It's one of my favorites, but I think I prefer Dollywood's, especially for the spectacular mountain views. But Falcon's Fury is a must-ride every visit for it's great views and the unique tilting, which does still give me butterflies. I have noticed that it's not the most powerful drop on my more recent visits.
My mom filmed me off ride the first time i rode this. The entire time shes having a panic attack and saying shes a horrible mother and scared that im going to die. When the ride tilts, you can tell by her voice shes practically in tears lol. Pretty sure she was in the middle of planning my funeral when i safely landed at the ground
I rode the other Skyjump 'Ikaros' at Gröna Lund, and it's my favorite drop tower. While I didn't get any airtime, the sheer experience was incredible, and it still felt like a downward launch.
This was the only ride closed when I visited for the first time last weekend, and I was really hoping to ride it. But thats just another reason to revisit the park.
I ride specifically for the view. I typically just walk by to go to Kumba. My friend is obsessed with FF, he has more rides than anyone on it for sure. I prefer the sitting up style drop (which you can get on FF on an evacuation drop), but I have not experienced this from the top, only about 50 feet up.
Ive been trying to get on this for about 4 years and finally this week it was open during one of my visits to BGT. Honestly not as scary as I thought. I typically dont like drop towers but this felt more like the drop on a dive coaster, which I do enjoy.
As someone who loves all type of thrill rides, I almost always skip drop towers these days because the feeling of not being able to breathe due to the power/intensity of the drop is something that I have ever enjoyed (especially on Intamin's 2nd gen drop towers). Luckily, I found Falcon's Fury's drop to be less intense, but far more fun because of this. It's still feels fast and the unique positioning of the drop makes it 10x better than any drop tower I have forced myself to go on. I wish we had more of these in America!
Rode it for the first time Saturday and I love it. Scariest drop tower I ever rode was the Moser’s Rides (Soriani & Moser) Drop of Fear when it traveled with Conklin Shows.
What is your theory on why there aren't more of these 90-degree tilt drop towers? Is it reliability? Cost? Popularity? Reading the other comments, opinions of the ride are less favorable than I would have expected. Love this drop tower. The drop itself may not be #1, but the anticipation/terror is.
Haven't ridden this either, can't wait to get back to BGT in a couple months - Iron Gwazi (salivating already) and this. Oh and I haven't ridden Cobra's Curse either. I know it's not special but it's unique.
I can ride this in 2 week. This may not quite be as tall as ICON Parks but the seats rotate completely down on this one, depends which you prefer. Of corse it has those fantastic views and tons of adrenaline.
Hold on... Didn't the gondola used to rotate on the ascent? I remember that used to be the case in earlier videos of this ride. I wonder when and why they stopped doing that
The gondola never rotated on the ascent. This more than likely would've resulted in too complex of a ride system for what was already a prototype, given how much space the tilting mechanism takes up on the gondola.
I've done Ikaros at Grona Lund and while being a cool and unique ride I do prefer a gyro drop, the 90 tilt isn't that scary for me bcs you do feel extremely inclosed, it was a good drop tower but not the best, not surz if you have done ikaros already and how it compares
It's honestly my least favorite drop tower in the state, unless you count the kiddie ones in the SeaWorld parks. Tower of Terror is the second best Disney World Ride, the Icon Park one is genuinely far more terrifying with how much higher & faster it is as well as the more free restraints and being kept higher longer. And I love Dr. Doom's Fear-Fall for it's very strong forces. Compared to that, the drop on falcon's fury is neat & the views are great, but facing the ground doesn't usually do much for me so it just feels lackluster
Does anyone have some advice on how to ride drop towers when you're afraid of heights? With rollercoasters I just started with small rides and went taller and taller but I don't know if the same goes for droptowers?
If possible, you can still go taller and taller sometimes. I started at 30m, then 63m, then 80m and then 95m. It's scary every time, and the anticipation is easily the worst part on the first ride of each tower, but building it up still helps it not to be too big a step to take
I would not recommend this ride if you are scared of heights.. a good intermediate drop tower to try though would be Lex Luther Drop of Doom at Universal (or some other “launched” drop tower). It is much smaller and doesn’t slowly lift you up so the anticipation won’t be as bad. Or maybe even something like Tower or Terror at Hollywood Studios. With that you don’t really see the height at all and it is mostly just the drop feeling.
