Free Fall

Free Fall

Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall at Geauga Lake
Status	Discontinued
Number built	14+
Statistics
Manufacturer	Intamin, Switzerland
Height	131 feet
Drop	93 feet

Freefall was an Intamin product. It predated the modern drop tower. It was superseded by Intamin's Giant Drop and Gyro Drop lines.

The first installation was at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1982. According to Intamin, a total of fifteen Freefall rides were built. However, Intamin lists only fourteen Feefalls on their reference list.

Ride experience

The Freefall has eight cars which run on a track, similar to a roller coaster. Each car sits four riders in a single row. At the beginning of the ride, the car rolls backwards out of the station and stops at the bottom of the tower. The car is then lifted directly upward, within the tower. Upon reaching the top of the 131 foot tall tower, the car moves forward onto the drop track outside the tower. The car is released and falls 60 feet vertically, then another 33 feet while levelling out. Brakes bring the car to a halt, with riders now on their backs facing towards the sky. The track is switched, and the car is reverses backwards towards the station and tilted such that riders are in an upright position.

Installations

Name	Park	Country	Opened	Status
Demon Drop Formerly Demon Drop	Dorney Park Cedar Point	USA USA	July 2, 2010 1983	Operating Closed November 1, 2009
Elevador Formerly The Edge	Beto Carrero World California's Great America	Brazil USA	1997 1983	Closed 2017 Closed 1995
Free Fall	Himeji Central Park	Japan	1986	Operating
Free Fall	Nagashima Spa Land	Japan	July 1995	Operating
Free Fall	Rusutsu Resort	Japan	1987	Operating
Free Fall	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	1982	Closed 2007
Free Fall	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	1983	Closed 2006
Free Fall	Space World	Japan	March 1992	Closed
Free Fall	Tokyo Summerland	Japan	1986	Closed 2019
Free Fall	Yokohama Dreamland Sea Train Land	Japan Japan	April 1999 July 1995	Closed February 2002 closed 1998
Hollywood Tower Formerly The Daring Drop of Doom	Movieland Park Galaxyland	Italy Canada	October 2006 1985	Operating Closed 2001
Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall Formerly Freefall Formerly The Edge	Geauga Lake Rocky Point Park Six Flags Great America	USA USA USA	1997 Unknown May 1983	Closed 2005 Closed 1995 Closed 1986
SkyScreamer	Six Flags AstroWorld	USA	1983	Closed 1997
Stuntman's Freefall	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	1983	Closed 2006
Wildcatter	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	1982	Closed 2007

Another Free Fall existed at Asian Paradise in Taiwan. This park has since been demolished. An advertisment for the Freefall listed an installation at Six Flags Over Mid-America (now called Six Flags St. Louis). This was never installed.

Images

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  Free Fall at Himeji Central Park

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  Stuntman's Freefall at Six Flags Great Adventure