Cedar Point closing Top Thrill Dragster ride after it caused a severe injury in 2021. Craig Webb. Akron Beacon Journal. AKRON, Ohio — It was once the tallest roller coaster in the world.

FILE - Riders on the Top Thrill Dragster speed along on May 1, 2003, at Cedar Point Amusement Park, in Sandusky, Ohio. The amusement park in Ohio is permanently closing the world's second-tallest ...

Cedar Point is partnering with Italian ride manufacturer Zamperla to create the new coaster, which will retain Top Thrill’s iconic 420-foot tall hill and add an equally high rear tower that ...

Cedar Point shuts down Top Thrill Dragster, world’s second-tallest coaster By . Ariel Zilber. Published Sep. 6, 2022, 3:20 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

Cedar Point is retiring its Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster, one year after a Michigan woman was injured while waiting in line for the ride. Officials for the Sandusky, Ohio-based amusement ...

Cedar Point's coaster skyline is now forever changed. The topping of the Top Thrill 2's new 420-foot tower was completed at the Sandusky park over the weekend. And now work begins in earnest in ...

Still, though, Cedar Point kept the ride closed. Top Thrill Dragster opened in 2003. It launched riders on a straightaway at 120 mph before it climbed a hill and then came back down.

The Top Thrill 2 will be the world’s tallest and fastest triple-launch strata roller coaster once the work is complete. Top Thrill Dragster from Cedar Point gets closer to completion with 420 ...

The Top Thrill Dragster, which at one time was the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world, is being scrapped — in its current form, anyway. Cedar Point — the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement ...

Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster has been closed since a 2021 accident. Fans of the ride are looking for clues about its new design.

Cedar Point announced Tuesday that after 19 seasons and more than 18 million riders, the Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster would be retired. (At least in its current form.) When it opened in 2003 ...

Cedar Point may be adding a spike and swing-launch to its reimagined version of Top Thrill Dragster, closed since late 2021. Susan Glaser, Cleveland.com ...