simon8899 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) As every year the Hamburg Winterdom rounds up the carnival season of 2013. This year featuring 3 coasters. Next to a Mack standard Wild Mouse there are 2 Schwarzkopf coasters: The 1964 Wildcat No.1 "Rock'N'Roller Coaster" all the years owned by the Vorlop family and the Double-Loop "Teststrecke". Other highlights include the Mondial Mistral "Artistico" - an XXL-Afterburner with outward-facing seating - the KMG Inversion "Avenger" plus 2 Huss Dancers, a SDC "Double-Tagada" and the home-in-Hamburg 1950s Siemens "Rotor" owned by showmen Pluschies. Last Wednesday featured the first chill but dry day of the year View over the fairground from the ferris wheel. The new - 2013 freefall Skyfall - and the old - 1964 Wildcat - standing nearly side-by-side. Welcome to Hamburg - this homne-proud showmen has nicely themed his/hers gaming arcade Teststrecke running great today Loopin' into the sunset... Break Dancers always big fun - in lights and sounds and fog-machines Skyfall standing 80 meters tall with a falling height of 70 meters First spin on the 50s themed 60s coaster This Wave Swinger got a splendid new paint And another classic flat - a Mack Walzerfahrt/Tilt-A-Whirl Random colorful kiddie-ride Huge 4-level darkride by Mack Lots of Mack rides around this winter View from the Rotor's upper level down the midway "Poeple sticking to the wall like flies!" Teststrecke all lit up at night Edited December 6, 2013 by simon8899 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 And some more DOM goodness... Love "3 rides for €5" offerings! Girls wanna have fun... Unique Double-Tagada "Double-Jump" Nerd-shot of the heavy hydraulics Artisitico soarin high above the midway Beautifully lit Wild Mouse Also love "20 beers for €10!" offerings And another darkride by Mack Classic kiddie Carousell Love how Vorlop mantained this next year 50 year old coaster In case one wonders who built this... Mondial Shaker always packs good fun Random walktrough funhouse Finally a view of the 55 meter ferris wheel. Thats all folks for this season - next PhotoTR SpringDOM late march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH80 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Very cool to see pictures of Dorney's old "Laser" at this fair as "Teststrecke". Great TR, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I wondered what happened to Lazer, sad to see it leave Dorney but very happy to see it alive and kicking still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyRush Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Love that Laser is still going strong! Was one of my favorites when it was back at DP. Very intense Looks like an awesome time there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Is interesting to compare two Schwarzkopf coasters with 15 years of development between them. The old Wildcat still packs a punch in the helices and the final helic is nearly identical to those on the later looping coasters. Also the Wildcat features the small pre-drop before the real first drop - a feature you also find on Alpina-Bahn and Thriller. We caught the 10 beers for €20 bargain with 5 guys and took 2 each immediatly and 2 each on our second round around the fair... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Thanks for sharing with us your time but I don't see a pic of your 20 beers Awesome color and clarity in your pics! Are you using a special setting? Most night pics are hard to capture for a lot of us or it could be you have one of the expensive cameras... just wondering, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 ^This time I only used my Note2 with HDR photo software - which makes even better night photos than my Panasonic FZ-8 which tend to have too much graining on the "Easy Night" setting - all pro night settings need a tripod which is hard to handle on a carnival as you mostly do not have a clear path of vision from the low tripod height to the ride. For summer daylight picutres the FZ-8 "Sports" setting of course is far superior to catch fast moving objects without blur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 ^ That's all I needed to know! Need to still adjust my HDR settings... then all should be well. Always a bummer snapping nighttime pics and they do end up grainy or out of focus adding extra effort and time in photoshop before liking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCjunkie Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Great job capturing all the lights and rides at night. Thanks for the TR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWFan Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Great pictures! All of the lights on the attractions are awesome. The scale of the attractions just blows me away compared to the small state and county fairs I went to growing up. As a kid, I would've loved that huge, crazy car ride with the multiple levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyBo Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Awesome pictures! Even though carnies can be crazy and a little sketchy at times, the really know how to light of the fair grounds at night! Seriously, almost any fair grounds looks great at night with all the lights. Jimmy "Bright lights + Dorney's old Laser = AMAZING!" Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Someday I'm gonna take the train down during the fall and do a carnival trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Such a crazy-elaborate building for a ride as simple as a Rotor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayCoasterGuy Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Seeing older Anton rides being taken such good care of makes my heart go bang I've heard the new Testreke trains aren't very comfy, but at least it's better than scrapping the whole ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Lovely images!! Really miss the German fairs, I try to hit as many as possible every time I go through Germany. I've heard the new Testreke trains aren't very comfy, but at least it's better than scrapping the whole ride. Well, I don't agree with that at all. Sure they are a bit more snug than the original trains, but they are really comfy in my mind, same with the restraints. But I guess it all comes down to the size of the rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 ^Strangely the new trains are not made for taller poeple - I am 1,95m and fit in barely - any taller and it will not fit. And while taller riders could - with nice attendants - still ride with one lapbar over each leg with Schwarzkopf looper trains this is not possible for the new trains as they have individual seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexinla Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Awesome pictures! Even though carnies can be crazy and a little sketchy at times, the really know how to light of the fair grounds at night! Seriously, almost any fair grounds looks great at night with all the lights. Jimmy "Bright lights + Dorney's old Laser = AMAZING!" Bo The German Fairs are not some hillbilly cooperation. The German Tüf(spell?) will come first before anybody can ride the rides. In addition, the "carnies" in Germany are mostly long standing family companies that take care of there rides(as you can see from the above pictures) and there is nothing "sketchy" about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Nice pictures. Only if all fairs were like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanthonyam Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 So where did the Doppel Looping that Conklin Shows owned end up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 It apparently ended up in Pakistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 IMO its kind of amazing how far some Schwarzkopf coasters have gone. Loved the pics from the Looping Star at some Botswana safari park... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Today major storm Xaver hits Hamburg with a 6+ meter flood over normal high tide and winds up to 180 kph. So far all levees and floodgates are holding without problems. So far the whole of nothern Germany but also surrounding countries in general and Hamburg in special have no floodings and no victims - fire departments even reported a "quite quiet" night with mostly toppled trees as the worst effects. So far also no major damage reports from the DOM or northern theme parks. The DOM was closed last evening and will most likely be this Friday but hope to do some last rides during the weekend. Some pictures from the city during the storm on the Radio Hamburg site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sabo Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I REALLY love German fairs. What is not to love-beer, cool rides, food and women dressed in Oktoberfest outfits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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