CORRECTION: The Double Skywheel was actually based on the Space Wheels built by the Velare Brothers. Only one was ever built, now owned by Drew Exposition, but previously owned by Cumberland Valley Shows and Royal American Shows. The photo I used in the video is correct, but there's actually no such thing a Chance Double Skywheel. Apologies for the mistake, and big thanks to @EclipseOfMusicDJ for pointing this out!
CORECTIONS 2&3: Only one topple tower still remains, the Bellewarde one. Also, if you were lucky enough to be in school at Mentor College in Missisauga, Canada, they actually brought a Roll-O-Plane ride to their annual end-of-school "fun day" alongside other rides! (I was there for grade 6-8 from 2015 to 2017, all three years this ride was present!)
I rode a Tagada in a traveling fair park, the actual insane part was that some people could stand up in the middle of the ride and dance to the music while the thing was shaking up and down. If you could do it without falling down the ride operator would let you ride again without having to wait in line. Absolute insanity.
I live in the same town in Minnesota where the Tilt-A-Whirl wad invented and manufactured. It was a bit of a bummer when the company was bought out and manufacturing moved. There are still a number of reminders around town though.
Yeah it's cool to see how many people in the comments have ridden it, probably because of the model that travels to popular fairs in SoCal. Should have said that it's rare everywhere outside of California haha
the hard rock ride used to come to my local fairs but im pretty sure it’s defunct (if not defunct it’s probably in a warehouses, hard rock was owned by butler amusements
HA HA THERE IT IS BABY LET'S FUCKING GO the Tagada looks like the world's most accurate circle pit simulator, which means I'd probably absolutely love it in the moment and then hate myself for three days afterwards
Yes I'd love to do Parkitect some day! Was thinking of doing Planet Coaster first since I'm more familiar with it, but hope to get to Parkitect after that
I've been on the Hard Rock at the San Diego County Fair, and it was operating last year IIRC! Fair season starts in just a few days, so I'll see if it's running this year. Also, I hated it. This ride is PAINFUL for women with larger chests. Funny fact: the one that shows up at our County Fair plays a "YABBA DABBA DOO" sound clip every cycle and it gets very annoying very fast lol
The Topple Tower's bird design is based on a novelty item called "The Drinking Bird" that was weighted on one side so that it would dip forward into a glass of water and appear to be drinking from it.
Kinda interesting to see how different an American perspective is. For example, I totally assumed the Top Star was based on the KMG Move It 32, which I believe is way more common on the European fair circuit than the Moser-built version (although the name makes it quite obvious which of the two it is based on)
@@KnugenMooMoo oh wow, didn't know that. I just know that whenever I see one of these, they are called move-it. (Mostly in the Randstad area of the Netherlands) (but that includes the non-32 move it)
Move it 32 is now in Belgium I believe... move it is possible the smaller version of 32.. I can't remember what the Moser ones are called and I believe they travel Germany
3:48 I was like "oh, I've visited that Rotor!" before realizing my own username was the image credit lol. When originally posting that picture, I was told by the guy operating the ticket booth at Sylvan Beach that their Rotor hadn't operated at all in 2017 or 2018. I've since heard that it's running again, albeit somewhat slowly. I remember reading that Washington State Fair removed their Rotor shortly after that, and I'm not sure about the status of Tumbleweed at Frontier City. I know Turkish Twist at Canobie Lake is still running strong, and having ridden that one I can say the experience is significantly better than a Gravitron or Round Up. I understand there are a few traveling models still around, and I highly encourage everyone to try one since they're really magical with the zero restraints and centripetal sensation of gravity.
Still have not been on a rotor, I went to the Washington State Fair pretty soon after theirs was removed, really hope I get the chance to someday. I'd love to get up to Sylvan Beach, looks like they've got a great classic flat ride collection with a Roll O Plane and Rock O Plane to go along with their Rotor (which I'm glad to hear may be operating again). Thanks for the comment and the awesome photo!
