Drop Tower: Scream Zone (Kings Dominion)

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Drop Tower: Scream Zone
Formerly called Drop Zone: Stunt Tower (2003-2007)

Kings Dominion
Location	Doswell, Virginia, USA
Coordinates	37°50′16″N 77°26′38″W / 37.837703°N 77.443841°W / 37.837703; -77.443841
Section	Candy Apple Grove
Status	Operating since March 22, 2003
Rider height	Minimum: 48 inch Maximum: 80 inch
Replaced	Scrambler

Statistics

Manufacturer

Intamin

Product

Gyro Drop

Type

Drop Tower

Height

305 feet

Speed

72 mph

Drop Tower: Scream Zone is a Drop Tower located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, USA. The ride opened as Drop Zone: Stunt Tower in 2003 and was themed to the 1994 Paramount film Drop Zone.

History

Construction of Drop Zone: Stunt Tower at Paramount's Kings Dominion began in 2002. The attraction officially opened on March 22, 2003.^[1]

On June 22, 2007, Cedar Fair temporarily closed down all five Drop Zone: Stunt Tower rides due to a major accident on Superman: Tower of Power at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.^[2]

The ride was renamed to Drop Tower: Scream Zone in 2008.

Images

View from the Safari Village area

References

↑ "305-Foot Drop Zone Stunt Tower Opens Saturday At Kings Dominion". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
↑ "More thrill rides closed after teen injured". Pensacola News Journal. June 23, 2007. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

Present

Coasters

Apple Zapple Backlot Stunt Coaster Dominator Flight of Fear Great Pumpkin Coaster Grizzly Pantherian Racer 75 Rapterra Reptilian Tumbili Twisted Timbers Woodstock Express

Water slides

Paradise Plunge

Former

Coasters

Anaconda Galaxi Hurler HyperSonic XLC King Kobra Shockwave Volcano The Blast Coaster

[1] "305-Foot Drop Zone Stunt Tower Opens Saturday At Kings Dominion". Ultimate Rollercoaster.

[2] "More thrill rides closed after teen injured". Pensacola News Journal. June 23, 2007. p. 4. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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