Opening in December 1998, Dreamworld’s Giant Drop was designed by Intamin using the existing tower from Tower of Terror and is the only ride in the world to incorporate both attractions on one tower.
After slowly rising 39 storeys to the top, riders then accelerate at the speed of gravity for 4 seconds of weightless freefall before magnetic brakes stop the 8-person car’s decent. This deceleration delivers around 4 positive G’s after the gut-wrenching 9.814 metres per second drop.
On its opening in 1997, Giant Drop claimed three world firsts:
- It was the tallest free fall ride in world
- It was the first time the dual open-air 8-seater gondolas had been installed on a ride of this height
- It was the first time a single tower had supported two different ride experiences. the other being Tower of Terror vehicle)
FAST FACTS
- Speed: Up to 135 km/hour (84 miles/hour)
- Height: 119 metres (39 storeys)
- Acceleration: 9.814 metres per second (compounding)
- Free Fall: Four seconds
- Gravitational Forces: 4G’s
- Cycle Time: 106 seconds
- Capacity: 600-800 passengers per hour
- Ride Vehicle: 2 x 8-seat horizontal gondolas on the eastern and western aspect of the Tower
What the hell kind of ride is that!!!
ba-boss-bomb - July 2nd, 2009 at 6:41 am
there are lots of names for that ride, I have never been on one of then and don’t plan to go on a massive free fall attached to a tower
Hannah - July 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 am
Do it, i dont like heights, but this one was awesome
Clarky - July 30th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
i got on it and im only 7
anthony - August 10th, 2009 at 6:27 am
when i visited at age 12 or younger, i had come all from california 2006 and had spent thousands on a plane ticket. i chickened out and was so mad that ididn’t make myself ride it
QPC - August 13th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
i ride the littler one. its a kiddie one and it looks like a lighthouse. i dont think i would ever ride this one.
Nun-ya-buz - August 14th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
the ride was over so fast, after being up there a boring 40 seconds, if you don’t do it you’re a chicken, I didn’t even scream.
whatever - September 12th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
i was only 10 when i went on the ride, and my sister was 9. being up there, is the most scariest thing i ever did… just waiting to free fall, for the first time in my life, 39 stories. but it was worth it. and i went back to dreamworld again when i was 12. my sister chickened out but i didnt. :D
if you dont go on this, you’ll regret!
i also went on the tower of terror, but the giant drop was scarier!
awesome. - September 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Holy Crap! I will never go on that thing.
Unnamed - October 19th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Where is this ride?
Ben - October 20th, 2009 at 3:26 am
The ride is at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Australia it’s amazing! a must do for any visitor!
Chase - October 22nd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I got an annual pass to dreamworld for $30AUD, i live 40 minutes away. nothing better than getting their early and there being nobody in the line for this ride :D
Joe Joe - October 28th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
it was pretty bad it sucked and it was so boaring
mr wigely woh - November 11th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
The giant drop was the best ride ever It’s really high but it’s a good ride anyone should go on it and then ride the tower of terror the track thats attached to the side of it!! :)
??? - January 26th, 2010 at 8:39 am
I totally couldn’t breath AT ALL!! It was the scariest thing ever but I was glad I went on it after it stopped…:)
Dii - May 3rd, 2010 at 10:28 am
THE BEST!! id go on it everytime i visit dreamworld!
Chaylor - May 3rd, 2010 at 4:10 pm
i shit myself up the top but once iit was fallling its not too bad. I couldnt breathe though!
jack - May 26th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
i will never go on a freefall ride cause wat happen to kentucky kingdom superman tower of power ad im not getting my feet cut off
cman101 - June 21st, 2010 at 9:03 am
but it is cool a track is on the tower thts so cool!!
cman101 - June 21st, 2010 at 9:05 am
No, you are mistaken.. the riders are only in freefall for FOUR seconds! Please, I just did this for my maths assignment. I had this calculator strapped to me (looked kinda like a terrorist) but anyway, it calculated along with my analysis of graphs that freefall only last for four seconds! :)
you're wrong :) - July 31st, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I dropped a coin, and caught it at the bottom. :)
im actually right - August 5th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I rode this with my dad and he screamed! except the one i rode was called the oh zone and i always talk even in my sleep and i was so scared i couldn’t talk
Angel - August 18th, 2010 at 5:41 am
drop rides…oh the joy of these
wavymouth - September 10th, 2010 at 7:17 am
I went on it :) it felt like i had no guts. I am only 12 and i went on it when i was 8 :)
Jared - September 27th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
the giant drop is the scariest ride in the world, and it is even scarier than the tower of terror which is situated beside the ride - but the thing is that the tower of terror travels at 160kph and the giant drop only travels at 135kph….work that out!
bitch - October 5th, 2010 at 7:50 am
I have been on almost every ride around and this one would have to be the scariest ever. It scared me so much I had to go on it a 2nd time, straight after the 1st! I think the adrenalin made me want to do it again because half an hour after the 2nd time, I chickened out and wouldn’t go on it a 3rd time. This ride is seriously the closest I’ve ever felt to dying by jumping off a building. When the ride stopped, I was breathing as fast as a cat that had just had a near miss with a car!!
SW - October 17th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
I went on it and forced my mum and cousin on it and it scared the he’ll outa me at the top for forty seconds and hearing the click then dropping so fast 2 seconds after.
I wanna go on it again!!!!
BOB SAGGOT!!!! - October 30th, 2010 at 7:03 am
I rode a ride that was 144 ft. tall! my dad screamed like a baby!!! i was too scared to say anything i’m 11!!!! it was so awesome!!!
Angel - December 21st, 2010 at 6:21 am
I had no choice but to go on it when i was 6 It was 18 storeys high…
Chelsea - April 22nd, 2011 at 11:55 am
nothing compared to 39 storeys though but still 18 storeys is high when you’re 6
Chelsea - April 22nd, 2011 at 11:58 am
this ride is awesome
sophie turner - April 25th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
this ride is really awesome but i think that all your silly comments a silly anyway when i was a young chiken my mum told me i was crazy but i told her that i was a monkey instead:)
sabrka - June 17th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
a ride has to be pretty high for me to get worried but this is rediculous yet awesome:)
Courtney - October 19th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
here iz a rime: go to the top then feel a droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop!
oliver - December 4th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
a 35 foot drop from the top, here we go!
oliver - December 4th, 2011 at 1:26 pm