Official Carnival Spotting Thread

[demon boy]

Windy City comes to my town (lindenhurst) the 1st or 2nd week of August. Its usualy pretty great. Last year they had the following..

Ring of Fire
Zipper
Predator
Swinger
Orient Express
Raiders
Carousel
Cliff Hanger
Various Kids Rides

[Dmrbug]

July 19-22 Highwood Festival Days

Carnival Times
Thursday, July 19: 6 PM - 10 PM
Friday, July 20: 6 PM - Midnight
Saturday, July 21: 1 PM - Midnight
Sunday, July 22: 1 PM - 9 PM

[Trailblazer Tony]

This weekend is the carnival in New Lenox! (little town just east of Joliet)

I know wristbands are thursday night and Sunday afternoon and it's a Windy City Amusements carnival (Zipper, Swing ship ride, swing ride, tilt-a-wirl, Cliffhanger, Gravitron, etc.) For directions or any specific questions, drop me a PM

I'm working all weekend, so PM me if you wanna drop by and say hi

[Trailblazer Tony]

sorry it posted twice

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[demon boy]

Gurnee Days and Lindenfest August 9th-12th (thurs. - sun.)

Gurnee Days= Parade, food, some very bad local jazz bands, advertising stalls, boring sh!t

Lindenfest= Parade, windy city amusement rides, pagent, AMAZING rock music, magic show by Lindenhurst's own Magic Dave (this guy rocks!), and some amazing food featuring the best Pork chops i've ever had. Its amazingly fun! COME TO THIS!!!!!!!!!!

[cycamps]

The Mississippi Valley Fair will be held in the Quad City area in Davenport, Iowa from July 31-August 5.
Here's the link to the fair's website http://www.mvfair.com/

[w00dland]

WI State Fair starts tomorrow. They seem to have the same provider that they have had the past 3 or 4 years now. Murphy Bros maybe? I don't know I'm not into that much but I thought I'd let everyone know. Lots of rides for a 15 dollar wristband.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

Yeah, I love the State Fair. Kamikaze is my favorite ride there. For those of you who've never been there and also never heard of that ride, do you remember Power Dive? It's sort of like that in that it swings a full 360 degrees eventually, but I think it goes higher and there are two ships swinging side by side. Also, depending on which side of the ship you ride, you'll face a certain way and the first time you go upside down it may be going backwards or forwards for you. It's the thrill of the unknown.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

Sorry for the double post (kinda), but I last posted yesterday and I found out today I'll be able to go. Yeah, FYI for all the people that know I have no money and no car, I am going with someone and they will pay. It's my mom, because she likes to look at the animals. It's a compromise. I don't really mind looking at animals, but it gets boring after a while and then I can't wait to go to midway. Anyway, also she is terrified of most of the rides there, so I end up going on alone, but hey, I've been to GAm alone, when I used to stay at a hotel right across the street and walk there when my dad wasn't feeling up to driving me, so it's no big deal to me. As long as I get to ride my beloved Kamikaze! So yeah, we look at the animals for her and then I get to go to midway and stuff, so it works out. I'll probably put up a TR of it later.

[tp41190]

^I will be there on Monday.

You can get in for $6 that day..so if your going send me a PM.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Hmm, Spectacular Midways is coming back to Oak Forest soon. I probably won't go though, I dunno.

August 9 - August 12, 2007 St. Gerald's; Oak Forest, IL

I wanna go to the WI State Fair so bad. I wish they had Star Force there though. I rode that ride years ago at a local carnival and loved it.

[tp41190]

^2002-2003 were the best years of the WI State Fair.

In 2002 they had
-Space Roller
-Star Force
-Pinfari
-Log Flume
-Mega Drop
-And you usual flats

In 2003 they had
-Space Roller
-Booster/Skyscraper
-Magnum
-Pinfari
-your unusual flats

Now they have
-Drop zone
-Spin Out
-Freak Out
-Usual Rides

[cycamps]

The Carroll County Fair is going on in Milledgeville, IL all this week until Saturday, August 11. No word on what the rides are yet but I will post what they are soon...

[cycamps]

Also, the 137th Whiteside County fair will be held August 14-18. This is the fair in my home county and is one of the best fair's I have ever been to. Here is the link to the website. http://www.whitesidecountyfair.org/index.html. I will update on what the rides are soon...

[w00dland]

After seeing the pictures I think they may have had Space Roller at the fair last year as well, cause I rode something just like it and thought it was the best ride at the fair.

[FParker185]

that was the inferior Zamperla Shocker, same idea but about 1/3 the size and 1/10 the speed

[FParker185]

Just found out it's not a KMG freak out at Wisconsin State Fair this year, but the second Technical Park Street Fighter in the US (was the first of 5 new ones this year in the US), supposed to be pretty good, never ridden one myself, need to get there this week and have me a ride, they are all the rage in Europe with over 40 of them there.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Anyone who knows of any upcoming carnivals with any of the following rides:

-Chaos
-Spin Out
-Freak Out

Please post

P.S. I miss the Murphy Brothers. Ugh, I would love to ride the Space Roller too. Never been on one of those.

[FParker185]

Space Roller is currently set up at the OH state fair, after that it will be at the MN state fair in Minneapolis during Labor Day week.

There is currently a Chaos at the IN state fair, Spinout was at WI state fair that ended today, Freak Out not to sure about, I hear there is one in Southern Wisconsin not sure who owns it though. There are also a few freak outs in Michigan last I heard with Playworld and a few others. There is a KMG Afterburner though at the IN state fair. Hope this helps at least alittle

[tp41190]

^yeah, there was a spin out at the fair. Though it sucked because it kept getting stuck upsidown. The ride gondola would stop spinning but the arm kept going upsidown. When we were on it, the ride just stopped and it took almost 2 mins for it to level out.

[BullInDaBack4Life]

^Wow, that sucks. I'm glad that didn't happen for me. It was working fine when I went.

[FParker185]

it's bearing is just about shot it sounds like, those have a habbit of getting stuck upsidedown, and that's when the fire department has to be called. I'm suprised anyone still carries one.

[!)EJAVU-FAN!]

State fair started in the Upper Peninsula...

dates: 13th through the 19th

Preview Night - August 13 5-10 pm

Gates Open Tuesday - Sunday 9 am

Barns and Buildings 10am-10pm

Exhibition Building 11am-10pm

Skerbeck Brothers bring a HUGE midway of rides, games, and food.

RIDES-zipper. spider. salt n pepper shakers. mega shot. demon loop. bumper cars. tea cups. apples. shark slide. tilawhirl. himilayas. ferris wheel.gravitron.pirate ship.hurricane.

[tp41190]

Yeah the Spin Out rides are kind of dumb design wise. Because if there is a problem, the whole ride will just be stopped upsidown. And there is only one side where the arm can get balanced out and level out. Which was what happened to us. All of a sudden the gondola stopped spinning and we were going slower. All of a sudden the carnie came out and and was just pointing at something. Then everything stopped and we slowly leveled out right side up. Then they made a quick test run and opened it back up.

But what do they do when they call the fire department?

[CoasterDude12-2]

The Bolingbrook Jubliee fair WAS supposed to go until tonight, but they closed it up early due to rain and flooding. The only ride worth mentioning is the Zipper.