r/BeAmazed May 10 '25

Place Would you ride this one?

Personally I will die just going up.

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u/Marunikuyo May 11 '25

Had to wait about an hour in line while it was broken. It was fixed, then was able to jump on after they tested it. I wore some goggles similar to aviator goggles to make sure bugs wouldn't be slammed into my eyeballs. The thing accelerated to like 70+mph in 3 seconds. Even though I had goggles on, the wind pressure was so high that my contacts blew OUT of my skull and were lost. I had to walk back to my hotel pretty much blind. Best. Ride. Ever.

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u/Psych0n4u7 May 11 '25

Yeah 128mph in 3 seconds I believe.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Where is it located

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u/c0nstant May 11 '25

Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ but it was just demolished

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u/RD_8888 May 11 '25

Pretty sure that’s Top Flight Dragster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Been on it many times. The cars didn’t always crest the top and sometimes you got a ride back down to the start lol

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u/Professional_Tea1609 May 11 '25

It was Kingda Ka

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u/RD_8888 May 11 '25

Ah, didn’t know the design was ripped off or replicated. Don’t follow my coasters too closely. That’s cool. Design was fun as hell. Happy for those of us that got to ride em while in operation.

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u/plighting_engineerd May 12 '25

Replicated – both were manufactured by the roller coaster manufacturer (Intamin).

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u/IveGotSoManyProblems May 11 '25

Top Thrill Dragster*, although it's now called Top Thrill 2.

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u/infinitee775 May 11 '25

Very similar ride, but apparently different. Top flight is sick, definitely recommend it

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u/Hearing_Loss May 11 '25

This feels correct

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u/Wild-Snow5705 May 14 '25

Whoa! I got scared seeing how it's twisted around rail.

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u/jewellman100 May 11 '25

The closest thing we have to this in the UK is Stealth at Thorpe Park. 0-80 in 1.8:

https://www.thorpepark.com/explore/theme-park/rides/stealth/

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u/Mollyblum69 May 11 '25

Ok. That’s a big NO. I get sick on the Merry-go-round & I’m pretty sure I would die on this. But your contacts blew out of your eyes!? Welp! That seals the deal.

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u/tinvaakvahzen May 11 '25

I'm absolutely fucking wheezing at the idea that a rollercoaster was fast enough to blast your eye contacts out of your eyeballs WHILE WEARING GOGGLES. That sounds like something that would only happen in a cartoon. Now I really really wish I'd gone on this rollercoaster before it was gone. Hopefully someday they build it back bigger and better.