Fastest Ride at WDW

[ArchiDanDisney]

The Buses of course...

 

[WDW John]

How fast do they go? Over 60 MPH? I mean, I'm sure they CAN go over 60 but are they allowed to?

 

[SirNim]

:lol:

I guess that is right! :lol:

 

[isnet396]

-Awaits for the official word on this from Tyler-

 

[nikechic]

I was told by a bus driver that the fastest ride in WDW was the monorail if they cranked it up to full speed.

 

[TheOneVader]

I don't think the buses go over 65. And the monorails COULD go faster than Test Track I bet, but otherwise they go 40mph, I think.

 

[Tim G]

MkTigger on World Drive...

 

[Mikejakester]

I thought the fastet one is Rock and rollerocaster.

 

[One Lil Spark]

Originally posted by Mikejakester
I thought the fastet one is Rock and rollerocaster.

I'm *pretty sure* it's the monorails. They can potentially go the fastest. RnRC may go the fastest, but the monorails if needed can be a thrill ride in themselves! :animwink:

 

[EvilMortimer]

The monorails were tested at speeds of 70 MPH. Under normal conditions, they only go 40 MPH. (except downhill from the Contemporary to the TTC, where many pilots crank it up to 50:lol: )

 

[WDW John]

It seems we are moving to theoreticals now, which just makes things harder to figure out. If the monorails have been tested at 70 MPH, how fast has Test Track been tested at? When you ride Test Track you will go over 60 MPH, but I'm sure if that's what Disney lets us experience then the cars are capable of more.

Also, what is the speed of Tower of Terror? I remember that it is "faster than gravity". The rate of falling bodies (free fall) is 32' per second per second (or 32 ft/sec squared) and terminal velocity is 120 MPH. It's hard to know for sure about ToT considering those figures are what occur in nature but ToT is, basically, faster than that.

If we just stick to actual ride speeds it would probably be easier to figure out. So, how fast do the buses actually go?

 

[Tim G]

Originally posted by WDW John
terminal velocity is 120 MPH. It's hard to know for sure about ToT considering those figures are what occur in nature but ToT is, basically, faster than that.

Tower Of Terror is being pulled down with 1.1 x Terminal Velocity.

 

[WDW John]

Originally posted by Corrus
Tower Of Terror is being pulled down with 1.1 x Terminal Velocity.

120 x 1.1 = 132 MPH

So would 132 MPH make ToT the Fastest Ride at WDW then?

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by Corrus
MkTigger on World Drive...

yup... lol.

Several members on these forums will attest to that..

 

[Michael Darling]

Test Track vehicles are supposedly capable of speeds of up to 90MPH.

If we're talking theoretical top speeds, then I'd vote for Test Track. I'd like to see a 20 year old WDW bus try to hit 90.

If we're talking about actual speeds, then MKT on any street sounds right. I'll even surpass the theoretical 90MPH of TT...

And what the heck are you talking about terminal velocity? An object's terminal velocity is determined by it's surface area and the wind resistance (friction) generated. A killer whale dropped out of an airplane will have a different terminal velocity than me jumping out of an airplane.

Tower of Terror accelerates downward at approx. 1.2 (or 1.5) Gs... that's about 1.2*9.8M/s/s (since 1 G of acceleration is 9.8M/s/s). Stop talking physics if you have no idea what the hell you're talking about.

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by Michael Darling
Tower of Terror accelerates downward at approx. 1.2 (or 1.5) Gs... that's about 1.2*9.8M/s/s (since 1 G of acceleration is 9.8M/s/s). Stop talking physics if you have no idea what the hell you're talking about.

he is right... a bit curt (just like me), but right...

 

[Fantasmic]

Originally posted by mkt
yup... lol.

Several members on these forums will attest to that..

That's what the "oh ________" handles are for...


John, You are a geek...

 

[All Star Nathan]

I hate to say it but you are all wrong. The fastest attraction at Disney is the Credit Card Swipe. Just .5 seconds to financial peril!

 

[Mikejakester]

Tower of Terror accelerates downward at approx. 1.2 (or 1.5) Gs... that's about 1.2*9.8M/s/s (since 1 G of acceleration is 9.8M/s/s). Stop talking physics if you have no idea what the hell you're talking about.

Oy Thanks man! I could not have said it better my self!!


First of all,gravity is an acceleration not a speed. So it would be 9.81m/ s^2. That converts to 21.949 mph^2 or 32.18 Ft/s^2

When drag is equal to weight, there is no net external force on the object and the object will fall at a constant velocity as described by Newton's first law of motion. The constant velocity is called the terminal velocity.

The terminal Velocity of a human Bieng would be about 200 km/h or 124mph. But it all the depends on it density and drag surface area. I know the terminal velocity of the elevator is NOT 124 mph. But if anyone can get me the weight, inicial velocity, and distance drop I can get you it's max. velocity.


Terminal velocity is usually used with skydivers. since it's the point where the drag of air and a persons wieght equal so that the aceleration is 0. but due to the elevators weight I don't think the elevator has enough free falling time to achive it's terminal velocity.

 

[Mikejakester]

I hate to say it but you are all wrong. The fastest attraction at Disney is the Credit Card Swipe. Just .5 seconds to financial peril!

I hate to say it. But your wrong :lol: :hammer: Actually it would be the other way around. The slowest one of all.

Velocity equals distance/ time.

So it would be
Distance traveled= 5 in
Time= 0.5 s

5/0.5in=10inches/s or 0.56mph

Sorry!:animwink: :lookaroun