Riding the Worlds Tallest Drop Tower POV Orlando Free Fall
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- The Orlando Free Fall stands 430 feet in the air and is the new worlds tallest free standing drop tower! Riders tilt 30 degrees at the top before plunging down to the ground!
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The ride operator said they have the ability to play with the ride. That's so chilling when you think about Tyree. I bet this guy never expected that his video would be filled with thoughts for a child who died on this same ride.
I can’t imagine the pain of his parents . Prayers for them.
This ride is dangerous and needs to be taken down.
@@winning3329 I agree
Yes, I noticed they could do that when I was at a arcade/game place that has rides also
The more movable parts, the more chances for things to break.
I cannot stop thinking about this poor boy losing his life when he simply just wanted to have fun. You could tell he wasn’t that sure about it before they went up in the air. It just isn’t fair. His poor family, friends and their parents must be absolutely devastated
Exactly man…
I don’t think he was sure because they were told they couldn’t read any of the rides all night and then his dad had him get on that before closed? That doesn’t make any sense and it’s much harder for a big person to fall out then someone smaller. His seat was still latched
@@mackenziewilliams4507 He knew. He told his friend on the way up that he could move the quard and he wasn't secure. Even to tell his family he loved them, he knew he wasn't going to make it down .
Ya fr
The sad thing is they interviewed his Cousin and he did not even want to ride this ride but that was the only ride they would let him because he was to big
Watching this all i can think about is the panic that poor little boy felt while eventually falling to his death yesterday. That’s so heartbreaking
I came to this video to see what they meant by when it stops. I don't like that it tilts down I think that contributed as well.
@@valentinaharold1333 harness wasn't fully on + 30 degree tilt + the brakes made him slip
Luckily he probably never felt much of anything because he hit the ground about 75 mph from 30 feet up, which is why he hit the ground in less than a second. He was likely dead on impact. But this ride wasn’t safe for anyone on it. If you jumped from 30 feet up you’d likely hit the ground about 20 mph. And that alone is fatal. So let’s just hope he died peacefully. But I’m still disheartened a kids life was taken too soon and in such an avoidable way. It’s heartbreaking
@@yelazyy yeah u can see in the video him struggling to stay in the seat before falling 😔😕
@@QuadiePoo sadly he didn’t die on impact he died from his injuries on the way to the hospital then was pronounced dead there plus the 30 degree tilt made it exactly hard to hold on so he was basically fighting gravity such a harsh way to leave this life
When he says “that is a big fall” I got the chills thinking about Tyree falling to his death. I can’t imagine how scared he was. My heart goes out his family.
I actually think he fainted before he fell. He knew something was wrong going up and if you watched him fall, he seemed limped, like he didn't struggle to hang on to the harness.
@@pinkfreud62 looks like it, thankfully he didnt fall for too long. it was kind of an instant death, like he didnt suffer
@@bart7738 they took him to the hospital and he died there
It's the drop tower is a very dangerous ride. Serious precautions must be taken. Before you ride the Tower of Terror.
Man I wish I never seen this now im stuck smh made me cry as a 30 year old man I will never ride a roller coaster unless its small
Wow. This is kinda scary to watch now after the accident. I always kinda felt like this thing was too tall (not what caused the accident) but still, for being free standing. I don’t get why this thing didn’t have seat belts and personally I think seatbelts are super important. Like people are complaining about seatbelts on like RMCs and hyper coasters and stuff, but they don’t affect the ride experience and prevents horrible stuff like this from happening.
No they were the right size...that boy was squeezing in that ride....I saw the entire video...the harness wasn't even fastened...he was too tall and too big
@@samanthayoung2720 ya, it seems like he wasn't able to pull it all the way down over his stomach. They really should have check that with him and not let him ride.
@@samanthayoung2720 exactly
@@jenniferj939 My understanding is that the harness lock was reading secure. If that's true, then the operators wouldn't have had any reason to think it was unsafe for him to ride. Rides like this are programmed so that the harness won't read as secure unless it's pulled down far enough that the rider won't be at risk of slipping out, and the ride can't even start unless all harnesses give that secure reading. Also as Magic Coasters pointed out the lack of redundant safety measures is just baffling. Even if it does turn out that operator error was involved here, it's likely due to inadequate training.
As a ride operator . Our job is to make sure the ride starts and everyone is safe . The manufacturers job is to make sure that the safety instructions are correct and that’s what’s the problem here . IF THIS RIDE STARTED THEN HE SHOULD OF BEEN SAFE PERIOD !!!!!
Seeing this after the accident is heartbreaking. May that boy Rest In Peace.😔
He was a good friend
@@soop3r872 very sorry for your loss
@@soop3r872 sorry for ur loss dear
@@soop3r872 Sorry for your loss 🙏🏾
@@soop3r872 so sorry for your loss love 🫤🕊
My heart dropped watching this video. If a person who enjoyably rides coasters found it to be an impressionable fall I can only imagine this young 14 yr old boy who felt uncomfortable on the way up and asked his friends to let his parents know he loved them if he didn’t make it. What a powerful ride! May he Rest In Peace and thanks for sharing this video 2 months ago. You’ve answered the questions of many tHt wonder how the ride really feel like. Thank you! God bless! 🙏🏽
Wish someone made call
Seeing this after the accident is just chilling. Knowing that poor boy was freaking out at the top and probably holding on for dear life.
