Top Thrill Dragster 2022 Status

...or you're just desparately trying to read too much into it?

Oh Jesus. One half joking message about a tweet and already someone jumps on with the “reading too much into it” reply. Some of y’all are way too serious in here sometimes.

Curious emoji usage. Wonder if that’s a hint on the F1/Indy Car theme. The lights are still on the tower right? Changing them to red and modeling after a F1 start would be pretty awesome.

I also noticed the racecar emoji. I think it being race themed going forward just makes the most sense. The top hat light sequence is one of the most visually unique parts of the ride and makes sense to keep it if at all possible.

SpeedDemon:

Oh Jesus. One half joking message about a tweet and already someone jumps on with the “reading too much into it” reply. Some of y’all are way too serious in here sometimes.

Well, don't you think you are?

Where on the former brake track that is being reinstalled would they mount all of the hardware required for the launch? The support columns would have had to have been rebuilt, the track wouldn't be 2-rail, etc.

I think the tweet is supposed to read as they are just getting started with the reimagine/project.

I don't think there is any other meaning other than that.

I will say I'm surprised that this work is happing now in the middle of the season. Looks like they want to leave a lot of room for testing and tweaking!

I suspect the early start to the track work is more likely to do with the fact that there is a whole other half of this ride that has yet to be installed; plus the station, controls, launch mechanisms, etc. And, given how Ohio winters are around here, I would think they’d want to get as much vertical construction done as possible before it gets really cold.

^^^Gravity, seems like you're reading too much into the track that is being installed and the supports needing to be rebuilt. Unless you're uniquely intimate with this particular project, how could you know?

I’m also not the only one whose brain immediately went there apparently:

That flat track will not support an LSM launch system. You don’t have to be intimately familiar with the project to understand that.

You sure about that? I bet they can do a lot you don't think they can.

Well, it's not that flat track can't support an LSM launch in general, but that it couldn't support an LSM system dealing with this ride's speed and force.

The fact that new building foundations are being constructed under the launch side (mechanical room) should point immediately to no change in direction.

I will take that bet

I'm not saying you're wrong. But I'm not saying you're right.

Looks like launch side is staying the same.

Was just coming to post that!

There is no hate for lights on a coaster. Just hate for the term lighting package.

Plague on Wheels:

There is no hate for lights on a coaster. Just hate for the term lighting package.

Agreed. That and the term launching system for me.

I like a good lighting package.

Combined with a “launching package” should make for a great coaster.