get your talons out for dreamworld's claw
The most powerful pendulum on the planet is now the most terrifying talon in the world.
Themed to look like the prehistoric paw of a 3D rampaging velociraptor, The Claw propels adrenalin junkies nine storeys high, mercilessly swinging them back and forth at 64km per hour while twisting 360 degree full circles.
Guests who dare to dice with the ten to two o’clock swing experience insane gravity hang time as they perch perilously close to the edge. But once they’re harnessed, there’s no escape as the floor retracts and they’re in the clutches of The Claw.
Hold on tight. Dreamworld’s fingernail-biting, spine-tingling, knee-knocking nightmare, The Claw, is the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
RIDE FACTS
- Opening: Saturday, September 18, 2004
- Cost: Over $6 million
- Capacity: 32 per cycle / 400 people per hour
- Materials: Over 70 tonnes of steel used in construction
- Height at Full Swing: 27.1 metres
- Swing: 240 degrees through 9 storeys
- Speed: up to 64km per hour
- Revolving Speed: 5 revolutions per minute
- Duration: approximately 90 seconds
- Manufacturer: Ride Trade of Liechtenstein
- Riding Position: Outwards facing/feet dangling
- Rider Restrictions: Riders must be at least 120 cm tall
