I once built a death park in RCT3 with a ride named "Apollo 13". It was a drop tower that launched people at max speed and I built it at the smallest height possible. Yeah... You can guess all the damages I caused in my park.
@@Radioactive-ju9rb yep I’m sure most people made a death park where the coaster model (the one based on hypersonic XLC) was commonly used for running over people.
RIP Blue Fall at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Japan 1998-2020. Apparently 20 years of operation right next to the sea made it too rusty to fix anymore. Now my first drop tower is gone😢
My respect goes out to the family of the victim of the tragic accident at ICON park. Hopefully, new safety standards will be implemented so this will never happen again.
As far as what I could see it was mostly the operator than the tower itself...the fact that they took it down is kind of weird considering in the video of the incident you can see the operator ignoring his concerns about the restraints and like 5 or 6 other people around him AND IN LINE pointing out that his harness wasn't fastened. The operator was too busy chatting to a girl to the side. Then when he fell out the operator turned around slowly and confused as if he had NO IDEA what had happened. Didn't react at all. It was infuriating to watch, imagine someone dying because you just HAD to talk to that pretty girl. Sickning.
@@danwolfe238no. That sad fact is that Tyre and his family knew that he was to heavy for the ride. It’s equally parts the parents, tyres, and the operators fault.
@CKG23 I mean sure, that's also true. However I place more blame on the operator as it is at the end of the day THEIR JOB to make sure they turn away people who are too heavy to ride. Letting them go anyway to "teach them a lesson" or get them to not yell or complain is NEVER a good idea as this could be the result. This isn't the first time something like this has happened due to an operator relenting and letting the person go on anyway. In this particular case, the operator did not care, or at least he didn't show any concern whatsoever in the video. Ultimately yes, they knew he was too heavy and he shouldn't have gone on, but even more so than that, he should have been denied entry, and the MOMENT other people started saying hey he's not buckled! The ride should have been stopped. Tyre himself even expressed concern over it multiple times. In the end the operator is supposed to know the ride the best. This guy simply didn't care. At least that's my take based on the video I saw of the incident. Which I do not recommend finding unless you really wanna see the guys behavior, otherwise it's pretty upsetting, even though they cut the ending its still extremely upsetting to watch.
If you live near Lex Luthor: Drop Of Doom, some other great droptowers include Supreme Scream at Knott's Berry Farm and Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout as Disney California Adventure
@@tbx59 Supreme Scream has really pretty views and you can get really good views. It just depends on where you sit at one of the 3 parts of the droptower
Ive had that fear of drop towers since the ICON park incident, but when I rode the drop tower at dollywood In March 2023, My fears were overcome and I like drop towers
@@chumon1992 my favorite drop tower is one that you may have not heard about. It is global Burj at the UAE‘s Global Village in Dubai. I don’t know who the manufacture of the tower is, but it currently stands as the tallest drop tower in all of the United Arab Emirates, with a drop height of 278 feet. similar to the freefall tower, it rotates you as you are rising to the top, giving you a beautiful view of the park, which also makes it seem that you’re climbing higher than it actually looks. Not to mention, the theming on this ride is among the best that I’ve ever seen for an amusement park drop tower. I wrote it for the first time back in December of last year, and it blew me away. So much so that I’ve actually written this tower at least 3-4 times. if you’ve ridden it, i’m anxious to know how your experience was.
my favorite drop tower is one that you may have not heard about. It is global Burj at the UAE‘s Global Village in Dubai. I don’t know who the manufacture of the tower is, but it currently stands as the tallest drop tower in all of the United Arab Emirates, with a drop height of 278 feet. similar to the freefall tower, it rotates you as you are rising to the top, giving you a beautiful view of the park, which also makes it seem that you’re climbing higher than it actually looks. Not to mention, the theming on this ride is among the best that I’ve ever seen for an amusement park drop tower. I wrote it for the first time back in December of last year, and it blew me away. So much so that I’ve actually written this tower at least 3-4 times. if you’ve ridden it, i’m anxious to know how your experience was. Also, what is your favorite drop tower you’ve ever written?
I went to busch gardens the day after videos of the incident got around and went on falcon’s fury I wasn’t thinking about it until my second ride when someone I was riding with brought it up 😭😭😭 thankfully a staff member overheard and discussed the safety measures and stuff and it definitely defused the situation being on stuff like drop towers is always hard for me to bring myself to do since thinking about being high up for so long always turns me away, but when I just force myself to do it I usually just think “oh wow I should do that again” and yeah that’s basically what happened on falcon’s fury
AtmosFear is a pretty scary drop tower I ever ride. When I ride it for the first time, I was scared and my heart beat up of fear. After the ride was over, I cried. Now, I'm not afraid to ride AtmosFear again.
I rode Zumanjaro for the first time on Sunday. Watching Kingda Ka complete its course around me and feeling the structure shake was a thrilling and awesome experience. That on top of the drop's insane height makes it one of my favorite drop towers on Earth.
I am fully aware of why they don’t do it, but in the back of my mind, it would have just be so cool if the Kingda Ka train cresting the top of the Top hat was the release trigger for Zumanjaro. Imagine the drop cars racing the train back down.
@@Houtarou_Hyouka_Unforgiven synchronized, yes, but I was thinking the train being the trigger for the drop. As in the train passing a sensor on the track would be what releases the drop cars.
I've ridden Lex Luthor, what you don't realize until your on the ride, Valencia is in a mountain pass, when the wind kicks up the whole ride rocks FEET side to side.
