Author Topic: CP Demon Drop to DP (Read 19339 times)

dkny6363 · « **Reply #50 on:** October 30, 2009, 08:46:59 PM »

If it was 5 bucks, hand the guy $4.99
When the attendant says your a penny short.
You reply "don't worry you'll get it after the rides over."

jimmybjammin · « **Reply #51 on:** October 31, 2009, 02:35:37 AM »

i was thinking, i can't remember a demon drop.. but that was literally the first ride i ever went on at CP this summer.

as for change.. they check hands at the drop tower in KD. it's a 72mph drop, i went on it a lot and one time, the stranger next to me was going to try the "penny trick" except it never flipped over onto his pants like he was told.. it fell seconds after we stopped at the bottom, and the penny hit the ground then flew 20 ft away into the bushes. I was very concerned he was going to throw it, but he was legit when i asked him before they checked our hands.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #52 on:** October 31, 2009, 02:11:30 PM »

Demon drop is dropped at gravity I believe. New drop towers are not. They are thrusted more so. Which gives you a huge headstart on the coin. Don't do it (the penny trick)especially on taller drop towers. It doesn't work and that penny has a long way to fall. Im not sure about this gravity as opposed to thrust thing. Anybody know what the difference is for sure.

jimmybjammin · « **Reply #53 on:** October 31, 2009, 11:36:53 PM »

the drop tower at KD is strictly gravity as well as Demon drop (not the same thing, very different rides), the coin flew off his pant leg due to the wind during the drop or his leg moving i suspect.. the dull 'new style' drop tower at DP is a sling shot, that thrusts down and bounce up and down a few times before finally coming down.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #54 on:** November 04, 2009, 12:50:34 AM »

Who's got the best drop tower?

ChuckR · « **Reply #55 on:** November 04, 2009, 01:34:32 AM »

Any of the 300 footer drop towers...

jimmybjammin · « **Reply #56 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:40:18 AM »

I think KD would have the best, its the tallest and fastest drop tower by gravity in North America.

AV Matt · « **Reply #57 on:** November 04, 2009, 06:05:39 PM »

The smaller tower at Morey's scares me. The big ones at Kings Island & Dominion do not.

GADVwow · « **Reply #58 on:** November 04, 2009, 07:21:45 PM »

The original Big Shot type shot/drop rides are far more intense than recent drop rides. Same story for first generation INTAMINS, like Stuntman's and Demon Drop.

jimmybjammin · « **Reply #59 on:** November 04, 2009, 11:15:07 PM »

i just love that click noise and huge gush of wind immediately following it as i become weightless right when the thing falls.

I remember liking that about demon drop too.

kingdakafan · « **Reply #60 on:** November 05, 2009, 06:22:17 PM »

Quote from: AV Matt on November 04, 2009, 06:05:39 PM

The smaller tower at Morey's scares me. The big ones at Kings Island & Dominion do not.

Thats the tallest drop tower on the east coast! (i think, at least it was, maybe its the tallest one in nj

)

B-mac · « **Reply #61 on:** November 05, 2009, 06:42:11 PM »

there's only two in NJ. the other is in seaside.

AV Matt · « **Reply #62 on:** November 06, 2009, 08:23:26 AM »

Well the short towers at Beech Bend and Lake Winnie are scarier than any of the Intamin mega towers. They don't stop dropping when you expect them to. They keep going for like another 20+ feet and then have a much more abrupt stop than the Intamin towers. They fake me out every time. I just can't get used to them.

darkridedan · « **Reply #63 on:** November 06, 2009, 09:18:23 AM »

IMHO

dkny6363 · « **Reply #64 on:** November 06, 2009, 11:33:07 PM »

demon drop is king for me. So messed up when you slide on yourt back.

AV Matt · « **Reply #65 on:** November 07, 2009, 01:22:18 AM »

Yeah, the sliding on your back ending just makes them superior to anything that's come since.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #66 on:** November 25, 2009, 11:38:07 PM »

Scream Scape has parts of DD sighted at Dorny.

GADVwow · « **Reply #67 on:** December 02, 2009, 07:26:12 AM »

Quote

...“Initial plans to install the ride at Knott’s Berry Farm have recently changed,” Knott’s spokeswoman Jennifer Blazey said in a written statement. “The change is a result of a review of the site geography, aesthetic park design, land use, and in the ride’s uniqueness in the northeast United States.”...

http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2009/12/02/demon-drop-wont-join-knotts-lineup-after-all/26729/

WadeJ · « **Reply #68 on:** December 02, 2009, 08:44:40 AM »

Sure... Nobody will remember Free Fall being at Gadv. What a dumb idea for either park!

AV Matt · « **Reply #69 on:** December 02, 2009, 12:48:49 PM »

No, it's a great idea! It's a great ride!

B-mac · « **Reply #70 on:** December 02, 2009, 03:50:46 PM »

and now it's somewhat nearby! but, where will it go in dorney?

WadeJ · « **Reply #71 on:** December 02, 2009, 06:24:27 PM »

That's all relative Matt. While we will obviously be happy with this decision, the GP will be saying that is just like that ride that gadv got back in the early 80's. I just don't see how this makes any financial sense. But yes, I'll be there riding it to lol.

dkny6363 · « **Reply #72 on:** December 02, 2009, 06:35:04 PM »

It ought to go to michigan adventures

AV Matt · « **Reply #73 on:** December 02, 2009, 08:24:55 PM »

Quote from: WadeJ on December 02, 2009, 06:24:27 PM

That's all relative Matt. While we will obviously be happy with this decision, the GP will be saying that is just like that ride that gadv got back in the early 80's. I just don't see how this makes any financial sense. But yes, I'll be there riding it to lol.

You give the GP way too much credit.

I think Dorney visitors are going to ride this and like it. Maybe 25% of them will realize and/or care that there used to be one at SFGAdv. Old or not, most people will think it's new. Only enthusiasts will make a deal of the "business sense" angle.

WadeJ · « **Reply #74 on:** December 02, 2009, 10:03:50 PM »

I guess we'll all have to wait and see but then again, why did all the other parks remove them? Besides the obvious high maint costs, gadv had pathetic ridership to justify keeping it around so I just don't see how this move makes sense for cedar fair. With that said, I wonder how the neighbors are going to like this noisy ride?

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