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Paint jobs for Face Off and Drop Zone


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I'm sure a lot of us have noticed that Drop Zone and Face Off are looking a little shabby. Does anyone know if they have been repainted or are going to be repainted any time soon ?

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Obviously, the Eiffel Tower hasn`t been painted in a long time. The paint is severly faded if not missing in areas. I don`t recall when it was last painted, but if you are on the observation platform you can tell that it has been painted a couple of times in its lifetime. I think it could use a paintjob. Also, the supports from Face Off look pretty bad. there are a couple patchs of rust. In addition, there are very faded, almost pink areas on the supports, which I am assuming are from the paint that they used to touch up the supports after the ride was assembled. Like the ET, it too could use a paint job. Drop Zone is starting to fade as well, but in my opinion, it is not in need of a paint job as much as FO and ET. I don`t know when the park plans on repainting them. This season they are focusing on Boomerang Bay and three rides in Coney Mall (Scrambler, Monster and the Zephyr). Next season we will most likely see the remainder of Coney`s rides repainted and refurbished (which is only The Racer, Shake Rattle and Roll and The Eagles. Dodgems were repainted in 2001, aloong with the Paramount Action FX Theater. The Vortex was repainted in 2002.) Those improvements will most likely correspond with some sort of new ride. We might see the park repaint the ET, if they have enough money in the capital budget to do so.

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I dont think that drop zone or Face off will get paint jobs soon becuase they're realitively new. and plus i dont think the average guest notices that they dont look 100% good close up, becuase they dont stare at them for 60 hours a week like some of us. And just out of curiousity, how the hell do you paint drop zone.

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I`m fairly certain that when they paint their steel attractions, they don`t use a paint brush or roller. Instead, I do believe they use a spray gun to spray on the new layer of paint, at least for the final coat. As for reaching the top of the tower to paint, they most likely could ride the ring to the top as there is a catwalk around the ring that raises up the seats.

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LOL. That would be interesting. I think the way they would do it is, is raise the chair ring with the catch car a little bit and paint the bottom. When that part dries, lower it back down, hop on it and start painting the tower on up. I dont know, maybe that would be dumb but i dont see how else you would do it.

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Well you have to remember... PGA's Drop Zone is much different than PKI's Drop Zone. They are different generation Intamin free fall towers. PGA's does not have the "claw" ring like we have, theirs are individual claws with no room to hold a person on safely. While our's has a platform to actually stand on.

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I believe Carowinds has gotten their Drop Zone repainted for this season. Of course it is a giant drop.. not a gyro drop like PKI's..

So I'm guessing that if they do repaint Drop Zone that they might use some type of crane to lift someone up that could get all the way around it. But I think that's to much work... why not use the lift!! laugh.gif It would be easier.. doubt that they will.

As for Face/Off.. I think it should be repainted soon before it looks like Thunder Road at Carowinds, which hasn't repainted it since '89. A touch up would help.

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