@@Mental_Illboy I know he was black. I meant seeing videos of how high the tower actually is and knowing from statements of people who went on with him saying he was freaking out at the top and telling them that if he died tell his family he loves them, is chilling
@@lainie8034 I know I just like attention from girls that's all.
Let him rest man
@@ayoolush4265 Yeah I can only help myself 5 to 6 times a day.
@@kitaboo2245 He came out of his seat as the gondola went thru the brake run. As it slowed down his momentum carried him out of the seat because of the gap between the restraint and his seat was too wide. Not sure how high up the magnetic brakes are when they start guess about 80 feet or so...
RIP Tyree. Condolences to the 14year old who died a few days ago on this ride. Me personally don't ride any rides I barely ride a ferrous wheel. I can just imagine him up there and if they tilted it he was really panicking because he probably was slipping then. 🙏🙏🙏
I used to work for a ride company. Needless to say I refuse to get on rides, especially the extreme ones.
Exactly what I said... once it tilted, he knew his fate 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔😢😢😢😢😢😢
He should not been allowed on the ride on the first place he was well over the weight limit of the ride his harness was manually adjusted to allow him to fit he also turned down from two other rides because of his size they also failed to put a sign up saying the maximum weight of the ride there also no seatbelt on the ride which could possibly saved his life if had a seatbelt on the ride
ferrous wheel i see what you did there
@@Luckyduck82180 why tho
I wonder why everyone other drop tower ive been on has seat belts but this one didn't. Seems strange to not put in a safety device on the LARGEST of anything
Yes the inspector said the same thing.
@@ShaunaRose1111 did he?
Imo this is the reason he died . If there was a seatbelt it probably wouldn’t of fastened and he would of had to get off or it would of stopped his movement some
@@King_Cosmic865 yeah if it the seatbelt didn’t buckle then it’ll give a sign to both him and the people checking it that he should get off but sadly no one put this extra safety
frrr
Imagine his horror as the seats tilted knowing his harness wasn’t fastened...
My speculative guess is that the poor kid was hanging on for dear life when the ride pivoted downward at the top. They said his arms were broken. My guess is that his arms broke from holding on so tight on the way down, coupled with all his body weight. When the rides’s brakes hit, the jolt snapped his arms and caused him to let go and plummet downward. It’s an easy argument that he was in terror the whole way down.
The harness was locked it was the bottom seat that fell out I believe
@@CreatorHouseVlogs I’m pretty sure the harness was not locked
@@CaptainBeefheart2004 harness was locked. The ride wont go unless it was locked. The kid was 40lbs over weight and the harness was up so high that his lower body just slipped right through from the g-forces. Like holding a golf ball barely on the side of your hand and squeeze. Just popped right out. All rides with these overhead harnesses should have a fail safe seat belt. That boy would be alive if just had something that stopped his lower bodies momentum. But the owner thought it gives the ride more thrill not having the bottom seat belt. Poor choices.
It shot him out the gap when the breaks hit
RIP young kid. Not sure if he slipped out or if the restraint failed. I did notice that there doesn't appear to be a mechanical backup latch (like a seatbelt that clicks the restraint into the seat). One would think that would be smart when tilting someone forward at 30 degrees and putting their body and the restraint in unusual position. Also you don't look that tightly restrained behind the restraint. Very sad!
I came here to see about the tilt. This ride is crazy. That poor kid. I feel bad for the ppl that saw it and his family!
@Anna Marfa yeah nah, I’m pretty sure they’re gonna be shut down down
@@kiingkay I actually do not there are still versions of this ride operating in europe and it's not actually new as a ride so i am skeptical.
He wasn't locked in properly. The over-the+shoulder restraint needs to come down between your legs and his was resting on his stomach, so basically nothing was holding him in against the downward momentum. He fell out once the brakes kicked in 😥
They never checked his restraint and he was holding on for his life and passed out and then let go and fell
Honestly, it breaks my heart to know that a 14 YEAR OLD fell from that high, it’s even sadder when you see for high the ride went from his point of view. One of the people who were there (Probably one of his friends family) said that he was panicking on the ride. Imagine how much things would have changed if the ride didn’t tilt. May you Rest Im peace Tyresse❤️.
The magnets hit at 100 feet to stop it, that’s why and when he slipped out. So he didn’t fall from 400 feet, more like 100. Still terrible 😒😪 had he fallen from 400 feet the scene on the ground would’ve been much worse
Yeah when you’re falling you’re pretty much glued to the seat but those brakes were so abrupt 100 feet is no way too fall that is a 10 story building almost the size of tower of terror 😔
He didn’t fall whenever it first let go
He fell when the ride was slowing down
This became in my opinion the top 10 scariest ride category now..
My heart dropped just thinking about how someone fell from here 😳
Actually, they fell when they hit the brakes, not when they were dropping
@@TheC0asterCraze so they still fell ?
@@TheC0asterCraze he still fell at 75 mph. He may as well fell from the top.
