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Post Icon Posted: April 13 2005,11:34 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Check this one out....not sure of the locale....


Straight down & Twist...


Proof that it's a good one...


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Post Icon Posted: April 13 2005,11:40 am Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
She knew she should have gone to the potty before standing in the 1 hour line...lol
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Similar looking to the Accelerator at Knotts.....My wife took the ride last weekend but I just stayed in the bathroom line myself :laugh  Really, I'm not kidding :p
Hard to judge the height in the photo but it does look camparable.

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Post Icon Posted: April 13 2005,1:45 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
That ride is Top Thrill Dragster in Sandusky, Ohio.

Amusement Park:  Cedar Point
Type:  Steel - Sit Down
Status:  Operating since 5/4/2003
Make / Model:  Intamin AG / Accelerator Coaster
Engineering:  Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Lift / Launch System:  Hydraulic Launch
Cost:  $25,000,000 USD
Capacity:  1500 riders per hour
 
Length:  2800'  
Height:  420'  
Drop:  400'  
Inversions:  0  
Speed:  120 mph  
Max Vertical Angle:  90 Degrees  
Max Acceleration:  0 − 120 mph in 4 seconds  
Elements:  90° Vertical Spiral
420' tall Top Hat − Outside
270° Vertical Spiral
 
 
Trains:  6 trains with 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
Trains:  The front car only seats two riders so there are 18 riders per train, not 20.

When the Top Thrill Dragster first opened, the rear cars only had two seats because the last row was occupied by a theme engine, tires and fin. These were later removed and the rear car now holds four passengers.

It's not the tallest or fastest though.  Since it opened, one opened in New Jersey.

Amusement Park:  Six Flags Great Adventure
Type:  Steel - Sit Down
Status:  Under Construction opening 2005
Make / Model:  Intamin AG / Accelerator Coaster
Engineering:  Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Lift / Launch System:  Hydraulic Launch
Capacity:  1400 riders per hour
 
Length:  3118'  
Height:  456'  
Drop:  418'  
Inversions:  0  
Speed:  128 mph  
Duration:  0:51  
Max Vertical Angle:  90 Degrees  
Max Acceleration:  0 − 128 mph in 3.5 seconds  
Elements:  90° Vertical Spiral
456' tall Top Hat − Outside
270° Vertical Spiral
129' tall Hill
 
 
Trains:  4 trains with 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
Trains:  Built by Intamin AG
Trains:  The last car seats only two riders so the number of riders per train is actually 18, not 20.

A dual-loading station with switch track allows four trains to load and unload simultaneously on two tracks.

 
History:  Part of a new area named "The Golden Kingdom", featuring new family rides and a new tiger area in a jungle-like environment.





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Post Icon Posted: April 13 2005,2:58 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Sweet rides! :good  :good

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Post Icon Posted: April 13 2005,3:23 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
You aint gunna get me on that thing! :puke

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Post Icon Posted: April 13 2005,3:27 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (MrCord @ April 13 2005,3:23 pm)
You aint gunna get me on that thing! :puke

Me either! :eek

This is my limit.


Amusement Park:  Knott's Berry Farm
Type:  Steel - Sit Down
Status:  Operating since 6/22/2002
Make / Model:  Intamin AG / Accelerator Coaster
Engineering:  Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Lift / Launch System:  Hydraulic Launch
Cost:  $13,000,000 USD
Capacity:  1330 riders per hour
 
Length:  2202'  
Height:  205'  
Inversions:  0  
Speed:  82 mph  
Duration:  1:02  
Max Vertical Angle:  90 Degrees  
Max Acceleration:  0 − 82 mph in 2.3 seconds  
Elements:  Top Hat − Outside
 
 
Trains:  2 trains with 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
Trains:  Riders must be 52" or taller to ride.
 
Theme:  1950's theme with coral colored track and seafoam green supports. One train is yellow and the second purple. The station is chrome and glass.
Features:  157' Launch track.

The first banked turn stands 110' tall and the second at 90' tall.

In the Xcelerator's motor building there is a sign with statistics that slightly differ from the ride's published statistics:

81 mph
2201 feet of track
56' long storage track
Model Number : T-424
900 pounds per car (weight capacity)
1200 per hour (rider capacity)
60 second theoretical dispatch interval
Duration per cycle : 22 seconds
Minimum curve radius (tower) : 7.5 meters

It's a pussycat by comparison to the other two.  :eek





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Good stuff there, Dougie....I thought that top loop looked familiar... :D  :beer  :drink  :good
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Post Icon Posted: April 14 2005,6:27 am Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
That ride looks badass, wouldn't mind trying that!.. :good  :jumpie
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Post Icon Posted: April 14 2005,11:10 am Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I am going to go ride the Kingda Ka in New Jersey sometime soon. I travel out there quite often. I saw it on a TV commercial last week when I was out there. I can hardly wait. :jumpie

Here is a link to a construction photo gallery or Kingda Ka

Edited by looky_lou on April 14 2005,11:21 am

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Post Icon Posted: April 14 2005,4:09 pm Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Holy shit, I can't believe those others are about twice the height of the Xcellerator...... :eek
Like I said, I passed on that one last weekend but Jan was all over it and loved it...no pee stains on her skirt :laugh

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Wow, that is going to be one badass ride!.. :good  :jumpie

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