Top Thrill 2 Pit Stop - Ep 4 - Lightning Train at IAAPA

Could be wrong but looks to me like no seatbelts still. Obvious that is subject to change but if this thing really goes lapbar only I’ll be massively excited.

I was hoping they'd confirm the colors of the other trains, but perhaps we'll have to wait for additional details to trickle out of Orlando.

Missing seat belts was the 1st thing I noticed too. Fingers crossed.

Large wheels look cool, they said 'some of the biggest'. Is wheel size a documented record? Polyurethane looks thin to my amateur eye, wonder how often they'll need to be replaced.

Maybe they'll mention the colors in their presentation.

So sleek, where are all the bugs gonna stick to?

I'm at the show. The things that stand out the most are the wheels. They're huge, I think about 20".

The wheels are 530mm, or ~20.9", so yeah, pretty huge.

Someone's video of the presentation, no mention of the colors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmcFjAveL78

I don't think there are any different colors - he very clearly said in the video that this is "the" Top Thrill 2 train. If more than one train wouldn't he have said "a"??? Capacity is going to be a nightmare with only 1 train!!!

Being serious now, I like the nose cone. I think that looks really good. The rear spoiler is a bit weird in that it is sitting so low. Maybe they kept it low, tucked behind the seats, so that it is blocked from the wind so that there is less stress on it?

Are drilled out wheels a thing on coasters? I don't remember seeing that before, or maybe I just have never paid attention.

The cedar Point homepage has a picture of the ride with the new trains on it

I see various renderings of the blue train, but no images of any others.

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Are drilled out wheels a thing on coasters? I don't remember seeing that before, or maybe I just have never paid attention.

I think it's a thing on larger/heavier B&M trains maybe? Or, more specifically, trains with larger diameter wheels. I feel like I've seen them on the likes of Valravn and maybe GK, but I'm not certain.

It makes sense that they'd only do so on larger wheels, since the wheels aren't that large for strength, but instead to increase circumference of the wheel to better distribute heat.

I dont see seat belts? @Jeff, can you see seat belts on the trains?

Larger wheels are often holy. I think the S&S wheels on their various big prototypes had holes.

The seats:

Tony rolling across the causeway next week, with DjDaemon hitching a ride to get a close up view of them big 20 inch rims baby.

Those trains look pretty sweet. Though the no seatbelts thing has me worried. What happens if the lap bar fails?

Worries aside, the trains heavily remind me of Hersheypark's Skyrush sans wing seats.

I've mentioned this another thread before but it's CF, they aren't going to build a >400ft coaster without seatbelts. Even if they aren't needed. I hope I'm wrong but would be surprised.

The seatbelts are typically to tell if a guest is too big or not. If it don't buckle, no ridey for you. Or as they say, she ain't fat brah, she just a little thick. She ain't chubby, she Juicy 😉

The restraint is redundant. Each one has two hydraulic mechanisms. The odds of both failing are astronomically small.

Oh I totally agree that belts aren't needed. Rides like Velocicoaster and Pantheon have very similar restraints with no belts and I felt totally fine. But I'm still guessing TT2 will have them because CF puts seat belts on nearly everything. Here's to hoping I'm wrong though.