@@gymshoe23 Yeah just not at 430ft
@@TheC0asterCraze it’s doesn’t make a difference stfu. Tf?
My hands are sweating seeing how high it is, i can’t imagine how scared tyre was. rip big tick❤️
It's haunting watching this now after he fell out,he must of been terrified
Rip lil bro 😞
I hear you, I just can't imagine that level of fear knowing you are not going to make it down. How awful, how really awful!!
I think the worse part is going up and then sitting there. It was bad enough when it tilted..but I was sick to my stomach seeing the legs hang.
Dan might just be the single most chill dude on earth.
😁
@@MidwayMayhemChannel what a chad
@@Yo-bt2xb ooo got me good there. 😄
@@MidwayMayhemChannel you climbed this thing? Did I hear that right? Did you have a harness
@@stormingcoasters Indeed!
A 14 year old just died recently because of this ride, he had his harness on but his harness still managed to lift and flew off like a bird and landed on his face. Also another thing was he asked if he was secured and the staff said yes. Someone is responsible for this and this is heart breaking. Rest in peace young man you did not deserve this.♥️
stop trying to blame an accident on someone.
@@lunarlight3131 well, it is entirely true. Whoever was operating the ride is fully responsible.
@@simonecrawford1342 Could be, or mechanical failure by the manufacturer.
@Chase AReal1 So all drop rides have a seat lock requirements to even start so yes the seat was locked or it wouldn’t of even started . What happened after idk but imo the operator did everything right according to what the park ask of the operators . The biggest question here is why doesn’t the park require u to check harnesses physically
The crew did not check his seat belt. Idk what these idiots in the comment section are talking about. I smell a fat lawsuit and easy win for the family
The fact that it tilts would scare me. Made it easier for Tyre to slip, sadly. Is the harness the only restraint on the seat? We don't get to see you locking in. They should have a bottom center belt that locks into the harness so a person couldn't slip off if the harness would fail.
Bro in (Gröna Lund) in Stockholm, Sweden there is one that bends 90 degrees like ur facing the ground
There is no belt. So if the shoulder harness is not locked in or give way, you drop right off. I don't think he could fit because he is so tall.
try riding falcons fury at busch gardens lol
@@icebub that is what I was just about to say
That part , the tilt..so sad
I was there the night of the accident, we left about an hour before it happened. We discussed riding it but after eating at Gordon Ramsay's I seriously needed to use the bathroom, so we left. I'm 6'4 280, not much smaller than he was. It could've been me.
He was a big guy for his age. Still I'd rather a ride operator say "sorry, bro, your too fat" (or on the other end "no toothpicks") if it meant life or death. I'd also like the operator to, idk, ACTUALLY make sure every passenger was secure, regardless of size. Like physically check, regardless of what the light says. I'm glad you're safe
Scary
@@sockruhtease The part that bothers me most is that there was no seat belt between the legs like on Falcon's Fury at Busch Gardens Tampa. I'd like to know if that was an optional piece of safety equipment declined by the park or was it offered by the manufacturer at all. With that belt between your legs it would be damn near impossible to come out. Especially if you're on the larger side like him and me.
Exactly and that probably was your guardian angel that made you go cause they said the young man said he felt something In his spirit telling him No but chose to ignore it he even told a friend to tell his family if he didn't make it to tell them he loves them so why Ride trust yo gut always your angels be giving you warnings you may not know of intuition is always right
He’s only a inch bigger and 60 pounds heavier
I just rode it twice Saturday & once again Sunday night after leaving Universal. If you're not scared of heights this ride won't phase you! Velocicoaster pretty much lived up to the hype though👍🏾
Velocicoaster is phenomenal
Looks awesome!
Faze*
@@jakevaughn9726 please no✋🏼
Drop towers always scare the crap outta me every time lol. That’s part of why I really like em. Every single ride is unforgettable
I’d consider myself an established thrill seeker, but this video gave me second hand stress like I’ve never felt before.
Also I could see my old Walmart and gym. I used to live there lmao
Same
😥
Excellent camera work. Especially as you're falling. The camera is so steady
I agree. I am wondering what kind of camera they use and where it’s positioned.
Terrible what happened, thought you rode this. There should always be seat belts for any ride like this! I bet the family is going to sue and they should.
I'm not sure if there is a center bottom seat belt or not. They keep saying his belt wasn't fastened to the harness. The op didn't check. But I think there should be a safety that prevents a ride from even starting if all restraints are not in place.
@@pinkfreud62 There is . Rides like these use a green light system . The point of that system is to prevent things like this . If the light is on you are supposed to be safe . The manufacturers of this ride should be sued and I hope they shut down
@@King_Cosmic865 There not. They are a multi million dollar company as long people keep riding there rides there always cashing. Also most theme parks before you buy a ticket and on the ticket they have a warning if a accident happens or death they aren't responsible. You could sue them but mostly your chances are is to get money out of them because a full law suit will not work.
@@SOLIDMARCOS47 if there's a major design flaw (like the fact that someone can easily slip out, because there's nothing that goes between the rider's legs to restrain him) a lawsuit can be won. And the ride should be torn down. No amount of money will compensate for the loss of a child, but it will bankrupt the manufacturer and park.
