So we went to kiddieland today, its a cute little place and little dipper was fantastic and I could use the credit!!!! I dont feel like typing so ill just put some pictures!
I'm waiting for the Polyp to open again. That's my favorite ride at that park. I hope they aren't just saving the money (for the part), and aren't going to open it up at all because that would be horrible. It's not in the commercial, and that kind of worries me about not riding it again. How many places have a ride like this? All the good ones are in Europe even though Spiders are awesome, but yet a different ride.
"I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
^Darn it. Why can't Six Flags buy it even if it wouldn't be Six Flags Great America? That's good to know that they are at least working on it. I just hope by working on it, they aren't taking it apart. I would say like for the past 4 years, every other year it had trouble. It's a great type of ride, but yet it's not always working. It's got to be really, really old.
Edit: SDC Rides makes them, but I know if that's the same manufacturer as the one in the video.
"I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
Also Polyp as you can see from it's run at Kiddleland where they take immaculate care of their rides is a maintenance headache, now at a park like Six Flags where for the most part rides are neglected til something brakes, just imagine it then, it would never run.
a few italian companies make them, but i haven't found any to be as good as the Bakker/Appeldoorn polyp. Though I do like the Schwarzkopf Monster III alot also, though keep in mind they run a lot better in Europe unlike East River Crawler.
as you can see from that the ride op had some tricks, not just the straight up missionary style program that SFGAm runs on ERC which is the exact same ride model.
And now I'm on youtube and I gotta share this and dont want to make a new topic, but I rode this also, DecaDance is the most amazing looking Breakdance I have ever seen.
it's just crazyness. And before anyone brings it up. Yes, those are real flame throwers in the second video, it gets pretty hot on the ride when they go off. and Yes there are people standing in their seats during the ride, and that is the queue with no fencing with people just inches from a high speed spinning platform, and that is a ride op dancing on the moving ride. All that has to be said about that is when people as a whole use common sense and can be trusted, rules are far more lenient. And no, people very rarely get hurt on fairgrounds in Europe.
Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder Favorite Steel: Voltron Nevera, Steel Vengeance, Expedition GeForce, Olympia Looping Parks visited: 232, Coasters Ridden: Steel: 894, Wood: 179, Total: 1073
^I've been a Fabbri Crazy Dance. That one is called Twister, and it's owned by Wade Shows. Well, the major part of the ride in my opinion wasn't that great, but the ending part where they barely moved the floor, and just liked moved the seats was so fun. I wish that was the whole ride. The KMG Afterburner looks good in the video.
I like the seats that are stationary rather than East River Crawler, but yet on the Eyerly Spider, or Octopus, those are great with them moving. That Eyerly Monster though is boring in my opinion.
"I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