I have been on Thorpe Park's Slammer. It was a cool ride but super uncomfortable, as it used the old S&S over the shoulder restraints with their lapbars which dug into your collarbones when it hung upside down. I haven't a clue to why Thorpe Park has yet to remove it and it now stands as a weird lawn ornament or a piece of theming for Black Mirror Labyrinth
i've ridden it as well, probably one of my favourite flat/thrill rides of all time... i had no issues with the restraints, but we always had the "no hands" stipulation with friends, so we always had our hands high on everything, it probably helped with seating on this one. if i had to guess, i'd say, that they are in talk with s&s to redesign the seats to make them more comfortable, or just trying to sell the ride before disassembling it. it is a quite rare and thrilling ride with quite good tph when it has no issues, it definitely has a place in thorpe park
Man this is interesting. Also in regards to the Octopus ride I do know of an actual one with an octopus sculpture and seadragon like cars just like the ones in the game. It features a few more vehicles per arm than the ingame version but the "Polyp" at Bakken in Denmark is otherwise a perfect match. Its a Schwarzkpf Monster 3 built in the 1980's. Also I have experienced a Soriani and Moser Polyp too at a fair around here. It was much more nauseating than the Schwarzkopf (and later Gerstlauer) versions, partially due to the the ride spinning the opposite way. So instead of the main structure spinning clockwise and the bottom of the arms spinning counterclockwise, the Soriani version had both spinning clockwise.
Ay nice! I came across a few of those monsters, very similar to the Soriani and Moser version, but the central arms that the cars are attached to are missing those dragon heads. Awesome to hear your experience riding both models though! Definitely can see why the Soriani and Moser Polyp would bring about the nausea. Thanks for the comment
I wish they would have brought all of them. That was the thing with RCT3, the flat rides and having the ability to make waterparks and zoos was incredible, Planet Coaster really missed the boat when not having enough flat rides and then having a separate game for the Zoo stuff.
As a finn Id love to ride zipper one day. Several others too but a zipper in particular. Gravitron will always be my fav flat ride. Not only have I turned myself upside down during the ride Ive also walked around it while it was running, holding on the middle bars when it got fast, heh.
2:31 There is at least 1 Theme Park that has a Mechanical Bull. It´s Fraispertuis City in France, and it isn´t even a upcharge or coin operated attraction, It´s just a regular "ride" in their lineup.
Thanks for the information! Glad to know the real life rides behind RCT3. My fav ride is Phoenix Twister, there is a model looks like it in Berjaya Time Square Theme Park near my house.
Wow, those are some glaring omissions! I find it hard to believe that the Tilt-a-Whirl and the Matterhorn weren't in older RCT games, they're such icons of flat rides that them not being there is shocking to me. Of course, it is called ROLLER COASTER Tycoon, not Flat Ride Tycoon, so I suppose it's understandable. I would get sick on all of those! I think I love the double Ferris wheel the most, it's just a nice, simple, pleasant little thing. Ferris wheels are just cool to me, though. EDIT: Another great video! Thanks.
Yeah it's interesting that those two took such a long time to make an appearance! I'd definitely get sick on a number of these rides, especially if I'm riding them after eating a bunch of fair food haha Thanks for the comment as always!
I miss Catapult. It wasn't the most comfortable ride, and it took forever to load-cycle-unload; but it was quite intense, and it gave some great sensations that haven't quite been replicated by any other ride I've ridden.
It has been running much better in 2022 and 2023. In 2021, I only got on 2 times. But, 41 times in 2022 and 19 so far in 2023. I hope to be around 50 for 2023 after 4-5 WinterFest visits.
Thanks for all the resarch you did - the video was really interesting 😊 9:24 The Huss Booster is one of the best flatrides ever created - I absolutely love "Ghost Rider" on German fairgrounds. It might look extremely abrupt, but albeit being very intense, the movements are surprisingly smooth and not nauseating at all!
On top of that, the one in linnanmaki got bought by Löffelhardt (who own the ghost rider). They had all the missing parts required to make it a traveling ride custom made and themed it to be another ghost rider!