Two seats on the ride were modified for larger riders. He was actually over the weight limit but the sensors gave a green light because of the modification. There’s a video on it that goes more in depth.
The fact that the 14 year old boy fell from a such a hight is terribly horrifying😥
praying for his family and friends🙏🙏
He didn't fall at the top; he fell as it was about to hit the brakes
He slipped out at the brake run. He was too fat apparently.
It’s hard to watch cause I literally remember talking to him
@@Natsu-0915 does that make it better? He fell closer to the bottom than the top? It still threw him on the pavement and killed him.
@@Phoenixhunter157 it doesn't because he shouldn't have been allowed on the ride anyways because of his size and also the that the manufacturer (Funtime Rides) didn't have any secondary safety options on the ride like how other Drop Towers do like a seat belt that buckles into the restraint even though his restraint didn't come undone; he slipped through it and mind you this ride drops you at a 30 degree angle
The ride operator seems more qualified and attentive in this case, since he himself is willing to embark on the drop.
Of Course Not the Same Operator Young Kids Work these Jobs and Half the Time They Dont Get Paid Enough and Dont Care its not a Career Money Maker
"they have to manually release it" this makes me question the safety of this ride 100% more and probably makes the park even more liable.
Exactly
How though? It doesn’t change how the ride works.
It just means they can choose when it drops it was not the rides problem it was the ride ops
manually release just means a human must press a button...so it won't just automatically drop...witch is much safer...if they see a problem then they won't release it.
maybe if they have cameras at the top to make sure everyone is safe before hitting the button??
I am almost 90% confident that boy felt he was slipping off the seat at the very top, he was not all the way restrained on the seat to hold his tights. When the seats tilted forward he might be already sliding down and probably he was holding himself up. I think he knew it was coming and that breaks my heart. I can’t imagine what he thought
Yea 😢 his friends said he told them, if he doesn't make it, tell his parents he loves them 💔 I didn't realize the seats tilt 😲. I'd have to agree with your comment..and I'll bet he said what he said when those seats tilted 😢
I also thought it was eerie how quiet he was, like he didn't have time to even scream..but after doing some research on g force, it just makes all of this even sadder.
I can't imagine being 14 and realizing that I was probably about to die in probably most horrific way 60 seconds before it happened. The longest 60 second of your life. My eyes tear up just thinking about how he probably felt at the moment, and for his poor family.
he was too fuckin fat for the ride dont blame the ride he wanted to die
He wasn’t, actually. He blacked out when the harness hit his face.
@@Galaxia_Moonthe harness hit his face?
Taylor being shocked, stunned and possibly even a little shook on the drop.... Amazing 😂
Yep
Who’s Tyler?
@@bildom taylor is the creator of the video
@@ashton_g111 I know who Taylor is, I'm a long-time subscriber lol. Merely pointing out the Typo
Shocked and shook are same thing you knob. Expand your vocabulary 😂
I think the best thing for all parks is to have a spot before you get in the line of certain rides....where you can test the seats to see if you fit!!! I've only seen that at Universal Orlando and it's a brilliant idea....saves time and shame and you get a photo opp.
Carowinds in NC and SC had that
They have them in every park in the U.K.
I just know once the seats started to tilt Tyre’s heart must have dropped. You can even see his feet flailing just before he slips out so I’m sure felt himself slipping out :(
I wonder if thats was when he told his bff to tell his parents that he loves them if the didnt make it! I know up there he probably wished he didn't get on that thing!
I didn’t know the seats tilted before the drop! That sheds more light into probably what happened with Tyre and why he fell out still in a seated position.
Right?!?!
I think this would be one of the best rides to work on as a ride op. The fact you can change up the sequence so much and alter the experience each cycle would be brilliant
It's a blast and we haven't installed all of the goodies just yet 😁
@@MidwayMayhemChannel what happened…
Well yea but the operators on the ride took "alternating" the ride cycle a little more than they should, they sent one guy without the harmess being securely locked... and you know what happened..
@@adakalyoncu1913 not at all how that works. The ride operators did not alter the ride to allow that boy to ride. The manufacturer programmed the seats to relay back to the computer whether all seats are in a locked position or not. Because the ride was able to be dispatched (it’s impossible for ride ops to override these features), this is a manufacturer error.
@@cps6290 oh okay, thank you for telling me..
I just rode Falcon’s Fury last week and was an awe at that experience. Such a fantastic ride in my opinion. Wasn’t able to get on this one, but we drove by it!
Yes that one is a beast as well…I was like 😅😬😵
Never going on this type of ride again after what happened to that poor boy. I went on one like that at Busch gardens and it was literally the scariest ride I have ever been on - and I've been on the most extreme rides. So, never doing that again!
You don't weigh 350ib or have a height of 6'4.
@@ericfriendzoned1303 exactly. Everyone was too afraid to hurt the kids feelings by telling him he was too big for it. That could have saved his life
A boy fell out of the 170ft tall model in California in the 90’s. There’s always a risk of a freak accident (whether preventable or not) happening on any ride, hell in your vehicle everyday. That shouldn’t deter you from riding them, especially considering how low the accident rates on rides is compared to your own car.