Drop towers feel like maintenance nightmares, especially the older and larger-scale ones. Many of them run on small schedules and aren’t open every day. Some drop towers that face lots of wear and tear even have some of the gondolas parked at the top of the tower because they can’t use all of them
The Orlando drop tower was easily my favorite drop ride of all-time. It's a heartbreaking that the young man passed away, but it also sucks knowing that the tower is being taken down since it was such an amazing experience
@wickedcyclonefanboy43 no it shouldn't have, but a teenager shouldn't be working that job if the time of night effects them that much. Teenagers shouldn't even have these jobs to begin with. This is as you see a life and death thing. I'm fucking sorry, but if you're really saying him being a teenager and exhausted is and excuse for chatting to a girl and ignoring 5 people yelling at you ro not dispatch and to check the restraints again, then I have to say the job shouldn't have been his to begin with. I don't care how exhausted you are, they were YELLING to not start the ride. I watched the full uncut video. I agree that it's the fault of the park too for having him working that late and long to begin with, and for hiring teens who can't handle their shifts, but it's ALSO, his fault. It's HIS responsibility to check this stuff. It's literally his whole job, and a kid died. If he can't handle it, he shouldn't be doing it.
I don’t think that they should’ve torn down the tower in the first place. I think that they should’ve rebuilt it entirely from scratch with new and improved safety measures, such as a seatbelt.
#1 and #2 are fun but not overly intense. The Orlando Freefall, while a similar height, was a lot more thrilling with that forward tilt, but even that doesnt compare to how insane your first ride on #7 Falcon's Fury is! I dont think a single drop tower on this list are as intense as the shorter Larsen drop towers. The 120ft drop on Panic Plunge at Silverwood is the only one that gives me that intense drop feeling. They are so good!
Amazing, just the combination of Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster in the world, and Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom, the tallest drop tower in the world, makes the perfect combination when it comes to world records!
It's just sad that zumanjaro causes delays on the kingda ka launch. From what I understand they are not allowed to operate at the same time so kingda ka ends up waiting for zumanjaro on a ride that already has a long wait and unpredictable operation status.
Funtime’s drop towers have unfortunately become synonymous with danger and have given drop towers a bad rap since the Orlando incident in 2022. I hope these towers will make a triumphant return to everyone’s liking soon.
The thing about it is that it was not Funtimes fault, but the fault of the park which modified the tower. Nevertheless, the Hansa Park installed additional safety belts to the Highlander.
@@AnonymerPeter I know and understand that. The owner should’ve never modified the restraints and the moment he did he voided all safety guidelines with the manufacturer. But since this was such a big story, the manufacturer name has stuck in people’s minds since it was used a lot.
You can also experience Hurakan Condor in the stand-up position and tilting: 2 sides are for regular seats, 1 for sitting tilting position, 1 for the stand-up regular position, and the last for stand-up tilting position.
I rode Hurrakan Condor. The 20 second suspense on the top is actually terrifying. I've also ridden the (Now Closed) Apocolypse at (the controversal) Drayton Manor. It also had those cameras
Voltrum is close to me. Very close. I experienced a lot of Funtime and Intamin towers. I can agree, that this drop is very very intense. For whatever reason, it's a lot more intense than Highlander. To be honest, the most intense I've ridden. The open restrains help a lot here. I've ridden this tower close to 70 times now and the ejector airtime is still amazing and feels like a camelback on Expedition Geforce. One very important record holder has to be mentioned here as well: Hangover. It's the tallest portable Gyro Drop tower with 85m or 190ft. Made by Funtime. Sidenote: I somehow think that the standart sitting towers are more intense when it comes to airtime compared to the ones with tilting seats.
After riding Kingda Ka and Zumanjaro I can confidently say I no longer have fear when it comes to coasters 😂 obsessed with Ka, and had a blast on Zumanjaro as well. Though admittedly I think Falcon’s Fury was a bit scarier. Been a bit since I rode it though
I had a pleasure to ride Zumanjaro a couple days ago. I think Six Flags made this ride so scary that loads of people give up on it. There was basically no queue to ride it. I am not scared of roller coasters at all but drop towers are different level of thrill. Definitely recommend this ride to anyone. Drop itself is not scary, it's going up the scariest part of it.
My first drop tower was huracan condor and they do not let you pick what side you wanted to ride and I got put in the stand up floorless side and yikes! Let me tell you now that you need to prepare if you are going to portaventura and plan to ride it.
I will go on coasters of all heights, but I don't mess with drop towers anymore. A few years back, I went on the one at Knobels, which isn't nearly as tall as these ones. I couldn't get my harness buckled and the people running it were too busy socializing to come over and check my harness and I couldn't get down because it was locked in place. I have video of my phone that my youngest son took were he is sobbingly trying to get their attention and he was ignored. After what seemed like forever (because I seriously thought I was going to die in front of my 4 kids, with my youngest sitting next to me), they came over and finally clicked me in.
I feel the need to give at least a shout out to the monster that was S&S's drop tower prototype, Sonic Boom. It wasn't taller than many of this list's rides, but it had no physical brakes. it was a wild concept.
It was funny hearing about how there used to be a coaster named Tower of Terror in Australia. Since it opened after the Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror rides in the Disney parks (RIP to the one in Disneyland that got re-themed to Guardians of the Galaxy) I gotta wonder how Disney felt about that considering how finicky they can get about that sort of thing.and just the confusion aspect between the two as well. Fun little fact: Disney Imagineers wanted to make ToT 200 ft tall but didn’t because they’d have to put an aircraft warning light on top which would ruin the aesthetic. So they built it one inch shorter.
The Larson and ARM Drop Towers are my favorites those are ridiculous for their sizes not stopping at the top make the drops so much more intense I personally would love the bigger towers to not stop at the top
My baby daughter and I love watching your videos. She especially likes your theme music. I can't wait until she's tall enough to ride with us. Thank you again for another great video and keep up the good work!
