Top 10 EXTINCT Thrill Rides You Can't Ride Anymore
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- Over the course of history, many flat rides have opened to the public at amusement parks and theme parks. However, only a few are truly extinct and defunct. Let's take a look at the top 10 extinct flat rides that can no longer be experienced.
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0:00 Intro
0:32 Witching Waves
1:36 Vertigo
2:58 Giro-Light
4:46 Flight Trainer
6:16 Sky Sling
8:42 Tumbler
10:11 Sky Swatter
12:38 Triple Giant Wheel
14:43 Absoluter
16:43 Honorable Mention
17:10 Flying Cars
18:40 Comment Shout Out Program
19:34 Outro
I have to say, the Witching Wave looks like it must have been a blast. Somehow it is a lot more appealing than the electric bumper cars. However, there is an issue you did not mention: It seems certain that the gaps between the metal plates presented a serious risk. I could easily imagine an article of clothing or, much worse, a hand or a foot getting caught up in the machinery, with the usual results from "caught in the machinery".
A lot of those turn of the 20th century rides look like death traps.
It is awesome what century-old people managed to invent and actually build!
Absolutely! I would have loved it!❤
It does look like fun but it looks like it could be really dangerous too
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I’ve ridden the “Vertigo”. The reason it failed was because of the design of the carriage inside the track housing. It didn’t just make you nauseous. It was extremely painful to ride, as the controllers didn’t really understand exactly how to lock the carriage properly, and it would slip loose & jerk the rider, causing whiplash & spinal injuries. Although there may still be a few running still today, my suggestion would be to completely avoid the physical injuries by not riding!
That’s really cool thanks for sharing!!
The hi roller(s) hurt(s) too! When it flips on its side, you smash into the person next to you, or vice versa.
@@lastsaint7778 I can believe that, these rides always make me think of washing machines 🙈
yeah i heard about that too. still looks fun though.
This is part of why I can never get THAT into being a theme park fan and just watch videos like this second hand. I couldn't take the heartbreak of getting attached to things that are attached to a specific spot and can be easily lost on a corporate whim.
Yeah, that's how I feel about Disney Quest
Same
I’m an amusement park historian, so many amazing parks have been lost to time 😭
For me, it’s part of the fun being a theme park fan. You never know what’s going to happen
For sure! But there will always be more rides made for you to try out
Absolutely love how their reaction to a fatality on a ride was "send it to Kuwait" 🤣🤣
The Sound Factory had one major issue: The whole structure was dancing cause the footers where designed wrong and the forces the ride produced could not be leveled throughout the ride, caused instability in the rides base. Therefore it was unsafe to operate after the whole machine shifted from it's setup base. That was the one major issue the ride did not last long
I wouldn't have wanted to ride that thing anyways with that horrifying green-lipped Coke can in the middle!
@@flowertrue The ride was sensational, just miscalculated
still, at least it's operating again, now known as 'parkour' with changed seats, which technically doesn't classify this thing as extinct, unless if you count the old version of it/
@@gb9727 Gerstlauer had to rebuild the mainframe of the ride from scratch and recalculate the stampd for the ride not to dance on it's supports. So only the arms and the excentrique are the same. The rest is all brand new.
@@DJWezzyK That sucks...
I love seeing old footage of these rides in action, but I feel sorry for the person who had to get on the these with those big cameras back then.
As well as fumbling to keep the cam safe. Camras are expensive now nvm back then!
I never once thought about how inconvenient it must've been filming on rides with big cameras lol
The fact that the Flying Circus/Giro-Light is still around, just in storage is amazing to me, it should be in a museum
still, nanfang made a copy of it. I hope they do it for all the other rides in this video.
I'm shocked they kept it and are not using it regardless of safety. Most parks don't care.
The vertigo reminds me of the Zipper for some reason. For those who dont recognize the name, its common in traveling fair/carnivals. You get in a cage that you half stand/sit in, which spins in place, while also spinning around a long pole (like bike chain or tank tracks), but that ole also spings like a sideways propellerbut the operator can stop anyone at the end while its in the sky, and you can also pull a lever in your cage that stops your personal cage from spinning in place. Its pretty much a giant straight line like an "I", with little "I"s that spin around it while the big one also spins. I never realized how convoluted these sound when describing them in words lol, I can't imagine pitching one of these ideas without pen and paper handy lmao
The Zipper is my favorite carnival ride. Will still stop at a random carnival if I see a Zipper.
