Last of a kind rides.
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Chitown said:
What rides are still operating that are the last of there kind left? At SFGAm they have the Whizzer: last Schwartkopf speed racer coaster, The SkyWhirl: last triple ferris wheel. What other rides are out there that no other place has them running? *** This post was edited by Chitown on 5/10/2000. ***
Actually there is another Speed Racer in South America somewhere. It used to be the Zambezi Zinger.
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Texas Coasters... wow I'm lucky... IM me if you feel like talking about coasters.
2. The Turtle and Tumble Bugs are the same ride. There are at least a couple dozen left, although there's one abandoned at one of the old Ohio parks.
3. I've read a few claims that Kennywood has the last operating Kangaroo and there are a few more standing but not being maintained.
4. How many of the Rolloplanes are left ?
5. Anybody know of a Bubble Bounce still in use ?
6. Anybody know of a Pinball still in use? (They were also called Ricochets.)
phydeux said:
Hmm.. I have a few. X at SFMM. Shockwave @ PKD. Spiderman @ IOA. Right-o.-----------------
Texas Coasters... wow I'm lucky... IM me if you feel like talking about coasters.
I disagree. X and Spiderman are pretty new. I am almost positive that we will see another X and maybe another Spiderman. Let's wait a decade or three and see if you are right.
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There are multiple Turtle rides left as well Whalom Park and Knobel's Grove are the only I've been on though.
Their are an overload of Rotors left, their is one at every park in New England except for Six Flags New England(Riverside's was replaced a while back)
Arrow shuttle loops are still here as well, they can also be made by other companys. Meisho, Senyo, PAX, and Okamoto have come out with the revival of the shuttle loops.
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Wow. Nobody has mentioned the Arrow Suspendeds yet. While there are more than one operating now, I don't think we'll see another one any time soon.
With any luck, another coaster company will take the concept a step further.
Trimper's has a kiddie Whip that is the only one I've seen in that size, and it is maintained like a museum piece even though it is operated all summer.
Knobel's has the last steel bumper car's that I know of in the US, but I could be wrong on this. They also have many old kiddie rides that could be unique.
DarkHelmet said:
Wow. Nobody has mentioned the Arrow Suspendeds yet. While there are more than one operating now, I don't think we'll see another one any time soon.
With any luck, another coaster company will take the concept a step further.
Oops...How could we forget? I hope and pray that we see more of these great rides built in the future. I love PKI's Top Gun and BGW's BBW
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Kennywood, Enchanted Village and Knoebel's have kiddie whips too (at least). Idlewild claims to be one of only two parks with a Caterpillar with the working canopy right now -- though I don't know the other park.
The last surviving Carl Phare designed coaster is in Vancouver,BC at the PNE/Playland.This coaster still operates with trains that were in-house built copies of Prior& Church trains.
The only operating Prior&Church coaster train(that I know of)is on the Puyallup Fair Coaster Thrill Ride.The coaster itself was designed by John Miller and P&C train came from the defunct Vancouver,BC Happyland Dipper.The other 2 trains were copies built by Walker Leroy and Robert Bollinger of Oaks Park,Portland,Oregon who was the ride concessionare of the Puyallup Fair.
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Isn't the Giant Dipper at Belmont a Prior and Church?
Chuck
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The Orient Express is still the newest coaster with interlocking Vertical Loops. From what I understand there were 3 built. Lightning Loops which is just 2 shuttle loops in one place they have been torn down and move to 2 differnt parks, The Loch Ness Monster, and the Orient Express. I havn't got a clue on why Arrow or anyone hasn't built a coaster with this type of element since then.
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Chris Knight
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That's not roughness that intensity
A couple of random notes to the comments so far:
-I believe the Rotor at Canobie is pretty unique because it was made by SDC, not Chance
-As RllrCstrDude187 said, not counting kiddie versions, there are only three Tumble Bug/Turtles running that I know of (Blackpool, Kennywood and Conneaut) and Whalom's was in decent condition but is now SBNO
-There are a only few Bubble Bounces out there. I believe Stricker's Grove got one last year and Whalom had one.
-Canobie has the other Traver/Herschell Caterpillar with a cover, although some parks like Pavilion have a newer Mack version with a cover
-A few parks (Knoebels, Kennywood, Oaks, etc.) have Roll-o-Planes and smaller carnivals still use them, too.
Adam
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