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Jun 14, 2019 · This is not a genuine video of an amusement park ride, but rather digitally manipulated footage of the Gyro Drop attraction found at a South Korean amusement park called Lotte World.
- The Gyro Drop Is Real, It Just Isn’T Quite That Dramatic
- The Tower Is Regularly Closed During The Summer Due to Typhoons
- It’S Not Clear Who Created The CGI Version of The Drop
- Lotte World Is The Largest Indoor Theme Park in The World
Gyro Drop is an actual ride, but the reality is much less exciting. The regular ride is accompanied by virtual reality goggles which give thrillseekers the vision of a futuristic landscape during the drop. The ride is located within Lotte World’s Magic Island and has been a main attraction since 1998. Magic Island is a man-made island on a lake whi...
According to the park’s official website, thrillseekers have to be no more than 6-foot-2 to take the plunge. The ride takes 40 people per turn. During the summer, the ride is regularly closed due to typhoons and heavy rainfall. Thankfully, one review says,“The best part of Lotte World is that most of its space is indoors so you don’t have to worry ...
The first result on YouTube is the fake viral video but the rest of the resultsare of the actual ride. The seats do rotate as the ride moves upward but it does not have the extendable pole and bungee seats that are in the viral video. While some people were fooled, most users on social media quickly discoveredthat the video was doctored. It’s not c...
Lotte World, which opened in July 1989, is the largest indoor theme park in the world. The park is owned by Korean multinational, the Lotte Corporation,who are based in Seoul. While the gyro drop tower was designed by Intamin,a Swiss-based rollercoaster manufacturer. The company created the world’s first freefall drop rollercoaster with the Thirtee...
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Jun 14, 2019 · The video shows a drop tower that essentially triples in size as the riders are taken to the top via a rotating gondola. As the gondola approaches the top, the riders drop from the gondola as...
Jun 14, 2023 · A viral video shared on Instagram in March shows what appears to be a terrifying freefall tower amusement park ride labeled the “Gyro Drop.” In the video, which has more than 330,000 likes, a circular disc carries riders up a tall tower.
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Jun 14, 2019 · Millions of people have viewed a Facebook video of a terrifying attraction called the “Gyro drop”. The attraction does not exist: it’s actually a video made with computer generated images to...
