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 …
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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 …
New Video: Space Roller 2009
July 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · videos
Hmm…it’s been sort of quiet around here in terms of updates. During this little hiatus I went to two fairs, State Fair Meadowlands and a smaller one called the Feast of Mount Carmel Fair in Berkeley Heights, NJ (which will have a ridiculously large fireworks display tonight at around 10:30-11pm …
Freak Out Video
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · videos
This video was taken at the 2008 Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, PA. It’s the KMG manufactured ‘Freak Out’ in action. Freak Out is one of the more forceful rides I’ve been on; it actually seemed a bit more forceful than the Fireball which is a higher capacity version …
