Top Thrill 2 Pit Stop -, Ep 7

Well.....it works!

I suspect that they'll run it as much as they can to see how the train performs in the real world. I'm optimistic that opening day will be nothing like Dragster's, which wasn't great, to say the least.

WOW A full circuit test before Christmas.
I agree, it looks like they are avoiding any opening-day surprises.

Can't wait to ride this thing!

Man this coaster is gorgeous.

Love it!!

When will Plague chime in and state " Many, many people will be sitting this one out. People are saying."

They'll be sitting it out as in "those trains sit out from the track really far"

I can't wait to experience that extra separation from the track on these trains

I wonder what that roll on the way down is going to feel like... It was pretty intense on the original and probably moreso with these trains.

Everything just looks so....clean.

Gone are the days of the hydraulics and cables and catch car and oil and all of that.

And no illegal drone activity was needed to bring us this sweet update.

I miss Bella's voice.

Kevinj:

And no illegal drone activity was needed to bring us this sweet update.

This seems to be a theme with you. Do we know that LEL was doing illegal drone activity? Has any explanation been given?

If the park indeed threatened legal action, they would have done so because something illegal had taken place......not to simply "bully" a content creator as some people are insinuating. I'm no lawyer but I wouldn’t think you'd threaten legal action without some semblance of evidence.

I agree, but it do we know that legal action has taken place? That is my question.

I am not defending LEL. I get a bit anxious reading posts saying that something illegal was done when I am not sure that anyone knows that.

Managed to not show any of the long run between towers, which will become known as "the boring bit"

Does anyone outside of CP or LEL know? Doubtful. The comment was simply an inside (as in here, in Pointbuzz) joke based off of the flow of conversation lately. And I highly doubt you will see a posted explanation, because...well...legal stuff.

Just Occam's razor.

If someone had done absolutely nothing "wrong" (air quotes because there's a whole spectrum of wrong things), especially someone with such a large online following, I can't imagine a reality where this someone takes such a sudden drastic action without at least making an attempt to publicly (via the following) defend oneself. And as Adam pointed out above, last time I asked Cedar Point doesn't hire thugs to come to one's house and bully them.

It was (again, most likely) a violation of some kind that has consequences.

I don't know Matt from LEL, but he seems to really love the Great Lakes. Wish him well. Bella I will not miss, but if you do, her voice is still all over his other videos.

LEL's drone sank with Magnum.

The drone has joined the green train from Millennium Force.

All joking aside, (since that's my "theme") drones can, like any machine, do unpredictable things. The spectrum of wrong also includes things that were not intentional, but still hold responsibility.

A neighbor of mine lost a fairly expensive drone this summer when it just stopped listening to commands and literally flew off into the sunset. He never found it, and hopefully it eventually crashed in some remote field waiting to be found someday by people from the future.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, Icarus ignored warnings and still flew too close.

TTD 120mph:

I wouldn’t think you'd threaten legal action without some semblance of evidence.

Very naive. This sort of thing happens all the time. Companies or individuals with deep pockets threaten a lawsuit (even with highly questionable merit), and the opposing party may well be in the right, but is unable or unwilling to pay the exorbitant costs of defending an action, so they waive the white flag.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

Shades:

Do we know?

This is like the pre-announcement speculation, only worse, because there's no evidence of anything at all.