Be Careful if you are riding with someone of significant size difference. I was riding with my significant other who was quite a bit larger than me. And I basically flew around inside the cage freely. Came out very bruised and sore.
I love the zipper.
That's what I was thinking!
Problem with the sky sling was it was an upcharge attraction which I despise.
you and me both...you pay god knows how much to get in,then they want to charge you more...if It's in the damn park, and I paid to get IN the park, I should be able to ride it as many times as I want without paying extra.
Right?!
@@TheTurkaderr- It's easy to see why parks had to charge extra to ride it, though. It only held a maximum of what? Six people? In at least one of those video clips, only four of the seats appeared to be occupied. The parks probably couldn't make back the cost of maintenance and electricity, even by charging extra.
I have ridden both “Flyswatters” and “Thrill Shot” at SFMM (I’m actually in the vid provided by Sean Flaharty). The Flyswatter at Astroworld was really intimidating to watch!! It actually rotated in both directions. The worst was going backwards, as when you were upside down, going up. It really felt like you’d be thrown out, in a direction you couldn’t see. The one at Thorpe was pretty much the same, surrounded by tall foliage!! I remember it being rougher, but couldn’t say way. Thrill Shot was brilliant!! There were 3 or 4 different flipping modes. The best was going up like normal, then flipping at the top, and falling down backwards. Scary as heck, but I never felt unsafe. I was disappointed at their demise.
yeah i rode the sky swat too, it was a decent forceful flat ride
I am so upset because I first visited Thorpe park in 2016 and at the time I was too scared to ride it. However now I’m a coaster fanatic and whenever I see the ride (which Sitill has the seats connected to the tower!) I feel so sad I never got to ride it as it looks like it was really fun as it goes so high up
I rode it at Six Flags New England as a kid before it got replaced by SkyScreamer. It was a pretty good ride for what it was
I also rode the sky swatter when it was at Six Flags New England, where it was called “Catapult”. It wasn’t that comfortable, only ever rode it once.
you're fucking tweaking
The Flying Cars looked cool. As someone who prefers coasters over flat rides, if that ride was still open, I would actually give it a try.
In fact, i would like a chinese manufacturer to bring that back!
Riverview had so many rides that were way ahead of it’s time. The Fireball was the first coaster with an underground tunnel, The Bobs was ridiculously fast paced for its time, and the boomerang was anything but a vekoma.
I’ve been on that “Sky Sling” or whatever they called it at Magic Mountain. It was the one with the saddle. They charged $25 to ride it. You got to ride it twice with a choice of two of the four different settings each with different degrees of intensity. Of course we chose the most insane setting. It was worth the 25.
I have ridden the flight trainer in Brazil. There used to be a theme park called Playcenter and I was terrified by how much I came off the seat whilst spinning around. I had no idea about the tragedy, but now I can confirm it did not feel safe AT ALL!
I used to enjoy taking a break on the "Sky Whirl" (triple spider ferris wheel) at Six Flags Great America... The entire ride experience was good for the better part of 45 minutes to an hour as two wheels would always be turning in the air as one would be at the loading/unloading position... Didn't know about the rust issue, though... I was sad to see it gone after the 2000 season...
Use to go on that ride as well at Great America
I loved that ride but if I remember it was rusty at the end. They use a few of the old ride cars for fright fest and you can see how rusty they are even with being kept in storage.
I remember riding one at Magic Mountain long ago.
When I rode on it. The entire thing was shaking violently. What about you guys?
Those older and more dangerous rides from the 50s on back to the gilded age, especially some of the crazy old coney Island stuff, and utter insanity like the crystal beach cyclone.. welp, those just look more fun. I'm a huge fan of the human pool table.
🤣😂🤣
The Triple Giant Wheel honestly looks like some kind of otherworldly alien mechanical nightmare! Its general appearance freaked me out a little for absolutely no reason.
Oh man, I've never ridden a Vertigo, but I have ridden one of those crazy trains. They're an experience exclusively for an empty stomach.
I rode the last remaining Double Giant Wheel at Australia's Wonderland (Wonderland Sydney) before its 2004 closure, and it was a favourite of mine, always super memorable. I had no idea there was a Triple Giant Wheel though! I learn new things every time with your videos.
