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Author Topic: Busch Gardens to add America's tallest freestanding drop tower !  (Read 2931 times)

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Offline J.R.E.

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Busch Gardens to add America's tallest freestanding drop tower !
« on: June 11, 2013, 07:28:12 pm »
 8)

I  mentioned to Ed, that I want to go on this when it opens in Busch gardens Tampa, next spring   :o  :P  I'm already feeling the rush, just thinking of it !




http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/6/11/busch_gardens_to_add.html

"Falcon's Fury will become the tallest freestanding drop tower in North America at 335 feet high. Riders will plummet in a prone position straight down at speeds reaching 60 mph" 

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Re: Busch Gardens to add America's tallest freestanding drop tower !
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2013, 07:32:07 pm »
Quote from: J.R.E. on June 11, 2013, 07:28:12 pm
8)
"Falcon's Fury will become the tallest freestanding drop tower in North America at 335 feet high. Riders will plummet in a prone position straight down at speeds reaching 60 mph" 

Let's see here.  Prone position, dropped from 335 feet at 60 mph, with vomit following close behind.  Great ride until you stop.  ;D

Joe
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Offline J.R.E.

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Re: Busch Gardens to add America's tallest freestanding drop tower !
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2013, 07:46:25 pm »
Quote from: killfoile on June 11, 2013, 07:32:07 pm
Let's see here.  Prone position, dropped from 335 feet at 60 mph, with vomit following close behind.  Great ride until you stop.  ;D

Joe

Heh,Heh !   ;D  No sausage hoagies or large drinks, before this ride.  8)

Ray
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CD 4 @593 /  CD4 % @ 18 %

Lymphocytes,total-3305 (within range)

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Re: Busch Gardens to add America's tallest freestanding drop tower !
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2013, 11:33:04 pm »
I love those drop rides.  However, we were surprised at a similar ride at Universal Islands Of Adventure.  You thought you would be dropped, but it shot you upward.

Our Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom had one of those-- smaller of course.  A cable got tied around a teen girl's legs before it dropped, and both her legs were severed.  They took the ride out here.  I am sure they designed all similar rides, so that cannot happen again.  I know King's Island in Cincy has one, but they made alterations.
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Re: Busch Gardens to add America's tallest freestanding drop tower !
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2013, 03:58:24 am »
Even imagining this gives me the shakes.  I am a giant wuss in that rollercoasters scare the living daylights out of me.  I managed to man up and go with a group of friends to Six Flags in Atlanta and I did whatever the very first ride I saw was.  I was so sore for the rest of the day because I had completely tensed up every muscle in my body for the entire 2 minute ride.

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