Demon Drop gone forever?!?!

I know that its a classic and a lot of people would hate to see it go, but i just plain out hated that ride. Once i got off, i didn't really know what to say...I dont think it's a huge loss for me.

^^Forget Valley Fair, send it to MiAdv!:)

I think if they are to remove Demon Drop, that Michigan Adventure would be the best place for it. And it wouldn't be the first time we've moved a ride up there. We moved the swan boats up there after the 2003 season.

If it was moving to a Cedar Fair park, I doubt it would be listed on a public sale site. They'd just do an internal sale to the other park.

Granted, if it doesn't sell and they really want that land for future development, I guess they could move it.

I'm digging up this thread because I was surprised and happy to see DD in operation in 2007! The way this sucker pushes you out over the edge and lets you hang a few seconds...it still makes me nervous after 20 years of riding it. The way you end up FLAT on your back. The noises. It's one of a kind. I got my 7 year old kid to ride it, we were the first two riders of the day! (5/20/07)

It's great to share the exact same ride with your kid that scared you as a kid! Thanks to Cedar Point for keeping many of these older rides around!

Does anyone still allow pennies to "float" on your knees on DD? Is that allowed? Was it ever?

^..Yeah so i guess they decided to keep it after all?

Or they just haven't sold it and/or had a reason to remove it yet.

I would assume it is still for sale.

http://www.italintl.com/detail_page.php?record_id=565

Tear it down and install a coaster with a Heartline Roll!

I rode it 12 times with my 7 year old son in May 2007. Seemed to be running fine. And best of all very little or no line at all.

A true classic, I first rode it at Six Flags Great Adventure, known as "Freefall", in 1985 and for a 15 year old kid at the time, that was one scary first ride.

I for one hope it stays, never can get over that plunge :).

It was running on Sunday 6-2-07 but I walked right by it.

IMO Demon Drop is not comfortable and hurts my back. I wouldn't care if they took it out.

I'd rather ride the drop side of Power Tower any day.

Six Flags Great America removed it after it dropped on the wrong side of the free fall, injuring those inside. Good reason not to ride it and good reason to send it to the junk yard and let Cedar Point make room for future coaster.

after it dropped on the wrong side of the free fall,

What does that mean, exactly? It fell before reaching the top?

^ - It fell back down the elevator chute and landed on the car below it. You'll notice on Demon Drop that the next car never enters the elevator until the one above it is out of the elevator chute.

Wow I don't think I had ever heard that. That would be mighty painful to be in a car that fell from the top.

My 2 cents on Demon Drop; if it's not standing in the way of any plans for improvement then just let it stand and ride. While it's certainly passed its prime as a concept, I swear the drop on Demon Drop is more intense than Power Tower, but that could be my imagination.

Try being in the bottom car. I don't remember all the details of the accident, maybe Dave (RideMan) has more info on it.

PT is a powered fall, whereas DD is a true free-fall.

Actually, wasn't it after that accident at SF that they installed "fallbacks" (basically vertical rollbacks) on the elevator shaft, because none of the first generation Intamin freefalls did not have any sort of fall-stop mechanism? Or am I just thinking wrong?

The SF accident happened back in the 80s. 1984 I believe? After it did, the ride that crashed was removed and the remaining Gen1 Freefall rides installed lock bars as well as a computer locking safety mechinism so that:

1. The car would never be able to fall down the elevator side

2. If there were ever 2 cars on the same section of track, elevator or freefall side, A sensor would engage and freeze the ride from the operator and the freefall bars could not be engaged to drop a car until the track is cleared.

I actually researched the crash in question over the winter. My comp has since crashed so I no longer have the link to the exact article, but that was the jist of it.

How many Freefall generations are there? Whats the difference?

1st gen

2nd gen ?

Multiple drop rides by intamin.