Tornado is a large, flashy Huss manufactured ride that goes by the trade name of Flipper. The ride is pretty much what you’d get if a Round Up and a Tilt-a-Whirl had a baby. The ride spins at variable speeds so sometimes the cars will be pinned facing inward due …
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Nemesis 360 Starts Making the Rounds
March 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · carnivals, news
Well, well ,well; it’s about time the US got a nice new carnival ride from Europe! Nemesis 360, the first KMG Inversion ride in the US, debuted at the IISF Trade Show in Gibsonton, FL last month and is now …
Video: Apollo at Dorney Park
December 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · dorney park, videos
Apollo is a flatride at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, PA. The ride is a Soriani & Moser manufactured ‘Apollo 2000′ ride which is basically a total knockoff of the Huss Swing Around. The two rides are nearly identical with the only visual difference being that the Apollo …
Video: Fireball
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · videos
The KMG Fireball (aka Afterburner if you’re in Europe) and its variants seem to be very popular rides nowadays. I remember when I first saw Fireball back in the late 90s or so at the State Fair Meadowlands; it went under the name Cyclops and I thought it was just …
New Video: Venture Scat
September 14th, 2009 · No Comments · videos, white trash carny
Here’s a video of a Venture manufactured Scat at the 2009 Feast of Mt Carmel Festival in Berkeley Heights, NJ. Scat is basically a double Round Up where both platforms spin around each other. It’s pretty forceful when up to full speed, but more often than not the tire drives …
