Busch Gardens Tampa | Falcon's Fury | Intamin Drop Tower

[EthC]

New images!

pictures from http://bgtfans.com/2013/falcons-fury-co ... update-14/

 

[Serena]

It's so chunky and bold, it reminds me of Duplo!

 

[insanecoastervids]

The 7th tower piece is in place now, and it looks giant, from the last report on Screamscape.

 

[Lofty]

Seen as you couldn't be arsed to link it up yourself

I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of the sudden change in colour a 1/2 the way up the tower. I'd have much preferred either a singular colour or an alternating pattern. It looks a bit strange to say the least.

 

[DelPiero]

Number 8 is up - http://bgtfans.com/2014/eighth-falcons-fury-tower-section-installed/

Agree with Lofty, all blue would have been better in my opinion, but it's looking like an absolute monster!

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

Yeah it would look better in just blue, but it still looks awesome!

 

[Jordanovichy]

^^yeah I agree, the blue is a beautiful blue.

I'm not one for drop towers but I suppose I'll give it a go in the summer, you'll have to drag me on, Dan

 

[Hutch]

Wow that thing is huge <3

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

^^yeah I agree, the blue is a beautiful blue.

I'm not one for drop towers but I suppose I'll give it a go in the summer, you'll have to drag me on, Dan

Consider it done, it will be an awesome ride!

Wow that thing is huge <3

That's what she said! Had to be done :lol:

 

[ECG]

The 300 foot mark reached!

 

[oriolat2]

^How many pieces left?

 

[ECG]

^Since it's supposed to be 330 feet tall, my guess would be one more to cap it off.

 

[Lofty]

A few photos of the gondola's are over at BGTFans

For ore images, click the url tag at the beginning.

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

Look awesome, getting very excited for this!

 

[_koppen]

I would be very surprised if this does not become the best drop tower in the world. I would also be surprised if this does not turn out to be the scariest ride in the world.

I wonder how small they can make these 90 degree tilt towers, considering there need to be time for the seats to flip back on the way down. Any thoughts on this? I mean, not a lot of parks can afford (or would want) a tower of this magnitude.

 

[Gavin]

^I think you could get them quite a lot smaller based on the other tilting drop towers I've seen, despite this tilt being quite a bit more extreme.

For example, there's an Intamin stand-up, floorless, tilting drop tower at the top of Canton Tower that's only 30 meters (about 100 feet) tall.

 

[Ethan]

I can't image it'll match the sheer force of a Fabbri Drop Tower, although I think this will still be good fun!

 

[Lofty]

Nothing really new, but, here's an interview discussing the ride with the Project Manager:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZZL_BxstU[/youtube]

Also, a view from the bottom looking up at the huge structure:

 

[owentaylor121]

The brakes look like they start really far up, but either way this tower will be something special.

 

[roomraider]

Is there an expected opening date for this?