kumba830 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 So on August 6th I made a short little trip to the infamous WI state fair! The ride selection isn't as great as previous years they still have some pretty good rides. While I felt like crap afterward, I had a great day and enjoyed plenty of cheese curds and cream puffs! Favorite rides of the day: (Extreme was closed) Zipper Orbit Ending the day right... Mirror maze Full speed! half speed... The Oribt... This ride is great and progressively gets faster trough the ride until the very end! Another of those rides that will kill you... The carts are made of thin plastic and you can feel them bend when it's windy... Freakiest Ferris-wheel ever! CREDIT! This little drop ride has some good ejector air drivewheel nerd My personal favorite! meh.. The painful part But It dose look amazing at night Spin Out gets my vote for most painful ride... Our newest addition...I think we got it last year. A fair must have Puke master 9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedten Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Zippers are my personal favorite fair ride as well. You can usually get some sweet airtime while flipping over the top of crest at least once or twice during a ride cycle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Zippers are not my personal favorite . There's just something about swinging around in a cage with some crazy creeper carnie controlling my life, but that's just me. Viper looks interesting, and orbit looks like it could be enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Well that's why I love Zipper! It's just the chaos of it all and its really the only ride I find thrilling! Orbiter is pretty good.. It gets pretty intense in the last seconds of the ride and is jut a fun ride over all. But Viper is a different story It feels like its going to die and my car didn't even swing like the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 No Dueling Balders this year? I am disappoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy4Coasters! Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 The Orange County fair had the same line up except for the Kamikaze I think. Can't wait for the LA County fair in Sept. though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Looked like fun. Except that I'd never go on a Zipper my self of course. Spin out was really that painful? I've ridden the one at my local fair and it wasn't that bad. Was quite fun actually. What type of ride is Viper? I have never seen it before. Is that drop tower made by ARM/Larson? Or is it Fabbri? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Did they have the famous "Taco in a Bag" and "Porkchop on a Stick" in addition to the cheese curds? No Wisconsin fair is complete without those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 ^^ You truly are the woman with a million questions! I'm the man of zero answers... But I can try and find the manufacturer of the Drop Ride if I go again. ^ Yes yes they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Well does the drop ride lift you up to the top slowly and then drops you right when it reaches the top without stopping? And does it have a sheet of metal over your head to stop you from looking up to see when you'll reach the top? If so, it's an ARM/Larson most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 It dose not have a sheet of metal above you, and It slows down near the top then it drops you very suddenly all the way down. Dose that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 It's likely a Fabbri then. Like Detonator at Thrope Park. Any clue what type of ride Viper is though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkscrewFoley Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 And the questions keep on coming. We had the Viper here in Windsor a few years back, except it's called the King Kobra. I was going to ride it when it was here last, but I hadn't eaten much, went riding, and my stomach wasn't doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Peck Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 What is the name of that "newer ride" you have? (The one that looks like a giant windmill... I can't make out the writing. It looks like a KMG Tango. The Viper is a new Wisdom Rides design Based on the old Venture "Cobra". On the old Cobra design, the ride was always raised and tilted and the seats swung out further (the seats on the Viper are more fixed apparently due to the joints wearing out faster... and they have those annoying OTSR's)... it was like two little paratrooper rides at the end of a rectangular beam. The problem with it, was that you could only load 6 seats at a time, then spin the ride around and then load the other 6. The new viper raises and lowers, so you can load everybody at once. Here's a picture of the Cobra: 1970's Venture Cobra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 ^ MMMMMMMMMMM! Besides a Watkins Rampage, Cobra is my most wanted flat ride credit. Great Zipper pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 What is the name of that "newer ride" you have? (The one that looks like a giant windmill... I can't make out the writing. It looks like a KMG Tango. It's a Zamperla Shocker. The ride motion is essentially that of a Tango but the riders are seated. Looks like its built on a Power Surge base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Cobra does look enticing, did it look like fun in real person though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Cobra is an awesome ride. I remember riding that at my fair when I was in 4th grade. Great photos. Zipper is also my favorite fair ride. Too bad my county fair never has it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus12 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 The drop tower is a Fabbri 'Jungle Drop.' And I agree, Cobra was absolutely awesome! I don't think the Viper looks as good with the harnesses and the cars that barely swing out at all. BTW, here's a Cobra video that I found on YT; it's so retro-tastic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdtOa839Sms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermoosh Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Did you ride the Old Mill? It's one of the last few left in the US (Kennywood, Rye, Kansas State Fair, and Iowa State Fair are the only others I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaLaVibora Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 For the Wisdom Viper, I've been on it, and to me it feels like a Zierer Wave Swinger. There isn't much too it in my opinion. For the original Cobra, I've been on that too, and I would say it acts like a Sizzler, but it's not neck snapping, and the g's on that thing if the carnival workers put it backwards are amazing!! Venture Cobra = Great. Wisdom Viper in my opinion = good. That Typhoon (Orbiter) is really lame, and slow. It's really old. For the Spin Out rides, they aren't painful. They redid the background on that Spin Out. For the Zipper was it only running with 3 motors this year? Last year it was, and they would only load the ends of it (4 cars). I'm really shocked that they had all those rides (the same from last year). Some of those rides are up for sale: Extreme X, Viper, Genesis, Double Shock, Orbiter (Typhoon), Hurricane, Wave Swinger, and so on. It just shocks me that they haven't sold one of them yet. http://www.irmpri.com/product.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 ^You have to be crapping me...Orbiter is pretty darn fast... I also guess Spin Out jut doesn't like my bits more than other peoples. ^^ What dose the Old Mill look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermoosh Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Its a flume. Not sure if this helps but here's youtube POV: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 I don't ever remember a ride like that...We had a non enclosed log flume a few years back but I don't think we had anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I also guess Spin Out jut doesn't like my bits more than other peoples. I will NEVER ride one of those death eating machines again. After riding one, I had to leave the fair for fear of losing the ability to walk and/or fainting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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