Thanks for sharing this; so much nostalgia in one place. I still hold out hope that Chance will begin making the Turbo and Troika flat rides again. If I had to choose from this RCT3 collection, I’m a Trabant style ride from way back. If there’s one around, I’m on it.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but the octopus (as seen in RCT3) was almost an exact copy of a ride at Drayton Manor Park in England in the early 1990s. You might be able to find an image of it if you search for that specifically 😊
Hey you're right! And the first person to mention this. I only came across photos of the Great Adventure/Wild Waves octopus while doing research so this is a great find. Thanks for the comment! :)
10:13 - I was about to say Chaos was made by Zamperla but backtracked Reason being is "Chaos" is the name of the *Chaotic* Frisbee ride at my homepark who just likes to randomly break down (Mainly with the Sensors falsely saying "Restraint Open" or something along those lines) 10:28 - One of my First Eyerly Rides I rode was based off of one of these (Spider at Waldameer - Still Operating today rode it yesterday)
Meanwhile TAGADA is a really a safe ride for those who are RESPONSIBLE riders and not fooling around and trying to stand or walk on the platform either leave their hands off and lay on the seat abnormaly while the ride is in motion.. This is why this kind of Ride should require an age limit restriction despites the height limit just like alcohol does.. either Operators SHOULD NOT LET any of the riders to do tricks and stuff while it's in motion they should immedietaly stop and warn them to get back on their seats and sit and hold as they are supposed to!
I think that Planet Coasters rides are a lot less obscure than RCT3s, even the flat rides are pretty easily identified. Although it does have some obscure ones like the two seat inverted coaster from Giovanolla. But I would still love to see a video on it.
As for the Loop the Loop - it reminds me of Rush in Thorpe Park. Definitely not *exactly* the same kind of ride, but it does feel like it might originate from the same family of rides at least.
the classic rotor, thankfully i managed to ride that 10+years ago as teenager at a fair, at that fair there were two prices for it one for the ride itself and 1 for the observation deck above it
Xcalibur has been removed from SFSL. I did get to ride it once and that was enough. 😅 I grew up calling the Loop o Plane the salt and pepper shaker…. Has anyone else ever heard of that or did my dad just make it up?
While it was constructed by Intamin and has a similar layout, the actual ride function differs to the point that I don't think it counts as their Paratower model: it instead functions more like a bouncing drop ride, dipping down at a high speed in a burst before bouncing back up over a few repetitions. The surviving iteration cited in this video, Sky Flower, functions similarly to how it's shown in-game, with constant speeds of ascent and descent, with the latter being faster than the former.
Well said @RhythmGameAddict. Thanks for pointing out that model though @Universal Games , probably was worth mentioning that Intamin has continued to install parachute tower rides!
I can't speak for the fair circuit, but I wanted to come back to pour one out for the Chaos, considering the final permanent one at the Adventuredome closed last year. sleep well, my downtime-plagued, candy-colored prince.
I actually had the chance to ride one of the Sky Wheels that he was talking about, and let me just say that those things are SO much scarier to ride than it looks like, it's like a normal ferris wheel on steroids
5:00 the KMG Afterburner model is the original version of this ride, chance rides simply acquired the rights to manufacture and sell the ride for the North American market at some point, as there are some portable KMG Afterburners still operating on the US fair circuit.
Six Flags Great Adventure used to have a Rotor, I think its been replaced by something else. Tagada is like something that crawled out of Action Park looking for more.
I like how you included rides like Bucking Bull and Phoenix Twister as they are non-reskinned theme-exclusive rides that are the only one of their kind. That's some true exception-ruling right there.
I was so starstruck as a kid when I first saw Catapult at SFNE because of how much I loved RCT3. And then I went on it, and honestly nobody is missing out. It was an uncomfortable, claustrophobic, and surprisingly boring experience. You ended up focusing way more on how confined you were and how weird the g-forces felt. I'm totally fine with the ride model not existing anymore, it was a pretty crap ride
I rode the old Rotor at Six Flags Great Adventure it was so much fun but I hated the Gravitron when I rode it at the Meadowlands fair when I was 6 or 7
11:43 the Waikiki Superflip pictured is the ride Tidal Wave from Flamingo Land UK, it was removed a few years ago - they toned the ride cycle down and it never flipped riders or inverted. Not sure why they did that as it was an awesome ride - pictured behind it is the Vekoma SLC Kumali which is a smaller model of Oddessey at Fantasy Island UK, which in turn is also one of the tallest SLC in Europe!
