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Six Flags Ride 'Zumanjaro: Drop Of Doom' Delayed Again!
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 2, 2014
Modified Jul 2, 2014
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Last year, Six Flags Great Adventure announced it was adding a 415-foot drop ride called Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom for 2014. But now the ride's opening has been delayed for a second time.
The Star-Ledger reports, "Just a few hours before members of the press were scheduled to get a taste of a steep drop ride at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson today, park officials again delayed the opening. Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom was first slated for a Memorial Day weekend opening to the public, then that was nixed. Now, with a new opening date of July 4 just days away, the press preview of Zumanjaro as been canceled because the park has not secured a state permit to run the ride."
On Zumanjaro, passengers experience a 90 mph drop, which means the ride lasts 10 seconds.
The park said, "The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ Carnival-Amusement Ride Safety Unit has not yet granted the operating permit. Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom is a very complex, innovative ride, and the state’s review of documentation is still underway." The Star-Ledger adds that a spokesperson "attributed the May delay to bad weather during construction of the ride, citing wind as a menace to workers in building a ride so high off the ground, since gusts can prove more troublesome to a crane 500 feet in the air."
Here's how the amusement park envisioned the ride:
And here's video of the ride being tested:
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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