Drop on FOP

[JolllyHoliday]

I have read everything about FOP and watched the POV's on You Tube but I can't see where the 8 to 10 foot drop comes in. Is the drop like the drop on Tower of Terror? I have bad motion sickness and I am trying to decide if I can do FOP. I can do Soaring because it doesn't even feel like you are moving and I can close my eyes if I start feeling sick, but I can get motion sick on a elevator if it is too jerky! Would love to experience this ride ! Thanks for the help

 

[siskaren]

There is no drop - the vehicles are bolted to the floor.

 

[CAS239]

It's nothing at all like tower of terror. I don't even know if it's an 8-10 ft drop. It doesn't feel like a drop at all. It just feels like you pitch forward a little as you dive on the screen. All the ride vehicles are bolted on the floor to the same platform for the level you're on. The platform comes out and dips some but it's not a drop and it doesn't feel like much

It's all so fluid it doesn't feel like any major drop. The drops on big thunder mountain are more intense.

 

[AngiTN]

It's all a simulation like in Soarin'
You don't move more than tilts about here or there

 

[jeast]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what I viewed, but I recently saw a POV from a camera left in the bin that wasn't turned off during the ride. It looks like the entire room with the bikes actually does rise and fall 8-10 feet. Link HERE Be careful. There are spoilers.

 

[ucfknight]

It's all a simulation like in Soarin'
You don't move more than tilts about here or there

There is no drop - the vehicles are bolted to the floor.

They are bolted to the floor, but the whole floor moves up and down. Your individual seat turns and tilts while the floor of the room bounce up and down. There are definitely drops as you fly down.

 

[ucfknight]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what I viewed, but I recently saw a POV from a camera left in the bin that wasn't turned off during the ride. It looks like the entire room with the bikes actually does rise and fall 8-10 feet. Link HERE Be careful. There are spoilers.

Correct. If anyone wants to see the room movement without spoiling most of the ride they can fast forward to 1:03 in this video. That was taken from a stationary camera in a storage bin. All of the movement you see is the entire room going up and down.

 

[ChimCher-ee]

Whatever actual drop there is might not be a problem for you, because it wasn't enough to make me actually leave my seat.

But there might be a chance for queasiness -- like I get from Star Tours. I didn't come off FOP actually nauseous, but I felt the potential was definitely there.

That said, it was an excellent experience, not to be missed!

 

[ConnecticutFlea]

It's more of a simulated drop than an actual drop. I also have motion sickness and I took a Dramamine prior and did fine. I am okay on Soarin, but the elevator in Gringotts gets me every time.

 

[Hisgirl]

Coming from someone who hates Tower of Terror, as it makes me feel as though my internal organs get shifted, I loved loved loved flight of passage so much it was almost like a spiritual experience, as if I had gone to heaven itself and gotten a taste of flying through the most beautiful sights an eye could behold.

When I read the OP's post, I was confused. A drop? I have no idea what you are speaking of and I rode it three weeks ago. It just feels like a simulated soarin' type experience but better. I don't think it will be an issue.

 

[FastPasser.]

It is capable of dropping, but only about 2 feet.
The first photo is what riders see when walking in. The arrow shows the floor split line. The 2nd photo is after the viewing screen is exposed before any movement, and the 3rd photo shows the room in the lowered position at some point during the ride experience. It mostly tilts.

 

[Dan Murphy]

The 2nd photo is after the viewing screen is exposed

Is there one screen for the whole room (like Soarin') or individual screens (like Mission:Space)?

 

[FastPasser.]

Is there one screen for the whole room

Yes, and there are four rooms.

 

[dbavis]

Is there one screen for the whole room (like Soarin') or individual screens (like Mission:Space)?

like Soarin

 

[Narnia_girl]

Flight of Passage is my husband's new favorite ride. He loved it; and he hates Tower of Terror because it makes him queasy.
Honestly, the stand-by line in the heat was rougher than the ride.

 

[AngiTN]

They are bolted to the floor, but the whole floor moves up and down. Your individual seat turns and tilts while the floor of the room bounce up and down. There are definitely drops as you fly down.

Still call it tilts here and there not a drop and nothing remotely like ToT

 

[Gorechick]

Thanks so much for the link. I'm afraid of heights and it was good too see what the ride is like.

 

[KimBean]

So some people say 2 feet others say 10 feet... The video link just shows the video that you see, I'm confused how that "shows" the floor moves 8-10 feet? That being said, I was also told this on a different thread. I like the pictures that I see on this thread, that movement is pretty minimal. But which one is right? LOL!!

 

[AngiTN]

So some people say 2 feet others say 10 feet... The video link just shows the video that you see, I'm confused how that "shows" the floor moves 8-10 feet? That being said, I was also told this on a different thread. I like the pictures that I see on this thread, that movement is pretty minimal. But which one is right? LOL!!

Looks just like the amount in the photos above to me. It's not much and by no means a drop by any definition I've ever heard. It's quite gradual

 

[FastPasser.]

But which one is right? LOL!!

I've been involved with the the attraction since way before it opened and can say without question that it's no where near 10 feet. Those are actual photos of the attraction?

Looks just like the amount in the photos above to me. It's not much and by no means a drop by any definition I've ever heard. It's quite gradual

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