Thinking in the boy who lost his life there, must be terrifying 😞
The view from these kinds of attractions looks even higher in real life.
Hurakan Condor is the tallest drop tower I have ridden, and I thought that was incredibly high! But THIS looks insane!
I know
Investigators need to watch your video and see how those harnesses are supposed to fit. Maybe it’ll answer a lot of questions about that boy that fell off this exact ride last week
Ooooooooh damn I don't know about this one at 40. Maybe 10 years ago? I actually would probably do it, but my husband, also a coaster-enthusiast, is most freaked-out about drop towers, and as I get older, I'm sliding into that too, sadly! We got back on Zumanjaro this year for the first time since it opened, and that insane drop tower at Kings Dominion, and his anxiety was through the roof. I showed him the video of Sarah and her mother and [yes we're both 40....I don't make him out to seem older!] both of us had that moment of our balls going up inside of us.
I see it as a challenge. Though I do prefer the shoot-up towers, I love that sensation even more than dropping, which I thought could never exist, cuz drops are my favorite parts of coasters. Who knew?! Keep your awesome videos coming, you guys keep us young!
Why these types of rides don't have some sort of "safety net" is beyond me.
It would need to be a heck of a safety net to stop a 400’ fall! 🤔
@@stevenmoody4531 I suppose I was thinking of a under catchment and not a net per say. Heck even having the bottom platform of the ride padded instead of concrete/bricks. Just something.
All else fails, why can't these rides be somewhat enclosed? I know it takes away the thrill of the ride. But just spit balling.
@@RUmlas even water wouldn’t save you from a fall like that anything will feel like concrete
Doesn't make sense. The area below must be walkable for people to go from the lines to the ride and the other direction. The safety harness is the safety net. The ride itself is fine. You must be fully secured in your seat for it to work properly. This is like saying we should put a net over the entire earth to protect skydivers from falling. The parachute is the safety feature, not the ground.
Not how rides work. Safety nets do nothing and probably would mess up the rides design. Operator should've E-stopped at the least.
4:31 Dan's "Have a nice day!" was just perfectly timed
3:04 “it went from being fun to not fun very fast”. RIP
I bet the poor guy was crying otw up 😢
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OMG IT TILTS!!! 😱😂 This ride looks awesome! I love how the ride could be a little different every time you ride - it keeps things fresh (as if a 400 foot tall drop tower wasn't crazy enough lol). I definitely wanna ride this one day, but can also see myself backing out after seeing it in person. 🤔
Yeah
U wouldnt want to ride it after if u heard and seen what happened to the 14 year old boy
@@BR0K3NJAY-999 after some state inspection, there is no confirmation that it is the rides fault, but none that it's the guest's or operator's fault. Anyways, lots of prayers to that family.
@ThatRedBoneThug Should be closed forever
@@rachelburton8689 cars, airplanes, and trains should be banned indefinitely with that logic. Stop being soft
Well after what happened, I'm definitely gonna have to pass on this now. Florida is known for not releasing accident reports which is a bummer cuz I definitely want to know what happened. My condolences to the family that just lost a child
They'll probably scrap the ride after just 4 months. The way it tilts the riders looks intrinsically dangerous.
Well I can tell you. They don’t have seatbelts. They expect the harness to hold you in. In most instances it will. The kid was a bigger guy. The ride operators should’ve told him to get off the ride if there were no seatbelts. But they did not. The harness was angled outward due to his size. This ride tilts the riders forward and if you’re angled outward and faced doward, it would create a chute to launch the person downward upon stopping since there was nothing really keeping him inside the ride. They basically simulated being in a car crash without seatbelts. And since the laws of physics states that a person gains mass the faster they go, you’d have to be extremely strong to hold yourself in in that kinda case. Honestly I’m surprised this hadn’t happened sooner and it was an absolutely awful choice of engineering without seatbelts. The park will pay through the nose and rightfully, they should. This is a tragedy that never should’ve happened. Yes, the ride operators should’ve seen it, but then again they may have not put too much of a mind into the physics either. The engineers (who understand physics) ultimately should’ve never let this ride operate the way it does.
@@QuadiePoo Agreed. The force at which you hit the break is intense and if there's nothing holding you in, like the restraints making contact with the seat itself (much like how the StarFlyers work at Cedar Point or King's Island or something), then there's only one possible outcome. I remember watching a video recently with one of the workers asking the vlogger if they wanted to be pinned down or if they wanted floater room or something like that. That felt odd even watching that. I'm sure that will end up in a courtroom at some point.
Honestly never thought that the force made him squeeze out
th-cam.com/video/fuodMMAVkBo/w-d-xo.html if you want to know. Dude fell out at like 100 feet above the ground on the descent. He fell near the fencing around the ride. Assuming he died on impact, R.I.p
I can’t imagine what it feels like to watch this now looking back
2:02 the sound bro made was funny asl
I'm glad Taylor looked so nervous. I'm in my 30s and I love coasters but drop towers still scare me. I love them and I always do them but I get so nervous on the way up. That said, Star Flyers are still scarier.
