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Postby highroller13 on July 21st, 2003, 10:37 pm
It acutally a floorless gyro drophttp://www.intaminworldwide.com/r_products_thrillrides.htmmade by intamin.
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Postby SfGaMownz on July 21st, 2003, 10:41 pm
Thats Acrerphobia@SfOg. That ride is amazing, best drop ride ever. It blows Gaint Drop out of the water.
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Postby goldmember on July 22nd, 2003, 9:16 am
mmmmmmmm.....gyro
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Postby planea380 on July 22nd, 2003, 9:41 am
I like the tilting Gyro, its very intresting.
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Postby DemonRules on July 22nd, 2003, 3:33 pm
i have a question....why does everyone like giant drop so much? there are much better towers out there, and i can't get over the fact that the brakes start 2/5 of the way up the tower....as soon as the ride starts, its over. i would much prefer a space shot.[/url]
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Postby coasterguy on July 22nd, 2003, 3:43 pm
Maybe no one has been on any other tower!
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Postby coastrcorey on July 22nd, 2003, 3:58 pm
I've been on an S&S tower, and I loved it... I still love Giant Drop though too... Those couple of seconds are just so thrilling!
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Postby SearchforRB12 on July 22nd, 2003, 4:46 pm
when you hit the complete top its 5 seconds.
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Postby DemonRules on July 22nd, 2003, 5:12 pm
coastrcorey wrote:I've been on an S&S tower, and I loved it... I still love Giant Drop though too... Those couple of seconds are just so thrilling!
i do still enjoy giant drop, but if you're gonna build a tower....you either build a space shot as tall as giant drop....or you gotta build a taller giant drop.....i just think its too short
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Postby coasterzak on July 23rd, 2003, 10:41 am
S&S have better drop rides. I wasn't over impressed with the Giant Drop. That's all I have to say. It does seem like you are up there for a while...
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Postby coastrcorey on July 23rd, 2003, 10:47 am
To me, it feels like more of a freefall (and really it is) on Giant Drop... On the S&S drops, you're always connected to a cable, and it doesn't feel as much like a freefall. I think just knowing that you aren't connected to anything on Giant Drop makes it scarier and more fun.
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on July 23rd, 2003, 11:43 am
Amen to that.
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Postby coasterzak on July 23rd, 2003, 12:25 pm
Well... honestly... I could care less about drop rides. I'll take coasters over them any day!
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Postby ericleister on July 23rd, 2003, 12:28 pm
I wish we got the Acrophobia ride that looks really cool.
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on July 23rd, 2003, 12:29 pm
Yeah it does. the model that has the seats tilt forward looks awesome.
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Postby coastrcorey on July 23rd, 2003, 12:54 pm
Man, that would scare me so much! That would be the best... Honestly, drop rides are practically the only thing that scare me anymore, so that's why I like them a lot.
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on July 23rd, 2003, 1:13 pm
Same here.
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Postby DemonRules on July 24th, 2003, 4:23 pm
yeah, that acrophobia ride looks just insane......now THATS what a drop ride should be like 8)
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Postby cexd on August 17th, 2003, 11:36 pm
i kinda like that floorless gyro
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Postby DemonRules on August 19th, 2003, 8:19 am
well, i went to SF about a week ago, and rode giant drop 3 times with some a my friends....and i guess its a little better than i had previously stated....i would still much prefer the space shot tower, but this IS a quality ride
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