# Would you ride a roller coaster 420 feet tall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777 "2003-04-06T01:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/1 "2003-04-06T01:14:07Z")
If that’s your idea of fun (it’s certainly mine!), then you’ll be able to do exactly that at Cedar Point, Ohio, this summer when they unveil [Top Thrill Dragster](http://www.topthrilldragster.com/public/inside_park/rides/thrill/ttd/), which will be the first roller coaster in the world to reach a height of 420 feet and the first to reach a speed of 120 MPH. :eek: I wanna go to Cedar Point so bad…! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/2 "2003-04-06T01:35:15Z")
Sign me up. I’d ride that coaster in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/3 "2003-04-06T02:09:02Z")
Me too! I love roller coasters. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/4 "2003-04-06T02:15:44Z")
I would, or will, if I get the chance. 420 feet - whoohoo! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/5 "2003-04-06T02:16:04Z")
I’m terrified of them but I always get curious, get on one, get sick, swear to never go on one again, then go on another. Sign me up before I turn back. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/6 "2003-04-06T02:19:32Z")
Hells yes! ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/7 "2003-04-06T02:45:16Z")
I would save up and make it a week-long visit. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/8 "2003-04-06T03:32:27Z")
I’d do it, hell… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/9 "2003-04-06T03:46:25Z")
Hell, I’d ride one 4200 feet tall. Imagine the time it would take to get up the chain lift. ---
**Author:** ![Daver914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/10 "2003-04-06T03:54:10Z")
> [@](#): > > I would save up and make it a week-long visit. As a native northwest Ohioan, I would recommend against it. You’d have great fun for a day or two at Cedar Point (which really is the best amusement park in the world – not that I’m biased or anything 🆒 ), but there’s really nothing else of interest in the area, unless you want to boat on Lake Bacteria… er Erie, or drive an hour and a half to Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/11 "2003-04-06T03:57:09Z")
Yes I would. DragsterDope? CedarDope? CoasterDope? ---
**Author:** ![Merla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Merla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merla)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/12 "2003-04-06T04:02:57Z")
YES YES YES CERTAINLY OF COURSE and ABSOLUTELY. Roller coasters are my passion more than anything else in the world. I have ridden every roller coaster at Cedar Point there is to ride. I live for the thrill. I know my way around the park like the back of my hand. I only live 2 hours away, in eastern OH. I want to go!!! I rarely get to go- how could I be born unto parents that HATE amusement parks??? Merla ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/13 "2003-04-06T04:21:06Z")
> [@](#): > > As a native northwest Ohioan, I would recommend against it. You’d have great fun for a day or two at Cedar Point (which really is the best amusement park in the world – not that I’m biased or anything ), but there’s really nothing else of interest in the area, unless you want to boat on Lake Bacteria… er Erie, or drive an hour and a half to Cleveland. Well, poopie. Does this mean I can’t stay at your house? ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/14 "2003-04-06T04:24:32Z")
I am so there. 420 feet? WooHoo!! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/15 "2003-04-06T22:07:03Z")
My screen saver is a picture of it. Hell yes, I’d ride it. I’d ride it till they dragged my sobbing limp body out of the front car. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/16 "2003-04-06T22:27:26Z")
420 sounds just high enough to barely amuse me, but oh well, I’d do it anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/17 "2003-04-06T22:43:50Z")
I think I’m in love. Did you guys see the video? That thing looks like “Superman the Escape” on friggin’ dope. What a coaster! I’m so there. I believe UncleBeer lives in the area, wonder if he’ll let me crash at his place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/18 "2003-04-06T22:56:20Z")
I’d wet my pants for sure. Last labor day my husband’s family and I stayed at the resort for the weekend. That meant we could get into the park early to get a crack at the good coasters. I about died on their most recent one, whose name escapes me. It was fabulous; I can’t imagine what the newest one will be like. ---
**Author:** ![Daver914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/19 "2003-04-06T23:31:03Z")
Cedar Point’s newest currently operating coaster is the Millennium Force. It is 310 feet tall, and the first hill is so steep that going over the top, you can’t see the track beneath you. It is exquisite. ---
**Author:** ![Daver914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777/20 "2003-04-06T23:33:27Z")
Hmm, scratch that. It seems that the Wicked Twister is newer. I haven’t been home in awhile, so I haven’t had the opportunity to ride this one… Looks like a good summer trip. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-a-roller-coaster-420-feet-tall/166777.md?page=2)