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Drop Tower, formerly known as Drop Zone: Stunt Tower, is the name of four drop tower amusement rides located at Six Flags amusement parks in the United States and Canada. A fifth installation which operated at Carowinds closed after the 2024 season.
A drop tower is a type of amusement park ride incorporating a central tower structure with one or more gondolas attached. In a typical modern configuration, each gondola carrying riders is lifted to the top of the tower and then released to free fall back down to ground level.
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An S&S Double Shot tower ride at Wild Adventures. Double Shot is a type of amusement ride manufactured by S&S - Sansei Technologies. [1]The ride is a drop tower type attraction that uses compressed air to rapidly propel riders up the tower then gently lower them with a series of air-cushioned bounces back to the loading platform.
The ride was constructed by Intamin and opened on 20 March 2010. It is the world's first vertical freefall drop roller coaster, on which the track and train freefall approximately five metres in darkness. [3] The ride replaced and is built on the former site of the Corkscrew, which resided at Alton Towers for 28 years between 1980 and 2008. [4]
Orlando Freefall, the tallest drop tower ride in the world, will be torn down after a Missouri teen slipped from his seat and plummeted to his death. Tyre Sampson, an eighth grader and budding ...
According to the lawsuit, the ride was the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower at 430 feet. Once the ride reached the top, it tilted forward 30 degrees and fell several hundred feet at ...
Falcon's Fury is a free-standing Sky Jump drop tower attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay amusement park in Tampa, Florida, United States.Manufactured by Intamin subsidiary Intaride, the ride reaches a maximum height of 335 feet (102 m), making it North America's tallest free-standing drop tower.