Tower Rides

Product
(Redirected from Space Shot)
Tower Rides
SpaceShot at TusenFryd
Status In production
Introduced 1994
Statistics
Manufacturer
 S&S Sansei Technologies, USA
Type Drop Tower

Tower Rides is a drop tower range from S&S Sansei Technologies.[1]

History

The Space Shot was introduced in 1994, and was the world's first drop tower.[2]

In October 2020, S&S unveiled a new seating design which allows the seats to rotate such that riders are facing the ground or sky. The rotation of the seats can be programmed to create different ride experiences. Existing installations may be retrofitted with the new seats.[3]

Installations

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Name Park Country Towers Product Opened Status
Abyss Ocean Park
China
2 Turbo Drop 2001 SBNO since August 31, 2021
Batwing Spaceshot Warner Bros. Movie World
Australia
1 Space Shot December 2006 Operating
Big Shot Stratosphere Tower
USA
1 Space Shot 1996 Operating
Blast Off
Formerly StatosFear Screamer
Darien Lake
Alabama Splash Adventure
USA
USA
1 (formerly 2) Space Shot 2013
2001
Operating
Closed 2011
Blazer Blast Off Wild Adventures
USA
1 Double Shot 1999 Operating
Brain Drain Wild Waves Theme & Water Park
USA
1 Double Shot 2016 Operating
Cliff Hanger Flamingo Land
UK
1 Combo March 2002 Operating
Dare 2 Drop Imagicaa
India
1 Double Shot April 18, 2013 Operating
Detonator Worlds of Fun
USA
2 Space Shot April 13, 1996 Operating
Doctor Doom's Fearfall Universal's Islands of Adventure
USA
2 Space Shot May 28, 1999 Operating
Dominator Dorney Park
USA
3 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) May 8, 1999 Operating
Double Shot Indiana Beach
USA
1 Double Shot 1999 Operating
Double Shot Keansburg Amusement Park
USA
1 Double Shot 2000 Operating
Double Shot Playland's Castaway Cove
USA
1 Double Shot 1998 Closed 2018
Double Shot Playland's Castaway Cove
USA
1 Double Shot 2019 Operating
Double Shot Playland Park
USA
1 Double Shot 2000 Operating
Double Shot Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
USA
1 Double Shot March 19, 2005 Operating
Down Time
Formerly StatosFear Screamer
Lake Compounce
Alabama Splash Adventure
USA
USA
1 (formerly 2) Turbo Drop 2004
2001
Operating
Closed
Dr. Dean's Rocket Machine Magic Springs & Crystal Falls
USA
1 Double Shot 2001 2015
Dragon's Descent Funtown Splashtown USA
USA
1 Turbo Drop 2001 Operating
Drop Tower
Formerly Hyper Blaster
Navy Pier
Pleausure Island
USA
UK
1 Double Shot July 14, 2021
2001
Operating
Closed October 29, 2016
Etnaland Tower Etnaland
Italy
1 Combo April 20, 2013 Operating
Extreme Scream Washington State Fair
USA
1 Combo 1999 Operating
Firefall
Formerly Accelerator
Silver Dollar City
Celebration City
USA
USA
1 Double Shot March 14, 2015
2003
Operating
Closed 2008
Free Fall Divo Ostrov
Russia
1 Combo 2004 Operating
Gyldne Tårn Tivoli Gardens
Denmark
1 Turbo Drop April 1999 Operating
Harpoon Fuli Ocean Happy World
China
1 Space Shot 2023 Operating
Hellevator Playland
Canada
1 Space Shot 2000 Operating
Hershey Triple Tower Hersheypark
USA
3 Space Shot, Double Shot, Rotating Tower April 8, 2017 Operating
Heaven and Earth Happy Valley (Shanghai)
China
2 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) 2009 Operating
Hot Shot
Formerly The O2 Tower
Blue Bayou Dixie Landin'
Miracle Strip Amusement Park
USA
1 Space Shot 2005
2002
Closed 2019
2002 or later
Höjdskräcken Liseberg
Sweden
1 Turbo Drop 2000 Closed 2015
Ice Blast Pleasure Beach Resort
UK
1 Space Shot 1997 Operating
Katapulten Gröna Lund
Sweden
1 Space Shot 2004 Operating
Kilahuea
Formerly Space Shot
Six Flags Mexico
Mexico
3 Space Shot 1995 Operating
Liberty Launch Holiday World
USA
1 Double Shot May 3, 2003 Operating
Magma Blast Doha Quest
Qatar
1 Space Shot 2021 Operating
Maliboomer Disney California Adventure Park
USA
3 Space Shot February 8, 2001 Closed September 7, 2010
Moon Shot U.S. Space & Rocket Center
USA
1 Double Shot 1994 Operating
Nickelodeon Skyline Scream Nickelodeon Universe
USA
1 Rotating Tower November 7, 2019 Operating
Oil Tower 1 Mirabilandia
Italy
1 Space Shot 1997 Operating
Oil Tower 2 Mirabilandia
Italy
1 Turbo Drop 1997 Operating
Orbite La Ronde
Action Park
Canada
USA
1 Space Shot 1999
1996
Operating
Closed 1998
Pemburu Badai
Formerly Barnstormer
Formerly Space Shot
Trans Studio Bandung
Loudoun Castle
Southport Pleasureland
Indonesia
UK

