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Just looked up an Intamin Gyro. At 330' tall, this thing will be balls scary.
Indeed it would be, I've been on the one shown here and it's 315' tall. It was terrifying!
Just looked up an Intamin Gyro. At 330' tall, this thing will be balls scary.
I've always thought BGT was due for a drop tower.
For a park that is built for thrills and has one of the greatest steel coaster collections in the world it's beyond overdue. This has been in the pipeline for many many years and its great to see them build something worthwhile that's not a coaster.
Indeed it would be, I've been on the one shown here and it's 315' tall. It was terrifying!
I thought the plans for this had fallen through after all talk of it disappeared last year. Glad to see they're ready to announce it.
I'm not really the greatest fan of Drop Towers, so this looks like it could be my vision of hell.
The sound of 330 ft. makes me happy. I was concerned we were getting something around the 200 mark. While I miss the Sandstorm, this tower now has me excited.
The press conference is next week right?
The sound of 330 ft. makes me happy. I was concerned we were getting something around the 200 mark. While I miss the Sandstorm, this tower now has me excited.
The press conference is next week right?
Thanks. I'm curious to see what kind of artwork we get tomorrow, if any.June 11
I love "Power Tower" in Cedar Point because it's not only huge but it shoots up and down. Will this shoot up and shoot down?
Not if it's an Intamin gyro drop tower--those climb up slowly, rotating as they do, and then drop. The vehicles hold lots of people (like up to 80 I believe) and are super heavy, meaning there's no way they'd be able to be thrust upward. Plus, as far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong), Intamin drop towers are mainly powered by magnets, whereas hydraulics are needed to shoot rides up like Power Tower or Dr Doom.