It was always the ride I had to ride but I was more scared of it than anything. I rode it a few weeks ago, and meh. You get to the top and it drops you, no weird clank sound, no jerky motion, they just drop you. I didn’t even think I was going to die once. You want to be scared for your life ride those evil swings at cedar point, yikes!
2:32 perfectly cut
"we'll do that one too"
"HEUU-"
It's so loud.
It's one of my favorites, but I think I prefer Dollywood's, especially for the spectacular mountain views. But Falcon's Fury is a must-ride every visit for it's great views and the unique tilting, which does still give me butterflies. I have noticed that it's not the most powerful drop on my more recent visits.
I prefer this one to Drop Line, but both are great.
I was salty this was closed for me! This is my number one bucketlist flat rides… I can say seeing this in person is intimidating
Hopefully you can ride it another time!
I would give the ride a 10. It’s my favorite drop tower for the height and tilting.
It's a neat feature.
I was initially intimidated but I found the tilting seats made it just feel like a Dive Coaster, so I wasn’t frightened when riding.
It has a unique feel.
My mom filmed me off ride the first time i rode this. The entire time shes having a panic attack and saying shes a horrible mother and scared that im going to die. When the ride tilts, you can tell by her voice shes practically in tears lol.
Pretty sure she was in the middle of planning my funeral when i safely landed at the ground
This ride is quite the spectacle.
This is the second best fury
I prefer the Carowinds and Bobbejaanland ones.
Lmao
I rode the other Skyjump 'Ikaros' at Gröna Lund, and it's my favorite drop tower. While I didn't get any airtime, the sheer experience was incredible, and it still felt like a downward launch.
I prefer Fritt Fall Tilt there.
This was the only ride closed when I visited for the first time last weekend, and I was really hoping to ride it. But thats just another reason to revisit the park.
Was it supposed to be closed?
@@CanobieCoaster not prior to arrival but it was closed due to high winds in the morning and it didn’t reopen later
I ride specifically for the view. I typically just walk by to go to Kumba. My friend is obsessed with FF, he has more rides than anyone on it for sure. I prefer the sitting up style drop (which you can get on FF on an evacuation drop), but I have not experienced this from the top, only about 50 feet up.
I've seen footage of the evac drop!
Ive been trying to get on this for about 4 years and finally this week it was open during one of my visits to BGT. Honestly not as scary as I thought. I typically dont like drop towers but this felt more like the drop on a dive coaster, which I do enjoy.
It does feel quite a bit different. Glad you got on it.
As someone who loves all type of thrill rides, I almost always skip drop towers these days because the feeling of not being able to breathe due to the power/intensity of the drop is something that I have ever enjoyed (especially on Intamin's 2nd gen drop towers). Luckily, I found Falcon's Fury's drop to be less intense, but far more fun because of this. It's still feels fast and the unique positioning of the drop makes it 10x better than any drop tower I have forced myself to go on. I wish we had more of these in America!
I prefer the more intense drop myself, but that makes sense.
Rode it for the first time Saturday and I love it. Scariest drop tower I ever rode was the Moser’s Rides (Soriani & Moser) Drop of Fear when it traveled with Conklin Shows.
The large Mosers can have forceful drops. The one at Wonderland is great.
@@CanobieCoaster yep that’s the one that was called drop of fear that Conklin shows had.
Unpopular opinion but I think the sound effect sounds kinda cool, like a falcon shrieking as it plummets toward the ground.
It definitely gets your attention.
What is your theory on why there aren't more of these 90-degree tilt drop towers? Is it reliability? Cost? Popularity? Reading the other comments, opinions of the ride are less favorable than I would have expected. Love this drop tower. The drop itself may not be #1, but the anticipation/terror is.
I'm not sure. Falcon's has a lot of downtime, but Ikaros seems reliable.
Haven't ridden this either, can't wait to get back to BGT in a couple months - Iron Gwazi (salivating already) and this. Oh and I haven't ridden Cobra's Curse either. I know it's not special but it's unique.
Hope this is open for you!
@@CanobieCoaster Me too but it will be peak season so I do hope so LOL
I can ride this in 2 week. This may not quite be as tall as ICON Parks but the seats rotate completely down on this one, depends which you prefer. Of corse it has those fantastic views and tons of adrenaline.
Both are awesome.
