raptorcrew2002 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I couldn't find this posted (Sorry if it was) and didn't think it really needed to take up the main forums space. So enjoy, not sure if this was the S Africa accident from a few days ago or not. Not sure why, but am I the only one who in a odd way finds this kind of funny? Only thing missing is an end of ride spiel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfotkid Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 OMG, That looks horrible! It scared me at first. Damn, Im sure they might sue.... God no more flats for me! P.s Is that real!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sound Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 God no more flats for me! Because all flat rides are suddenly going to do this now. BTW, what actually happens? I couldn't work it out from the video, but it kind of looks like the supports collapsed, and then the ride collapsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 video description We were on the Ride when the one stallation just collapsed!!!! It was terrifying!!! You could actually see m praying before the last circulation started (as a joke LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfotkid Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 ^ What is a stallation? Im guessing one of the pylons that is connected to the motor fell off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I moved this to the proper forum and gave it a topic title that was more descriptive. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I saw a bunch of empty seats just after the thing fell and thought, "Did people fall out?" But I'm guessing that the ride wasn't full to begin with. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagro5 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I guessing that this was a carnival ride. I just don't trust those things. They don't seem safe. I hope everyone got out alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIPDUDE Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Yikes!!! That is scary! I'm glad nobody got hurt! We have one of those rides at a park that's an hour and a half's drive from here. It's like a Moby Dick but smaller. Scary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplepills Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 So that doesn't look like much fun!! It looks like the carriage just came clean off of one end or something collapsed. Lucky nobody was more hurt, it's always a concern when people's legs are dangling in a position to get a lot more injured than they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP Psyclone Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I couldn't find this posted (Sorry if it was) and didn't think it really needed to take up the main forums space. So enjoy, not sure if this was the S Africa accident from a few days ago or not. Not sure why, but am I the only one who in a odd way finds this kind of funny? Only thing missing is an end of ride spiel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan1127 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I saw a bunch of empty seats just after the thing fell and thought, "Did people fall out?" But I'm guessing that the ride wasn't full to begin with. Eric That's what I thought, too. It doesn't make sense that people would fall out from that type of accident, but the group on the right doesn't seem quite the same after. I can't figure out why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rideslover Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Oh, my god. that is pretty sad from ride accident? Sartori Crazy Wave collapsed in South Africa that sound shocked for me on video. My friend Ken and Gordon Johnston owner of Johnston Amusements have the Crazy Surf. I know that one at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk have a Crazy Surf on the riverwalk as you know where one was under the Log Flume and close to Serpent roller coaster. Here picture of the crazy surf for traveling carnival with Johnston Amusements on June 2008. Thanks, Larry Crazy Surf operated at Eureka Fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Hmm--I knew there was a good reason why I've haven't ridden a traveling-carnival ride since the 1970s. I hope no one was hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP Psyclone Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 That looked crazy! And for such a small ride, it looked surprisingly freaky. That footage scared me a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrideseeker Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 OMG. That scared me to death. I had turned the volume almost all the way up on my computer because I thought someone might be talking and then there was this loud *BANG* Scared the sh!t out of me. I would so have hated to have been on that ride. Those people should so sue ~Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmerleeberry Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 HOLY MOLY!!! I'm glad I wasn't on that type of ride (in fact, I'm glad I wasn't anywhere outside of my home state of Virginia). To quote a statement from thrillrideseeker: OMG. That scared me to death. I'm glad there weren't any fatalities, but an accident such as this could cause those riders to never board another thrill ride again. At Adventureworld in 1993 (later to become Six Flags America), I was riding the Falling Star. The ride malfunctioned and it just went up, around, and down slowly until they managed to shut off the ride, causing us to drift to a complete stop and enabling us to exit the ride until maintenance could inspect the ride and reopen it as soon as possible. The cause of the malfuntion was just a bug in the computer, so the computer was rebooted and the ride was reopened 15 minutes later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalize Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 That was pretty intense. I despise non-permanent carnival type rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théo the little french Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Wow, that's really scary! I didn't thought a ride accident would happen so quickly... To my view the most "strange" thing is the noise we can hear... I can't really describe it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen_Dk Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 That's why I seldom ride carnival rides - They're NOT safe!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I've ridden that same type of ride at Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. I always enjoyed it also. Too bad the one in the video broke. I've got to imagine it was some sort of maintenance issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force 310 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well, nothing harmful apparently happened to the riders themselves, besides probably a (temporary or otherwise) strong aversion to carnival rides. The way I look at it, you're probably at more of a risk for an accident when you're driving to the carnival than when you're on the rides themselves. I prefer not to worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rideslover Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hi, I already showed to my good friend Gordon Johnston owner the traveling carnival with Johnston Amusements about the video of the Crazy Wave accident in South Africa. Gordon told me about the Crazy Surf is now safety but don't worry about that. Oh, I feel sorry for the ride collapsed on the trailer mounted. I don't know about the ride is already set-up and probably forget to inspected in around the seats, rotate sweep and or weight sweep in background? I seen on video about ride is collapsed that one sweep is broken weld or a loose the bolt. We reminder to daily inspector for the crazy surf to make sure it will be safety with under the seats, rotate sweep crank and other one was good condition. Keep the bolt very tight with the wrench. Which one is the rotate sweep on front of the wall or on back of the wall? Q. What is the double rotate sweep with weight on background of the wall? A. Crazy Surf, Crazy Wave, Miami and Gee-Wizz. Q. What is the double rotate sweep with weight on front of the wall? A. Moby Dick, Avalanche, Crazy Bus, Crazy Submarine, Fire Chief, Crazy Plane and more. Q. What is the single rotate sweep with weight on front of the wall? A. Rainbow, Ali Baba, 1001 Nachts, Ocean Trip and more. What do you think about single or double rotate sweep with weight? I already start with edit and fixed with correct spell, I'm sorry that you don't understand about I post a bad spell. Thanks, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sound Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 ^ HUH? That made no sense at all. EDIT: I'm kind of getting sick of the whole "Carnivals aren't safe" thing that everyone keeps saying. How often does this sort of thing happen? Hardly ever. Plus carnival's and fairs are regularly checked by safety inspectors. I would also like to not that it wasn't at a Carnival anyway, as one of the .posts below says. But no-one really would say that they would no longer visit small parks because of this incident. Stop stereotyping carnivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texcoaster Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 The ride was almost certainly a traveling carnival ride. Neither of the theme parks in S.Africa have one of those, and the background noise almost sounds like the ride is indoors. There is a "Jeepers" type of indoor kiddie park in Johannesburg, but I haven't been there. [edited to add] According to rideaccidents.com, the ride was at the indoor park called Emperor's Palace. Seven people were on the ride, none seriously injured. Interesting to note, looking through the reports on that site... The words that appear in almost all of the reports are : fair, carnival, or [insert non-western country here]. The reports that involve major US, Canadian, or European theme parks are usually very minor (i.e. no deaths, no serious injury) and involve people being stranded when the safety systems kick in during the ride and stop it, or complaints of "ow my neck" when the brakes stop the car too fast. I think there is a lesson to be learned here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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