[npongratz]

Most runs, Top Thrill Dragster indeed has little anticipation. I have experienced an exception once: I was in the front seat and glanced up, straight ahead, as the countdown started. In that instant just before takeoff, I noticed a number of seagulls lazily floating a couple feet above the track. Watching those birds continue across the tracks and out of the path of my face were the longest two to three seconds of my life.

[DuskStar]

Even better than that is when you're in the coaster waiting to go, and then the one before you doesn't quite make it over - so you get to watch it come hurtling back at you! (And then wait 15 minutes for the wind to go down again)