The Giant Drop
Amusement ride at Dreamworld Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about an amusement ride at Dreamworld Australia. For general examples of the ride type, see Drop tower. For the ride in Gurnee, Illinois, see Giant Drop (Six Flags Great America).
Not to be confused with Tower of Terror II.
The Giant Drop is a drop tower ride located at the Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia. Manufactured by Intamin, the ride was added in December 1998 to the existing Dreamworld Tower which housed the Tower of Terror. For fourteen years, The Giant Drop held the record for the tallest drop tower in the world.
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Area | Gold Rush Country |
Coordinates | 27°51′43.3″S 153°18′58.5″E |
Status | Operating |
Cost | A$12,000,000 |
Soft opening date | 20 December 1998 (1998-12-20)[1] |
Opening date | 26 December 1998 (1998-12-26)[2] |
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Attraction type | Giant Drop |
Manufacturer | Intamin |
Theme | Oil rig |
Height | 119 m (390 ft) |
Drop | 115 m (377 ft) |
Speed | 135.0 km/h (83.9 mph) |
G-force | 3.5 |
Capacity | 550 riders per hour |
Vehicles | 2 |
Riders per vehicle | 8 |
Duration | 100 seconds |
Height restriction | 120–195 cm (3 ft 11 in – 6 ft 5 in) |
Website | Official website |
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The Giant Drop is one of Dreamworld's seven thrill rides. It has a height of 119 metres (390 ft) and a maximum speed of 135 kilometres per hour (84 mph), making it both the fastest and tallest amusement park ride in the Southern Hemisphere.
The ride is themed to an oil rig by "The Giant Oil Company". There are many pieces of oil machinery located around the ride.