CoastersRZ Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Check out Coney`s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandpark Santa came early and brought us TWO NEW RIDES for 2015!! Get ready for fun on a swinging-pendulum thrill ride and kiddie bumper cars!The new thrill ride swings in a back-and-forth pendulum motion, sending riders in a 360-degree arc, forty feet in the air as the ride carriage spins in a clockwise rotation. And the new kiddie bumper cars will put little ones in the driver's seat for a bumpy, bouncing adventure. 5 Quote
CoastersRZ Posted December 18, 2014 Author Posted December 18, 2014 Yeah. That is a creative description for kiddy bumper cars. I believe the pendulum that Coney might be getting is a Zamperla Midi Discovery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEW8BMon8do And it looks like Zamperla also makes a mini bumper car ride. http://www.zamperla.com/products/mini-bumper-car/ 2 Quote
westcoaster Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Never knew they had a sister property Jelly Stone Park Bloomington IN, on Coney's web site now. Good for them. 2 Quote
CoastersRZ Posted December 18, 2014 Author Posted December 18, 2014 Well, the Jellystone campgrounds are actually owned by Leisure Systems. Leisure Systems is owned by Park River Corporation. Park River Corporation is the parent company that owns Coney. Park River is owned by the relatives of the late Ronald Walker, who purchased Coney in 1991. I absolutely love the history of Coney and the early history of Kings Island. One of these days, I should write a book about it all. 6 Quote
CoastersRZ Posted December 18, 2014 Author Posted December 18, 2014 Contest to name Coney`s new rides: http://coneyislandpark.com/in_the_news.php?nID=54 1 Quote
dtk1378 Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Guess I was proven wrong about thinking that all Coney would get in 2015 is new picnic tables. Awesome news! Quote
homestar92 Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Those little pendulum rides really do offer great bang for the buck for a small park. The one at Camden, at least on the day I was there, was one of the only rides with a line, and it was a few cycles' wait before I was able to ride. Especially considering that it's one of the higher capacity thrill rides in the park. 2 Quote
The Interpreter Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Camden Park has other thrill rides? 4 Quote
freaks76 Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 (I'll probably catch some flack for this.) IMO I think the one they have at Camden is better than Delirum at KI. Also, It had THE best ride op(s) probably of any ride I have ever rode. 2 Quote
The Interpreter Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Flack? Terp, who prefers Revolution at Six Flags Great America née Frisbee at NJFTP to any Huss Giant Frisbee. 2 Quote
freaks76 Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Flack? Terp, who prefers Revolution at Six Flags Great America née Frisbee at NJFTP to any Huss Giant Frisbee. Yes, flack. Guess I could've said I'll be gettin', a hard time. Quote
The Interpreter Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Not from me. Bigger does not necessarily mean better. Often, it doesn't. See Son of Beast. 4 Quote
freaks76 Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Don't get me wrong, Delirium Is an O.K. ride. But, it does not hurt my feelings if i don't ride it, neither. I do really like the one at Camden (I can not think of it's name to save my life.) I think Coney's getting a good ride. 1 Quote
The Interpreter Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 The Rattler. (And yes, imitation of a Kings Island snake and a Texas coaster was probably intentional). 1 Quote
Oldiesmann Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 I learned "bigger doesn't mean better" when I visited Camden several years ago. The small Spider ride they had there was so much more intense than Monster. It's a shame it isn't there anymore, but it sounds like it was past its prime and/or wasn't well-maintained. 2 Quote
The Interpreter Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Note that Holiday World's disappeared approximately the same time. Though coincidence in time may not mean the causes equate... 1 Quote
freaks76 Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 The Rattler. (And yes, imitation of a Kings Iskand snake and a Texas coaster was probably intentional). Thanks Terp, guess I could've looked it up...........What makes you think that? Oldiesmann, I would probably say I rode Camden's Spider a couple hundred times in my life, for some reason, i just really loved that ride. General speculation (just between me, some friends and some GP that I have spoken with) is, one, or more bolts come loose. It's just, not the place it seemed to be in my youth Quote
The Interpreter Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 No bolts came loose on the Spider. The arm bent due to metal fatigue. Quote
freaks76 Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Really? Where did you find that out at? That's pretty crazy. Quote
The Interpreter Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Really? Where did you find that out at? That's pretty crazy. Let's just say a media source (at the time) wrote about the State report: http://www.wvbroadcasting.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18965 3 Quote
freaks76 Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Thanks Terp for clearing that up, sometimes I just go with what I hear, or my gut instinct. I'm not much for finding things things like that, sometimes. You, sir are a fountain of information. 3 Quote
jla Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Looks like some good and fun new rides. We will be going to ride and slide. 3 Quote
homestar92 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Camden Park has other thrill rides? Sure! They have a coaster so thrilling that the back seat of the train won't even ride it! I do have to admit, walking into the station and seeing an entire seat and lap bar missing from the train did not exactly give me the warm fuzzies about riding... 2 Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 At least one poster here has ridden that seat many hundreds of times. Can you say back seat of Tornado at Stricker's Grove x about 3? Years ago, they ran two trains on that ride. Manually controlled. It was always...amazing. Dispatches were swift and smooth. And I never saw an operator back then under an age I perceived as 70--but was probably more like a hard lived 55+. 4 Quote
freaks76 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 ^ Are you talkin about Big Dipper? If so, I just don't remember that. Might have been before my time. If so, wow. 1 Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I most certainly am. Big Dipper's first season was 1958. Terp, who rode its predecessor, The New Sensation, many times the summer before he was born. 3 Quote
freaks76 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Huh, when did they do away with the second train? Quote
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