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Dutch Coastin' :: European coasters, thrills and theming!
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Karl
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Looking forward to riding the Afterburner at CCity come May.
is it that the Afterburners are cheaper than Frisbees or something? It seems like the Afterburner is popping up *everywhere*, while there remains to be reasonably few Frisbees.
I've never ridden an Afterburner, but I really do adore Frisbees. The freefall sensation, coupled with spinning, is great fun. There are other rides that do it better, but they are even harder to find than Frisbees.
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Karl
http://www.twistedrails.com
KMG Afterburner: http://home.planet.nl/~souil002/ab.htm
Zamperla Discovery: http://www.zamperlarides.com/main/section2/discovery2.htm
Fabbri Space Jam: http://www.fabbrigroup.com/products/prod_more_info.cfm?client=0&pro_id=74&sel_famiglia=&forum=1&sel_tipo_giostra=&cat_emoz=extreme%20sensation&page=priv
Chance Revolution http://www.rides.com/new_rides.html (no official page)
To the best of my knowledge no one else makes something exactly like a frisbee, but of course I could be wrong.
I have ridden both, and while it's certainly possible that I got a bad program on the KMG ride, I have ridden a couple of different frisbees, both of which were awesome rides that didn't dissapoint. The combination of constant spinning and smooth swinging up to full height makes the ride much more fun than the counter part.
-Ride_Op
Very much so. An Afterburner (the two-trailer version) costs around $600,000 (or so), while a park-model Frisbee costs around $2.5-3 million. It is important to remember that the Chance Revolution 32 (which uses KMG's engineering specs.) is a ground mount, larger and costs more than the trailer model.
"To the best of my knowledge no one else makes something exactly like a frisbee, but of course I could be wrong."
SBF (Dance Party) & Fabbri (Boomerang) both offer them. I believe that there may be a SBF version at one of the SF parks Europe (maybe Holland) and Bosque Magico has a Fabbri Boomerang.
Adam
*** This post was edited by LONNOL 2/24/2003 9:30:29 PM ***
Still, despite their being many manufacturers of similar rides, the KMG Afterburner seems to be most popular among them. Or, at least, that's what I've noticed. . . and that's speaking only of park installations of these rides. I wouldn't even attempt to keep track of what's traveling around.
The price difference is astounding, really. I know better, but I would expect traveling rides to cost more than park models. After all, there's all of the additional engineering involved in making the ride portable and efficient.
KMG pegged a winner with this one and was way out in front of the competition when developing and selling it. This is really the first big year for the so-called inverted Frisbee ride, before this only a handful of parks in the U.S. (Oaks, Branson USA/CC had Afterburners, PGA had a Rev 32 and there are probably a few I am missing) had this style of ride. As far as I know, all of the Afterburners sold to parks were trailer-mounted, I don't think a ground-mount Afterburner has been installed yet. As usual, the American carnival industry was several years ahead of the park industry when it came to this flat ride trend.
"The price difference is astounding, really. I know better, but I would expect traveling rides to cost more than park models. After all, there's all of the additional engineering involved in making the ride portable and efficient."
This price comparison is a little off because Huss is probably the most expensive flat ride manufacturer out there and that is being compared to a two-trailer carnival ride from KMG, who is known for being affordable-yet-competetive in thier pricing. Generally, yes if you compare equal rides, a park-model Power Surge to a portable Power Surge, a park-model Top Scan to a portable Top Scan, etc., it is cheaper to buy the park model (unless its used). For instance, if you bought a new trailer-mounted Huss Frisbee it would probably cost 3-4 million because of the racking and five (I believe) trucks needed to transport it. Funtastic Shows on the West Coast travels with one of these (the only one in the U.S. that moves) and it is a sight to behold. It is especially nice because it was bought used from Germany so it has a very nice backflash.
Adam
*** This post was edited by LONNOL 2/25/2003 12:41:31 AM ***
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