skaterboy22101 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 ok so has anyone else seen Drop Tower get stuck in the middle of it going up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corn4ahead Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 i have seen it do that once before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigellinus Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Yup!!! Why does that sound uncommon?? AND how is that any different than a coaster getting stuck on the lift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clbehymer Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Saw it stuck on the way up last season. I would say that it was only 50-75 feet off of the ground though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigacoaster2k Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I retract my previous statements in the rumor thread. (I stated in a somewhat abrupt way that I doubted that this had ever happened, and I now feel as if I look like a moron.) The bottom of my shoe doesn't taste very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I have seen it stuck 10-15 ft in the air with riders. Riders were unloaded and then the ride was allowed to drop from that position and slam into the hyrodilcs making a loud crash. Kind of scary seeing what a fall from 10-15 feet does much less 265ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I have seen it stuck 10-15 ft in the air with riders. Riders were unloaded and then the ride was allowed to drop from that position and slam into the hyrodilcs making a loud crash. Kind of scary seeing what a fall from 10-15 feet does much less 265ft. That is nuts. I guess only being that far off the ground the magnenets wouldnt have enough time to do their job. Did they have to cherry pick all the passangers off? Seems like that could take awhile. Just a little un-nerving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I have seen it stuck 10-15 ft in the air with riders. Riders were unloaded and then the ride was allowed to drop from that position and slam into the hyrodilcs making a loud crash. Kind of scary seeing what a fall from 10-15 feet does much less 265ft. Yikes. Sounds freaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 It was a few years ago. I think they had a 10 foot step ladder but I can't swear to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigellinus Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I retract my previous statements in the rumor thread. (I stated in a somewhat abrupt way that I doubted that this had ever happened, and I now feel as if I look like a moron.) The bottom of my shoe doesn't taste very good. Hey, don't sweat it! I sort of actually see where you were coming from in the sense that the guy was probably way over exaggerating that he was on it when it broke and broke for good or something, and he had to slide down some inflatable slide like on a crashed airplane or something!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I have seen it stuck 10-15 ft in the air with riders. Riders were unloaded and then the ride was allowed to drop from that position and slam into the hyrodilcs making a loud crash. Kind of scary seeing what a fall from 10-15 feet does much less 265ft. I can gurantee you there is no kind of "slam into the hydraulics making a loud crash" from any drop height. Let alone 10-15 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIlover123 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 yeah i have never seen it stuck. but that would be very scary to have to be cherry picked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I have seen it stuck 10-15 ft in the air with riders. Riders were unloaded and then the ride was allowed to drop from that position and slam into the hyrodilcs making a loud crash. Kind of scary seeing what a fall from 10-15 feet does much less 265ft. I can gurantee you there is no kind of "slam into the hydraulics making a loud crash" from any drop height. Let alone 10-15 feet. Can you?!??!?! That is why I saw it with my own two eyes along with other people in the group that were standing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhimes90 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Last year when I worked at KI it got stuck many times. To lower it down they have a secondary winch that hooks on to the gondola and lowers it down. It takes awhile to do it, but I never saw them just drop it. Btw I worked at the Action Zone store so I saw it like every day. I will say this though, I never saw it get stuck like 10-15 feet in the air, but it's possible. I just don't think they would drop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I didn't think tehy would either but totally surpized me when tehy did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris_2009 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I didn't think tehy would either but totally surpized me when tehy did it. Unless the winch wire snapped, in that case it would have been closed until they could fix the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Maybe that is what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketingExpress Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I have seen it stuck 10-15 ft in the air with riders. Riders were unloaded and then the ride was allowed to drop from that position and slam into the hyrodilcs making a loud crash. Kind of scary seeing what a fall from 10-15 feet does much less 265ft. I can gurantee you there is no kind of "slam into the hydraulics making a loud crash" from any drop height. Let alone 10-15 feet. Can you?!??!?! That is why I saw it with my own two eyes along with other people in the group that were standing there. AZ Kinda Guy has a lot of experience with the ride and he probably knows it better than anyone else on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 But I saw it happen along with others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_M17 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I have seen it stuck 10-15 ft in the air with riders. Riders were unloaded and then the ride was allowed to drop from that position and slam into the hyrodilcs making a loud crash. Kind of scary seeing what a fall from 10-15 feet does much less 265ft. Yikes. Sounds freaky. I definitely agree. I love riding Drop Tower but if the ride got stuck anywhere above around 40 ft. I do believe I'd be going nuts. The falling part of the ride doesn't bother me that much, It's going up that scares the crap out of me >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortney Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 My aunt was stuck on Drop Tower at Carowinds for 5 hours when it mal-functioned. But I haver never seen it happen, I have been on TTD when its rolled back though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I have been on TTD when its rolled back though. ever since i rode this i have wanted it to happen to me. but i have only seen it roll back twice. once while they were drying off the track(nobody was on), and then this year i was on the train and was watching top thrill run and saw it almost make it over but then it rolled back(with people on, and that train was later placed on the transfer track) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 While we were walking to Maverick before the park opened We saw Top Thrill Dragster doing Test runs, and we saw a roll-back. It was sweet, I mean I knew it was going to happen because without the wieght of the passengers and the fact that they only launched it around 110 mph, but the sight of a roller coaster trying to get to the top but not making it and rolling backwards is just Nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 i have also seen maverick not clear it's lift hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 i have also seen maverick not clear it's lift hill. Really? I have never heard of that happening. It is a Launch so I can see it happening though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 i have also seen maverick not clear it's lift hill. Really? I have never heard of that happening. It is a Launch so I can see it happening though. yep, but it was weird because they had been running only 4 trains that day, and then when i got in line they stopped those 4 and put the other two trains on, then the very first train they sent out(i believe it was the white train) i saw it go up the hill and i turned my head, then i looked back and it came rolling back down the hill very slowly. and several times in the line for maverick they have signs saying that sometimes a train won't clear the lift hill or the launch tunnel, but not to worry because the train will slowly return to the launch postition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortney Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Well next time I am up at CP take my place on TTD because that drop back down backwards is WORST then going up and I never wanted to go on it in the first place! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Well next time I am up at CP take my place on TTD because that drop back down backwards is WORST then going up and I never wanted to go on it in the first place! LOL Boo! Dragster Hater! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortney Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Not a hater, but some one scared of heights and that ride pushed my limits of how far I will go! LOL But since I have been on Nighthawk and Firehawk (both of them) I am looking forward to going on TTD next time I go to CP. NH and FH scared me more than TTD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Not a hater, but some one scared of heights and that ride pushed my limits of how far I will go! LOL But since I have been on Nighthawk and Firehawk (both of them) I am looking forward to going on TTD next time I go to CP. NH and FH scared me more than TTD! and just so you know it isn't as bad the second time because you know what to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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