That same ride operated at Kings Island in Mason Ohio from 1975 to 1987 and the was relocated to Australia. It was called Zodiac. Look up some videos of it in operation at Kings Island on CZcams. There are many videos of it! Australia also got another ride from Kings Island called Bayern Kurve. It was renamed Wizards Fury in Australia.
@@jimewen19681 Hersheypark had one too. It was always a nice, breezy relaxing ride, unless somebody was spinning the hell out of the gondola.
I remember the zodiac at wonderland, I only went on it a few times, I also didn't know there was a triple one of it
The Zodiac was one of my favourite rides at Wonderland as a kid who couldn’t go on roller coasters and the spinning rides!
Fun Fact: The S&S Sky Swat was featured in the game Thrillville: Off The Rails.
I luckily was able to ride the Sky Swatter in the late 2000’s at Six Flags New England. I remember the ride operator having to release and redo the shoulder harnesses twice before we were able to ride. It wasn’t too uncomfortable but I was in middle school so my memory isn’t so clear. It was a fun ride, and I think a newer variation on the idea/concept could do well.
I rode swat at Astroworld in Houston TX. It would feel like you were still on it when going to bed that night. It was an alright ride.
I rode it too; it was called Catapult.
I dont know, man... It looks like it would honestly be a pretty fun time on that Witching Waves ride.
I rode the SkySling at Frontier City in OKC a few times. It was surreal and quite scary. Being flung up above the towers then seats tipping forward to face the ground.
I could never ride anything upside down that continued over and over.
I could ride coasters that go upside down coz im gona straighten out soon. lol. These rides look CRAZY. NO way, would i EVER get on those old rides.
I dont ride those crazy rides these days. I dont trust them. And i would get very sick. Lol.
Great video.
I remember it from rct3 personally
No and Hell No
@@querellenono2683 i agree. My 2 feet must stay on the ground when it comes to wild rides like that. 👍
@@glenpolen5562 Out of interest, do you suffer from 'Migraines'?...People who suffer from these are more sensitive to movements and are more prone to motion sickness.
I get giddy on a simple antique carousel these days!
Man I would love to see someone bring back The Sky Wheel . I love the images and look.
would definitely like a part 2 to this
i don't think seems yet,
Yes, there might be more extinct rides out there
i agree! i have found some rides that i think are extinct, and i commented that TPC should make a part 2 with those rides in it.
The Flight Trainer is very much like a larger version of *Lightning 360* which I rode a few weeks ago at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach (Norfolk UK) - _The Lightning 360 is a custom-built ride created for Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach! It sits on a tower with eight arms each supporting a two-seater plane. The Planes can turn 360 degrees and is controlled by the user_
It wasn't custom-built for the park. A couple parks have them now, Funplex Myrtle also has one
@@ThoosieJP...just copy/pasted their description
what about the Fabbri in control?
@@gb9727 The name is kinda misleading since you cant actually control the rotation of the gondolas, also its a pretty tame ride judging by the videos i've seen which's pretty underwhelming tbh
I rode the Flight Trainer at Kings Island. An additional oddity of the ride - you loaded from the center...
Also, Hershey Park used to have a giant wheel too. It was kind of cool because one of the wheels was always loading while the others operated
Always loved the design of the double/triple wheels. So striking and retro-futuristic!
I love how Rollercoaster Tycoon has a lot of this closed rides^^
Flat rides are my soft spot, they are what got me into amusement parks in the first place. I wish I could’ve been able to experience some of these unique rides but at least I can enjoy the old footage.
The Sky Swat also exists in RCT3 as part of the Wild! expansion
You could have easily added the Boomerang ride at Bertrand Island amusement in NJ . Four or five tub shape cars with no headrests would bee hooked up to arms that would spin on a circular track that would produce a high centrifugal force that would snap your head off if you didn't lean or tilt your head down. The operator would then release the tubs one by one flying into a horseshoe like tunnel where you would uncontrollably spin and slam into the walls and then stop at the end of the tunnel . It was my all-time favorite flat ride .
Holy cats! That sucker sounds lethal.
the first of your videos I watched, I had myself convinced you were NileRed/NileBlue.. I have been sucked into them every single time I watch them. I did get to ride a double version of the triple giant wheel at Hershey park. At least, I think it was a double! I do remember when they took it out.
