Favourite Drop Tower?

[Richard]

I forgot all about the first generation Freefall rides. Probably a stretch to call them a drop tower, but I rode SFMM's back in the day and would have to nominate it as my favourite freefall ride for the sheer novelty of it looking and feeling like you're going to die.

[downunder]

Ah, the good old Intamin first gen free falls. I've been on a few, Magic Mountain, Cedar Point, Movieland Studios, and I can't remember if I did the one at Great Adventure. They were so clunky.

Scariest free fall, the SCAD tower, not a ride, more a near death experience.

Has anyone been on Zumanjaro at Great Adventure?

[rappa]

I also felt like I would die on free fall at SFMM, was just a scary POS.

[Gazza]

It's also very rare to come across a First Generation Freefall tower. The only ones I know of is the one at Dorney Park and Movieland Studios. There could be one in Japan but I'm not really sure.

There's also one at Dorney Park, which I hope to ride in a couple of weeks.

Inexplicably, the first time I was at SFMM Freefall was going, but I decided to ride Tidal Wave instead.

And then on my next visit it was gone

[Slick]

I'm with Richard and djrappa, I rode the one at Nagashima spa land, Japan, late last year and felt like I was going to die. very mechanical. Plenty of unexpected noises and jerks that made the 30(?) metre drop way more scarier then something as tall as say the giant drop.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

i have a vague recollection of a freefall type ride when I visited the US in 96 - kind of an 'elevator' type lift tot he top, then it slid you forwards over a 'chute', before freefalling into a gradual slope that brought you back down to ground level lying on your back... is this what you're talking about with a 'first-gen' ?

I must admit I didnt think much of it at the time but in retrospect it does seem very much a death trap...

[JacobSibbald]

Yes that is first gen.