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News: More trouble for Top Thrill Dragster

Posted at 12:08 AM EDT (0408 GMT)

Aug. 16th, 2004 -- For the third time in two months, Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster has been shut down. The cause this time was a launch cable, which became disconnected from a train. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

As a result, the ride was shut down for eleven hours on Saturday as the problem was fixed and cables were replaced. After successful test runs, the ride remained open for about an hour before the park closed. Cedar Point officials have said that Top Thrill Dragster has been operating properly all day Sunday.

For more on this latest closure of Top Thrill Dragster, see NewsNet5.com.

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Ryan Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2380 View Park/Ride Count	I was there for that. Luckily I got two rides on Friday, becuase when it finally did open on Saturday I was in line for MF and wasn't going to give up the 90 minutes I had already spent.
8/16/2004 12:35 AM
DaleE4lifefan Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 273 View Park/Ride Count	Its got to be the weather that is messing with the cables.or something is not being done right or something.
8/16/2004 12:38 AM
m-force 4 ever Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 456 View Park/Ride Count	OHH :( I hope its open next weekend when I go..
8/16/2004 12:46 AM
Aaron Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 4401 View Park/Ride Count	It should be, as it was up and running fine today. Assuming, of course, something else doesn't happen to it.
8/16/2004 12:52 AM
coasterlove Joined: May 2001 Posts: 6396 View Park/Ride Count	I hope that eventually it won't run into as many problems as it does now. I'm glad to hear they got it back up the same day....even if it was only just before closing.
8/16/2004 4:00 AM
DEJA-VU RULES Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1989 View Park/Ride Count	TTD has to many problems I hope the next roller coaster that CP gets has less problems.
8/16/2004 6:59 AM
Magnum Robert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3196 View Park/Ride Count	Oh no, the ride was down for 11 hours. The whole world is coming to an end, lol.
8/17/2004 10:56 AM
CPdude05 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1642 View Park/Ride Count	^lol! The problem is that you cant go to the local hardware store to buy the cable.
8/17/2004 4:23 PM
medieval Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2007 View Park/Ride Count	The cable probally wears down fast because it continusally pulls a 5 ton train. That has to have some stress on the cable.
8/18/2004 10:26 PM

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