Drop Tower

[Irishman]

Drop Tower painting project update 2/10/20
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Lots of degreasing going on currently

I was gonna say, looks pretty rough (Greasy)

 

[mwhinva]

I was gonna say, looks pretty rough (Greasy)

I think they started on the tower prep 2-3 weeks ago. And the VA monsoon season started about the same time. Hard to de-grease in moderate to heavy rain. Probably going to need 3-4 dry days for the cleaning solution to be sprayed on and rinsed off to properly do its job. Since they need to start at the top and go down the tower, the base area and ride carriage is going to look pretty nasty for awhile.

 

[mwhinva]

I assume the re-painting has started? It looks like the top 3 segments have new paint as they are very glossy compared to the segments further down. I also noticed that 1-2 segments, right where the magnetic brakes start, have quite a bit of paint loss compared to the rest of the tower.

 

[Jonesta6]

If the top glossy part is new paint, is it a new color?

 

[mwhinva]

Using the catch car makes sense. I thought there was a small catwalk that either goes completely around it or at least on 2 sides of the catch car.

Are the brake fins getting a coat of paint as well? They had some pretty serious paint loss and rust spots.

 

[Hokie305]

Do we know if they're keeping the exact same color scheme and paint design yet? Personally, I would have liked to see them change it up.

 

[Zachary]

From what I understand (thanks little birdies!) it’ll be the same color.

 

[Crunchewy]

That's too bad. Mixing it up would have been nice. But new paint is still good.

 

[Zimmy]

the OG color combo is not my personal fav. (I would much rather Green and Gold or Orange and Blue) BUT anything is better then sludge brown

 

[Mushroom]

I personally think Drop Tower’s color scheme has always made it look like a giant cigarette. Really wish they had taken this opportunity to add some new color, especially green or red to tie in to CAG better.

 

[Thomas]

What kind of cigarettes do you smoke?

 

[Jonesta6]

Black and gold with white trim

 

[lightninlady]

I like the color scheme, the green orange and yellow make me think of Nickelodeon haha.

 

[Jonesta6]

If I'm not mistaken given the photo, there's a possibility to change colors here since all of the previous work was cleaning up the tower, so the paint we currently see could be painted over.

 

[Intimidator325]

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Painting has started. Working top to bottom.

So is intimidator getting repainted too or was that just a rumor?

 

[Jonesta6]

Anyone know if the new paint job looks like the old one or if they have given it a different scheme?

 

[Mushroom]

I drove by the park a few days ago. From what I could see from the outside, it's the same colors. It looks really bright and fresh though.

 

[Jonesta6]

I wonder if the seats got any kind of makeover

 

[CoasterAuditor]

I'm so glad they gave that terrifying machine a fresh coat of paint for sure. It was looking pretty nasty for the last few years.

 

[Nibbins]

Drop tower got stuck at the top.
They have been sitting up there for like 5 minutes until maintenance dropped them manually.