Comments on: Lex Luthor Drop of Doom – World’s Tallest Drop Ride Opens

By: 21064a01

21064a01 — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:19:00 +0000

3 seconds turned into 5 minutes, . . . STUCK HIGH. “Drop of Doom” just became the best malfunction ever | http://twitpic.com/cpis5u

By: Will P

Will P — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:11:37 +0000

Have a few questions regaurding Lex Luthor.

1.) Can all 4 passengers on all 4 of the sides or at the ends, are they able to get great views of the park before the Big Drop, or do those Silver Gaurd rails obstruct the view from looking down to your side?

2.) Was the reason the 2 riders on the ends of the Superman tracks unable to get a better view of looking down on Superman due to a possible conflict and run-in with the Superman and Lex vehicles?

What I found astounding, after watching the Youtube vids of the Lex Luthor riders screaming multiple times, was the 1 lady at the far end, which would be facing Scream, how she was able to put on a streight face for the entire drop. The heighest Drop I've ever dropped from was the old Parachute at Knotts Berry Farm, and the other 2 rides, were Giant Drop 220 feet and Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee IL. I have yet to ride any ride higher than 10 stories the last 9 years.Creative to Build to Drop towers and attatch them to another ride and 1 structure. Looks awesome and cant wait to ride.

By: Will P

Will P — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:57:06 +0000

There's nothing better than watching the Youtube videos and seing how both rides fdrop at nearly ther same time.

By: James

James — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:33:55 +0000

Superman and Lex are designed to fall at the same rate to give it that thrill. It is all about timing. Whichever ride starts to descend first will win but remember, Lex goes straight down the whole way while Superman has to pull up from the drop. That may look like Lex is catching but it really isn't. Another factor is friction with the air but superman looks to be more aerodynamic. I think Lex does get to a higher speed because I think it has a bigger drop. But then brakes are at least 75 ft up above the ground. I don't know i just think its timing. In the video you can see the timing isn't perfect.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:24:53 +0000

I'm not sure, but I noticed that too.

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:16:17 +0000

I’m going to SoCal in september but as cool as it looks I’m finding it hard to set aside an extra day just to ride this as I was just at the Mountain on Deja Vu’s last day. May wait till the “Full Throttle” project gets built.

By: SwimFreak

SwimFreak — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:21:08 +0000

How fast do you think those car get going? They look like they were catching the superman car on the video.

By: Surya

Surya — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:48:03 +0000

It does have 8 per side, making for 16 riders per cycle, but that's identical to regular Intamin drop towers, which have up to 4 sides of 4 riders each. Only the round ones, like the KD one have bigger capacity, but that obviously wasn't possible here. Looks AWESOME!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:59:33 +0000

This looks awesome! I love drop towers, they are my favorite ride after roller coasters of course. The tallest drop tower I have been on (and my favorite) is Drop Tower at Kings Dominion. That one I believe is close to 300 feet tall, while Lex Luthor is 400! Lex Luthor looks like it will be very fun and exhilarating! I just wish that it would keep you at the top for longer, as I saw in the videos that once you reach the top you drop like 5 seconds afterward. And the loading must be horrible since it only holds 8 people per ride cycle! It does have 2 sides though but I can imagine the line would still be very long. But aside from those things this looks to be very good and thrilling. Can't wait to ride this next year when I go to Magic Mountain.

By: Quil

Quil — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:26:59 +0000

I have the sudden urge to go to SFMM. Too bad it's so far away.