Reading John Hildebrandts autobiography about this commercial. They hired Paul Frees to do the voiceover and recorded it in San Francisco. They filmed the ride 3 weeks before opening day during construction and kinky had 1 night of filming (with 2 nights prior for lighting). According to the story, it was very cold and windy on the night of filming so they had issues with the fog effects. Also the ride was not yet certified for human passengers, so the shots of the rider in the car while the ride is moving is a dummy and it was cut with closeups of the actor sitting in a stationary car and acting as if the ride was moving. For the shot of the actor in the car moving forward and backward, they achieved it by keeping the car in place and moving the camera back. According to Hildebrandt, the director kept wanting to do retakes and they spent almost all night just trying to film it. By the end of the night they were trying to film the drop itself but the ride broke down and the gondola kept getting stuck at the top. So an engineer from Intamin had to stand up there and manually release the car every time.
My grandpa and I were one of the first 100 people to ride when it opened. WOW!
Love the Demon Drop chant
Thats all I ever think of when I talk about demon drop..😂
I remember riding this back the late 90s, early 2000s. This ride was fun but also terrifying at the same time.
Reading John Hildebrandts autobiography about this commercial. They hired Paul Frees to do the voiceover and recorded it in San Francisco. They filmed the ride 3 weeks before opening day during construction and kinky had 1 night of filming (with 2 nights prior for lighting). According to the story, it was very cold and windy on the night of filming so they had issues with the fog effects. Also the ride was not yet certified for human passengers, so the shots of the rider in the car while the ride is moving is a dummy and it was cut with closeups of the actor sitting in a stationary car and acting as if the ride was moving. For the shot of the actor in the car moving forward and backward, they achieved it by keeping the car in place and moving the camera back. According to Hildebrandt, the director kept wanting to do retakes and they spent almost all night just trying to film it. By the end of the night they were trying to film the drop itself but the ride broke down and the gondola kept getting stuck at the top. So an engineer from Intamin had to stand up there and manually release the car every time.
He’s still alive!!!!!!
Demon Drop at Dorney Park!
Sound is Mono, On the right is tape and buzz noise.
Happy New Year! Happy New Video too!
I remember dad calling the riders screaming idiots
Dang A Long Time Ago
Yay new video!
Sounded like Paul Frees....
That is correct! They actually did get Paul Frees for the voice!
Sounds like Freddy Krueger of Nightmare on Elm Street doesn't it?
I might die
Tower of Terror is better