flightoffear1996 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Dropzone is one of my fav. rides and the last time I was at the park I observed Drop Zone rotating part way then half way it wouldnt. Or sometimes is would rotate all the way up the hill and other wouldnt roate at all. Plus it seem to me that it moves slower up the hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider19 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 I don't recal seeing a hill but it only rotates half way up the tower and it does it every time, i have been trying since i started going to pki to figure out what tipe of device controls the rotation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider19 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 message me when u find that hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted September 30, 2003 Author Share Posted September 30, 2003 I ment tower sorry. Anyway ^^ :offtopic: ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider19 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 im just messin around, how is that off topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Christopher Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Hmmm. Drop Zone spinning only half-way..... That seems weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 spinning drive tires power the spin, kinda like the driv wheels on Viking Fury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 9, 2003 Author Share Posted October 9, 2003 Yes I know it just hasnt seemed as it was in 1999. They let some little people on Drop zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Pki Fan Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Drop Zone Does not spin all the way up it stops after you are in your orignal postion and stays there. I remember when dropzone seemed tall then I went to CP. It still is high for a freefall though. They should make one line 500ft tall that would be scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 28, 2003 Author Share Posted October 28, 2003 So you only rotate around the pole once because i think I rember it roating all the way up the pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 In 1999 it was to roate all the way to the top, you would go all the way around twice. Drop Zone has experienced alot of problems with the roating. Sometimes it doesn't roate at all just goes up. So now that's why it only roates once. It's been doing that for atleast the last 2 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted November 9, 2003 Author Share Posted November 9, 2003 I wish you would rotate all the way up. I also heard from CoasterGuy107 that DZ also had lift problems and it had lift problems that one side would go up faster than the other. and the car would go up tilted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider19 Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 i would think that would cause it to lock up if i didn't go up evenly, that would really suck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 wouldnt bother me i love heights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coney_man Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 you know while drop zone is going up, you notice when you look up @ right side of the car you can see 2 motors controlling the rotation. There are different versions of the gyro drop, the tilt gyro drop, that sucker tilts the seats @ a 15' degree angle and its pretty terrifying :cowboy: and the newer version of the Drop Tower (PKD's Drop Zone) the sucker seats like 50 people, and the magnets come in later for more airtime on DZ @ PKD :chef: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Airtime Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Does PKI's Drop Aone give you much airtime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express44 Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I think so...but DZ isn't all about airtime. I think that one of the most fun parts of riding DZ is going up and getting held at the top for seven seconds. When you are up here you are just praying that they let you down as fast as they can and you are scared ****less! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 True but I still think that DZ at pki is the better of them. The one that tilts is only like 200 feet. and the had a video and you only drop for like 2 seconds. I think that the DZ at PKI is the most exmtreme free fall in the midwest. Even though it can get boring after 35 times in one season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 sorry about the double post but i was wording did they ever find out why that person died on a ride like DZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortexlover2 Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 speaking of that... someone who was 13 died on drop zone, and now it's not rotating at all! all 4 drop zones were shut down. My cousin's cousin is saying they are thinking about tearing all 4 down, but i don't believe that will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here_is_Trouble! Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 which drop zone did the kid fall out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 In August, 1999, a 12-year-old boy was killed when he fell from Intamin's Drop Zone Stunt Tower freefall ride at Paramount's Great America theme park in Santa Clara, California. An investigation into his death yielded no explanation as to why he fell from the ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Christopher Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 The kid you are referring to was (I think) mentally retarded and his mom forced him on the ride. Somehow he was able to free himself from the restraint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted July 9, 2004 Author Share Posted July 9, 2004 I heard three different stories on what caused his death. Story one was that there was a restraint malfuction. A guest on the ride said he heard a click (after the click that is supposed to happen) and he looked over and the restraint was up. Story number 2 was that the boy was too little to ride. Story 3 was that he had a preexstiing condition and he lost upper body control and that caused him to fall out. You can belevive what one you want but 3 sounds the most realistic cause restraints almost never come up and number 2 how many 12 year old kids are too short to ride dropzone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 I have heard that he suffered from some sort of mental conditional and was forced onto the ride. The moral of the story is to never force an unwinning partron onto a ride. Whether they're scared or don't feel like riding, or whatever. Especially when it comes to children because they are extremely likely to attempt to exit the ride while it's in motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 No, they are not thinking about tearing down any of the DZ's. I think this was a fluke mishap, not a restraint failure. So, no need to close any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortexlover2 Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 No, they are not thinking about tearing down any of the DZ's. I think this was a fluke mishap, not a restraint failure. So, no need to close any of them. but they did... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkidude03 Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 I don't know if it is just me or not but my dad noticed this to about DZ. Last season when you were rising up the tower it was all smooth, which is normal.. well this season as it rose closer to the top I noticed it would bounce until the very top like the lift was having trouble pulling the seats up or something. Everytime I rode it, it would bounce. Is that normal? I guess its not a big problem or they wouldn't let anyone on if it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium13 Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I rode Drop Zone a few days ago it didn't spin at all. Still a great ride though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted July 17, 2004 Author Share Posted July 17, 2004 Yea I guess they are having problems with the motor that rotates the seats cause it wasnt roatating today or yesterday. Another thing I noticed was that it goes real slow up part way then stops, goes real fast then stops again, and goes up another 10 feet really slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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