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Drop Zone
Drop Tower at Kemah Boardwalk, Kemah, Texas. Opened 2026.
- Height
- 140 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 47 mph
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- n/a
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- ARM Rides
Drop Zone is a drop tower at Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas. The park describes it as a 140-foot thrill tower that lifts riders more than 100 feet and releases them into a gravity-powered free fall at speeds up to 47 mph.
The current tower was built by ARM Rides and opened in March 2026. It replaced an earlier Drop Zone, which Wikipedia dates to 2008, with an entirely new structure and an upgraded control system. It has 12 ride units with one guest in each.
Sources
- kemahboardwalk.com/drop-zone-press-release-2026 (Press release dated March 6, 2026: reimagined 140-foot thrill tower by ARM Rides, now open; lifts riders more than 100 feet, free fall at speeds reaching 47 mph; replaces the previous ride of the same name with an entirely new structure and upgraded control system; 12 ride units, one guest each; 48-inch minimum.)
- kemahboardwalk.com/all-rides (Drop Zone on the official ride list: lifts riders over 100 feet, gravity-powered free fall; 48-inch minimum.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemah_Boardwalk (Earlier Drop Zone drop tower opened in 2008.)
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