The Tallest and Fastest Flat Ride in World (Giant Drop)

(Firstly, Kingda Ka and Top Thrill (and more) are rollercoasters and do not come under the classification of an 'amusement park RIDE')

This ride is called the 'Giant Drop' located at Dreamworld, on the Gold Coast, Australia. The Gold Coast is the theme park capital of the Southern Hemisphere. (Dreamworld is also the biggest amusement park in the southern hemisphere)

Height:
390 feet (119m) - Ride Track Height
413 feet (126m) -Total Structural Height (Dreamworld Tower)

Speed:
83 mph (135 kph)

Classification: Amusement Park Ride, Freefall Drop Tower

Designer: Intamin AG

The Giant Drop is a Free Fall Drop Tower. (There are many different styles of towers; with Free Fall Drop Towers and Gyro Drop Towers being the most common.)

Titles:
-The tallest and fastest Drop Tower of any kind.
-The tallest and fastest Free Fall Drop Tower.
-The tallest and fastest amusement park ride in the world. (which does no include roller coasters)

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. The ride's breaks rely on magnets that have been given a suggested lifespan of 1 million years; which have coined the name 'fail-proof'.

If you believe there to be a ride that you think surpasses this ride's height or speed comment the video and I'll get back to you.

Have a nice day :)

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[forshiz100]

your going to die

[TheMinerpro]

I thought this was a slide....

[MyMatesAMac]

@teroy5 no way this is way bigger waaayyyy biggerrrr

[TheTrew96]

those of u who think there are taller drop rides than this havnt looked it up in guiness world records

[tydg36swagg]

@whoosho1 thank you the ride at six flags is better

[whoosho1]

dude there is a ride called giant drop at 6 flags great america. NOt nearly as scary though : )

[jolovingforever]

that dont look too bad. bad. but not too bad

[DesignedByCookiez]

@teroy5 It's not. Google it.

[NightBoy78]

Magic Mountain is putting in this same ride adjacent to Superman: "Six Flags Magic Mountain will add a new 40-story thrill ride in spring 2012 themed to DC Comics villain Lex Luthor that will rank as the world’s tallest and fastest drop tower. The 400-foot-tall Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom will be attached to both sides of the Valencia amusement park's 415-foot-tall Superman: Escape from Krypton coaster tower."

[teroy5]

Supreme Scream at Knotts Berry Farm in  California. is waay higher than that

[JaylenisOnline]

CAN I GET THE FIRST PERSON TRAM VIEW?