The Sky Diver, I remember a park near here that had one, it was called the Tumbleweed and located in the Ghost Town section of the park. I don't remember ever riding it, but I remember seeing the ride and my cousins getting off of it and nearly losing their lunches. It was actually fun to watch. It was replaced sometime later by The Condor which still stands and operates to this day.
The Falling Star rides are quickly disappearing at a shocking pace. Those rides used to be almost everywhere, including at both Valleyfair and the Mall of America. Both parks have since demolished the ride, and now that the ride is discontinued by the manufacturer every park is rushing to take theirs down as well.
falling star has nothing on the great HUSS Rainbow!!!
@@Binx345me **Ali Baba enters the chat**
Shout-out for a Skydiver reference. It was never an amazing ride, but it played a big part of my childhood visits to our local, Northern Idaho park, Silverwood. Being able to control your own spin was fun.
I rode Slammer in 2007 and its was so weird. I remember my uncle looking at it and saying nope and my aunt and I rode it. It was better going forward over going backwards
I have fond memories of the Flight Trainer at Great America - I had gone with a friend who hated roller coasters, but he loved having control over the experience in a way that only Flight Trainer did. Real shame when it was discontinued everywhere - I feel like it would still be popular today.
As an aside, I've been in search of information on the most illusive thrill ride I've ever seen - the Niagara Barrel. Built for the Venice Amusement Pier in 1929, it consists of a giant glass-paned barrel that slowly rotates on a horizontal axis. I have failed to find any information on what the actual ride experience is like, though; all I've been able to find is an artist's conception of the ride and a one-second clip of the ride in motion from the 1933 Our Gang short "Fish Hooky."
Could you share that photo and the clip?
I love that ride when I was there as a kid
I rode on an improved version of the sky sling at Six Flags Great Adventure. Best extinct ride I've ever ridden.
@juiceboxer100 at the boardwalk section where Twister currently is and where Great American Scream Machine was
I almost fell out the flight trainer when I was little. The shoulder restraints fit weird on that ride. Exactly like u guys said if the ride goes sideways or upside down u can fall out. It was really scary, will never forget that.
I’ve actually been on a ride on the list!!!! Sky Swatter, and holy crap - it hurts. I remember riding when I was a kid and the lap bar just absolutely killed you when you inverted forward and upside down. It was fun other than basically losing both legs - it’d be cool to see them return with better lap bars
Am I the only one who thinks the face on the Absoluter looks a lot like (appropriately enough) the album cover of _The Fun Machine Took A Shit & Died,_ by Queens Of The Stone Age?
As a time traveler I can confirm that the Witching Waves was absolutely amazing
California's Great America was my home park growing up. And I especially loved the sky whirl as I young I called it "The bird cages". I wasn't able to go often, but on Mother's Day of 1997 I rode it one last time, I remember hearing it was going to get torn down, but I was happy to least say good bye to my favorite ride...
So manny rides that are gone I kinda wish a few were still here it would be so good to ride one
The fair in my hometown has a Vertigo! I was always afraid to ride it in contrast to coasters since it seemed extremely unstable. I don't think I have any videos though, sadly.
I wish i could go on most of these! The monster one with the coke can in the middle looks so fun!
It sure did, especially at night.
I rode some very similar, if not the same, Flight Trainer in Brazil. The shuttle would spin on itself SOOOO SLOOOOW that it really felt unsafe like theres no g-force to keep me in the seat. After one spin i didnt touch the controller anymore. Kinda felt like i chicken out but seeing this terrible accident OMG im glad i trusted my instinct. btw rip lady!
The triple sky wheel and I personally like the "get to control your own maneuverable aircraft with a joystick control" if they just really improved that safety harnesses in the seats and maybe it's safer to also improve a safety roof that will also help to at least keep anyone from falling out of the rocket ship 🚀 the first bumper cars wave track was interesting and I'd like to see how we would build one today.. with all our material science advancements, technology, engineering, bumper cars capabilities, safety measures understandings, etc. I really wish we still invested in stuff like this around where I live. Oh man I live in Oregon and there was this janky theme park next to the enchanted forest all my life growing up. It had the scariest, it is falling apart, "rollercoaster" it climbed pretty high up but omg was it the most legitimate thing I thought was going to fall apart on me as I'm riding it... It closed down sometime between 2010 & 2018 I think. The enchanted forest is still there tho so that's cool. It's like a odd brothers grim storybook location in the Oregon woods mixed in, my favorite is the mining caves of the gnomes of the mountain king. You go into this cave system and they have all this uv reactive rock and stuff and it's just so awesome.
