Space Spiral destruction

We posted some official Space Spiral destruction photos and video on the PointBuzz GateKeeper construction page. It looked awesomely violent.

Hell. Yes. That looked awesome, and that poor cabin didn't stand a chance.

Wow...that was awesome, though kind of in a sad way. Oh well, at least I got to watch a good destruction video.

Before I checked the distances and realized it probably wouldn't hit it...was anyone else thinking about if it fell the wrong way and hit WT?

I thought the "thud" when it hit the dirt was humorously--and somehow, at the same time depressingly--anticlimactic. I really expected a bigger noise, even captured on video. Still impressive as hell to watch.

The aftermath photos are interesting to me. I'd like to see more of the base and bottom of the tower to see how the metal twisted, etc. by the explosives and weight of the tower before it fell/as it fell.

Hmmmm... I guess this means it WON'T be going to Michigans's Adventure...

I'm sure it's just me, and it's an entirely different thing..but it felt a little weird watching that video the day after 9/11.

RCMAC said:

Hmmmm... I guess this means it WON'T be going to Michigans's Adventure...

Or Dorney...........

Poor thing.. I'm sad for it.
But it is cool to see it come down. I joked to someone that I thought they should implode it Vegas style. I guess they did, kinda. And they took the doomed cabin to the top for the final descent, didn't they? Probably for extra weight. On the second vid, notice how the cabin slides even further up as it falls. Yikes!
Ah well.... Buh bye, Space Spiral. I knew you well and will miss you.

Vater said:

...I really expected a bigger noise, even captured on video.

Apparently they dug a hole in the sand where the cabin landed, to slightly cushion the blow.

I think they should have done an auction to push the button.

I would have only bid if I could push this.

RCMAC said:

Hmmmm... I guess this means it WON'T be going to Michigans's Adventure...

It still could, but the MA crowd would be whining they wanted an operational ride. Just no pleasing some folks.

Great video and I loved that we had multiple viewpoints from it (2 official and 1 iphone? vid from TPR). I especially liked the shockwave you could see from the beach view. I must have been pretty cool to actually be there and feel it as well as see it.

I was thinking of an auction, too, with the bidders invited to watch at the nearest vantage point safely possible, and the highest bid to push the button. The shirt would read "I KILLED SPACE SPIRAL" . "for charity".

GKTW sponsorship?

"I killed Space Spiral for the kids."

They took "TAER IT DOWN!!1" to a new level with this demolition.

It's funny, Space Spiral operated for 47 years while Vertigo barely lasted a year before it fell over ;)

Oh man that was awesome! That swooshing sound as the cabin zoomed up as it fell was really cool.

I'm actually pretty surprised by this, I thought they would have to use a crane to deconstruct it. I wouldn't have though imploding it was an option. They should have done it while DT was still there, that would have been much cooler of a crash lol. Plus they could have used the footage for a disaster movie.

It'll be weird not having it there.

It wasn't imploded. It was toppled via precision explosives. If it were imploded, it would have fallen straight down.

It was operational as recently as Sunday. Not open to the public, but the cabin was going up and down all day, sometimes with workers on it.

Jason Hammond said:

It wasn't imploded. It was toppled via precision explosives. If it were imploded, it would have fallen straight down.

Well if I thought I was going to get graded on semantics I would have taken the time to find the right word for it.