I won't drive there. Why? Because my rich stepbrother has a 12-meter boat with four beds and two showers in it, and 5-10 times every summer he takes it and a load of fun gals and guys down the Detroit River into Lake Erie (15 minutes), across Lake Erie (a couple of hours of drinking and sunbathing with assorted stops for tomfoolery like trying to wakeboard and water-ski off that giant boat, and nude drunken bathing etc.), and we dock at Cedar Point or Put-In-Bay on South Bass Island (a sort of Gas Panic island) and have a blast. We sleep on the boat (or drink all night), then make our way home the next day. It sure is a blast! He recently found that a female friend's sister is a stripper, and went down to see her dance. She and her friends are now HIS friends and we are planning a stripper tour to Cedar Point and Put-In-Bay! You can't bring booze into Cedar Point, but we just mix giant rum cokes in sports bottle coolers and carry them round as if they are soft drinks, getting more and more potted the whole time. Sure wish you all could be there to share it with me! Anyone care to organize a SJG trip to Ohio? Heh. Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 I was just checking that Cedar Point ride on the web yesterday ('cause I went to FujiQ Highlands on Sunday and was checking where Fujiyama stood in the record books now). Looks pretty sick: bm: sounds like a sweet set-up you got going there! Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 i'VE SEEN THAT TOO , LOOKS BRILLIANT Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 What about that new cool coaster in tokyo - anyone been yet? Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 holy shit that looks awesome!!! got such a mad rush from fujiyama and dodonpa- this ride would be crazy! bm- you lucky dog (about the boat, not so fussed about the strippers ). better give us a full report on the coaster. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 How weird - I just brought back the other coaster thread. I rode the LaQua coaster and went to Fuji-Q last week as well. I am all jazzed on big coasters now and that one looks awesome. Maybe I should make a trip to Ohio...Bwahahaha - the reason they put those things out there is so the sad suckers that live there can actually have something fun to do. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 i rode the steel dragon at nagashima spaland 2 years ago, when it was the fastest roller coaster in the world. and i gotta say, it wasn't all that. i dont get roller coasters there was a nice view from the top, but i'm pretty sure i'm not going to die so the rush is minimal (some rush, but not much). then the ride is bumpy, and its over really fast. i have much more fun jumping off high things into water. and infinitely more fun snowboarding. that twist at the top of this dragster device does look interesting, but i dont think i'll be paying to go on such a thing. Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 The dondonpa at FujiQ was awesome, I can honestly not think of anything to compare it to. I mean you go from 0 to 170km/h in under 2 seconds... That one in Ohio looks great. My American geography sucks though, gonna have to get out a map to suss it out. Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 zwely... find lake michigan and go south... midwest... danz Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Likewise Mikazooki. If I know it's safe, it's just not the same. Wouldn't ever go out of my way for a coaster, but if it's there i'll try it. Rarely found them to be worth the que though. I hasten to add, however, that I might just be able to see a BMG tour to cedar point as not going out of my way ... As for jumping off high places into water... contrary to popular believe, I find large 'locks to be a distinct problem... Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Enderzero, ouch! Zooks, you may not want to ride this coaster, but you can snowboard down the damn thing in the winter. Miteyak, your drink and vomit pouch await! I am dreading the coaster, but the boat ride out should be a blast. There are also plenty of young (18-25) well-proportioned wigglers in bikinis to look at too. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 That looks freeking awesome. Much better than dodonpa even (same kind of ride ain't it?) Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted May 28, 2003 Author Share Posted May 28, 2003 On the TV show they put them side by side and the new one was beyond comparison. Its in a leeague of its own Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Saw that too - the ride looks amazing. Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Check out some of the awesome pics of it being built an all here: http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery1896.htm Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Some of those pics are amazing. That thing looks 4 times the size of dodonpa. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Excellent, that looks fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 Those pictures truly are awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 wait there is more! the Top thrill Dragster got trumped by a clone! Kingda Ka - Six Flags NJ USA 206kph! 139m high! http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/index.asp open this video link in WMA to see, it looks sick Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Did yo see it on the telly yesterday? Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 damn would scare the hell out of me Link to post Share on other sites
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