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Disney Doesn't Feel Pressure of Ohio Roller-Coaster's Speed.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2003
By Robert Johnson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 3--When the Top Thrill Dragster officially opens Sunday at Cedar Point park in Ohio, it will be the world's fastest roller coaster at 120 miles per hour.
It also will clock in at about one-fourth the estimated price of Walt Disney World's recently announced Expedition Everest ride, whose top speed will reach 55 mph.
But when it comes to value in amusement rides, heavily themed parks such as those in Orlando have found that the turtle often beats the hare in the long run.
"If Disney, Universal and SeaWorld knew that big coasters are the key to improving attendance, they would build them faster and more of them than anyone," said James...
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