I really really miss the Schwarzdof Enterprises. I know there are still more you can ride but the fact that they are no longer being made is very sad. I just love that idea of pure centrifugal force keeping you in.
The good news is that the Endeavor (I think by Zamperla) is essentially an updated version with more open seating.
@@JackDPearl Yes but those have restraints, and that takes away from it cause the enterprises you have no restraint and you see how cool it is with just centrifugal force keeping you from falling out.
I've never ridden it, but "Turbo" has an incredible reputation. I heard there's one that was recently revamped now going the rounds in Australia.
Any time I hear “Rye Playland” mentioned it gives me a jolt. I feel like no one knows about it but it’s the closest park to me
Hey, I actually rode one of these! # 6, the Sky Sling, was at Frontier City for a few years, also named erUPtion. It was the version with seats and not saddles. I rode it many times in 2003-2004. The concrete pad where the towers stood still remains there today in Wildcat's infield.
Came her to say this. Crazy I went on erUPtion at frontier city in Oklahoma in 2005. I went on it like 2 or 3 times.
@@chigrl691 That's awesome! It's a nice part of the park's history.
I remember the vertigo remains sitting in the employee parking lot at cedar point. With rumors among staff always being wild, I didn’t believe when someone said it was destroyed in a storm.
I remember seeing Catapult at Six Flags New England and it was one crazy ride. So crazy that I dicided not to go on it when I when back in 2012. Now I regret not going on it. If I had a time machine (like a Delorian from Back to the Future or a Tardis from Doctor Who), I'd go back in time to ride this insane ride just once!
TARDIS!
Neat to find out the history about Six Flags Magic Mountain! It’s my home town. Although, I have seen the ride green lantern. That’s one for the history books.
you should check out the history of Luna park Sydney!! plus it has one of the last operating wooden wildmouse coasters and intamins first single rail coaster!
I remember riding Sky Pilot at Kings Dominion (their Flight Trainer) and loving it. The ability to control your ride was unique. I was always baffled when it was taken down - I had not heard about the death at their sister park. I think that ride could certainly be done again, safely.
16:42 my sister says this attraction looks like it would fit well as a boss design from the Cuphead videogame
I remember us having a sky sling in the UK at fantasy island, absolutely insane it was called, it definitely dominated the skyline 👍🏻, awesome Video 😎
I would like a Chinese ride manufacturer like Nanfang to bring that back.
The Flight Commander was bought from Kings Island by a Brazilian park (which no longer exists). Unfortunately due to the maintenance costs, the park got rid of it a few years later :(
Awesome video!
The FlySwatter has actually become relatively popular to recreate in OpenRCT, a fanmade freeware Rollercoaster Tycoon game/overhaul.
I rode the Vertigo Sky Sling at Cedar Point a number of times. One of my all time favorite ride experiences. I still have the ticket and the VHS they sold of me riding it.
I’m still waiting for rides like the ones at the beginning of spy kids 2 island of lost dreams, most notably the juggler
I rode Swat at Astroworld!! Also, the ride behind it - Taz something or other. Swat was definitely a lot of fun, but was closed often. So was the Taz ride, but it was always closed too. And they opened them within a year or two of each other. Two flops was only part of the reason Astroworld closed. The other was Reliant Stadium not renting out the parking lot to them anymore. So sad, my childhood summer babysitter (season pass and 90’s) is now a storage lot for the rodeo.
It really is a shame that these rides were never reinvented with modern tech. Despite their design flaws, they certainly have potential.
Also, judging by the footage, I don't know whether I'd love or hate Beverly Hills Cop 3. Guess I'll have to see for myself. XD
THIS. A lot of the cited issues sound very fixable with more modern approaches, like the 'flying cars', which looks like a blast even for chicken me, same with the wave car ride. Even I would ride that with a solid base!
Witching Waves looked really cool
rode the Kings Dominion flight commander ride....was petrified to go on it and remembered it being kinda tame
I’d love to see the Parkour ride model added to various carnival and fair circuits around the world including some in the USA as well as various theme parks around the world including some in the USA as permanent installation models!
