Heres another Freak Show Carnie Ride: the old Ring of Fire rides
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*** This post was edited by Cygnus12 10/9/2003 8:20:10 PM ***
-Nate
I miss the skydivers. I haven't seen one in years. If you want real torture, try the Roll-O-Plane. I went on one once, and every time we came around the bottom, my leg got pinched between some metal hinge or something. It was the most painful ride I've been on, and I left it with my leg bleeding and bruised.
Other than that, I don't find many other carnie rides very thrilling, or very unsafe - although I haven't ridden any of the more modern rides, some of which look pretty crazy. I don't know if this counts as a carnie ride or not, but one of the best flats I've ever been on was Evolution at SFGAdv. It looked like it could have been portable. I hope it's working in Kentucky or wherever it went.
~me
ps - last time i saw a "Sky Wheel" was while watching "The Jerk." :)
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Great Adventure's ride is now operating (Is it actually operating?) at Six Flags St. Louis as Xcalibur.
As far as Great Adventure's other flats go, nothing compares, really, to Jump as far as I'm concerned.
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*** This post was edited by coasterdude318 10/12/2003 12:57:20 AM ***
coasterdude318 said:
Actually, GAdv/SfStL's Evolution *is* portable and, in fact, used to travel in Europe before Six Flags bought it. It's just no longer trailer-mounted.-Nate
*** This post was edited by coasterdude318 10/12/2003 12:57:20 AM ***
I can't believe I forgot that. Having never seen it with its trailers, though, I can't imagine what sort of setup that'd be like.
Do you have any idea how many trailers it took to rack that ride?
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In addition to that a huge crane was needed everytime the Evolution was erected/disassambled.
I think with its huge capacity and quite high admission the ride could have made good money inspite of the monstrous costs. But sadly Evolution was not the big hit with the audience it should have been.
People stood and stared in awe in 92 when the ride debuted. But that was more or less all they did. Many people were simply afraid of the height. Others refused to ride because of the high admission combined with the short ride cycle. After just one rotation of the main arm, the ride was finished! It just seemed not to offer the thrills it promised.
Two rides were built for the german fair circuit: Evolution, which went to the US in 95. And Imperator, which can now be found in the Prater Park (Vienna, Austria). A third, stationary version was produced for a japanese park.
The italian copies became a far bigger success, saleswise.
When the operators finally decided to funk up the ride time and play around with the ride (stopping the center arm at 90° and reverse the movement), they had already decided to get rid of the massive machines in favour of something smaller. (Evolution was replaced by the Mondial Inferno, which is three times smaller but a hundred times more thrilling).
When the rides opened in ´92 showmen were confident that this was just the beginning of an era of giant rides. Little did they know that that era would start 10 years later in amusement parks.
Check out http://www.mondialrides.com
They have videoclips of all their wonderful rides. There is as well the amazing new Ultra Max, which takes the Frisbee concept to an (expected) new progression.
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I went on a ride at my hometown fair...it was called "Freak Out". It looked like a miniature Delerium, but the seats were facing inward (4 to a side, looked like B&M invert cars). and instead of a circle, it was like a square, but no corners connecting each side. It did the whole swing and spin thing, and even took you past a 90* angle, which semi-suprised me, as my hometown fair isn't very large.
I'm trying to figure out who made this...it was too much fun.
Also, Ring Of Fires.
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I was suprised, it was actual very fun...Especially when it hits the highest mark...as this one swung over the path. You were directly above all these different people staring up at you. I wonder how high it actually gets?
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Rob Ascough said:
That's the ride. Wow... McDonagh's version looks beautiful! I'd love for the chance to ride one, but I haven't see one come to a carnival/fair around NJ in years!------------------
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The 2002 Ohio State Fair had one of those, and they might have had one this year.
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Chernabog said:
Clearly, Vater, you haven't experienced the flat ride bliss that is the Zamperal Windshear.
What type of program was the Zamperla Windshear you rode running? The one at Six Flags New Orleans isn't all that amazing but it is a lot of fun. The arms twist individually two times, the second leaving you hanging upside down in the air. It eventually flips and tilts down and up a few times while going in a topspin-like motion. It gets in a position fixed position and the bottom and the ride platform stays in that position as the arms raise it in the air upside down and makes three complete flips (which are quite a headrush), and that's basically it.
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