Tilt is now open, priced at $5 per ticket, although you’ll still need to pay the $18 general admission to the 360 Chicago observatory. Swint and dozens of others near Madison and Clinton streets got quite a surprise start to their day when a man began scaling the nearly 600-foot tall Accenture Tower without a rope. The entire experience of falling over and popping back up will last just 75 seconds. Of course, you’re in a closed room with no wind blowing, so it’s probably less horrifying than that. Then, imagine tilting your body forwards like you’re falling. Is it scary? Imagine standing at the edge of a window 1,000 feet off the ground. This attraction is a vertical platform of the skyscrapers glass. Its now 14th-tallest, but offers unrivaled views of the Windy City, and sees. Take the elevator up to the 103rd floor and soak up 360-degree views. TILT opened on May 9 and is an enclosed glass-and-steel movable platform that slowly tilts forward 30 degrees. 360 Chicago is also home to TILT, Chicagos highest moving experience that. Is it safe? Well, I don’t think they’d open it if it wasn’t. Tilt, nestled on the 94th floor of the 360 Chicago high-rise, is the first of its kind. Afterwards, head to the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, Skydeck Chicago. Once everyone is set, the room will begin to tilt (as in, the entire room slightly pops out of the building like it’s falling), eventually stopping at a 30-degree angle (from vertical), letting you stare at the Windy City’s bustle below while feeling like you’re about to fall to your death. You each take a station in the long glass window, grabbing on to stainless steel bars so you don’t fall face first to the glass when the room starts to tip over (unless you’re into that). Operated by 360 Chicago (formerly John Hancock Observatory), the ride (they insist on calling it an “experience,” by the way) puts you in a steel room with glass windows along with seven other participants. Because staring at the view from the top of a 100-story skyscraper isn’t thrilling enough to today’s jaded populace, someone came up with Tilt, a ridiculous ride at the 94th floor of Chicago’s John Hancock Center, which tips over the entire room you are standing on so you can watch the view while on the verge of falling over. 450 Share 867K views 8 years ago The 'Tilt' ride in the John Hancock Center observatory tilts people out 30 degrees to see the view 1,000 feet below.
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