I rode that Intamin Flight Commander (as it was called) at Kings Island the year before the accident happened. Only rode it once and vowed to never ride it again because of how unsafe the ride felt. In fact, we were getting drinks afterwards at a stand nearby and someone loudly said “Oh my god!” and everyone standing around immediately turned to look at the ride. They, too, must’ve known how dangerous the ride looked and felt. My girlfriend even dropped the drink she was holding when she quickly turned to look.
SAME!!!! I refused to do the barrel rolls!! So scary!!!
@@jenniferwarner119 same! I refused to ride with friends who would roll it.
I've been on the Hi Roller ride... that thing is sooo weird. The sensation it causes when the train goes around the loop curve is the weirdest feeling ever since it would literally go from entering a downwards loop, into a tight right turn, then an upwards loop, then a tight left turn, and finally back to an upwards loop. That sensation going from such loop into to tight turn is impossible to explain.
I also been on the flight trainer, but I was so young it was before I was comfortable with rolling upside-down. My dad constantly tried, but I was just like "NOOOOO." Totally regret it as I never got to ride it again.
I also went on the new model of the sky sling at SFMM when it was there.
Also been on the skyswatter... It was ok, but I wouldn't say it felt like you would "almost hit your head on the way down. Maybe if you were in the back row, but I only rode it once so I can't say.
Also pretty sure I went on the triple giant wheel.... It would have been so long ago that I don't really remember it. Literally would have been 6 years old.
I'm surprised to find that I've actually been on two of these.
I rode a Flight Trainer once, after obtaining a promise from my friend that he wouldn't turn us upside down too much. (I've never been much of a fan of being upside down on rides.) Then, somehow, _I_ kept us inverted through almost the entire ride. I still don't know how that happened.
Also rode the triple ferris wheel. Not a bad ride experience, as I recall, although I wasn't all that thrilled with the gondola design that make you feel like you're in a cage. (You can get the sense of that from this video.) And I remember how ridiculous that Eddie Murphy movie was, and speeding it up in this video only makes it more absurd.
Great vid, and it's crazy to think I've been on 4 of these rides (Flight Trainer, Sky Sling, Sky Swatter--in both locations!, and Triple Wheel). For the Triple Wheel, there was a "cousin" of this ride at Magic Mountain called the Galaxy, which was a double armed wheel, and the only one of it's kind I know of. While a few pics exist of it, I'm not aware of any video, but I rode it a lot as a kid a loved it. I will add on Sky Sling, it's not quite true the seat swung freely. As I recall, you were able to "program" the seat tilt program you wanted. One was no tilting at all. One tilted down as you went up, but then straightened up on the way down, one stayed upright on the way up and tilted on the way down, and I think there was an option where you remained face down pretty much the entire time (though I'm not as sure about the last option). If you watch the segment posted, you can see the seat flipping at different times due to these options. As I recall, flipping down at the top was the most intimidating.
Hersheypark had a double wheel for years.
im shocked to find out that the sound factory was modified into parkour.
im lucky enough to have ridden parkour several times and have to say its literally one of the best flatrides ive done. on top of a really good ride experience its also dirt cheap compared to most other rides,
German funfair rides are by far the best
@@tireja252 we have some very nice gems yeah. i do miss the flasher though :(
@@charleslegrerg3641 We still got Gladiator and Flasher can be ridden in France. Rather miss Flying Circus, Imperator, Sky Trip, High Energy, Frisbee, Thriller, Eurostar, Spinning Racer, Cyber Space, Vortex and so on
@@tireja252 sadly the gladiator never seems to be close to where I live.
High energy is a big loss that I would have loved to ride.
@@tireja252 For the High Energy, If you fear it'd be gone, It's currently in the workshop of the showmen and is beeing prepped :)
I'm no rollarcoaster expert, but the "flight trainer" reminds me of a ride in the old timey carnival (/kiddie park) themed section of Dollywood in Tennessee. Has the levers where you can adjust the "airplanes" wings to go up or down while spinning on the arm.
Don't remember the name, but it's darn near identical to the video shown. Fun ride too. I always liked riding it to cool down from all the coasters. I believe this ride had over the shoulder restraints.
I think you're referring to the Fly-O-Plane, which existed at a few parks back in the day.
The Sky Swat looks so fresh and new
I rode the sky swat a few times when it was at thorpe park, that was a great flat ride!
