2 tower of terror questions.

[jeremy]

I,m thinking I might try tower of terror, next time I go to Mgm studios and woukld like to know the following things:

1) How many drops does the ride do?.

2) The seat belt, is it harnes (like rock and roller racer) or is it a seat belt?.

[loadsapixiedust]

The ride has a random sequence of drops, you may get a few small drops or one big one :eek:
The ride has no harness just a lap belt, but there are handles either side you can hold on to.

[Paul R]

Hi Jeremy,
The drops vary each time. The seats are in rows of 4/5 with a lap bar. Except the centre back which has a lap belt.
Don’t worry you will love it its brilliant.

[Big_Mark]

Hi Jeremy,
The drops vary each time. The seats are in rows of 4/5 with a lap bar. Except the centre back which has a lap belt.
Don’t worry you will love it its brilliant.


The first we went they did have a lap bar, but last year they were gone and only had lap belts.

I hate this ride but it seems to draw you in and I ride it everytime screaming all the time. It is a fantastic ride !!

The drops as said are now random, nobody knows. I have heard that if you ride it at midnight there is a full height drop!

Have a go.

[loadsapixiedust]

Hi Jeremy,
The drops vary each time. The seats are in rows of 4/5 with a lap bar. Except the centre back which has a lap belt.
Don’t worry you will love it its brilliant.

There are no lap bars now!

[Paul R]

I stand corrected on the lap bar I `haven’t been since 03, but you will love it!:tounge:

[Sue]

There is no longer anything holding you in your seat, except for the centre back one. You can hold a seat handle thing, but you will come out of it!!
I hated this ride when it was a single big drop, but love it now its random.
The theming is fantastic and you must give it a go!

[apollo163]

fantastic ride even better going on it when park closed and lights are off

[MichelleP1]

I hate it - it scared the crap out of me, purely for the fact that my bum actually came out of my seat on the drop!!! At least I can say I have tried it although I would never ride it again. I LOVE most roller coasters though!

[ali-s]

I love this ride, you've got to try it! last time we rode in the front row, I put my bag on the floor, went to pick it up at the end - it had 'moved' 3 seats over to the left :D :D

[nitram]

I am pretty sure that we had 2 short drops and 2 full drops in Sept.

[jeremy]

I,m surprized that there,s No harness on this ride, I might try it,after all I,ve tried Rock and Roll coaster,and screamed all the way through it. I wear glasses would you suggest that I take them off if I ride the tower?.

[lfcnut]

Best ride in Florida IMHO

[Vabeth]

I hate it - it scared the crap out of me, purely for the fact that my bum actually came out of my seat on the drop!!! At least I can say I have tried it although I would never ride it again. I LOVE most roller coasters though!

Same here!!! I rode it twice! The first time was a mistake!:omg: The second time i had DD7 telling me what a wimp i was as she'd been on it 5 times! So i had to prove a point! NEVER EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!:eek: :eek:

[ali-s]

I,m surprized that there,s No harness on this ride, I might try it,after all I,ve tried Rock and Roll coaster,and screamed all the way through it. I wear glasses would you suggest that I take them off if I ride the tower?.


your glasses will be fine, I wear them & they stayed put ( just the rest of me didn't :D )

[johnb]

There is no longer anything holding you in your seat, except for the centre back one. You can hold a seat handle thing, but you will come out of it!!
I hated this ride when it was a single big drop, but love it now its random.
The theming is fantastic and you must give it a go!

There IS a lapbelt to hold you in your seat, and they take great care to ensure that they are all fastened correctly. There are NO handles at the side of each seat (except your neighbour's knees!). They no longer fill the 'suicide seat' in the middle of the back row.

[Sue]

There IS a lapbelt to hold you in your seat, and they take great care to ensure that they are all fastened correctly. There are NO handles at the side of each seat (except your neighbour's knees!). They no longer fill the 'suicide seat' in the middle of the back row.

I am sorry to give duff information if that is the case now, but that was the way it was in September last year:confused2 I am not so old that my memory fails me from 5 months ago. I clearly remember trying to grab the "seat separator" metal bars as I shot up in the air and grabbing the leg of the stranger next to me:o:

[shaunM]

when we were there in november i held onto the handles between the seats,while my two young daughters held their arms in the air,also there was a lap strap too.

[jeremy]

What,s the "suicide seat?".

[jwalowls]

Cant wait to go on this again

[liam10]

Hold on your toupe (is this how you spell it?) - Glue your teeth in - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!

[alisonjones]

This is my favourite ride of all time................. i can't even tell you how many drops there is only that it is fantastic and really worth trying :wavey:

[teabag]

So glad I tried it, definately a must do even though I only have done it once !! I laugh every time I look at the photo of me on it with my mother, it was when they did the full drop and our hair is literally standing on end and our mouths touching the floor :d:

[Jools]

So is the full drop only at midnight now? I have not been on since 1995 (first time in Florida) and was terrified. I hated the big drop. Is it a series of smaller ones now? Maybe I could cope with that.

[Stu]

So is the full drop only at midnight now? I have not been on since 1995 (first time in Florida) and was terrified. I hated the big drop. Is it a series of smaller ones now? Maybe I could cope with that.

The sequence is now random, there are several sequences pre programmed and they can happen at anytime

see
http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=716682&postcount=15

[Jools]

I think I'll just pass.

