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Giant Drop
Drop Tower at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois. Opened 1997.
- Height
- 227 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 62 mph
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- n/a
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Intamin
Giant Drop is a drop tower in the Southwest Territory area of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Built by Intamin, it was one of two thrill rides added for the 1997 season, and it was themed as an ore excavator in the fictional Loco Diablo Mine. Wikipedia describes it as a second-generation Intamin drop tower.
Riders sit in open seats with their feet dangling as the ride lifts them up the 227-foot tower, about 20 stories. At the top the seats are released, and riders plunge straight down at a speed the park gives as 62 mph.
In 2017 the park added virtual reality headsets to the ride and temporarily called it Drop of Doom. The park lists a minimum height of 48 inches for Giant Drop.
Sources
- sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/giant-drop (Park page: drop tower in Southwest Territory, introduced 1997, Intamin; 227-ft tower, lifted 20 stories with feet dangling, free fall at 62 mph; 48-inch minimum height.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_America (Giant Drop, a 227 ft Intamin second-generation drop tower, added for 1997 in Southwest Territory, themed to an ore excavator in the fictional Loco Diablo Mine; VR headsets added and temporarily renamed Drop of Doom from April 29, 2017.)
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