bkroz Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 The first indoor spinning glow-coaster in the U.S. OVERVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfFQhQIikOk#t=13 POV: Family friendly fun-house coaster. http://www.hersheypark.com/2015/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 What in the world is this? Looks like an acid trip, honestly... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 A 21st Century Exterminator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSkippy Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I wonder if any Technicolor pachyderms will be involved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Press release says, in part that the ride includes "an Immelmann turn where riders enter a half loop and then go through a half twist and curve out in the opposite direction in which they came." Huh... I'm guessing they don't mean an inversion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblanken Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I think somehow part of the Skyrush release is inside of that statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastForever Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Trippy and illusive. Hmm, I like it... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calakapepe Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The coaster itself looks to be a clone.. if some glowing walls and mirrors are all that are to come with this dark coaster, I am not too impressed. However, these rides are fun nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If they can pack all that color and material into that building that is shown on the POV...then that looks incredible. I would be very impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Those colors are in the clown Haunt, of course they can get the colors right. It looks great, it's an answer to the problem with funhouses, walkthroughs can be dangerous to fools. I'd like to ride this, but the spinning would stop my husband dead in his trakks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I guess I mean I hope it looks better than the artwork, theming and coloring in Boo Blasters. Frankly, that kind of sucks... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ki95 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hope we get something like this in the "Big Tan Box" at KI! Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Looks like fun to me. Wouldn't mind KI getting something like it. Another coaster that families can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I guess I mean I hope it looks better than the artwork, theming and coloring in Boo Blasters. Frankly, that kind of sucks... Yeh, the motif is kind of hokey/kiddie, but it could be in the kids' section of the park; maybe they wanted to play it safe. Old funhouses had devils, clowns, drunks, skeletons, and risque ladies, I don't know if the park can get by with burlesque humor today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Fun houses and dark rides are my favorite rides of all time. I hit carnivals and fairs to experience a new one. I will stop on a dime while traveling if I see a 'pop-up' carnival with one...(you don't see them much anymore). Those small carnivals I mean... Probably the regulations ...if any, and depending on the state. Kind of sad. What has the world come to if you can't risk death at a parking lot carnival? And spend 4 dollars a ride for the pleasure? Or even win an already dead goldfish at the fish bowl game? Or get cussed at by a carney? Carny? I forget. Probably 'Carnival Attendant' this day and age. Or day in age? Starting to confuse myself now come to think of it... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 State? Carnival rides in the United States of America are regulated by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency. It makes NO difference what state they are in. States can, however, impose additional requirements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Figured you would know the details there Terp...I almost asked for you...but figured you would see this at some point. Besides...no one wants to put you at Genie status I suppose. More carefully...I should have said I don't see them in Ohio anymore. Nor would I know why as I wipe away a Hollywood tear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Insurance is probably a far bigger factor... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Does anyone see the small 6 or 7 ride carnivals anymore then? When has anyone seen one lately as a larger question? Its been probably 7 years here and now I am a wonderin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I saw a giant strawberry twirly ride tooling down the highway a few years ago on the back of truck. Also, the beautiful mini-hamlet of Miamisburg has the Spring Fling and the... one in autumn? I guess the Fall Pall? on the grounds of the town's library. It has carnival rides. The Miamisburg library grounds is also reported to be haunted. I've been watching "Parks and Recreation". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Small traveling carnivals are still quite popular in the Cleveland area, many featuring a walk through funhouse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricsun Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 If you are looking for quirky small festivals, this is the best Ohio resource: http://www.ofea.org/festivals-and-events/full-event-list.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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