UK
1 Double Shot 2018
2007
2002
Operating
Closed 2010
Closed 2006
Power Tower Cedar Point
USA
4 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) May 9, 1998 Operating
Power Tower Valleyfair
USA
3 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) May 6, 2000 Operating
Reketti Linnanmäki
Finland
1 Space Shot 1999 Operating
Red Tower Fuji-Q Highland
Japan
1 Turbo Drop 1998 Operating
Rocket Lagoon
USA
3 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) April 17, 1999 Operating
Sasquatch
Formerly Sonic Slam and Bayou Blaster
Great Escape
Six Flags New Orleans
USA
USA
2 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) May 2009
May 20, 2000
Operating
Closed August 2005
Scream Six Flags Fiesta Texas
USA
3 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) March 13, 1999 Operating
Scream Six Flags New England
USA
3 (formerly 1) Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) 1998 (two towers added in 2000) Operating
Shore Shot Casino Pier
USA
1 Double Shot 2015 Operating
Sky Jet Janfusun Fancyworld
Taiwan
2 Space Shot/Turbo Drop 1998 Operating
Skyborne Lost Island Theme Park
USA
1 Turbo Drop June 21, 2022 Operating
Space Blast Magical Midway
USA
1 Space Shot 2002 Operating
Sky Screamer MarineLand
Canada
3 Space Shot 2004 Operating
Space Shoot Walygator Grand Est
France
1 Space Shot 1998 Operating
Space Shot Adventureland
USA
1 Space Shot 1999 Operating
Space Shot Galaxyland
Canada
1 Double Shot 2002 Operating
Space Shot Genting Theme Park
Malaysia
1 Space Shot 2001 Closed 2013
Space Shot Hanayashiki Amusement Park
Japan
1 Space Shot 1996 Operating
Space Shot Happy Valley (Shenzhen)
China
1 Space Shot 1998 Operating
Space Shot Nagashima Spa Land
Japan
3 Space Shot 1997 Operating
Space Shot Nasu Highland Park
Japan
1 Space Shot 1996 Operating
Space Shot Prater
Austria
1 Space Shot 1997 Operating
Space Shot Rusutsu Resort
Japan
1 Space Shot July 1997 Operating
Space Shot Space World
Japan
1 Space Shot 1997 Closed 2017
Space Shot Walibi Holland
Netherlands
1 Space Shot 1998 Operating
SpaceShot TusenFryd
Norway
1 Space Shot 1998 Operating
Starblaster Canobie Lake Park
USA
1 Double Shot 2002 Operating
Supreme Scream Knott's Berry Farm
USA
3 Turbo Drop June 3, 1998 Operating
Superman: Tower of Power Six Flags Over Texas
USA
3 Combo March 29, 2003 Operating
Tårngyset Bakken
Denmark
1 Double Shot 2005 or earlier Operating
Terraform Tower Challenge Genting SkyWorlds
Malaysia
1 Space Shot February 8, 2022 Operating
Thrill Towers Ferrari Land
Spain
2 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) 2017 Operating
Totem Walibi Rhône-Alpes
France
1 Space Shot 1998 Operating
Tower of Fear Funtown Pier
USA
1 Space Shot/Turbo Drop 2000 Closed 2012
Turbo Drop Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino
USA
1 Turbo Drop 1997 Closed
Twin Tower - Heroes Happy Valley (Chengdu)
China
2 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) 2009 Operating
Twin Towers Happy Valley (Wuhan)
China
2 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop) 2012 Operating
Uppskjutet Liseberg
Sweden
1 Space Shot June 17, 1996 Closed 2015
Venganza del Enigma Parque Warner Madrid
Spain
3 Multiple (Space Shot, Turbo Drop, Combo) April 2002 Operating
Volcano Fantasy Island
UK
1 Space Shot May 1998 Operating
Zombieland Blast Off Motiongate
UAE
1 Turbo Drop 2017 Operating

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References

  1. Ride Locations - S&S Inc. (Wayback Archive)
  2. "Company". S&S Worldwide. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |archive= ignored (help)
  3. "S&S - Sansei Reveal Spin Shot Tower Retrofit for Existing Tower Rides". NewsPlusNotes. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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