Discover Scream
Our tips:
- Enjoy the view
- Stow loose items
- Express Ticket
Scream
Scream is the drop tower at Heide Park Resort, in Transsilvanien. The tower is 103 metres tall and the park calls it one of the biggest gyro drop towers in the world. Scream opened in 2003 and was built by Intamin. It's one of the "Big 7", the park's seven big roller coasters and thrill rides.
The concept
You sit in a ring around the tower, with your legs dangling free. As the ring rises, it slowly rotates. That way you get views in every direction on the way up. At the top, everything goes still for a moment.
The Experience
Then comes the free fall: 71 metres down at a speed of 98.3 km/h. Your stomach ends up in your throat and it feels a bit like a parachute jump. Just before the ground, the ring brakes. A full ride lasts about 77 seconds.
Discover Scream
Enjoy the view
On the way up, the gondola slowly rotates. Look around you: you can see the whole park and the Lüneburg Heath.
Stow loose items
Caps, glasses and phones can't come with you. Use a locker or leave them with someone who isn't riding.
Express Ticket
Scream is included in the Express Ticket Gold (from €59) and Platin (from €99), as of November 2026.
Visitor information
You must be at least 1.30 metres tall and 10 years old, with a maximum height of 1.95 metres. The ride isn't suitable if you're pregnant or have heart or back problems or high blood pressure. Wheelchair users enter and exit via the entrance; that entrance is steep. Got a child aged three or under with you? Pick up the free Baby-Switch-Pass at the Service Center. That way you can ride one after the other as parents without queuing again (only on days with Express Ticket).
Too scary?
Is Scream too scary for you, or are the kids still too small? Next to the big tower stands Screamie, its little brother for children aged three and up. That way everyone gets to take the plunge.
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