I got to do it in 2009 when I was in England. Definitely a fun ride.
Wow, you’re lucky.
Man these rides are incredible Would definitely like to ride the ones that are still eligible to be ridden thanks for everything that you do
16:18 wow did not expect the parkour to appear in this video! this flatride was at my local fair once ages ago, and was the only ride i ever actually marathoned as a kid. i absolutely loved it, the suspended seats and the very fast spinning gondolas make this much better than comparable flatrides!
I would like Gerstlauer to make another one of those, maybe bring it to the UK.
The Skyswat wins just on the fact that it's location is now part of a dark ride based on "Black Mirror". To me, this is a win
Am I mistaken in my guess that one of Biro's double wheels operated at Kings Island as Zodiac???
Also, that interior rusting thing is utterly TERRIFYING to think about what would've happened if they would've been kept in service, considering what happened a few years ago in my home state of Ohio...
Yes Zodiac operated at Kings Island from 1975 to 1987. Zodiac was removed after the 1987 season and relocated to Australia to Australia's Wonderland in Sydney. Zodiac suffered a lot of mechanical issues in the mid 80s. It was located exactly where the new Antique Car ride is now. Also Flight Commander also sat in same spot as well. Most of 1987 Zodiac did not operate. Also to note that only one side of the double wheel was used in its latter years. Yes the ride never actually had a line as it was a high capacity ride.
These flat rides look really cool and I would have definitely given some of a try.
These flat rides videos are definitely some of my favorites! Thanks TPC!!
Are you a flat rider or are you a curved rider?
I rode the Flight Commander at Kings Island when I was a little kid! Wow I saw this and remembered it immediately! Also rode the Sky Swater!! Also I remember the Triple Wheel!
If you want to talk about unique rides, how about the Galaxy ferris wheel at Magic Mountain (not Six Flags)? It was one of a kind! Enjoyed several rides on it and it was great! Was sad to see it gone one day. Look it up. You'll know what I mean.
And don't forget Chance Turbo! Rode it once and it was unforgettable! It was better precursor to the Chance Chaos! Sad to see it go down with the old Belmont Park, San Diego. Wish both rides were brought back.
Imagine if Witching Waves was revived, but with seatbelts added to the vehicles!
In my opinion, the closest things we have to it (and, by extension, probably ever will) are the Music Express and the related model derivatives. Still, I'm inclined to agree with you.
@@christianlewis6789 Imagine a revived and reimagined Witching Waves but with electrical cars and seatbelts and lap-bars added to the vehicles!
Sound Factory looked amazing!
18:45 Woohoo!
The Giro ride’s movements are so unpredictable to me. It feels like it’s alive, but the living arm belongs to a giant idly playing with the passenger platform like it’s just a fidget toy.
Went on the Sky Swatter Catapult at SFNE over a decade ago. It was out of service most of the time but I got to ride it a few times. Incredible ride! Imagine the air time on a good coaster, it's almost entirely that.
Yes the flying cars came first! I new it was worth the vote….
Your channel makes me love thrill rides again
ANOTHER AMAZING VID BY TPC.
Good list except I don't see why the triple wheel is classified as a "thrill ride."
Also I think the parachute rides which I know existed at Coney Island and Knott's deserved a mention. The initial version of today's drop towers. Maybe one is still in existence.
The first time I visited Six Flags was probably around when I was 11 and still deathly scared of roller coasters...much to the dismay of my father lol.
But one of the first rides i ever went on was the Sky Whirl or Triple Ferris Wheel at Six Flags Great America. I wish it was still there although i totally understand that the maintenance issues probably made it a nightmare to take care of
Great video 😁
The first one is so creative! They should make a modernised version
I’ve only seen the double one at Hershey Park when I was 2 at 13:28
I unfortunately only went to Thorpe after The Slammer closed, it looked really interesting.
Unlucky, right?
I remember a smaller version of the skydiver being at a fair in Lancaster Pennsylvania in the early to mid-90s. It was a really fun ride, clearly dangerous, we got on it with a friend of ours who hated roller coasters and somehow we convinced him that it was a chill ride, and listen to him right on the border of crying the entire time as we rolled with laughter and continued flipping the individual compartment with the wheels.. I have to Google it, but I'm fairly certain there was a tragic accident on the ride shortly after we had fun on it which is kind of scary
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