I realize you're talking about drop towers, but Both Tower of Terror and Superman Escape from Krypton coaster had a DROP of 328'; now only beaten by Red Force and Kingda Ka. Unfortunately, Zumajaro was closed when I was as there last year, but I got to ride all coasters in the park including El Toro. Thanks for posting!
Orlando Freefall was at one point the largest drop tower in the world, but only for about a year. It was 430 feet tall. It operated from December 2021 until March 2022, when an accident caused it to be permanently shut down. It was also built by Funtime.
When I rode Lex Luther: Drop of Doom back in 2013, I had some how figured out that I was facing Batman after walking through the queue but waiting in the loading station. The view from the ride is still great and it even helped determine what ride my sister and I would go on next, which was Green Lantern: First Flight at the time since the line was still short.
My condolences go out to the family of Tyre Sampson, which caused the tragic incident on the Orlando freefall tower. I fully believe that it was the operators fault, and, especially Funtime, the manufacture of the tower. I believe they didn’t have the right and safe restraints. I believe it was literally just a lap bar, but there was no seatbelt involved. And for a drop tower that is so massive, and that tilts 30°, I think it should’ve been safer. I think that they should rebuild it again, with entirely new safety strategies. I believe this is such a fun and unique drop tower experience. I think that Funtime should build an even better version of the tower, or maybe turn to Intamonn, which I believe, have some of the best and safest drop towers in the world. I would love to see a video on your favorite drop towers that you’ve ever written. Much like how we saw for your top 25 favorite roller coasters video, I’m anxious to know what are your top 25 drop towers that you’ve written. Keep up the great work, and I am a huge fan of your channel!
It was also because he wanted to go on the ride despite being over the weight limit but yes I do believe it was the rid op’s fault for not checking his restraint and escorting him off the ride. It would be embarrassing, but much more safe and would have prevented what happened.
There were over the shoulder bars too in the video but they were not secured. Yes he was over weight as well but that's the entire point of a ride op, to operate the ride, and make sure certain people don't ride who wouldn't be safe. I went to sick flags with a friend of mine and he couldn't ride superman because he couldn't buckle the seat belt. He was pissed he couldn't ride but not at the operator or six flags, just the situation. Either way, the ride op was not at all concerned. It's like, when other people in line even are pointing out that it's not fastened correctly(loudly as well), maybe it should be checked...
@@chumon1992 I think that icon Park should still have a drop tower, but it just needs to be safer. I honestly think it should’ve not been torn down in the first place. It was clearly the operators fault, that I think they should’ve completely rebuilt this right from scratch, while giving it better and safer restraints.
@@ThemeParkCrazy When I asked i saw the height of tower not the drop at the King's Island website . So i decided to check Wikipedia and the drop for King's Island is listed at 264 feet (80 m) and the 272 feet (83 m) drop was king's dominion
Falcons fury closed down in 2022 because somebody fell off on a similar ride in Orlando then opened back up in 2023 I have ridden it twice on the same day
That segment was from the old video where the coaster wasn't open yet. But funny that you mention that considering Bayern Park is basically my home park.
I think it was open from December 2021 to march 2022. After the accident the ride closed for about a year and sat at the park. It got torn down about 2 months ago in march
That combo tower in Parque Warner kinda sucks tho 😅 the combo element sounds cool but when riding it you can feel that it's not fully build for either the shot or drop program but 50/50 to be able to feature both. Makes it a bit weak in my experience.
Woah… that’s incredible and sad which they are still many I haven’t been able to ride yet! May Stan C rest in peace too. Great video! ❤ Will you do a video about Top 10 wooden roller coasters you’ve ridden before?
only rode Falcons Fury was close to riding Hurrakan Condor but skipped since it had a freakin 50min wait I'd also add Hangover Tower, that one is the tallest transportable (around 86m) drop tower
I do want to try out Falcons Fury or Zomanjaro if I get the chance but I don’t think I will ever recover from them if I did ride them. Keep up the good videos!
I’ve always loved drop towers, whenever me and my family go’s to Kings Island, I’ve always done the drop tower. This has been an EXCELLENT video! Perfectly narrated, and great shots of the drop tower! Thanks for the video.
The fact that you can’t stop going up on a drop tower and just instantly drop is insane. I swear if I rode that and experienced that, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a brown spot in my pants.
Falcon's Fury is a heck of a great drop tower but with it being down for an entire year then it opens back but for a week, then breaks down again so many problems with that Intamin drop tower.... At this point it's going to be a memorable attraction soon if Busch Gardens Tampa doesn't get it back up
I’m not the biggest fan of drop towers as they so freaking tall. I’ve only been on 2 (cus I was forced onto them by my friends) tower of doom at eliches and falcons fury at Busch gardens, yeah they gave great airtime but it was to much for me, I’ll stick with coasters.
Yeah I've only been on one, the scream at six flags new England. I went on as well because I was there with my school and EVERYONE went on. It was fun when it was drifting and had the anti gravity feeling, but the initial ascent and the decent were so terrifying. Especially the first ascent. I was looking down as I stupidly thought oh I wanna see the ground move away from me, didn't realize how fast it was gonna go. I lurched forward against the straps and felt like I was gonna fly right out. It was scary as fuck.
I'm from Germany, Bavaria and I visited the Bayer-Park countless of times. The most recent visit being in July where I went on the Voltrum myself with my best friend for the first time. It was quite the experience for me especially cause I ended up going twice in a row. It was quite nerve wrecking at first but once we dropped I felt all the adrenaline going mad and was laughing after that cause of how amazing it was. It's worth the try and might do it again
Awesome video! Although I only travel UK parks, but some of these rides I recognise and must visit one day! Absolutely amazing manufacturers and rides :) I love all your videos and keep up good work! 👍👌 really interesting stuff 👌
Ive been on Busch Gardens in tampa two years ago, but the drop tower was closed and I didn’t get the chance to ride it. I still loved the coasters, specially Sheikra
falcon's fury is the craziest ride I have ever been on. I wasn't expecting the punch in the gut from the hanging from my stomach. Literally made me sick, which never happens with me and rides.
