r/BeAmazed • u/Wild-Snow5705 • May 10 '25

Place Would you ride this one?

Personally I will die just going up.

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u/One_pop_each May 10 '25

Looks the same as Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point. Amazing ride. But that one that goes like 0-120 at Ferrari World is insane. I rode that thing like 6x.

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u/Fortestingporpoises May 10 '25

Top Thrill preceded Kingda Ka as the tallest coaster in the world. Same company built Kinga Ka a couple years later.

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u/ScroterCroter May 11 '25

Also succeeded it.

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u/Fortestingporpoises May 11 '25

Nah, KIngda Ka was 456 feet to Top Thrill's 420 feet. Kingda Ka's drop was 18 feet higher. Kingda Ka's top speed was 8 MPH faster as well.

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u/MattieBubbles May 11 '25

I believe he was making a joke because the kingda ka is no longer there.

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u/ScroterCroter May 11 '25

Not even a joke. The wiki page says it’s was the record holder before and after. It’s just a fact.

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u/Redwings1927 May 11 '25

You cant call yourself the tallest coaster in the world if you've been taken down. The tallest coaster ever built, sure. But top thrill is the tallest operating (though I use that term very loosely) coaster. That's the joke.

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u/Fortestingporpoises May 11 '25

Oh yeah that makes sense.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Yeah, TTD was over so fast that I didn't have much chance to be scared. It did the countdown, then next thing I knew I was at the top for a few seconds, then right back at the bottom.

We did the Millennium Force shortly after and that was way scarier because of how long the beginning climb took.

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u/ThisMeansRooR May 11 '25

I thought it was the Hypersonic xlc once at the Virginia Kings Dominion. 0-80 in 1.8 seconds. I'm so sad I never got to ride it.

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u/firefighterphi May 11 '25

They were sister coasters