Homer Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Since I didn't have a camera or a camera phone, this is close as we can get to experience the wonder and the awesomeness that is the Sarasota County Fair. An event held every spring when FLAT RIDES ARE ACTUALLY IN FLORIDA! You saw right, flat rides and Florida in the same sentence! Anyways, the day started off right after school. Crowds were light, even on free admission for students day on Monday (maybe that is why? Oh well) and that meant a crapload of rides and this fair had THREE CREDITS TO WHORE! So, first off, we rode the traditional Starship 3000. Its your basic Wisdom Gravitron ride and its good fun. After that, we rode Thunder Bolt, your usual Himaylaya knockoff that was alright. Then after that came credit number one of the day, some Zyklon knockoff... "Roller Coaster" - 4/10 Roller Coaster is some aging old mini Cyclone knockoff that looked rickety like most carny coasters. I can say for sure that this isn't a Schwarzkopf (thank god) but probably either a Pinfari or maybe a SDC version. Whatever it is, it was fun, but didn't have crazy forces or anything to write home about other than "LOL, NEW CREDIT! " After riding credit #1, we then proceeded over to the Bumper Cars, your usual Bumper Cars. Then after that I went over to the fair's "signature" attraction, Big Ben. Big Ben - 7/10 Big Ben is basically a tower ride (A.R.M. ?) that shoots you up and down, giving some pops of air and holds you up for a LONG time. I liked it though, it was a hell of a lot better than Dr. Doom's FearFall at IOA! Following Big Ben Dover, we rode some Pirate ship ride that's nothing to write home about. But then, we rode the fair's two premier Zamperla flat rides... Power Surge - 9/10 Probably the second craziest flat ride I have ever ridden, ever, was Power Surge. A store-bought Power Surge ride from Zamperla, this ride barely flipped (which was the only con), however, the ride disorients you easily and makes you want to scream for more. Maybe the one at Cypress Gardens runs a better program... Nitro - 2/10 After riding the awesomeness that was Power Surge, we rode Nitro. Nitro is some Frisbee wannabe that had little to no spin on it and didn't go that fast. Overall, this ride was a huge disappointment for me, I figured this ride would be slightly better... Then after riding the Zamperla collection, we also rode the Wave Swinger and did some crazy crap in the hall of mirrors. But then, I rode the greatest flat ride nobody has heard of that parks should seriously invest in. Extasy - 9.5/10 Aside from the usual man-crushing OTSR's (that were well-needed of course), we rode Extasy, which is basically an Orbiter (on well, Ecstasy!) that FLIPS UPSIDE DOWN and spins REALLY FAST. The ride churned out so many positive G's that my legs were about to be pulled out from the sockets and I was about to black out. Whatever it was, it's Red Dawn Awesome! After riding Extasy, we rode Spinout, which was a KMG Fireball, awesome ride on its own and it gets an 8/10. Following the flats came the last two credits, some Wacky Worm and a Dragon Wagon. A mere smorgasboard of credit whoredom! Again, both nothing to write home about and just for nothing but, "HAY GUYZ CREDITZ! LULZ!" At the end of the night around 8, when our wristbands expired, my friends and I headed home and thus ends the Red Dawn Awesome that is the Sarasota County Fair. Its no Wisconsin State Fair , but its better than Enka of course! MSPaints to come tomorrow.
the sound Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Dang, why can't our fairs have Roller-Coasters! Oh right, because we suck.
LOVE SFKK Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Omg, what company was putting on the fair becasue every ride you listed was at the Nebraska State Fair. I agree that if this was the same company, that the Nitro was very, very bad. It was a big dissapointment being my first frisbee ride Great TR
Homer Posted March 21, 2007 Author Posted March 21, 2007 ^Mighty Bluegrass Shows was running the fair. I assume the same ride lineup tours around the country, eh? MSPaints to still come soon though. Meanwhile, this crappy post will be my 2000th crappy post!
apollo210 Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Just one photo of the Enka Fair can prove that Sarasota County fair is far better than Enka Sh!t: GHETTONESS!
Homer Posted March 21, 2007 Author Posted March 21, 2007 ^A Zamperla Tornado, what happens when teacups and wave swingers have sex... its not that fun. However, there was one at my fair, except it was closed (along with the Enterprise). And my fair is somewhat ghetto.
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