If you’re afraid of heights while you’re on a Tallest Drop Tower ride, Don’t worry, Just be brave and Hold to your mom and dad’s hand tight and Enjoy the ride!
After riding Demon Drop and Zumanjaro I believe on the same day (no more than one day in between if not,) I’ve learned that height doesn’t matter on a drop tower. Demon Drop was miles scarier and more fun to me.
Hurakan Condor is the only one I've been on, I believe that was missed in the last one because the one at ICON in FL was still open so Hurakan Condor was 11th
Yesterday I got stuck 415 feet in the air on Lex Luthor for about 10 minutes, then I heard the people on the intercom say that “there was a malfunction and that they were working on the problem”. before they dropped us randomly.
I went to Busch Gardens Tampa this past February and Falcons Fury was closed, I was so upset. I also rode Zumanjaro this past April and it was really rough and honestly not that fun.
One thing you missed in this video is that you can ride atmosfear with a vr headset and that experience is absolutely ridicolous. I have ridden it myself and in my opinion there is nothing in Sweden that gives such an adrenaline rush.
That thing scared me so much more than anything I’ve ever been on and I’ll ride any rollercoaster you put in front of me but drop towers are something I will be horrified of
I went on Lex Luthor near its opening date, got stuck at the top for about 45minutes. Some people were freaking out. Love the ride and rode it multiple times since. But no lie that drop they did after they fixed whatever the issue was was by far my most “clinched” moments haha
Size doesn't really matter when it comes to drop towers, in my opinion atleast. All the Funtime towers are incredibly lame in comparison to even the smallest intamin tower.
And I thought that Playland's Hellevator was tall! It probably helps that the distance from the nearby city makes it feel taller than a lot of the buildings even though it isn't. 🤔 What a view from all of these though!
Drop towers are my absolute worst nightmare and I thought I was safe knowing all these were in other countries until I got to #3 which is in Australia 😭😭
La venganza del enigma or whatever it’s called looks a lot like power tower at valley fair. I was going to go on power tower but after 15 minutes I was still in the back of the line. So I didn’t go on it
Amazing video but I'm sad that Ikaros on gröna lund wasn't selected it's terrifying 😢 I would never be brave enough to raid it because a thing in my past a fall on 3 meters as a 5 year old
im gonna be honest, and I know this is a controversial opinion, but length and speed aren't everything on a drop tower. I went on Lex Luthor drop of doom and if you aren't simply scared of being up that high it really is mid. The acceleration is slow so the forces are very gradual, it's the same reason why faster launches are more fun, they're more forceful.
Crazy that I’ve written all of the European ones. We have amazing droptowers here. But still one of the most intense is high fall at moviepark Germany, with only 61 Meters.
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I once built a death park in RCT3 with a ride named "Apollo 13". It was a drop tower that launched people at max speed and I built it at the smallest height possible. Yeah... You can guess all the damages I caused in my park.
💀 lol
For some reason I thought of the “John Denver Experience” from South Park
That gave me an idea: Alongside Mt. Vesuvius, ima host a death Park called Mortifera
so we all did this?
@@Radioactive-ju9rb yep
I’m sure most people made a death park where the coaster model (the one based on hypersonic XLC) was commonly used for running over people.
I think RCT3 is actually better than Planet Coaster. It's way more simple to understand
RIP Blue Fall at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Japan 1998-2020. Apparently 20 years of operation right next to the sea made it too rusty to fix anymore. Now my first drop tower is gone😢
Oh nooo that's awful..I'm so sorry. It's always hard when they can't be fixed anymore
My respect goes out to the family of the victim of the tragic accident at ICON park. Hopefully, new safety standards will be implemented so this will never happen again.
As far as what I could see it was mostly the operator than the tower itself...the fact that they took it down is kind of weird considering in the video of the incident you can see the operator ignoring his concerns about the restraints and like 5 or 6 other people around him AND IN LINE pointing out that his harness wasn't fastened. The operator was too busy chatting to a girl to the side. Then when he fell out the operator turned around slowly and confused as if he had NO IDEA what had happened. Didn't react at all. It was infuriating to watch, imagine someone dying because you just HAD to talk to that pretty girl. Sickning.
@@chumon1992 uhhh the towers seats were modified were they not
@@danwolfe238no. That sad fact is that Tyre and his family knew that he was to heavy for the ride. It’s equally parts the parents, tyres, and the operators fault.
@CKG23 I mean sure, that's also true. However I place more blame on the operator as it is at the end of the day THEIR JOB to make sure they turn away people who are too heavy to ride. Letting them go anyway to "teach them a lesson" or get them to not yell or complain is NEVER a good idea as this could be the result. This isn't the first time something like this has happened due to an operator relenting and letting the person go on anyway. In this particular case, the operator did not care, or at least he didn't show any concern whatsoever in the video. Ultimately yes, they knew he was too heavy and he shouldn't have gone on, but even more so than that, he should have been denied entry, and the MOMENT other people started saying hey he's not buckled! The ride should have been stopped. Tyre himself even expressed concern over it multiple times. In the end the operator is supposed to know the ride the best. This guy simply didn't care. At least that's my take based on the video I saw of the incident. Which I do not recommend finding unless you really wanna see the guys behavior, otherwise it's pretty upsetting, even though they cut the ending its still extremely upsetting to watch.
i can’t believe it’s been over a year now, i hope the family is doing a little better now
If you live near Lex Luthor: Drop Of Doom, some other great droptowers include Supreme Scream at Knott's Berry Farm and Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout as Disney California Adventure
Supreme Scream is a better ride outside the extreme height of Lex Luthor (and the great green view this year after all the rains)
@@tbx59 Supreme Scream has really pretty views and you can get really good views. It just depends on where you sit at one of the 3 parts of the droptower
Ive had that fear of drop towers since the ICON park incident, but when I rode the drop tower at dollywood In March 2023, My fears were overcome and I like drop towers
I have a fear of them cause I have a bad time with heights, they are fun but very scary.
