text: This ride has a descent that feels and is of course too slow to me virtually the whole way down that it is much more relaxing than it is thrilling It is pretty much a vertical zip line except personally I find the horizontal ziplines to feel more thrilling Do it if you are trying to nudge yourself into bigger faster thrills and are pretty new to the thrill worldnOR do it if you are an experienced thrillseeker who does not fool themselves but know that they are actually an EXPERIENCED THRILLseeker who has expectations that this may be much slower than their liking or too tamed but still want to do it for other reasons than a thrill For me I do not think it would be worth even a quarter of what they charged to do a second time maybe like bucks tops nnI did not even purchase a wrist camera or photos because I had a huge feeling from experience with other thrill rides that this was going to be more about anticipation huge reliance on the worldrecord breaking height for a SkyJump and hype than actual thrill Needless to say I was right I do not need to pay the extra money to commemorate something that is not really anything to write home about with high marks My SO said that I looked like a ragdoll coming down because I was so limp and there was a reason for that It was a relaxing experience though and something like a spa treatment for your mind I guessnnI did the jump several minutes past midnight in late March so the view was filled with bright orange lights and you could still make out things really well I enjoyed the cool breeze and being in the cool mild darkness above lights the most about the ride nnThe staff were great in terms of their service to me one of the male staff at the top kept striking friendly conversation with me while being thoroughly professional and the girl who suited me up was very attentive to everything However I found the Asian male staffer who kept making stupid racist jokes in a rowdy manner among his coworkers and other customers to be so obnoxious that he detracted from the atmosphere I am not taking any stars off because of this thoughnnOh and to anyone who reads the review of RIC A who says that this is very similar to those rides you see at fairs other amusement parks where they hoise you to the top release you you swing back and forth THAT IS A FALSE STATEMENT He describes some of the major differences already so I do not why he says it is very similiar What he is describing is a skycoaster by the way nHEREs THE TRUTH the SkyJump is a controlled descent that decelerates to a stop with an ascent that takes place on a fast elevator of the building and it stops at the end of the vertical controlled fall A skycoaster is complete free fall like that of a bungee jump with large swings back and forth to a stop and the ascent is when they hoist you slowly to the top As an extra bit you then have to pull on a rip cord attached to your harness to release yourself into that free fall as opposed to jumping off They are very very different rides nIn fact there is more similarity between base jumping and the SkyJump which are still quite different than there is between a skycoaster and the SkyJump nnI just do not want anyone to be badly misinformed