CedarPointer Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 I love roller coasters and Drop Tower. But not this. Never. "Drop Tower 1 looks too intense for me..." It's okay, in RCT, any Drop Tower above about 150ft is "too intense" for the guests. 5 Quote
TheCrypt Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 I wish you said that earlier. I was always wondering why mine had such short lines! But alas, I [intentionally] broke my RCT3 disk and can no longer play it so I guess it doesn't matter. Quote
SonofBaconator Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 I wish you said that earlier. I was always wondering why mine had such short lines!But alas, I [intentionally] broke my RCT3 disk and can no longer play it so I guess it doesn't matter. I did the exact same thing to my disk... I'm an idiot Quote
McSalsa Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Umm...CedarPointer, that was only true in RCT2. RCT1 you could build a 250-foot Drop Tower (as high as that game allowed anything to go) without breaking the intensity meter. RCT3 also allowed this, but since that game had no height cap (with a cheat code) you could build a 100,000 foot Drop Tower and peeps would still ride it, as the intensity seemed to max out at around 8.5... Then you have RCT2's stupid roto drops, where you can make them up to 170 feet max. Beyond that, the intensity goes red...so re-creating Kings Island's Drop Tower means no guests will ride it. Yet the S&S Launch Towers can easily do 300 feet no problem... It's one of my few big gripes with RCT2. (Another one would be the 4-car limit for 3-row wooden coaster trains, even though real coasters around at the time had them, including all 3 adult wooden coasters at KI when RCT2 was released- Beast had 6 cars, Racer had 5, & Son of Beast also had 6...) As for this ride...I once had a dream of a Drop Tower like this, but instead of merely tipping out and you facing the ground...it did a full-on flip, and you dropped UPSIDE DOWN. It was called "The Piledriver"... A very fitting name, eh? Quote
TTD-120-420 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Wow. That does look intense. I wonder if it is the same manufacturer as the drop ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. I believe that one was a MoseRides install, and I believe they have had issues with it. It was down when I was there back in March of this year. Some issues is an understatement. TPR just confirmed this will be an Intamin ride. Clicky Thank God. I'm glad SEA learned from their mistakes. Quote
SonofBaconator Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Do you think there will be anymore clones of this ride at any other park it owned by sea world? Quote
Ki Man Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 I just can't wait for the first group of riders that get stuck at the top. That will be on the front page of Yahoo instantly. I bet the PR department is already writing a rough draft in anticipation haha Quote
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted June 12, 2013 Author Posted June 12, 2013 I bet they will have a way to rotate riders back up if that were to happen. Quote
medford Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 I would hope that the default fail is to have the riders in the upright position; while the mechanical action will force the rider into the vertical position. If not, well I couldn't imagine hanging face down, 300 feet high for 1 second, let alone 1 hour. Quote
Big Woody Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 Im glad I have my season pass price locked in. Prices just went up $4 to 89.00 for single day admission. Anyway, the Falcon is being built in the Timbuktu area, and is being built on the site of the Sandstorm, which closed last month. Intamin is yhe builder of another ride we have called Cheeta Hunt. Fun ride...but alot of breakdowns, and its the slowest loading coaster in the park. If its busy, my son and I dont bother, even with a wristband. Falcon will only sit 32 people, so you might have to bring an extra beer in line with ya. SO.... aside from all of that......WOOOOOOHOOOOO!!! Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 I was thinking of going until I saw $89.00 for a ticket. Jeezzz! Is the ride a freefall? The things is 335FT tall and only hits 60MPH Quote
kblanken Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 It appears to be falling by gravity. The link says you won't actually be going up 300 feet, and I hope they let you stop falling at least a few feet before you hit the ground. The drop distance seems similar to our Drop Tower, so the speed will probably be similar too. (315 ft. with 264 ft. drop, at 67mph?) Maybe the larger span from spreading people out will slow it down a few mph? Edit to add: Oops, forgot to mention that I really want to go ride this. Quote
AintNutinElse2Do Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 I wonder if Drop Tower could one day be retrofitted with the Falcon carriages? This will be a must ride for me, and the only time other than GIB's the redundant seat belts on the harnesses seem a pretty much mandatory for my ridership. Then again B&M flyers don't bother me but I get to see it ratchet into position. Quote
SonofBaconator Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 ^Small possibility because I dont think Drop Tower needs Falcon carriages, it's already a great ride. Quote
AintNutinElse2Do Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 ^ Indeed Drop Tower is a great ride but things could be better, for me at least. I do think Kings Dominion's would be a more likely candidate though. Quote
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted June 13, 2013 Author Posted June 13, 2013 ^ I bet that would make the people at SEA happy. 3 Quote
TheBEASTunchained Posted June 27, 2013 Posted June 27, 2013 (Photo Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Times) 7 Quote
Dom497 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Just out of curiousity, where did you find this pic? Can't find it anywhere on TBT's website. (I'm not questioning that you just drew this picture...just curious which article the picture is in) Quote
Dom497 Posted June 30, 2013 Posted June 30, 2013 First Construction Update! More images here: http://bgtfans.com/2013/falcons-fury-construction-update-1/ 2 Quote
MDMC01 Posted June 30, 2013 Posted June 30, 2013 First Construction Update! More images here: http://bgtfans.com/2013/falcons-fury-construction-update-1/ Thanks for sharing the link to the photos! I think these are really cool as I've never seen construction photos of a Drop Tower before 2 Quote
Dom497 Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 2nd construction update. Seems that the foundation is going to go 135ft into the ground. http://bgtfans.com/2013/falcons-fury-construction-update-2/ Quote
Zayzayd13 Posted July 15, 2013 Posted July 15, 2013 it looks like a fun ride, but i don't think I would like the feeling of being faced down dropping 335 ft. Quote
Dom497 Posted July 16, 2013 Posted July 16, 2013 it looks like a fun ride, but i don't think I would like the feeling of being faced down dropping 335 ft. You're actually only dropping 310 ft. 1 Quote
sheikra_rocks Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 I was thinking of going until I saw $89.00 for a ticket. Jeezzz! Is the ride a freefall? The things is 335FT tall and only hits 60MPH Buy your ticket online. Sometimes they have a Play & Dine Deal which is you get your admission plus free All Day Dining. All Day Dining is an extra $32.99 otherwise. Or, you can get the Fun Card, which is basically a season pass. They call it "pay for a day, and come back all year." Parking is not included in the Fun Card. If you make at least 2 trips to BGT with the Fun Card, it would be worth it. I did the Fun Card in 2012 because I visited in April, and then again in December. 1 Quote
TTD-120-420 Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Depending on when you are going, pm me. I think I have an extra free ticket left. Quote
Dom497 Posted July 31, 2013 Posted July 31, 2013 Just a small update: residents living close to BGT have filed a noise complaint due to the the construction taking place at night for Falcon's Fury. http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/7/26/busch_gardens_contru.html Quote
Colonel_SoB_fan Posted August 23, 2013 Author Posted August 23, 2013 Usually I do not agree with noise complaints against parks but this one has some good points. Especially with construction at mid night. Quote
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