@@chumon1992 my favorite drop tower is one that you may have not heard about. It is global Burj at the UAE‘s Global Village in Dubai. I don’t know who the manufacture of the tower is, but it currently stands as the tallest drop tower in all of the United Arab Emirates, with a drop height of 278 feet. similar to the freefall tower, it rotates you as you are rising to the top, giving you a beautiful view of the park, which also makes it seem that you’re climbing higher than it actually looks. Not to mention, the theming on this ride is among the best that I’ve ever seen for an amusement park drop tower. I wrote it for the first time back in December of last year, and it blew me away. So much so that I’ve actually written this tower at least 3-4 times. if you’ve ridden it, i’m anxious to know how your experience was.
my favorite drop tower is one that you may have not heard about. It is global Burj at the UAE‘s Global Village in Dubai. I don’t know who the manufacture of the tower is, but it currently stands as the tallest drop tower in all of the United Arab Emirates, with a drop height of 278 feet. similar to the freefall tower, it rotates you as you are rising to the top, giving you a beautiful view of the park, which also makes it seem that you’re climbing higher than it actually looks. Not to mention, the theming on this ride is among the best that I’ve ever seen for an amusement park drop tower. I wrote it for the first time back in December of last year, and it blew me away. So much so that I’ve actually written this tower at least 3-4 times. if you’ve ridden it, i’m anxious to know how your experience was. Also, what is your favorite drop tower you’ve ever written?
I went to busch gardens the day after videos of the incident got around and went on falcon’s fury
I wasn’t thinking about it until my second ride when someone I was riding with brought it up 😭😭😭 thankfully a staff member overheard and discussed the safety measures and stuff and it definitely defused the situation
being on stuff like drop towers is always hard for me to bring myself to do since thinking about being high up for so long always turns me away, but when I just force myself to do it I usually just think “oh wow I should do that again” and yeah that’s basically what happened on falcon’s fury
@@p1ntamin drop towers I find far more scary than coasters cause it's so lateral. That's a good staff that took the tike to do that.
AtmosFear is a pretty scary drop tower I ever ride. When I ride it for the first time, I was scared and my heart beat up of fear. After the ride was over, I cried. Now, I'm not afraid to ride AtmosFear again.
ride it in VR it isnt as scary
I rode Zumanjaro for the first time on Sunday. Watching Kingda Ka complete its course around me and feeling the structure shake was a thrilling and awesome experience. That on top of the drop's insane height makes it one of my favorite drop towers on Earth.
I am fully aware of why they don’t do it, but in the back of my mind, it would have just be so cool if the Kingda Ka train cresting the top of the Top hat was the release trigger for Zumanjaro. Imagine the drop cars racing the train back down.
I don't know but
I've seen several random zumanjaro drop sync with kingda ka
(My English is not good)
@@Houtarou_Hyouka_Unforgiven synchronized, yes, but I was thinking the train being the trigger for the drop. As in the train passing a sensor on the track would be what releases the drop cars.
They duel most of the time anyway.
I've ridden Lex Luthor, what you don't realize until your on the ride, Valencia is in a mountain pass, when the wind kicks up the whole ride rocks FEET side to side.
My mom told me the 80s drop towers that ran on a track and sloped out were her favorite, even if they had awful capacity lol
Drop towers feel like maintenance nightmares, especially the older and larger-scale ones. Many of them run on small schedules and aren’t open every day. Some drop towers that face lots of wear and tear even have some of the gondolas parked at the top of the tower because they can’t use all of them
Gotta love new theme park crazy videos
Me too!
I'm crazy for it
The Orlando drop tower was easily my favorite drop ride of all-time. It's a heartbreaking that the young man passed away, but it also sucks knowing that the tower is being taken down since it was such an amazing experience
Especially since it was 100% the operator's fault.
@@chumon1992 stop blaming an exhausted teenager, the ride shouldn’t have been able to dispatch
@wickedcyclonefanboy43 no it shouldn't have, but a teenager shouldn't be working that job if the time of night effects them that much. Teenagers shouldn't even have these jobs to begin with. This is as you see a life and death thing. I'm fucking sorry, but if you're really saying him being a teenager and exhausted is and excuse for chatting to a girl and ignoring 5 people yelling at you ro not dispatch and to check the restraints again, then I have to say the job shouldn't have been his to begin with. I don't care how exhausted you are, they were YELLING to not start the ride. I watched the full uncut video. I agree that it's the fault of the park too for having him working that late and long to begin with, and for hiring teens who can't handle their shifts, but it's ALSO, his fault. It's HIS responsibility to check this stuff. It's literally his whole job, and a kid died. If he can't handle it, he shouldn't be doing it.
I don’t think that they should’ve torn down the tower in the first place. I think that they should’ve rebuilt it entirely from scratch with new and improved safety measures, such as a seatbelt.
i love how you always get the pronunciation right with names and countries that arent english! its really respectful
The TALLEST roller coaster and the TALLEST drop tower... what a perfect combination!
#1 and #2 are fun but not overly intense. The Orlando Freefall, while a similar height, was a lot more thrilling with that forward tilt, but even that doesnt compare to how insane your first ride on #7 Falcon's Fury is! I dont think a single drop tower on this list are as intense as the shorter Larsen drop towers. The 120ft drop on Panic Plunge at Silverwood is the only one that gives me that intense drop feeling. They are so good!
