Giant Drop (Dreamworld)

Giant Drop (Dreamworld)

Infobox roller coaster
name=The Giant Drop


caption=The Giant Drop
location = Dreamworld
type=Steel
status=Open
manufacturer=Intamin AG
model=Drop tower (ride)
colors=Silver
height=393.7
drop=393.7
duration=5 sec.

The Giant Drop is a free fall ride located at Dreamworld in Australia. The ride stands 119 metres high, making it the second tallest rideFact|date=October 2008 (the first being Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure) in the world. The Giant Drop opened to Dreamworld in 1998, sharing the Dreamworld Tower structure with the Tower of Terror, which opened the previous year. The eastern side originally had a "pre-drop", where riders would be dropped a few metres before slowing down by use of the ride's fail-safe magnetic brakes only to be dropped the full distance moments later. This ride programme was discontinued by way of adjusting the braking fins on the tower to make them no longer functioning. You can still feel it begin to drop by the short moment after the vehicle is detached from the Raising system.

References

[http://www.roller-coaster.com.au/ride.php?rid=6 Giant Drop at Roller-coaster.com.au]


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