How much would it cost for you to go on this ride?

[Freakzilla]

 

[Raysie]

Nope!

 

[Alexander the Great]

My stomach just turned. Fuck me

 

[Moedogg]

A new pair of undies..

 

[Alan79]

Bring it on.

 

[BELMORE]

Fake and gay

 

[Legend23]

Free

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Oh hells yeah. I want on it now.

 

[flamebouyant]

Fuck me! That's insane. It cant be real. Can it?

 

[Roll the Bones]

Well looks cool, but fake as hell. Maybe 5 or 10 years from now something like that might exist.

 

[off-tap-robbie]

Fuck me! That's insane. It cant be real. Can it?

A fake video of the ride “Gyro Drop” from Lotte World South Korea went viral on Thursday and had a lot of people fooled.

The video was doctored with CGI to make the ride look much more terrifying and innovative than it actually is. The video shows an extendable arm that doubles the size of the drop. The seats of the ride then drop down, attached by extendable bungee ropes, and turn into swings as the ride rotates in circles before retracting riders back up and dropping them straight down.

The video was posted all over social media from large influencers who were fooled by the slick CGI. It was posted earlier in the day by @Mewcg and @wonwoobabie and went viral from there.

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. The drop is 230 feet and, according to one profile, the ride was intended “to combine the sightseeing qualities of the Gyro Tower and the thrills of the Giant Drop.”

The first result on YouTube is the fake viral video but the rest of the results are 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 discovered that the video was doctored.

It’s not clear who exactly where the CGI video originated or who exactly produced it but the results are impressive.

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 Thirteen in Alton Towers, England.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/06/watch-real-video-gyro-drop/

 

[Mr Invisible]

Even the non CGI one looks like a shit and tiny version of Dreamworlds Giant Drop.

Speaking of theme parks... Sea World is having $50 million poured into it with a new area "New Atlantis" with a new coaster, high drop, and wipeout style ride.

 

[Wahesh]

Is it just a drop? Like Space Probe 7 that was at Wonderland? I'd go on it - it was over after about 3 seconds (and waiting in line for 45 minutes).

 

[south of heaven]

My stomach just turned. Fuck me

Here's a much scarier ride

 

[bulldogsfan_88]

I would be on that in a heartbeat!! Saw an article the other day which had scientifically calculated the 5 scariest rides in the world and I had done 4 of them!!

 

[Mr Invisible]

it was over after about 3 seconds

Sounds like me first time at sex.

Here's a much scarier ride
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@south of heaven Is that called Big Red Boat Ride, Buzzsaw, Flowrider, Shockwave, Shreks Ogre Go Round, or Tower of Terror?

Can you ride it at Dreamworld or Wet N Wild?

 

[Bad Billy]

Here's a much scarier ride
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Looks like captain jack sparrow had a stone fish thrown at his face.

 

[Bad Billy]

 

[Mr Invisible]

Well there's no 1 child only policy anymore, so these things can easily be overlooked now.

 

[The DoggFather]

Here's a much scarier ride
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Always have to take it too far....

I'm sick to my stomach!