Amazing, just the combination of Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster in the world, and Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom, the tallest drop tower in the world, makes the perfect combination when it comes to world records!
It's just sad that zumanjaro causes delays on the kingda ka launch. From what I understand they are not allowed to operate at the same time so kingda ka ends up waiting for zumanjaro on a ride that already has a long wait and unpredictable operation status.
@@DBI2000 that rule changed in 2021 lol. They duel all the time now.
Funtime’s drop towers have unfortunately become synonymous with danger and have given drop towers a bad rap since the Orlando incident in 2022. I hope these towers will make a triumphant return to everyone’s liking soon.
And idk why drop towers are extremely safe, deaths on those are very rare
The thing about it is that it was not Funtimes fault, but the fault of the park which modified the tower. Nevertheless, the Hansa Park installed additional safety belts to the Highlander.
@@AnonymerPeter I know and understand that. The owner should’ve never modified the restraints and the moment he did he voided all safety guidelines with the manufacturer. But since this was such a big story, the manufacturer name has stuck in people’s minds since it was used a lot.
You can also experience Hurakan Condor in the stand-up position and tilting: 2 sides are for regular seats, 1 for sitting tilting position, 1 for the stand-up regular position, and the last for stand-up tilting position.
I rode Hurrakan Condor. The 20 second suspense on the top is actually terrifying. I've also ridden the (Now Closed) Apocolypse at (the controversal) Drayton Manor. It also had those cameras
Voltrum is close to me. Very close. I experienced a lot of Funtime and Intamin towers. I can agree, that this drop is very very intense. For whatever reason, it's a lot more intense than Highlander. To be honest, the most intense I've ridden. The open restrains help a lot here. I've ridden this tower close to 70 times now and the ejector airtime is still amazing and feels like a camelback on Expedition Geforce.
One very important record holder has to be mentioned here as well: Hangover. It's the tallest portable Gyro Drop tower with 85m or 190ft. Made by Funtime.
Sidenote: I somehow think that the standart sitting towers are more intense when it comes to airtime compared to the ones with tilting seats.
when i went to bayern park Freischütz was closed when i went there .
@@benjaminbruyninckx1840 The ride got a new launch system last year and it took until summer. Was is at that time?
After riding Kingda Ka and Zumanjaro I can confidently say I no longer have fear when it comes to coasters 😂 obsessed with Ka, and had a blast on Zumanjaro as well. Though admittedly I think Falcon’s Fury was a bit scarier. Been a bit since I rode it though
I really hope Ka gets fixed...I still haven't had a chance to rode it or Top Thrill Dragster.
@@chumon1992same
I had a pleasure to ride Zumanjaro a couple days ago. I think Six Flags made this ride so scary that loads of people give up on it. There was basically no queue to ride it. I am not scared of roller coasters at all but drop towers are different level of thrill. Definitely recommend this ride to anyone. Drop itself is not scary, it's going up the scariest part of it.
My first drop tower was huracan condor and they do not let you pick what side you wanted to ride and I got put in the stand up floorless side and yikes! Let me tell you now that you need to prepare if you are going to portaventura and plan to ride it.
I’m terrified of heights but I did not remember that UNTIL I got onto drop of doom at SFMM and I was terrified as we were just dangling up there 😂
I will go on coasters of all heights, but I don't mess with drop towers anymore. A few years back, I went on the one at Knobels, which isn't nearly as tall as these ones. I couldn't get my harness buckled and the people running it were too busy socializing to come over and check my harness and I couldn't get down because it was locked in place. I have video of my phone that my youngest son took were he is sobbingly trying to get their attention and he was ignored. After what seemed like forever (because I seriously thought I was going to die in front of my 4 kids, with my youngest sitting next to me), they came over and finally clicked me in.
The ride can’t dispatch if the restraint isn’t down
Omg I've been to knoebels!
I feel the need to give at least a shout out to the monster that was S&S's drop tower prototype, Sonic Boom. It wasn't taller than many of this list's rides, but it had no physical brakes. it was a wild concept.
It was funny hearing about how there used to be a coaster named Tower of Terror in Australia. Since it opened after the Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror rides in the Disney parks (RIP to the one in Disneyland that got re-themed to Guardians of the Galaxy) I gotta wonder how Disney felt about that considering how finicky they can get about that sort of thing.and just the confusion aspect between the two as well.
Fun little fact: Disney Imagineers wanted to make ToT 200 ft tall but didn’t because they’d have to put an aircraft warning light on top which would ruin the aesthetic. So they built it one inch shorter.
still don’t get why they wouldn’t just make it so you can’t see the light from the ground or just incorporate it into the theme
I've been on the Hurrakan Condor back in 2010 it was amazing! The tilt makes it a thrilling ride
The Larson and ARM Drop Towers are my favorites those are ridiculous for their sizes not stopping at the top make the drops so much more intense I personally would love the bigger towers to not stop at the top
The 120ft Larsen drop tower at Silverwood is way more intense than the top 2 on this list. Id love to see a 300ft+ Larsen drop tower!
My baby daughter and I love watching your videos. She especially likes your theme music. I can't wait until she's tall enough to ride with us. Thank you again for another great video and keep up the good work!
My tallest drop tower is like 10m tall and these look so crazy compared to the one I rode at Tripsdrill.
I realize you're talking about drop towers, but Both Tower of Terror and Superman Escape from Krypton coaster had a DROP of 328'; now only beaten by Red Force and Kingda Ka. Unfortunately, Zumajaro was closed when I was as there last year, but I got to ride all coasters in the park including El Toro. Thanks for posting!
Just curious. Can you do one ranking only the S&S drop towers?
Orlando Freefall was at one point the largest drop tower in the world, but only for about a year. It was 430 feet tall. It operated from December 2021 until March 2022, when an accident caused it to be permanently shut down. It was also built by Funtime.
