Top Thrill Dragster 2022 Status

I have not! Mostly I think the more open feel of a bike coaster would be absolutely pants crap inducing at 400 feet.

Those things always seem like even more of a capacity nightmare without that rolling load/unload thing Hagrids has

eChameleon:

The ever reliable painters have said the tophat is going to alternate between red and white

Also don't forget, deconstruction of part of the structure starts next Monday.

Exciting times.

Lake Erie Lifestyles with a new video. Form for the new turn around being tighter and closer to the station platform than the new rectangle footer seems to confirm a switch track!

It still looks like they'll have to re-work the current station canopy somehow.

Not necessarily. Based on where that turnaround is going, the track could still pass in front of the primary canopy supports. They could just add on to the back of the station, and shift the platform rearward (away from the midway) from its old spot. And then have both the loading area and the launching area side-by-side under the canopy.

The most recent picture of the station backs up how I thought the station would be split. It seems to me that there will be a switch track somewhere in the ride. The video from Lake Erie Lifestyle shows two sections next to the launch track where there is currently construction.

I'm talking more about the height of it vs. height of back spike. That footer immediately south is pretty big leading me to think that the track is pretty tall there still and wouldn't have enough room to clear the overhang.

So... Tony just had a tweetup by the new logo that is painted on the midway. In the follow-up tweet he sent when he ran out of prizes he said "That's all for today! Polaris."

EDIT to add screenshot

I love that they have no issue filming with a smartphone while on Power Tower. Ignorance and stupidity at it’s finest.

Exactly, @SpeedDemon. That would feel absolutely insane.

mgou58 he stated in the last video that that video was taken by someone's pair of video glasses, for what it's worth.

I’m pretty sure the curve up the spike is going to occur over the station

^If that were true, why would they need footers all the way back in the Iron Dragon area? If it's curving up over the station, that's quite the curve.

C Hertling:

he said "That's all for today! Polaris."

Honestly that heavily leads me to believe it’s not the name. I was already in the camp that it wouldn’t be anyway. But. A. He wouldn’t give up the name the day they start to really tease. B. He KNOWS the thoosies have been bringing up Polaris for month and know the tizzy it will cause.

Polaris could be the name of one train car like they did with Steel Vengeance. Also, I initially thought the racing logo meant side by side racing, but Top Thrill Dragster was also racing theme and never side by side.

Dvo:
^If that were true, why would they need footers all the way back in the Iron Dragon area? If it's curving up over the station, that's quite the curve.

What if it's a big arse double up? I don't think it is but it's an interesting idea.

We need a triple down.

A triple down anywhere near those speeds would be absolutely bonkers. Sign me up!

Add motorcycle cars to it? Insanity!

The Lake Erie lifestyles video said they got word something big is happening this weekend.