Photo TR: Las Vegas!!

[thrillrideseeker]

How is the landing from the sky jump, Do you hit with much force? I would love to do it when I am out in vegas but I broke my hip a few years ago and I am concerned about the force of the landing.

The landing from Skyjump is not bad at all. Its a little hard to do because of the angle at which you are falling, but its not rough, or hard at all. I would say you hit with less than you hit with when jumping off a bed. Even though you had broke your hip a few years back, I think you would be fine with the landing! But I am NOT your doctor, and I do not know your body, but I can say that the landing is not hard on your body. By the time you get to the target you are pretty much at a complete stop.

 

 

Hey Matthew and TPR

 

Just read and watched your video on this Skyjump thing and I'm thinking that I should try this thing out. Here's my plan, my 30th birthday is coming up in the next few years and I'm wanting to go back to Vegas no matter what with a whole bunch of my friends. I want that kind of experience where I wake up the next morning with a tooth missing and a chicken is standing by me ("The Hangover" greatest Vegas movie ever). Anyway so I'm wanting to go out there and have a great time and this looks like the perfect way for me to dive head first into my thirties, what yah think? How much was the package that you bought and how fast does it go? By that I mean are you in total free fall at all or is it very controled and you just zipline down. Let us know some more on this and I hope you have a great time.

 

Derek Wilson Cranston, RI

I personally think that Skyjump Las Vegas is something that everyone should try at least once!! The package that I bought was $133.00... That paid for the Jump, Two Photos, and A DVD. I highly recommend this package! The speed at which you fall is a brisk 40-45 mph depending on your body weight.

 

Anyways, Thanks for all the comments! I have been uber busy at work, but I will be posting day 4 sometime next week! Have a good weekend everyone!

~Matthew

[chadster]

First things first...being a Las Vegas resident, I have the scoop on all of it...

 

1) Desperado is as bad as Manhattan Express/Rollercoaster - it will bang you around so much, and get you dizzy and give you a headache....NO NEED TO GET THAT CREDIT....

2) Speed is a great Premier coaster, but depending on your seat, the OTSR's can give you a headache....

3) The most important - if you were here at the time the Stratosphere Tower was built, or if you read up on the construction of it - you would NEVER go to the top of it. Now, yes, it has obviously met standards just enough to open, but of course, that came after a major fire during the construction on the tower...oh, and the fact that the north facing leg was built at the wrong angle compared too the other two legs(and yes, you can see it if you stand on the street, looking at it from a profile view) as well as if you walk around the outside observation deck, on all the cracks in the concrete walkways....then you would start to think about the structural integrity of the building....

 

*** Vegas is NOT known for its construction standards - again, do the research on the Luxor or better yet, Manadaly Bay, which after they built the top floor, realized the whole 45 story building was leaning and sinking into the soft ground below - they solved this by "PUMPING CONCRETE BENEATH THE BUILDING" to it started to rise to an acceptable level....not the best building standards*****

 

 

and lets not forget all of the problems Harrahs has had with their various properties of late, no permits and sub standard work, however, I've been to the top of the Stratosphere several times and have not felt unsafe, just uncomfortable. When I'm out there for SEMA, I might give it a try if i win some money on the tables.

 

I agree with Desparado, one of the roughest around, of course, it is an arrow.

[andy2840]

Wow! Looks pretty dang fun. Great post!