Same
same
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Nobody's riding that now after that accident!
exactly who’d wanna ride on that after someone just got an humiliating death if people do they have no respect
Many people would. It's like saying "I won't fly in an airplane after Flight 123 crashed". Many people will get back on planes because they realize it was an accident. The ride will actually be safer after the accident after they take more strict precautions.
@@hulkster4374the kid was simply too big for the ride and they still let him hop on anyways
@@citrustaco Exactly. Seems like people have no common sense
Brett is the Ringo Star of the enthusiast world. Ringo was in every supergroup and Brett is in every enthusiast channel.
After seeing this all I can think about is how much fun this ride seems and that is it.
No I am not gonna keep repeat what all the comments are repeating. Move on.
Who are you to tell others to move on? Get over yourself.
My seven year old went on that big drop in December when family was here for the holidays… I was terrified watching her go up … then to hear that poor boy died on the same ride just broke my heart prayers for his family
Love you neicy
Who in their right mind let's a 7 year old ride something like that? That's just irresponsible and bad parenting. My son's are grown and I wouldn't even let them ride it. Smh
@@2_Comma_Coach_Dee hold on a minute you have the audacity to base my parenting on one single moment yea ok let’s see where you did everything right as a parent …
@@2_Comma_Coach_Dee your boring
@@2_Comma_Coach_Dee because you have been misinformed. your kids will not die, because im sure they arent 300 pounds if you can parent a child
This looks amazing! I find it interesting that I'm afraid of heights. But as soon as I'm attached to a ride, I'm perfectly fine
Don’t go
- me six months after this comment
I used to be acrophobic, although I lost my acrophobia with age and I find it weird how I was able to calmly ride planes and enjoyed rides like drop towers and high swings and Ferris wheels and other high-rides but I would freak out on escalators, elevators, stairs, high walkways, and other Mundans high places. I never really enjoyed roller coasters though. I only rode one once, and never wanted to go again.
After watching this I kinda realize how tall it is and I’m just very thankful tyre didn’t fall from the very top of the ride and only fell a couple feet from the ground. Although, I’m not thankful he died, this could’ve been avoided if the worker would’ve done a double check to make sure he fit in the ride and if he didn’t let him off. It’s upsetting how the worker didn’t check to make sure EVERYONEs shoulder harness was on correctly.
He fell a quarter in the said so that’s still a 75 percent drop he fell from
Nothing beats the feeling of a drop tower.
So... I'm watching this knowing what just happened on March 24, 2022 at 11:00pm. The eyewitness video as I saw it, the ride goes up as usual. One thing that I noticed is that on the ground, a park ride employee was chatting with someone of the riders. When the ride started lifting up, I heard same employee yelling "SEAT BELTS!" At no point saw someone checking out for the shoulder restrains to be secured in place. This tragedy should not have happened if a safety check was done properly, but it wasn't that way and someone had to die in vain... 😢 🙏
The ride doesn’t have seat belts. The seat belt comment was a joke to mess with riders. Attractions like this do that sorta thing all the time. It was completely unrelated to what happened.
He was too tall and too big to be on that ride period....he wasn't properly locked in the thing couldn't fit him
The harness should be "seatbelt" enough. The ride operator should have physically checked each passenger's harness regardless of what the machine says. From my experience, ride operators check every seat, even the empty ones
So sad that Tyree had to fall that far down. I seriously can't imagine how scary that would be. Rest peacefully 🤍
Not from the 400 feet. He fell from 100 feet still totally scary
OMFG. Gotta love I-Drive and all its attractions (and tourist traps 😁). So yeah, Taylor, you were literally just 10 mi away from where I live. Love it!!
R.I.P Tyre 💙💐 so sorry
Not sure who the dumb f**k was that decided on no seatbelt to connect the seat to the harness, but that simple thing would have saved a man's life last night.
Agree
In theory the large saddle horn between the rider's legs is too close to the hydraulic shoulder restraint for a body to slip through the gap, so there is no need for a connecting seat belt between the legs. This very small gap can be seen in many videos and photos of this machine. Yet this larger than average young man did slip through and over that horn. Perhaps the green light was given despite the gap not actually being small enough to hold him in when the brake activated, meaning his bar was not down far enough, or not hydraulically locked. I hope the inquiry does not take months and months. I regret watching the raw footage now. Sickening.
@@thebarak The shoulder restraint and the horn weren't touching on this 6 foot 4, 340 pound dude. Not even close.
Him being told he was too big for the ride also could have saved his life.
@@oceanairboy he also above the ride's safety specification limits. This is purely operator's fault, they should deny him the ride.
I miss this ride, i went on it before they took it down. Sucks that the kid died it really does, but the second he felt unsafe he should of gotten off.
I cannot play these games anymore thinking about what happened with that poor boy! He just wanted to have fun :( .
I don't see how someone as big as that kid could have gone thru that harnesses..... It is scary to think when it's your time to go, there is nothing that is going to stop it.... When God calls you , you go...
the harness wasn't down at all. Looked like it was still at a 45 degree angle leaving a huge gap to slide out of
God called him after death, but God did not do this, it was human error.
If there was a safety belt from the harness between his legs or across he would have prob still been alive today.
@@jjayguy23 nevertheless god is still in control of everything. If you die, you die. It's pretty terrifying thinking of that...
