Space Probe, Giant drop in Sydney, Australia.
Space Probe is a giant drop ride in Sydney that plunges visitors from a height of 67 meters toward the ground below. The descent takes only a few seconds and creates strong forces that push against your body throughout the fall.
Space Probe opened in November 1995 at Wonderland Sydney as the world's tallest and fastest free-fall ride, built by Intamin at a published cost of AUD$10 million. It was originally titled Space Probe 7 under a sponsorship deal with the Seven Network, and the 7 was dropped when the contract expired. It closed on 26 April 2004.
The queue was themed as an escape hatch from a space station, with a dark tunnel and TVs playing a 30–60 minute alien-invasion news broadcast styled after Seven Network reports. The ride was originally called Space Probe 7, as the Seven Network sponsored its opening.
The ride closed on 26 April 2004, so there is no queue to plan around today. What remains is the 67-metre tower, which stood in the Transylvania area of Wonderland Sydney; the park itself shut in 2004. Visitors to the site now find the former ride as a landmark rather than an operating attraction.
The tower cost AUD$10 million to build, and the ride was the second Giant Drop Intamin manufactured, after the Hellevator at Kentucky Kingdom. Its queue was themed as an escape hatch from a space station, with TVs playing a 30-60 minute alien-invasion news broadcast styled after Seven Network reports.
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