Fav Drop Ride

especially in heat.....if it was hot that day

but you didnt drop, you were lowered SLOWEY to the bottem

that sux hard. They should really fix that old seat.

Originally posted by goliath100

but looks cool, wait 2 hours and drop for suddenly!
i like suddenly drops![:P]
but the moast work on timing (like 5 sec) [:(]

Um............ i am sure you would be pretty pissed if you were in the back of the line and had to wait for 10 hours to get a ride, and i am sure staying up there for 2 hours is highly uncomfortable, and i am sure if the sun is out, most, if not all people would get sunburn, headaches, and maybe death if you suffer from a heat stroke. And 2 hours would seem to go by forever. Luckily it was overcast on that day so yeah

but if ever waiting period at the top of the ride were 2 hours, then you would see a line that long

then again, no one would wiat 10 hours anyway, lol

the one on top of the Stratosphere Tower is named "The Big Shot" but my fave is Tower of Terror at Disney.

And on acrophobia, the people somtimes countdown and drop you at random numbers. Other times they might say let me hear you scream, then when you scream it drops, and other times they give you a "tour" and tell you where all the sites are, like if you look to your left you will see deja vu etc. then drops you. Other times they dont say anything, so yeah, it depends who you get

What park is acrophobia at?

I like all the drop zones the best.

Acrophobia is in Six Flags over Georgia

tecnicaly big shot... on top of stratosphere... isnt a drop ride. but the thrill of being so high and the view make it better than power tower which is a bigger ride, just on the ground

Demon Drop at Cedar Point is my favorite by far. It's not the newest or tallest but it's still lots of fun and the line is rarely longer the 10 minutes.

now all the talk about acrophobia, but i havent heard this or anything, does it have airtime like power tower or no?

tower of terror (mgm) ftw!

WOW!!! Someone used the search! this topic is 3 years old!

Haha, wow. Well now that this is here, I have to say that Acro is the best. I have been in the old and new seats both with and without the tilt. I like the new seats with tilt the best. Sometimes it tilts farther than other times.

Superman: Tower of Power at SFOT is my favorite. So high and both launched and dropped. Superman: Tower of Power at SFStl has the best air of any I've ridden yet though.

[jayman]

i still miss the good old fashione parachute things at knotts. they took them out when they built supreme sceam, which is a real kick in the pants, but i like what the parachutes did to a skirt.

Bit biased, but I'll say Detonator @ Thorpe Park. Just an amazingly powerful 'shove' as the drop begins. Airtime A++

(It is sounding quite like a dinosaur at the moment though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI5cEV8yVBY )

Originally posted by Bodine2007

now all the talk about acrophobia, but i havent heard this or anything, does it have airtime like power tower or no?

Airtime? All drop rides have airtime. The best ones have floater. Why? Because it lasts longer than half a second.

IE: Power Tower and S&S Turbo Drops. What lame attempts at a drop ride. Intamin Drops are by far more classic but more importantly - far better experience.

and why isnt the tower of terror (disney world) on that list? it has the most incredible theming, and amazing story line, terrific special effects and a random drop sequence in pitch darkness. it's awesome!!



...nevermind, i looked again and found it lol.[:I]

[GRIM.657]

^ agreed, that is a really amazing ride... those 3D holographic projector fancy whatever ghosts things are friggin sweet!

Because after the first year when it featured TWO full "drops" (It pulls you down, so its like -1g - not 0g) they neutered it by doing that stupid random drop sequencing.

Basically, its a grown ups Frog Hopper.
http://tinyurl.com/zcfm2


The building, themeing, story and the likes are my fave for almost any ride, any where. But the ride...its a shadow of its former self.

[GRIM.657]

I went on it with the 2 full drops... i didn't realize they make it run like a frog hopper now... thats kinda sad lmao...