DJeXeL Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 ^Yea I've ridden an ARM as well. Pretty insane airtime on that thing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guirehbein Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Free Fall from Beto Carrero World, Brazil - 2013. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Did you know that Disney's Tower of Terror was originally going to be multiple freefall towers connected together and themed? The original concept art is amazing for this. I really kind of wish this was the final design. Wow that truly looks amazing! It would have been awesome if someone had built something like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 ^ It would probably have been a horrible maintenance nightmare if they actually built it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomman295 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 ^ It would probably have been a horrible maintenance nightmare if they actually built it. "Your spare parts are about to enter another dimension." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianparkfan Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 ^^This. 1st Gens give more airtime than any S&S tower I've been on. I will admit however that Moser drop towers give some decent airtime as well. I've only rode the 2nd gen towers, but I loved them, and found them to give amazing airtime. How much more air would you get on the 1st gens? Â Also, never rode a moser tower. I saw footage of a portable one a few years ago, & it looked like a travelling 2nd gen. Anybody here managed to get on one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 just rode one at Dorney a few weeks ago. Â LOVED it, and I even remembered to brace myself for the Ker-CHUNK! when it goes back underneath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aCoasterStory Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 just rode one at Dorney a few weeks ago. LOVED it, and I even remembered to brace myself for the Ker-CHUNK! when it goes back underneath!  Is the one at Dorney the last one left in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 just rode one at Dorney a few weeks ago. LOVED it, and I even remembered to brace myself for the Ker-CHUNK! when it goes back underneath! That was my first and, so far, only 1st Gen. It was great! I knew about the ker-chunk but didn't really know how to prepare as I'd never experienced it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 just rode one at Dorney a few weeks ago. LOVED it, and I even remembered to brace myself for the Ker-CHUNK! when it goes back underneath!  Is the one at Dorney the last one left in the US?  we lost the one closest to me when Astroworld closed (Skyscreamer). . and then when Six Flags Over Texas pulled theirs out (Cliffhanger) for Pandemonium  dunno if the Dorney one is the last one, but was thrilled to see it!   (they were also the only park we went to that still had a working Monster. . so two for two with Dorney) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauga Dog Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Also, never rode a moser tower. I saw footage of a portable one a few years ago, & it looked like a travelling 2nd gen. Anybody here managed to get on one? Â I, too, wonder what a Moser tower is like since Mach Tower was closed both days I was at BGW back in 2012. Interesting how the reports from the Scandi trip say that both Moser towers in Finland were running well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Funny how these giant 300ft and 400ft modern day drop towers have nothing on an Intamin 1st gen when it comes to that stomach in your throat feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 ^Or to giving you a nice shot to the spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianparkfan Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Funny how these giant 300ft and 400ft modern day drop towers have nothing on an Intamin 1st gen when it comes to that stomach in your throat feeling. Seems like the second gens do an ok job too! It's the only ride where I lose my stomach every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I would like to have a go on these new ones now that I've tried the 1st and 2nd Gen, to compare the experiences. Strange that they don't seem to provide the same free falling feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Did you know that Disney's Tower of Terror was originally going to be multiple freefall towers connected together and themed? Â Well, I think all Towers of Terror at all the Disney parks are a joint project of both Intamin and Disney Imagineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterEv Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I have to agree with you on missing these 1st gens / wishing they would modernize and redevelop them. I grew up riding the drop of doom at West Edmonton Mall. The experience was really cool having it indoors and going up into an enclosed tower with glass surrounding the top. It was sadly replaced with an S & S tower a few years ago and moved to Spain. I believe. The S & S towers just aren't the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaminkid2005 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I love these drop towers! I thought I was never going to get the chance to ride one because I missed out on Great Adventures, Magic Mountains, and Cedar Points all by one year. Thankfully, I ended up riding Demon Drop at Dorney and loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotura Violenta Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Ugh! I loved these as well. I don't know how it's different, but modern drop rides don't have the same effect on me that these things had. The whole experience from the weird automation of the elevator, to the clunky slide of the edge, to the seriously gnarly drop, to the reverse clunk back to the station, is just so much better than these uber-tall drop rides. Genuinely frightening from start to finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I love it when this thread gets bumped! Love live Freefall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckInSD Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 With the advancements Intamin has made since then, just imagine what they could do now if they decided to come back to the idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwaziBSRider1 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I used to ride Demon Drop all the time. I was so bummed when they removed it, but am thankful that it will live at Dorney now. I remember there was one at Geauga Lake, but I don't know what happened to it. I assume it was scrapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharman19 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I used to ride Demon Drop all the time. I was so bummed when they removed it, but am thankful that it will live at Dorney now. I remember there was one at Geauga Lake, but I don't know what happened to it. I assume it was scrapped. They used its parts for Demon Drop before it was moved to Dorney. I've never been on one, can anyone tell me what the "Ker-Chunk" is like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 ^The "ker-chunk" is the sound the ride makes when it's trying to break your back. That being said, the 1st-generation Free Falls are a unique experience compared to the drop rides that followed and well worth checking out when you have the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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