Calvin Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 First TR in about four years (no kidding). Was picked up from school on Friday, packed in about four minutes, left, drove, fell asleep for no apparent reason, woke up, got to my sister's house, babysat her child, Alyson (unnecessary use of the letter y), put Alyson to bed, fell asleep, had a dream where Alyson scribbled all over my ELO record collection, woke up to discover that she was breaking my headphones, took a shower, went to Denny's, went to Best Buy, got Muse's Black Holes and Revelations (powerful opening song, album sort of drifts off after that), Modest Mouse's Good News For People Who Love Bad News (it's Modest Mouse, so of course it's good), headphones, and a fifty dollar gift card for my sister, who works a booth at the fair, and told us when we got back that they don't let you wear open-toed shoes on the rides, so we went to Big 5 and got shoes (comfy skate shoes). Then we went to the fair. It wasn't wristband day, which sucked. First we looked at all the animals with Alyson, blah blah blah, pig crap on shoe, blah blah blah, cherry Icee, blah blah blah, Alyson went home. It was five thirty, so my sister had to get her stuff from the car and go work at her Discoverytoys booth. My mom and I bought tickets and rode the sky ride over to the carnival. The first thing I noticed was that RCS had bought a Sartori Techno Bounce. Our chairlift car came down, we got off, we bought tickets. Now, I haven't ridden any rides for a year and a half at this point. I've got 32 tickets in hand, and I'm thinking about what ride to ride first. Why, the haunted house, of course. It was corny, as expected. We rode the log flume after that, then the Zero-G (fancy new round-up). The Maurer Sohner spinning mouse coaster (named, bizarrely, Spinning Coaster), was right across from us. I was iffy about going on because I'm 315 pounds and wasn't sure if I would fit. I decided to give it a go and got two clicks, which was awesome. SPINNING COASTER: 7/10, seems like a mouse coaster with the spinning element just tacked on, which sort of sucks. Car never gets the chance to really get spinning because the track is constantly going the other direction. RCS really should've invested in the larger version and dropped the Hi-Miler. I considered riding the Tango, but for some reason it didn't have footrests and I wasn't too keen on supporting my 315 pounds of flesh with my crotch. So I rode the Chance Yo-Yo, which was sort of crazy. A black guy behind me was swearing randomly the entire ride, and when he got off the operator stopped him and a big bulky security guard had a "talk" with him. When the guard put his hand on the guy's shoulder the guy punched the guard and said "GET YO PUNK-ASS HANDS OFFA ME" and the security guard had him on the floor within about half of a second and had cuffs on him within half a second more. The ride op consequently gave us a free ride. We wandered over to the lemonade stand (too much sugar, blah), and we rode the Euroslide.com, which wasn't great because you never pick up any speed. Then came the Sartori Techno Bounce, which I've been wondering about since I saw photos of it at IAAPA in 2004 (or 2005). I wasn't expecting much, but I decided to try it anyways. All in all, it reminded me of a boring version of the Darton Hurricane. The problem with the Techno Bounce is that it's just too small to really do anything. They also make you sit on the inside which takes away nearly any airtime you might have ever gotten. We ate dinner, then I rode the Spinning Coaster about six times. Once it was me and another fat guy and two little girls on the other side, and my god we spun the crap out of that car. I remember how we turned around twice as we went down the big drop, and twice again as we went up the other side. It was about 9:30 then, so we hopped on the skyride and rode over to the pavilion building where my sister was closing down the booth. We all went home and fell asleep. Then I woke up and wrote this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 I always read fair reports even with no photos! Sounds like a pretty big fair considering they have a skyride. You should have ridden the Tango! It's not nearly as comfortable as it looks and you actually have a little bar back under the gondola. Was it reithoffer shows? They provide the Tango for our Brockton fiar here in Mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 It was Ray Cammack Shows, and it doesn't have a bar because A, I rode it two years ago and found out the hard way that it doesn't have a bar (oddly enough, it did the year before that), and B, I took a look at the ride close up and it didn't have bars for your feet. Tango is a really fun and wild ride, but without the bar you have nothing to steady yourself on. And the carnival was pretty big. They had the 30 meter wheel (or was it sixty meter?), and a Mega Drop. I sort of wanted to go on the Mega Drop but I haven't been on any drop rides for two years. The log flume's big drop was scary enough, so I think the most intense drop ride ever is not going to be a great experience after a two year ride break. And I appreciate your reading my TR even though it has noo phootoooos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 nice TR I was there a week or two ago. The tango was awsome but I thought the experience and hard rock where the two best rides there. Did you ride either of em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 LUCKY you had a KMG Experience nearby. I've never been able to try one as they don't come through New England/New York. What exactly is a "Hard Rock"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 http://www.flatrides.com/Ride%20Index%20Pages/hardrock.html YAY I get the only one in the US. Its preety much like expierience except it goes up and down a lot and it spins when its flat. Its crazy how close you are to the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 A black guy behind me was swearing randomly the entire ride, and when he got off the operator stopped him and a big bulky security guard had a "talk" with him. When the guard put his hand on the guy's shoulder the guy punched the guard and said "GET YO PUNK-ASS HANDS OFFA ME" Sounds interesting...Slightly off topic but kinda reminds me of the type of idiots we saw at Wendy's earlier. Besides that fact, it sounds like you had fun for the most part there...I still yet have to ride the 'standup floorless' Tango and the Experience...those look pretty insane. Same goes with the Hard Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 Experience really isn't insane because it's just so smooth. Consider the (lily) Intamin megacoaster. It's big, and exciting, but unless it's Ge Force in the back seat on the first drop it's not really insane. It's just a lot of fun. A lot of fun. It looks so intense, doesn't it? But it's really smooth. The Standup Floorless Tango is nervewracking, and can be painful, which is why I chose not to give it a go. Hard Rock is just...well, if you don't get an outside seat, then you're screwed, because when the car goes upside-down and right-side-up again you'll find yourself sitting on the seat divider. On the outside seat it's loads of fun. Man: I didn't get a chance to ride Experience because I didn't fit. I also didn't fit on G-Force (KMG Fireball). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 well you didnt miss anything on the fireball but sucks you couldnt get on experiance. Good thing is that its like hardrock without sitting on the seat divider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 I watched the Fireball and it was doing some great stuff. Ten swings to its heighest height, then the claw slows down, and then it swings lower, and lower, and soon is just rocking back and forth in the loading bay, gently turning, and then suddenly that claw just goes VOOM at top speed, and all the riders are pressed to their seats and then the arm is pushed back and forth with all the strength the machine has and within what seems like seconds it's back in full motion, and then it carries on for a bit before slowing down and stopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Menefee Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Since this thread was short on photos I decided to kick in a few of my own from the other night. More coming soon when I finally get around to making a trip report tomorrow and update my site with a few new image galleries. Tons-o-flats, The Village People, and when food demonstrations go horribly wrong! Coming Soon! Zzzzzzzzzzzz............. Glad to see you enjoyed your visit. Sean- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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