My favorite drop tower is giant drop at great America. I have not been on lex Luther or falcons fury. But I love the stomach drop and free fall on it
Giant Drop is solid.
Could you do a review on tower of terror at hollywood studios in florida
I plan to later this year.
I hope it’ll open this December I’m going back there then
Hopefully.
Tilting the full 90 Degrees it’s kind of scary feeling your body move forward
It is.
Hold on... Didn't the gondola used to rotate on the ascent? I remember that used to be the case in earlier videos of this ride.
I wonder when and why they stopped doing that
Did it? I never saw footage of it.
The gondola never rotated on the ascent. This more than likely would've resulted in too complex of a ride system for what was already a prototype, given how much space the tilting mechanism takes up on the gondola.
Falcons fury never spin at all.
I would ride this. Only if I'm promised Pizza.
Worth it!
12k let's go!!!
Probably soon.
I've done Ikaros at Grona Lund and while being a cool and unique ride I do prefer a gyro drop, the 90 tilt isn't that scary for me bcs you do feel extremely inclosed, it was a good drop tower but not the best, not surz if you have done ikaros already and how it compares
I prefer Fritt Fall Tilt at that park.
This is probaly the 2nd best trip tower after Tower Of Terror at Disney Hollywood Studios.
I prefer a few, including the new Orlando Free Fall.
It's honestly my least favorite drop tower in the state, unless you count the kiddie ones in the SeaWorld parks. Tower of Terror is the second best Disney World Ride, the Icon Park one is genuinely far more terrifying with how much higher & faster it is as well as the more free restraints and being kept higher longer. And I love Dr. Doom's Fear-Fall for it's very strong forces. Compared to that, the drop on falcon's fury is neat & the views are great, but facing the ground doesn't usually do much for me so it just feels lackluster
I prefer it to Dr. Doom easily.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah I feel like most people do, and I'm in the minority for preferring doom 😭
It sounds like a whale crying out or a elephant crying out loud 2:30 2:41
One of the weirdest sounds of any ride.
@@CanobieCoasterikr
What the drop tower did you like the most in the world, first, second, third, fourth?
I made a whole video ranking drop towers.
Love the ride the anticipation is just horrible thought
Though*
I like it.
Does anyone have some advice on how to ride drop towers when you're afraid of heights? With rollercoasters I just started with small rides and went taller and taller but I don't know if the same goes for droptowers?
I was scared first at falcons fury the anticipation was horrible. Honestly idk any advice I just went straight to bigger rides
I recommend starting with the shot towers that launch you up since they get you used to the height.
If possible, you can still go taller and taller sometimes. I started at 30m, then 63m, then 80m and then 95m.
It's scary every time, and the anticipation is easily the worst part on the first ride of each tower, but building it up still helps it not to be too big a step to take
If you're ever at Hersheypark, they have 3 different sized drop towers all together in one spot. You could go from smallest to largest.
I would not recommend this ride if you are scared of heights.. a good intermediate drop tower to try though would be Lex Luther Drop of Doom at Universal (or some other “launched” drop tower). It is much smaller and doesn’t slowly lift you up so the anticipation won’t be as bad. Or maybe even something like Tower or Terror at Hollywood Studios. With that you don’t really see the height at all and it is mostly just the drop feeling.
Way to high for me. Ugh, that screech. Must drive people bonkers.
I'm hoping later versions of this ride don't make that screech.
it is truly terrifying.
I love it.
i rode it january and march this year, but nochance in may and june. not even on weekends. what is going on?
It was down for a refurbishment.
I’m not sure how this ride would be if the drop was faster
It would be nuts.
It was closed during my visit both days
Bummer!
They are going to retheme Indiana River at Bobbejaanland. 😭
To what?
I always found that sound kind of unsettling
The tilt makes the ride.
It’s closed again
Hopefully it will reopen soon.
It was always the ride I had to ride but I was more scared of it than anything. I rode it a few weeks ago, and meh. You get to the top and it drops you, no weird clank sound, no jerky motion, they just drop you. I didn’t even think I was going to die once. You want to be scared for your life ride those evil swings at cedar point, yikes!
The riding position does make it thrilling.
I PREFER ORLANDO FREE FALL.
That ride was certainly more intense.
This ride sucks tbh the drop is super slow lol
It's all about the visual.