I’m kind of surprised you didn’t do the buffalo round up because I have never seen a ride like that and I thought it might have a real world counterpart
You're right! That's awesome, thanks for pointing this out, it's the first example I've heard someone mention of a mechanical bull at a North American park
What I've always wondered is how does loading/unloading work on the real life Spin Doctor/Dual-carriage Booster? Do riders in one end have to just wait up in the air while the opposite side unloads and loads, or does the whole arm drop to ground level like the Sky Swat?
CORRECTION:
The Double Skywheel was actually based on the Space Wheels built by the Velare Brothers. Only one was ever built, now owned by Drew Exposition, but previously owned by Cumberland Valley Shows and Royal American Shows. The photo I used in the video is correct, but there's actually no such thing a Chance Double Skywheel. Apologies for the mistake, and big thanks to @EclipseOfMusicDJ for pointing this out!
Now you better email Frontier to see what inspired the Loop the Loop ride.
Concerning Moser's TST: their first one named "Transformer" premiered in 1996. ;)
CORECTIONS 2&3: Only one topple tower still remains, the Bellewarde one. Also, if you were lucky enough to be in school at Mentor College in Missisauga, Canada, they actually brought a Roll-O-Plane ride to their annual end-of-school "fun day" alongside other rides! (I was there for grade 6-8 from 2015 to 2017, all three years this ride was present!)
It's been almost a year since this video came out
Me waiting to see the inspiration behind all the RCT3 wild animals:
😂😂
Maybe once I finish the RCT Classic Shops and Stalls video
This would make a good April Fool’s video lmao
Bro, I didn’t know they actually had the Siberian Tiger from RCT 3!
I mean if it's an excuse to see another park I'm all for it 😂
I rode a Tagada in a traveling fair park, the actual insane part was that some people could stand up in the middle of the ride and dance to the music while the thing was shaking up and down. If you could do it without falling down the ride operator would let you ride again without having to wait in line. Absolute insanity.
I live in the same town in Minnesota where the Tilt-A-Whirl wad invented and manufactured. It was a bit of a bummer when the company was bought out and manufacturing moved. There are still a number of reminders around town though.
There was also a Barnstormer plane ride at Worlds of Fun in the early 1980’s.
you made me get into rct3 again, thank you so much :) my childhood consisted of playing this
The range of flat rides in RCT3 are better than PlanCo!
Yeah it's cool to see how many people in the comments have ridden it, probably because of the model that travels to popular fairs in SoCal. Should have said that it's rare everywhere outside of California haha
Frontier also owned a game called thrillville and some of the ride cycles are on thrillville original and off the rails
This what pees me of about the limit choice of flat rides on planet coaster RCT 3 got alot of choices
the hard rock ride used to come to my local fairs but im pretty sure it’s defunct (if not defunct it’s probably in a warehouses, hard rock was owned by butler amusements
12:21 the photo on the right is Wipeout at Knott's Berry Farm
aside from that, fantastic display of rides in RCT3 and their inspirations.
Another great video!
Hey thanks so much!
15:00 I don't thing the red smoke is "Condensation" bro
15:41: tHe NeW lOoP cOaStEr CoMiNg To SiX fLaGs!
Another fantastic video ❤
Thanks so much!
THIS GAME WAS MY LIFE
HA HA THERE IT IS BABY LET'S FUCKING GO
the Tagada looks like the world's most accurate circle pit simulator, which means I'd probably absolutely love it in the moment and then hate myself for three days afterwards
If you want to see something insane.. there are many many videos of people successfully dancing in the middle of a Tagada
Maybe you could try every Parkitect Ride in real life! :D Would love to see that since parkitect has alot more modern generically themed rides
Yes I'd love to do Parkitect some day! Was thinking of doing Planet Coaster first since I'm more familiar with it, but hope to get to Parkitect after that
@@JNattyBoi exciting! :D you could cover some modded rides aswell as there are quite a few base game standerd ones not featured in RCT
2:37 there is one Mechanical Bull in the German Themepark "Freizeitpark Plohn"
that was so informative, thank you for sharing!
