Top Thrill Dragster 2022 Status

I was wondering about that, I almost wondered if the PR set that up just to mess with people.

Not that I lend any credence to a random Internet post, but to be fair if there were track removal happening on the tower, it would take a few days to set up the massive crane necessary for that.

That crossed my mind Brandon, but wouldn't we see them prepping the crane on cam 2 or could they have that feed on a loop?

My other thought if the post is legitimate was could it be more ground work and they're not actually working on the tower and this poster didn't know that?

Reminds me of my friend in junior high who bragged to everyone he knew that the county fair hired him to park cars, and he didn’t even have a drivers license. I wish I’d been there to see the look on his face when they handed him his flag on a stick and his orange vest.
In other words the guy who’s going up high to tear down the top thrill dragster is probably… not.

From what I have seen, weather on the webcams has been consistent with the daily local weather. Shows sun on days with local sun. Rain/clouds on days with local rain/clouds. Whitecaps on water on days with high local winds. Seems like it would be a lot of work to run the correct loops for the given weather each day. If they don't want to show what is happening with the TTD tower, I would expect the park to move the camera to a different location.

They will have members of the public at the park this weekend. So large cranes or missing track high up on the tower will be obvious from pretty much anywhere inside the park. Though guided tours should limit the ability to camp out at/near TTD trying to peak over fences.

If they were to be doing any work that requires the large crane, I'd have to think they wait until after they host an off season event. It's not like there are time constraints at the moment.

Sure there are. You really think they're building this dueling 500-foot aquatrax with heavily immersive show buildings in less than 15 months?

Aquatrax you say? Well that explains the hole filled in with water where the transfer track was.

I don't think there is any playback loop going on with the webcam. If they wanted to hide what's going on from the webcam they would just reposition it to point somewhere else.

Somebody's been watching too much "Speed."

Imagine the capacity boost of the reimagined Top Thrill Bus.

Once that bus reaches 50 mph, better not let it drop below that mark!

For just taking the track off the tower, heavy lift helicopter would probably make more sense; faster, simpler & likely cheaper as well.

Today they put the fog machines on overdrive to hide what is goin on with the boardwalk and the Dragster tower.

DA20Pilot:

Somebody's been watching too much "Speed."

Pop quiz, hot shot. What do you do when the Single Riders group holds the ride ops hostage in an effort to get a front-row ride?

I want to know what single rides group it is.

You think he is going to tell you that?

Will the top hat still be used if the trains can't get up past the top hat?

There is a construction crew around the uptower lights right now.

Looks like a work truck with trailer (generator or water tank?). A service pickup, and what looks to me like either a cement mixer or a small crane.

I saw them pull pads out for what looks like stabilizer legs for a crane.

Edit: No wait, that's an auger, they're drilling holes in the ground. It looks like ~3' wide drill from my guess unless it's core samples. Can't tell for sure.

Definitely signs of a construction site!!