I'm not gonna even lie, drop towers do intimidate me. 😅 The fact I don't know when the drop will happen is what makes me unprepared for the prolonged ejector airtime. And I'm a coaster enthusiast. I love airtime! I gotta train myself to get use to drop towers.
Same. Drop towers can give great airtime.
i dont think ill ever get over the feeling drop towers give me. i absolutely love it, but it always scares the hell out of me in the moment
@@jadesmediacorner Well now you’ll never ride a drop tower again, a kid just fell to his death last night on this exact drop tower.
Didn’t age well
@@iidizzynuke6775 that was a freak accident and was entirely the fault of the ride operator. that wont scare me off of them. it was a horrific and tragic accident though, and i pray for his family and friends 💗
Anyone else here cause of that kid that died on this ride? So sad
Maybe these videos are haunting us and it comes in recommended.
Yesss. I can't get Tyree out my mind. My heart hurts for his family and what they are going through. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Yeah :(
This is so unnerving to watch after hearing about Tyre's death. Rest in Power, Tyre.
Seeing this after the death of Tyre Sampson. (14 Year old who died on this) I can’t even imagine how he must’ve felt knowing he was going to die. He even said he knew he was going to die. May he Rest In peace.
Yes he told his friends next to him "if I don't make it down, tell my parents I love them"
“It went from fun to not fun very fast.” That so reminds me of Tyre. He was just having a good time with friends on spring break.
I wonder what difference not having the tilt would’ve had?
An extremely alot
I was just thinking this. I believe the tilt is what caused him to slip out. His body would of still been trying to go the direction of gravity, with the tilt and angle, his lower body slipped out from the restraint.
still be alive
@@someguy9778 agree
@@Tampafan33 I agree
when they went all the way up and tilted the seat downwards I cant imagine how scary that was for the boy because he could have slipped out of there and fell from 430 ft
I think the G force alone kept him in his seat and then when it stopped suddenly...he slipped out.
@@joyblackburn6785 I was just about to say that, right when it hit that bump/break is where he slipped out, still going full speed. 😣
I'm still wondering what height did he actually slip at because it was whatever height it is when it brakes
@@CoachJenAnytime90 I think he fell from 40 ft or somehting
@@mollymolly4593 man that's still crazy high factoring in the speed of slipping out and his weight 😭
That looks amazingly fun. Can't wait to try it out.
Unfortunately it is closed now and for the best
Ok yeah, if they are gonna tilt you like that there really should be an extra seat belt to secure the harness just in case it doesn't properly click into position. But the again, let's wait and see what the investigation finds.
I think that the sheer weight of that dude multiplied by the G forces pulled when hitting the brakes would have snapped the seat belt clean anyway, especially at a 30 degree tilt! He shouldn't have been allowed on in the first place!
No, a belt would of saved his life.
1 agree man how did little kids ride this scary
I would never go on that, looks scary. Honestly I was feeling the tension looking at them at the top about be released any time now. 😱
Not even for all the money in the world would I get on that ride hell to the noooo 🤢
Love this guy’s reaction! He made this video tons of fun!
dude.... absolutely love all of your videos!!!
Watching this after the accident of the poor 14-year old (RIP), trying to make sense of it all. I am thinking if the harness wasn't secured well, during the drop gravity could have likely kept him in place, but not sure how an unsecured harness would have kept him strapped in during the initial steep tilt at the top? I understand being bounced off at the end of the drop with the tilt. Perhaps the harness loosened afterward with the speed?
did you see the video? he fell right as it began to decelerate, so the force as it hit the brakes ultimately caused something to happen
edit: it’s more likely restraint failure, i doubt its possible to slip out with the between leg guard on the seat, either way time will probably tell and the operators shouldn’t have let him ride.
It’s most likely that he was holding on when it tilted which means he was holding on for his life but after it being to hit the breaks the seat started to tilt backwards along with the restraints while he was still tilting forward which resulted in him struggling to stay in the seat as you can see in the video him trying to push back into the seat before falling which makes it even worse because he knew he was about to fall before falling 😔
He was too heavy to get on that ride and they knew that from the beginning and still let him get on
They reckon his harness wasn't on the entire time and he was holding on for his life. Then when the ride started to slow down near the bottom, the shift caused him to let go which is why he fell. It's really sad and as his own father said, nobody knows if he was too big to ride it or not.
@@NobodyUndefined Yes, I just read the latest news. Ride inspector Martin has seen the videos and he noticed how the restraint bar wasn’t fully closed and Sampson was too big for the ride.
“We know this young man has been reported by his father that he weighed 350 pounds,” Martin said. “For the sake of discussion, we’re going to assume that when that ride drops at first drop, that there is negative two (G-forces, two times the force of gravity). Those negative two (G-forces) times his weight, 350 pounds, that means that there’s 700 pounds of force that are pushing on his body. And I don’t care how athletic a person is, how strong they are, there’s no way a person who weighs that amount subjected to negative two (G-forces) can hold themselves in the ride.”
However, why did the ride even start if the restraint bar wasn't fully closed? I thought there was a mechanism that prevented the ride from even starting if not everybody was properly restrained?
Imagine being the select few who were lucky enough to ride it.