I've ridden two tagadas and didn't know it was in RCT3
The Hard Rock looks crazy
This games soundtrack is the best
It really is, one of the underrated aspects of the game for sure
Cant believe intamin ripped off New York. How could they.
Great video as always!
Hahaha Intamin has no shame
Thanks for the comment!
Tagadas are very common in Brazilian amusement parks
I've been on the Hard Rock at the San Diego County Fair, and it was operating last year IIRC! Fair season starts in just a few days, so I'll see if it's running this year.
Also, I hated it. This ride is PAINFUL for women with larger chests.
Funny fact: the one that shows up at our County Fair plays a "YABBA DABBA DOO" sound clip every cycle and it gets very annoying very fast lol
Other great thing about RCT3 - the soundtrack
Obviously
As a Detroit resident who has never ridden the giant slide. Can confirm, it is a slide.
The fact that the chair swing wasn’t RCT 1 or 2 is insane to me. That is a classic.
Yeah it’s a shame
The Topple Tower's bird design is based on a novelty item called "The Drinking Bird" that was weighted on one side so that it would dip forward into a glass of water and appear to be drinking from it.
Kinda interesting to see how different an American perspective is. For example, I totally assumed the Top Star was based on the KMG Move It 32, which I believe is way more common on the European fair circuit than the Moser-built version (although the name makes it quite obvious which of the two it is based on)
Move it 32 aren't common as there only one of them in Europe, I believe there possibly 2 moser version about.
@@KnugenMooMoo oh wow, didn't know that. I just know that whenever I see one of these, they are called move-it. (Mostly in the Randstad area of the Netherlands) (but that includes the non-32 move it)
Move it 32 is now in Belgium I believe... move it is possible the smaller version of 32.. I can't remember what the Moser ones are called and I believe they travel Germany
Found the name of the 2 Moser ones ones called Predator and other called Transformer both travel round Germany
This needs to be shared across the world. Everyone must learn about this. THIS IS GOLD
3:48 I was like "oh, I've visited that Rotor!" before realizing my own username was the image credit lol. When originally posting that picture, I was told by the guy operating the ticket booth at Sylvan Beach that their Rotor hadn't operated at all in 2017 or 2018. I've since heard that it's running again, albeit somewhat slowly. I remember reading that Washington State Fair removed their Rotor shortly after that, and I'm not sure about the status of Tumbleweed at Frontier City. I know Turkish Twist at Canobie Lake is still running strong, and having ridden that one I can say the experience is significantly better than a Gravitron or Round Up. I understand there are a few traveling models still around, and I highly encourage everyone to try one since they're really magical with the zero restraints and centripetal sensation of gravity.
Still have not been on a rotor, I went to the Washington State Fair pretty soon after theirs was removed, really hope I get the chance to someday. I'd love to get up to Sylvan Beach, looks like they've got a great classic flat ride collection with a Roll O Plane and Rock O Plane to go along with their Rotor (which I'm glad to hear may be operating again). Thanks for the comment and the awesome photo!
The research made for this video must have taken days! I respect your effort you put into your videos!
Thanks so much!
Whirling dervish looks kinda *insane*
Yet guests in-game always get bored of it haha
2:15 The Teacup ride at Plopsaland De Panne also features a glass roof. But was only added af few years ago.
Yeah teacup rides with glass roofs are surprisingly common, especially at more traditional european parks
I have been on Thorpe Park's Slammer. It was a cool ride but super uncomfortable, as it used the old S&S over the shoulder restraints with their lapbars which dug into your collarbones when it hung upside down. I haven't a clue to why Thorpe Park has yet to remove it and it now stands as a weird lawn ornament or a piece of theming for Black Mirror Labyrinth
i've ridden it as well, probably one of my favourite flat/thrill rides of all time... i had no issues with the restraints, but we always had the "no hands" stipulation with friends, so we always had our hands high on everything, it probably helped with seating on this one.
if i had to guess, i'd say, that they are in talk with s&s to redesign the seats to make them more comfortable, or just trying to sell the ride before disassembling it.
it is a quite rare and thrilling ride with quite good tph when it has no issues, it definitely has a place in thorpe park
Man this is interesting.
