Giant Drop (other)
Giant Drop may refer to: * The Giant Drop, an Intamin drop tower at Dreamworld in Gold Coast, Australia * Giant Drop (Six Flags Great America) Giant Drop is a drop tower ride located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, the ride opened to the public on April 26, 1997, as part of a three-phase plan for the park's Southwest Territory ...

The Giant Drop
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. The Giant Drop is one of Dreamworld's seven thrill rides. It has a height of and a maximum speed of , 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. History Construction of the Dreamworld Tower began in 1996. On 23 January 1997, the Tower of Terror officially opened to the public. Close to two years later, on 26 December 1998, The Giant Drop officially opened to the public as part of the Dreamworld Tower. Additional theming was added around the base of the ride and the Vintage Car tra ...
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