When I rode Lex Luther: Drop of Doom back in 2013, I had some how figured out that I was facing Batman after walking through the queue but waiting in the loading station. The view from the ride is still great and it even helped determine what ride my sister and I would go on next, which was Green Lantern: First Flight at the time since the line was still short.
What about Sky Screamer at Marineland
My condolences go out to the family of Tyre Sampson, which caused the tragic incident on the Orlando freefall tower. I fully believe that it was the operators fault, and, especially Funtime, the manufacture of the tower. I believe they didn’t have the right and safe restraints. I believe it was literally just a lap bar, but there was no seatbelt involved. And for a drop tower that is so massive, and that tilts 30°, I think it should’ve been safer. I think that they should rebuild it again, with entirely new safety strategies. I believe this is such a fun and unique drop tower experience. I think that Funtime should build an even better version of the tower, or maybe turn to Intamonn, which I believe, have some of the best and safest drop towers in the world.
I would love to see a video on your favorite drop towers that you’ve ever written. Much like how we saw for your top 25 favorite roller coasters video, I’m anxious to know what are your top 25 drop towers that you’ve written. Keep up the great work, and I am a huge fan of your channel!
It was also because he wanted to go on the ride despite being over the weight limit but yes I do believe it was the rid op’s fault for not checking his restraint and escorting him off the ride. It would be embarrassing, but much more safe and would have prevented what happened.
There were over the shoulder bars too in the video but they were not secured. Yes he was over weight as well but that's the entire point of a ride op, to operate the ride, and make sure certain people don't ride who wouldn't be safe. I went to sick flags with a friend of mine and he couldn't ride superman because he couldn't buckle the seat belt. He was pissed he couldn't ride but not at the operator or six flags, just the situation. Either way, the ride op was not at all concerned. It's like, when other people in line even are pointing out that it's not fastened correctly(loudly as well), maybe it should be checked...
@@chumon1992 I think that icon Park should still have a drop tower, but it just needs to be safer. I honestly think it should’ve not been torn down in the first place. It was clearly the operators fault, that I think they should’ve completely rebuilt this right from scratch, while giving it better and safer restraints.
@@firasabueida8424 yeah, we can only hope they might build a better one
@@firasabueida8424 icon park should be shut down
What About the drop tower at King's Island?
Believe it or not, the drop on that one is only 272 feet despite the tower being 315 feet.
@@ThemeParkCrazy When I asked i saw the height of tower not the drop at the King's Island website . So i decided to check Wikipedia and the drop for King's Island is listed at 264 feet (80 m) and the 272 feet (83 m) drop was king's dominion
Falcons fury closed down in 2022 because somebody fell off on a similar ride in Orlando then opened back up in 2023 I have ridden it twice on the same day
Bayern park recently opend a gerstlauer family coaster called FirleFranz.
That segment was from the old video where the coaster wasn't open yet. But funny that you mention that considering Bayern Park is basically my home park.
@@meditalisoo7 it was just a honorable mention fun fact the launched maurer coaster was closed first time visiting there.
@@benjaminbruyninckx1840 Oh yeah, it is absolutely a good fun fact to add. I just wasn't expecting any Bayern Park facts in the comments. 😂
I feel bad that the Orlando free fall at icon closed less then a month
I think it was open from December 2021 to march 2022. After the accident the ride closed for about a year and sat at the park. It got torn down about 2 months ago in march
That combo tower in Parque Warner kinda sucks tho 😅 the combo element sounds cool but when riding it you can feel that it's not fully build for either the shot or drop program but 50/50 to be able to feature both. Makes it a bit weak in my experience.
Woah… that’s incredible and sad which they are still many I haven’t been able to ride yet! May Stan C rest in peace too. Great video! ❤
Will you do a video about Top 10 wooden roller coasters you’ve ridden before?
only rode Falcons Fury
was close to riding Hurrakan Condor but skipped since it had a freakin 50min wait
I'd also add Hangover Tower, that one is the tallest transportable (around 86m) drop tower
The biggest drop tower I rode was the the gyro drop one at kings dominion it's such a rush but twisted Timbers is still the better ride
Amazing video; thank you for the feature and for reuploading this one
I do want to try out Falcons Fury or Zomanjaro if I get the chance but I don’t think I will ever recover from them if I did ride them. Keep up the good videos!
great video nice job with the drop towers
I’ve always loved drop towers, whenever me and my family go’s to Kings Island, I’ve always done the drop tower. This has been an EXCELLENT video! Perfectly narrated, and great shots of the drop tower! Thanks for the video.
thank you for taking my video😊
You should do a weirdest coasters video
The fact that you can’t stop going up on a drop tower and just instantly drop is insane. I swear if I rode that and experienced that, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a brown spot in my pants.
Lmao 😂
Falcon's Fury is a heck of a great drop tower but with it being down for an entire year then it opens back but for a week, then breaks down again so many problems with that Intamin drop tower.... At this point it's going to be a memorable attraction soon if Busch Gardens Tampa doesn't get it back up
My favorite drop tower is the Orlando Free Fall. Absolutely insane ride. Second is probably Lux Luthor (Superman sways the tower) or Demon Drop.
I rode the Giant Drop once shortly after it first opened. I think it's the reason why I suffer from acrophobia to this day. Never again!
All I can think about it Dee getting her braid ripped from her head at the Jersey Shore then Dennis threw up. Lol
I’m not the biggest fan of drop towers as they so freaking tall.
I’ve only been on 2 (cus I was forced onto them by my friends) tower of doom at eliches and falcons fury at Busch gardens, yeah they gave great airtime but it was to much for me, I’ll stick with coasters.