Since you experienced the ride, what do you think happened with the boy that fell from that ride? could the protection be pushed open? could you slide down the sit? could the safety not locked enough?
i went on it, you definitely feel a bit “out in the open”, after all, it’s not meant to be extremely tight to your body. However, from every video ive seen about the incident, the poor boy was definitely NOT strapped in all the way down. If he was, he wouldn’t have slid down, no way. I think this was definitely on the workers for not checking him.
My analysis is his chest size was very wide and large and his height came into factor the harness could not fully lock like it was supposed to . There’s also no seat belt going across the lap not his chest area so imagine you sitting in the seat and the harness is barely on your shoulders . This particular ride Tilts 30 degrees forward at an angle basically making it impossible for him to stay seated once the drop was over so in other words the operators is at fault for allowing him to ride he told his friend he didn’t feel right when they were at the top because of the angle he was tilted there’s nothing you can do at that point these rides are not equipped with million dollar mechanics like what you see at Universal studios like the dr doom tower has a really good hydraulic system it doesn’t stop abruptly it bounces into the drop.
@@862nooski2 Yeah, pictures of him in the seat showed the restraint was at like a 45 degree angle, it definitely doesn’t look like he should’ve been allowed to ride.
@@christyler6694 yeah I don’t think the accident is as much to blame on the ride as it is on the irrepressible workers who let him ride like that. I guess it probably should have another safety protection in case the harness fails though.
The tilt exacerbated the opening of the restraint. It's clear that the boy's height and body mass left the restraint with a bit of a gap, and the tilt plus the gravity just pulled the kid out of the seat.
That just looks crazy. Your face on the first clip was awesome! I live in Orlando, and I never got the opportunity to ride it. I hope they bring it back. Loved the video.
Probably some other park will buy it & rename it.
@Coaster Studios this makes me sad thinking about the boy that died may he rest in peace in heaven.
Whew! Watching this gave me that heart & gut flutter I get when I get on a drop tower! I don't like them but....as an enthusiast, I get on them anyway lol. Not afraid of heights at all, it's just the unknown of waiting for the drop and most of all the sheer feeling of my stomach feeling like its falling out of my a$$ on them lol...that feeling, I never get used to!
AWSOME! Looked fun!
Omg , I love his attitude! That looked fun too, hope yall had fun :)
TH-cam has a horrible sense of humor recommending this now
What you mean
It's crazy that it doesn't have a belt to prevent it from opening, accidentally.
i went on that ride .. they tilted us for what felt like a full 5 mins while at the top .. loved it !!!
Thoughts to the boy i just read about. I've never been on a ride where the operators didn't come to every car to check safety harnesses. What a fall. Blessed be sweetie 💙
Damn I heard the news about the teen and I remembered watching your video on it. RIP
I always laugh at Tyler’s socks 🧦. They are always cute and mismatched 😂. It’s the little boy in him I guess.
oh they weren't mismatched haha! one sock was cookies, and the other one was milk! they go together :)
Poor guy man, all he wanted to do was get some thrills and fun.
Seeing this after the whole accident took place really makes me question if I should go in a ride like that💔😞
trye was 60lb over the Max weight limit...so if you are in the safe limit then it's very safe.
NEVER AND IM TINY PETTITE ILL SLIP OUT WITH A SEAT BELT NO THANKS ALMOST HAPPENED AND NEVER AGAIN WILL I TRUST CARNIVAL RIDES LIKE THIS EVER
@@GoddessArkasha m
@@GoddessArkashacarnival rides don’t follow the same health and safety procedures theme parks do. When I went to one in hunstanton in the uk, and 8 year old kid was responsible for buckling people in and ensuring safety 😂
@@GoddessArkasha you wont slip out unless you try to, the problem with that kid was that the restraint didnt even lock. if you reach the height requirements i can assure you its safe unless its a fair ride
Rode this at night and it's incredible! Love the view you get and that drop is INSANE!
I hear
That looks really high😓🤯🫡
If I didn't have a heart condition or lung problems limiting me on rides I would totally do it. Looks pretty!
It is so wrong that the ride had to be removed just because one person was never supposed to be on it because he did not fit.
But you got to admit it was pretty funny seeing that kid fall off the ride, due to him being over 300 pounds, and being too big for the ride.
@@SailorMoonFriends vidmax has the HD version and you can hear his skull hit the metal fence around the ride so hard it rings out like a bell.
@@SailorMoonFriendsthe first weird sailor moon fan
That kid was kicked off of other rides due to his height. All the staff had to do was say "no."
@@POPS-PPP But I heard that they were going to get sued if they refused to let him get on a ride.
That thud is haunting RIP kid..
It really is . I couldn’t even watch it but I heard it
That ride still gets me man
Did it once last week and was a blast and a half
Craziest drop tower I’ve been on period
"Is there an enthusiast working this? Of course!" 😂❤ Admittedly, I don't do drop towers ever since I tried Tower of Terror at Disney World; I just don't like the sensation of my stomach being left at the top of the tower after you drop. 😉 But Taylor, I agree with you guys that the view from your ride is amazing!
R.I.P to the 14yr old who lost his life on this ride.🙏🏻