Top Thrill Dragster at SFGAm?

by **Chitown** on January 14th, 2003, 11:33 pm

Yeah, from launch to brake it clocked at 16 seconds from the animated video.This has to be the shortest duration of a coaster. Heck , even the kiddie coasters last longer than this. :lol:

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on January 15th, 2003, 7:45 am

lol... yeah the kiddie coasters do last longer. I dunno I just find it funny... but yeah I don't want anything like TTD at SFGAm, too short and not really that great. And why do people complain BTR being too short? Come on it goes at a fast speed, and yeah its kind of a short layout, but at least thats not 16 seconds long! lol, in my opinion BTR's layout is the best one out of all the invert's I've ever seen. Back to TTD... yeah 16 seconds long just won't do it for me. I don't like coasters that are under 50 seconds long...

by **CoasterDave316** on January 17th, 2003, 6:30 pm

I don't know if its the shortest duration, does anybody know how long Superman Ultimate Escape at SFMM lasts? It has to be pretty close.

by **Chitown** on January 17th, 2003, 7:44 pm

Well Dave, take the fact that it says 0-100 mph in 7 seconds and than add the supposed 6.5 seconds of weightlessness. That gives you 13.5 seconds of the ride in forward motion. Not sure what the return trip would be but I believe S:TE overall would last longer than 16 seconds of which Dragster is supposed to be.

by **T_Biggs** on January 18th, 2003, 1:26 am

I think the 6.5 seconds of weightlessness counts the second you go to vertical to the second you start exiting vertical, so that would probably be 6.5+7+X. X would be the ammount of time to get back from the end of vertical. I'd say, like in RCT, it probably slows down faster than accelerates. Therefore I'd give it 10-12 seconds on the return lateral trip. That means STE would probably be about a 23-25 second ride.

by **coasterzak** on January 18th, 2003, 1:29 pm

CoasterDude316 wrote:I don't know if its the shortest duration, does anybody know how long Superman Ultimate Escape at SFMM lasts? It has to be pretty close.

Well Dave, that would be S:TE escape because S:UE is close to my house and is at SFWoA. But yes, anyhow, I don't think the duration of the coaster matters. I think it's the speed and intensity. I think any park could use a rocket coaster!

by **Timmy179** on August 31st, 2003, 7:19 pm

superman the escape lasts 28 seconds

by **CoasterDave316** on August 31st, 2003, 7:29 pm

lol, Coasterzak....I mess up the Superman names all the time since theres so many of them.Since I made that post though, I was able to ride Superman: The Escape and would not want the ride at SFGAm. I wouldn't mind a decent sized Rocket coaster though...I really liked Xcelerator at Knotts and I think if they could add more to the coaster it would be a hell of a ride.

by **Chitown** on August 31st, 2003, 7:57 pm

I agree with you Dave , which now gives us the option of wanting the new rocket coaster being installed at Hershey Park. That looks like it will be the best out of the bunch.

by **RagingBullDude13** on August 31st, 2003, 8:28 pm

How about this for everyone.... SFGAm builds an overpass to the other side of the interstate and they build a 175 mph rocket coaster that goes 550 feet high, has 5 inversions and lasts 3 minutes without ANY delays or breakdowns..... :lol:

. Wow that would be sweet...... I'd have to say the odds of this is happening is about 1,000,000,000,000 to 1....... :lol:

by **Timmy179** on August 31st, 2003, 8:42 pm

no it has to tophat over the highway

by **RagingBullDude13** on August 31st, 2003, 8:46 pm

Even better :lol:

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

If it were to do a tophat over the highway then it would have to be pretty big.If we were to get a rocket then I would like it to be the height of TTD but a similar layout to Xcelerator. Big overbanked turns like on Xcelerator would be awesome. A few big drops here and there. I think it would be more fun if it didnt have any inversions. Ill just have to wait until I ride Hershey Park's new coaster to see if a rocket with our without inversions is better.

by **Bman231** on August 31st, 2003, 9:50 pm

That link doesn't work.

by **SFGAMan** on August 31st, 2003, 10:05 pm

Heres the pic http://www.sfgamworld.com/Photos/SFGAmPics/Eagle/index.php?ishome=1&filename=Eagle2.jpg&filenumber=2. Is that road on the right side the other entrance? If so and not Wash St. then there plenty of room. But do they own the land to the right of that? If they do, they could easily put a Rocket there. Only problem, the line.

by **Timmy179** on August 31st, 2003, 10:48 pm

ha i love how i took one of the original topics from this site and brought it back to life 8 months later

by **Chitown** on August 31st, 2003, 11:24 pm

Yes, that is the access road off of Washington St.. They own the land up to Washington St.A rocket coaster could fit in there no problem. Question is, will they utilize that road again? Some here say the construction on Washington St. and Rte 21 is the reason for the access road being closed. I can't confirm that, but if it is, they will use this road again.If they dont, this is alot of potential land they could use for a coaster. It doesn't have to be a rocket. Heck, they could put in any type of coaster.

by **Dre** on September 1st, 2003, 9:18 pm

Yeah there's actually quite a bit of land on the other side of the Eagle. Lookie here: http://www.weezil.com/sfgam/sfgam3.htm . A lot of things could fit there; if it can be used for building, that is. With that and creatively using the surrounding area, a nice custom-designed coaster would be perfect there (Six Flags; custom layout; HA!). It could go over the Eagle in places and stuff. And who know how close to the road they can build. Idk. I really wish GAm was gonna put a new coaster in this year but I highly doubt it. Six Flags is doin really bad now with the state of the economy. It was said that few parks will be gettin too much here until the stock market is back up and everything. Who knows....

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

I wish we could get a custom coaster either next year or in 2005. If we were to get anything I know it would be for 2005 because of low attendance and money.

by **SFGAMan** on September 1st, 2003, 9:42 pm

Wow, there is a ton of space. Raging Bull could even fit back there!

by **SfGaMownz** on September 2nd, 2003, 4:22 pm

There is no way could Raging Bull fit back there

by **coasterswimgurl12** on September 2nd, 2003, 4:54 pm

how many of you rode top thrill dragster? personally i love the ride! i stayed at cedar point for 5 days....rode every coaster in the park within 2 days and the rest of the time i was there i went back and forth between millennium force and TTD....making me get a total of 13 rides on it....i would love to have a ride just like TTD at our park! i say go for it Great America! :lol:

by **Tomo_kun** on September 2nd, 2003, 5:26 pm

i honestly dont see the point of rideing TTD, why wait in line for 2 hours just to get on a ride that is 17 secconds long?

by **goldmember** on September 2nd, 2003, 6:20 pm

We aren't going to start this big debate again are we? I rode TTD twice and I thought it was the best ride I had ever ridden. I thought it was well worth the wait. I would love to see it at GA but sadly, it won't happen.

by **lightningserve16** on September 2nd, 2003, 7:50 pm

I don't think SFGAm will get TTD, its just out of the question.

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