[chris5117]

I am soo scared of this ride but I push myself to do it. It scares me to death & the photos, well I just have to buy them as my face is a picture & DH says its the only time that I stay quiet. Lol.

Loz

[jeremy]

I,m surprised that is nothing to hold to,so there,s No bar or seat belt to hold you in?.

What,s the suicide seat?.

[Stu]

I,m surprised that is nothing to hold to,so there,s No bar or seat belt to hold you in?.

What,s the suicide seat?.

at the side of each seat there is a small bar you can hold onto. You have the lap seat belt to hold you in.

The Suicide seat is the seat at the very back middle, not really any different to the other seats now, it used to be called the suicide seat as it only had a lap belt where as all the other seats had a lap bar, but now they all have lap belts.

[johnb]

The lap belt is a seat belt and holds you in quite tightly.

The 'suicide seat' was the nickname given to the middle seat on the back row which faces the walkway. In the original ride this seat had a lap belt and all the others had a bar which came across the front of the row of seats. They no longer seat people in this seat now. And the bar has been replaced by individual lap belts

[jeremy]

I think I might try this ride next time I go to Disney/mgm studios.

[Weggy]

Lads - little tip. Make sure you tuck your tackle up for this ride..... I ended up sitting on one of my nuts at the end of a drop......

I was screaming like a baby!

[tessdog]

Lads - little tip. Make sure you tuck your tackle up for this ride..... I ended up sitting on one of my nuts at the end of a drop......

I was screaming like a baby!

You made me laugh so much :pgig: :pgig: :pgig: :d: :d: :d:

You poor thing :d: :d:

[Weggy]

I'm glad it made you laugh....... made me cry! :cry:

;)

[tessdog]

Weggy so sorry, but I love this ride and I can picture my dhdoing the same thing. lol

Hope you enjoy it more next time.
x

[jwalowls]

Weggy thanks for the tip :erm:

[Weggy]

Next time!? Are you mad!? :erm:

From now on, I'm strictly on the kiddies rides..... Barney here I come! :wave:

;)

[jwalowls]

Barney can be dangerous when hes angry:angry:

[Weggy]

I bet he wont sit on my nuts tho!

:pgig:

[NiPsTeR]

LMAO i am at work! stop posting replies like that... People in the office look at me strange when i am laughing on the floor!!!

[Weggy]

I'm glad you lot are getting pleasure from my story! I assume that none of you laughing are male?!

[fayeg]

my goodness reading this post makes me wanna go back sooooooooooo much!!! How can you ride it at midnight? wont the park be shut? arghh, I love this ride so much - I just wish my dbf would go on it with me :( - well I got about 40 weeks to persuade him ;) at least hehe

[Vabeth]

my goodness reading this post makes me wanna go back sooooooooooo much!!! How can you ride it at midnight? wont the park be shut? arghh, I love this ride so much - I just wish my dbf would go on it with me :( - well I got about 40 weeks to persuade him ;) at least hehe
On certain nights of the week the parks have Extra Magic Hours when they stay open for up to three hours after official closing time for resort guests.

[Weggy]

Steered clear of Tower of Terror this time, but got my bits done on the Mummy this time!!!!!! Is there no escape from this torture?!

[charlie73]

youve got to go on it, my 3 year old daughter shamed me !! she said it was fablus, my 5 yr old son sobbed his head off !!! wouldnt get in the lift back at the hotel !!!

[Weggy]

Take a look through my other posts...... I did go on it before, but got slammed back down onto part of my anatomy.......

NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lefthanded]

I think I must have been there on a bad day, because I have to say that this ride didn't really scare me at all. "Shoot-and-drop" rides are at their most frightening when you are facing outward and you know that it is only the harness that is preventing you from falling forward out of your seat. Dr Doom's Fearfall at IoA comes into this category - now there is a ride that scares me witless.

But at ToT the seats are in rows, so unless you are in the front row there is always a seat in front of you - so you don't get the same feeling of insecurity.


lefthanded
I'm in a Sunshine State of mind.

[Lana]

Id like to add that this ride is infanitely more scary if you hang onto the JC handles either side. It is best to let go and let the ride lift you a little. If you hang on it seems to make the fear worse.

I just love it:D

[ursula]

Lads - little tip. Make sure you tuck your tackle up for this ride..... I ended up sitting on one of my nuts at the end of a drop......

I was screaming like a baby!

The whole family loves this ride but I always tell DH off!!!!!!!! As we go to collect our photo we are all there with our hands in the air and DH is just sitting there.

He always says that he is holding onto the camera BUT now I know what he is really doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:blush:

[florida-fanatic]

I also hate this ride........but have a compulsion to ride it! If I begin to panic, I close my eyes and think of being somewhere else! :spin:

[Eeyore13]

the number of drops varies you can hav big ones then small ones! It is just a seat belt across your lap xx

[GARY & HELEN]

I love this ride its my fav ride ever.

The theming is so good, i just giggle all the way through it.I think its better without the lap bars, i love the feeling when your lifted out of your seat, and the drops are better, you never know what sequence your going to get, its absolutely fab, i could ride this all day long lol.

HELEN;)

[dibbaholic]

Does it move from side 2 side? What's it like for young kids my son is the right size but a bit of a wimp.;)

[Weggy]

No side to side movement as such, just when it's moving into position for the drops - think Small World kind of movement and speed.....