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They are altogether different rides, providing similar but very different sensations.
The Zierer Flying Carpet is smaller, and is rotated by four arms, one at each corner of the boat. Due to the smaller size, you experience much stronger forward/backward lateral g-forces. This is the ride you'll find at BGW, Marineland, and Kennywood.
The Huss Rainbow is much taller, and is rotated by one large arm connecting in the center of the rear of the boat. The larger size gives a much smoother ride, with less force. It also provides more airtime. This is the ride at Hershey and SFWoA.
Zierer is currently also manufacturing an inverted carpet, where you're hanging below the ride, similar to a Zamperla Hawk. Instead of going upside down like the Hawk, however, you'd stay upright while circling like a traditional carpet ride does.
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Not really. The Zipper has never been popular in the park market. The place to see Zippers, just like 20 years ago, is on the midways of American carnivals. It is hard to go to a carnival now-a-days and not see one, I know there was one at each fair I was at in 2002.
"Was the 1001 naghts at wildwood Nj a huss ride?"
Did the ride have the height of a Rainbow but seats that faced towards each other? If so, it was probably a Weber 1001 Nacht.
Adam
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The expanded entrance the park is planning is said to encompase the area that the Rainbow Ride is currently in.
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As LONNOL said, it was in all likelihood a Weber 1001 Naught. Weber actually copied the design off of Huss though, that's why it's mistaken for a Huss Rainbow alot.
And Zamperla's Joker is alot like the Rainbow as well, in structure and size. But the one at Dorney is way too slow. Anyone else been on one from Zamperla anywhere else? Is it just Dorney's that stinks? If there is another one it probably doesn't have the Joker theme as I think Dorney's is the only one like that.
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