Also in regards to the Octopus ride I do know of an actual one with an octopus sculpture and seadragon like cars just like the ones in the game. It features a few more vehicles per arm than the ingame version but the "Polyp" at Bakken in Denmark is otherwise a perfect match. Its a Schwarzkpf Monster 3 built in the 1980's.
Also I have experienced a Soriani and Moser Polyp too at a fair around here. It was much more nauseating than the Schwarzkopf (and later Gerstlauer) versions, partially due to the the ride spinning the opposite way. So instead of the main structure spinning clockwise and the bottom of the arms spinning counterclockwise, the Soriani version had both spinning clockwise.
Ay nice! I came across a few of those monsters, very similar to the Soriani and Moser version, but the central arms that the cars are attached to are missing those dragon heads. Awesome to hear your experience riding both models though! Definitely can see why the Soriani and Moser Polyp would bring about the nausea. Thanks for the comment
Frontier brought some of these models over to Planet Coaster, which i don't blame them for doing at all.
Planet coaster needs more flat rides love seeing choas ride or a thunder bob ride on there
I wish they would have brought all of them. That was the thing with RCT3, the flat rides and having the ability to make waterparks and zoos was incredible, Planet Coaster really missed the boat when not having enough flat rides and then having a separate game for the Zoo stuff.
As a finn Id love to ride zipper one day. Several others too but a zipper in particular.
Gravitron will always be my fav flat ride. Not only have I turned myself upside down during the ride Ive also walked around it while it was running, holding on the middle bars when it got fast, heh.
2:31 There is at least 1 Theme Park that has a Mechanical Bull. It´s Fraispertuis City in France, and it isn´t even a upcharge or coin operated attraction, It´s just a regular "ride" in their lineup.
Oh I did not know this, that's hilarious. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the information! Glad to know the real life rides behind RCT3.
My fav ride is Phoenix Twister, there is a model looks like it in Berjaya Time Square Theme Park near my house.
you can find mechanical Bulls in themeparks sometimes. Even Phantasialand used to have one in their former western area, lol
Wow, those are some glaring omissions!
I find it hard to believe that the Tilt-a-Whirl and the Matterhorn weren't in older RCT games, they're such icons of flat rides that them not being there is shocking to me.
Of course, it is called ROLLER COASTER Tycoon, not Flat Ride Tycoon, so I suppose it's understandable.
I would get sick on all of those! I think I love the double Ferris wheel the most, it's just a nice, simple, pleasant little thing. Ferris wheels are just cool to me, though.
EDIT: Another great video! Thanks.
Yeah it's interesting that those two took such a long time to make an appearance! I'd definitely get sick on a number of these rides, especially if I'm riding them after eating a bunch of fair food haha
Thanks for the comment as always!
I miss Catapult. It wasn't the most comfortable ride, and it took forever to load-cycle-unload; but it was quite intense, and it gave some great sensations that haven't quite been replicated by any other ride I've ridden.
Yeah I'm annoyed I missed the chance to try it, such a unique ride. Thanks for the comment!
Can you contact any developer of rct3 to tell them what the loop the loop was based on?
I've been on Sledgehammer it's actually a lot of fun but I can confirm it's rarely operating.
It has been running much better in 2022 and 2023. In 2021, I only got on 2 times. But, 41 times in 2022 and 19 so far in 2023. I hope to be around 50 for 2023 after 4-5 WinterFest visits.
Despite moving on to No Limits, I still enjoy playing RCT3, hence my RCT3 classics series.
Thanks for all the resarch you did - the video was really interesting 😊
9:24 The Huss Booster is one of the best flatrides ever created - I absolutely love "Ghost Rider" on German fairgrounds. It might look extremely abrupt, but albeit being very intense, the movements are surprisingly smooth and not nauseating at all!
