BRTeller Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Saturday, Tyler, and my family went to the Great Frederick County Fair. The reason this fair is so special, to me at least. Is because I've been going to this fair for every year of my life. It's a yearly tradition, and I have many memories there. It's also a key factor why I love rides, and roller coasters so much now. Even though this time, it wasn't that well done, compared to other years. We still had a lot of fun. Now onto the picture report. First up, Tornado! Then onto Freak Out. Back of Tyler's head, oh and if you have no friends, they'll get you one. Credit number one. Gravitron, that's missing padding on seats, and the floor was pealing up. Indy-500, credit number 2. Decent for a county fair. Look at theses awesome cars! Ok, I take back what I said about safety standards. Back to Tornado, seriously one of the best flats ever. (Carnies running it, not so much, they were the absolute stereotypical rude carnies.) Another shot of the only adult credit. Epic ferris wheel shot. Tyler staring at me, since ferris wheels make him nervous. But I get that way sometimes too. Midway shot 1. Midway shot 2. And one more. Kiddy credit FTW! A sad moment for all, Tango closed. The single most awesome flat ever. But it was expected, it never runs past the third day without breaking, and they never fix it before packing up. Typical..... But there was more KMG goodness. Theres a third credit in there somewhere. Awesome ride. Now look in the corner left of the screen. This guy started yelling at us after we sat in the open seat right in front of us. Then we heard him say sit here, so we did what he said. After we sat down, exact quote "I guess I'm just supposed to stand here looking stupid. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know were to sit. I guess you guys need some kind of medication to understand were to sit, said some other stuff, then walked off mumbling." Real mature, lol. Freak out. Orbitor. (Another awesome ride) Both in one! Nightmare Castle, looks impressive. You go in, then go into this big empty room, with a torn tent over it. So you could see everything. Except it was nothing, just one big empty room with one ancient metal skeleton at the end. We walked off laughing. Should win best Dark err, Light Ride of 09! Even though its broke, still deserves some love. They do have one great ferris wheel. Not to bad of a swinging ship. Credit number three! Some last pictures of Freak Out. ...... Thanks for reading, and it was nice to share a lifetime tradition, with everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Not a half bad looking fair. Too bad tango was closed .. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathyJ Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 From the looks at the pics at least this Frederick County Fair ( Maryland ) is a lot bigger and better than the other Frederick County Fair 40 or so miles away in Virginia. In Virginia's case the rides are exactly the same as the ones used during Winchester, VA's Apple Blossom Festival and the two county fairs in nearby West Virginia ( Berkeley & Jefferson ). In those three cases..well it isn't much !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Hey, always good to see a fair. Thanks to you and whoever else posted fair TRs naming the orbiter flat. Had no idea what it was called, so thanks. Good report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikazewatermelon Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 What's with the unpadded metal otsr's on the Tango? Wouldn't that hurt, ALOT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I've seen a couple Maryland fairs and none look that good. Wish I would have known, if those credits count it would have been worth the trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Looks a lot nicer than my fair, the biggest rides we get are Sky Master and Freak out. I do agree Tornado (Huss Flipper) is awesome. I rode one earlier this year at Adventurers FEC in Brooklyn and it was really fun but pretty violent (not a bad thing though). Nice TR, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRTeller Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Thanks everyone, oh and its not the restraints on tango that hurts. It's the awful floorless standing technique it uses that hurts! It uses some sort of seat belt over your shoulders so you don't constantly hit the metal sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikazewatermelon Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Oh, now that I look at it closer I see the shoulder belts on the Tango. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Awee, I miss Reithoffer shows, it's the only show I've seen that has a Huss Flipper. I was fortunate enough to ride an operating Tango earlier this summer at the San Diego Fair. (not to mention Evolution) Nice TR, I love seeing different areas' fairs. Evil... the good kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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