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I miss the Pitt Fall at Kennywood; a no-frills, 251' Intamin 2nd generation. I know it had maintenance issues and low ridership, but it was a blast. I recall enjoying it more than some of the larger S&S towers, as well as the bigger Drop Zone towers at KI & KD.

 

As a big Intamin drop tower fan, Blue Fall is certainly on my bucket list!

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1. Lex Luthor Drop of Doom

2. Intamin Gyro Drop (King's Island)/ Intamin Ring Drop (King's Dominion)

3. Giant Drop, SFGAm (Love the randomized drop sequence!)

4. Intamin 1st Gen (Nagashima, SFMM)

5. Intamin 2nd Gen (CGA, Carowinds, Canada's Wonderland)

 

I really want to ride Falcon's Fury, Acrophobia, Blue Fall and Mega Drop on top of Canton Tower in Guangzhou!

 

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I rode the drop ride on top of the Canton Tower last month and it is pretty incredible because of how high up you are.They claim it to be the highest drop ride in the world. At the top it even tilts outward a little bit, definitely recommend!

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I guess Lex Luthor at SFMM. It was big, fast and the feeling of a distant rumbling, then something loud woosh! by and the tower starts swaying 400 feet up...was one surreal feeling.

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^ I will second that, to my love of Blue Fall in Japan.

 

(If this v is the Lex Luthor Drop you meant?)

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Yes, indeed. LLD at SFMM is awesome! West Coast Bash'16 Weekend.

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Mystery castle was super well themed, and a great drop to it, as well as scaring the poo out of me the way it launches (although not the drop tower, very good). The best Drop though is going to Hangover, so intense, and the harnesses are perfectly terrifying.

My top 10 tower drop towers:

 

1. Hangover (Travel)

2. Apocalypse standing (Gb)

3. Giant Drop (Au)

4. Detonator (Gb)

5. Anubis (Ger)

6. Apocalypse sit down (Gb)

7. Höjdskräcken (Swe)

8. Atmosfear (Swe)

9. Power Tower (Travel)

10. Drop Dead: Hangman (Gb)

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I may be in the minority but honestly, short drops are the ones that absolutely wow me. My favourite is Jolly Roger at Pleasurewood Hills in Norfolk. The drop on that thing is insane, hits 5.5G according to the park's website and drops 60 metres in 0.8 seconds supposedly. I don't believe that for a second but its still incredible. In second place I have got Detanator at Thorpe Park which is basically a shorter version of Jolly Roger then after that i'd put Apocalypse, hangover, power tower 2, hurakan condor and all the boring S&S towers (well the uk's are boring at least!)

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Update time! I don't dislike any of these, but here's how I rank them.

 

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

 

Come to think of it I rode all of these this year except Power Tower.

 

Update time!

 

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Scream (SFNE)

Down Time (Compounce)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

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Update time! I don't dislike any of these, but here's how I rank them.

 

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

 

Come to think of it I rode all of these this year except Power Tower.

 

Update time!

 

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Scream (SFNE)

Down Time (Compounce)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

 

Did you try out the new ones at Hershey?

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Update time! I don't dislike any of these, but here's how I rank them.

 

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

 

Come to think of it I rode all of these this year except Power Tower.

 

Update time!

 

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Scream (SFNE)

Down Time (Compounce)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

 

Update:

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Falcons Fury (BGT)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Mach Tower (BGW)

Scream (SFNE)

Down Time (Compounce)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

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Top 5:

1. Huracan Condor - Port Aventura (standup floorless tilt)

2. Fritt Fall Tilt - Gröna Lund (standup floorless tilt)

3. Scream - Heide Park

4. Atmosfear - Liseberg

5. Mystery Castle - Phantasialand

 

Oh would you look at that, a list of Intamin... who knew

 

I really need to get to Gröna Lund and try Ikaros!

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1) Tower of Terror (Florida)

2) Tower of Terror (Japan)

3) Tower of Terror (California)

4) Hurakan Condor

5) Acrophobia

6) Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom

7) Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom

8) Blue Fall

9) Fritt Fall Tilt

10) Mystery Castle

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1. Donjon de l'Extrême - Nigloland

2. Tower of Terror - Walt Disney Studios

3. Hurakan Condor - PortAventura

4. The High Fall - Movie Park Germany

5. Mystery Castle - Phantasialand

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I love me some Intamin drop towers!

 

1. Ikaros - Gröna Lund

2. Lex Luthor - SFMM

3. Fritt Fall (Standing Tilt) - Gröna Lund

4. Atmosfear - Liseberg

5. Big Shot - Stratosphere

6. Drop Tower - Kings Island (Cause it spins on the way up)

7. Drop Tower - Kings Dominion

8. Mystery Castle - Phantasialand (wtf was this awesome ride!)

9. Giant Drop - Six Flags Great America (When it has the randomized drop sequence!)

10. S&S Double Shot (SCBB, Castle Park, etc)

 

Honorable Mentions:

Intamin 1st Gen (Nagashima's, Free Fall at SFMM (RIP))

Intamin 2nd Gen (Carowinds, CGA, Holiday Park, CW, etc)

Tower of Terror at DHS and DCA

 

Looking forward to the awesome domestic models I'm missing: Zumanjaro, Falcon's Fury, Acrophobia, and Demon Drop

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Update:

 

1. Ikaros - Gröna Lund

2. Donjon de l'Extrême - Nigloland

3. Tower of Terror - Walt Disney Studios

4. Mystery Castle - Phantasialand

5. Hurakan Condor - PortAventura

6. The High Fall - Movie Park Germany

7. Frit Fall - Gröna Lund

8. AtmosFear - Liseberg

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Update:

Zumanjaro (GreatAdv)

Falcons Fury (BGT)

Atmosfear (Moreys)

Demon Drop (Dorney)

Acrophobia (SFOG)

Drop Tower (KD)

Drop Tower (Gillians Wonderland)

Mach Tower (BGW)

Scream (SFNE)

Down Time (Compounce)

Dominator (Dorney)

Power Tower (CP)

Voodoo Drop (SFA)

 

Bold = new in the last year. Reminder, I was terrified of and avoided all drop rides until 2014 when Zum opened, so other than Atmosfear (and Stuntmans Freefall), I've ridden all of these in the past 4 seasons. And yes after riding Zum again two weeks ago, it confirmed it's still the best.

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