Yeah I've only been on one, the scream at six flags new England. I went on as well because I was there with my school and EVERYONE went on. It was fun when it was drifting and had the anti gravity feeling, but the initial ascent and the decent were so terrifying. Especially the first ascent. I was looking down as I stupidly thought oh I wanna see the ground move away from me, didn't realize how fast it was gonna go. I lurched forward against the straps and felt like I was gonna fly right out. It was scary as fuck.
As always, a great video that you have uploaded! Keep it up;
I remember when king da ka first came out it was absolutely packed there when it opened waited a few hours for that ride
I'm from Germany, Bavaria and I visited the Bayer-Park countless of times. The most recent visit being in July where I went on the Voltrum myself with my best friend for the first time. It was quite the experience for me especially cause I ended up going twice in a row. It was quite nerve wrecking at first but once we dropped I felt all the adrenaline going mad and was laughing after that cause of how amazing it was. It's worth the try and might do it again
The launch drop tower iceblast at pleasure beach was terrifying😅😅
At The amuesment park Kennywood My favorite coaster is Phantoms Revenge, It has a 200ft drop and a top speed of 85 MPH!
If you want to ride Falcons fury, you will have to go when its open. Because it goes through lots of maitenence closures
Awesome video! Although I only travel UK parks, but some of these rides I recognise and must visit one day! Absolutely amazing manufacturers and rides :) I love all your videos and keep up good work! 👍👌 really interesting stuff 👌
Ive been on Busch Gardens in tampa two years ago, but the drop tower was closed and I didn’t get the chance to ride it. I still loved the coasters, specially Sheikra
The six flags great adventure is a hour from me, I love the drop tower crazy to know we have the tallest tower
I absolutely LOVE Falcons Fury.. best drop tower in my opinion
falcon's fury is the craziest ride I have ever been on. I wasn't expecting the punch in the gut from the hanging from my stomach. Literally made me sick, which never happens with me and rides.
If you’re afraid of heights while you’re on a Tallest Drop Tower ride, Don’t worry, Just be brave and Hold to your mom and dad’s hand tight and Enjoy the ride!
After riding Demon Drop and Zumanjaro I believe on the same day (no more than one day in between if not,) I’ve learned that height doesn’t matter on a drop tower. Demon Drop was miles scarier and more fun to me.
i love la venganza del enigma
Hurakan Condor is the only one I've been on, I believe that was missed in the last one because the one at ICON in FL was still open so Hurakan Condor was 11th
i said it in the old drop towers video, where it was hurakan condor? and now its here yay
Yesterday I got stuck 415 feet in the air on Lex Luthor for about 10 minutes, then I heard the people on the intercom say that “there was a malfunction and that they were working on the problem”. before they dropped us randomly.
riding the drop towers on king da ka is a death note
I went to Busch Gardens Tampa this past February and Falcons Fury was closed, I was so upset. I also rode Zumanjaro this past April and it was really rough and honestly not that fun.
I'm surprised that six flags pulled the double world record off! Sick video!
One thing you missed in this video is that you can ride atmosfear with a vr headset and that experience is absolutely ridicolous. I have ridden it myself and in my opinion there is nothing in Sweden that gives such an adrenaline rush.
One that was not mentioned was the Drop Tower at Kings Island. The one at kings island is a 315 foot drop. :)
That thing scared me so much more than anything I’ve ever been on and I’ll ride any rollercoaster you put in front of me but drop towers are something I will be horrified of
I’m going to six flags New England today
As an Spanish I'm happy to see both Hurakan Condor and La Venganza del Enigma 😺😺😺😺
Btw Hurakan Condor is 98 meters and La Venganza del Enigma is 104
I went on Lex Luthor near its opening date, got stuck at the top for about 45minutes. Some people were freaking out.
Love the ride and rode it multiple times since. But no lie that drop they did after they fixed whatever the issue was was by far my most “clinched” moments haha
Size doesn't really matter when it comes to drop towers, in my opinion atleast. All the Funtime towers are incredibly lame in comparison to even the smallest intamin tower.
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Thank you for making an effort to pronounce the French well. I appreciate it so much.
I've actually ridden blue fall! Twice even!
And I thought that Playland's Hellevator was tall! It probably helps that the distance from the nearby city makes it feel taller than a lot of the buildings even though it isn't. 🤔 What a view from all of these though!
@themeparkcrazy can you do a history of inverted coasters, or a top 10 inverted coaster video? My daughter loves Banshee at KI
Don’t Forget About Doctor Doom’s Fear-Fall!
Drop towers are my absolute worst nightmare and I thought I was safe knowing all these were in other countries until I got to #3 which is in Australia 😭😭
I've been on Hurakan Condor!
La venganza del enigma or whatever it’s called looks a lot like power tower at valley fair. I was going to go on power tower but after 15 minutes I was still in the back of the line. So I didn’t go on it
I love Rollercoasters. I'll ride them all. Drop towers freak me out though. I rode one once and that was enough for me
Amazing video but I'm sad that Ikaros on gröna lund wasn't selected it's terrifying 😢 I would never be brave enough to raid it because a thing in my past
a fall on 3 meters as a 5 year old
im gonna be honest, and I know this is a controversial opinion, but length and speed aren't everything on a drop tower. I went on Lex Luthor drop of doom and if you aren't simply scared of being up that high it really is mid. The acceleration is slow so the forces are very gradual, it's the same reason why faster launches are more fun, they're more forceful.
Zoomanjaro will always be number 1 !
The ride POVs for Falcon do not do it justice. Its an amazing ride you should go on at least once in your life.
Crazy that I’ve written all of the European ones. We have amazing droptowers here. But still one of the most intense is high fall at moviepark Germany, with only 61 Meters.
I have a video idea:
Top ten / top fifteen best coaster models
But specific like, intamin blitz or B&M hyper or arrow mine train or an rmc hybrid