That's really interesting to hear, I would've bet that it was one of the more nauseating rides of the bunch.
Thanks for the comment :)
On top of that, the one in linnanmaki got bought by Löffelhardt (who own the ghost rider). They had all the missing parts required to make it a traveling ride custom made and themed it to be another ghost rider!
Thanks for sharing this; so much nostalgia in one place. I still hold out hope that Chance will begin making the Turbo and Troika flat rides again. If I had to choose from this RCT3 collection, I’m a Trabant style ride from way back. If there’s one around, I’m on it.
They really need to bring this game back.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but the octopus (as seen in RCT3) was almost an exact copy of a ride at Drayton Manor Park in England in the early 1990s. You might be able to find an image of it if you search for that specifically 😊
Hey you're right! And the first person to mention this. I only came across photos of the Great Adventure/Wild Waves octopus while doing research so this is a great find. Thanks for the comment! :)
The Octopus in RTC3 has fixed gondels, so it is a Polyp manufactured by Bakker in the netherlands.
I legitimately had no clue that 90% of those base game flat rides were ever in the game despite me always messing around in the sandbox mode
I wish the Loop The Loop was a real life flat ride
10:13 - I was about to say Chaos was made by Zamperla but backtracked
Reason being is "Chaos" is the name of the *Chaotic* Frisbee ride at my homepark who just likes to randomly break down (Mainly with the Sensors falsely saying "Restraint Open" or something along those lines)
10:28 - One of my First Eyerly Rides I rode was based off of one of these (Spider at Waldameer - Still Operating today rode it yesterday)
Meanwhile TAGADA is a really a safe ride for those who are RESPONSIBLE riders and not fooling around and trying to stand or walk on the platform either leave their hands off and lay on the seat abnormaly while the ride is in motion.. This is why this kind of Ride should require an age limit restriction despites the height limit just like alcohol does.. either Operators SHOULD NOT LET any of the riders to do tricks and stuff while it's in motion they should immedietaly stop and warn them to get back on their seats and sit and hold as they are supposed to!
I would love to see you do videos on the Planet Coaster models once you’re done with the RCT3 ones !
I think that Planet Coasters rides are a lot less obscure than RCT3s, even the flat rides are pretty easily identified. Although it does have some obscure ones like the two seat inverted coaster from Giovanolla. But I would still love to see a video on it.
As for the Loop the Loop - it reminds me of Rush in Thorpe Park. Definitely not *exactly* the same kind of ride, but it does feel like it might originate from the same family of rides at least.
Searching for sth similar to TAGADA?
Copy 디스코팡팡 and then you'll see lots of its variants operating in South Korea.
So you did every RCT series. Then, maybe now it's time for Planet coaster?
9:39 id like to point out that Kieppi was sold to the same funfair as the other Booster, it has been in storage since it left Linnanmäki though.
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This game has so many flat rides it’s insane I wish Planet Coaster did
the classic rotor, thankfully i managed to ride that 10+years ago as teenager at a fair, at that fair there were two prices for it one for the ride itself and 1 for the observation deck above it
Xcalibur has been removed from SFSL. I did get to ride it once and that was enough. 😅
I grew up calling the Loop o Plane the salt and pepper shaker…. Has anyone else ever heard of that or did my dad just make it up?
i wish they could bring back the sky swat. i remember always wanting to ride SWAT at six flags
Same! Sad I missed out on riding one
I have a fond childhood memory of the Gravitron at the local carnival. I lost a shoe in it and went home with just one 😅
Doesn't Disneyland Paris have an parachute tower in there Toy Story land.
While it was constructed by Intamin and has a similar layout, the actual ride function differs to the point that I don't think it counts as their Paratower model: it instead functions more like a bouncing drop ride, dipping down at a high speed in a burst before bouncing back up over a few repetitions. The surviving iteration cited in this video, Sky Flower, functions similarly to how it's shown in-game, with constant speeds of ascent and descent, with the latter being faster than the former.
Well said @RhythmGameAddict. Thanks for pointing out that model though @Universal Games , probably was worth mentioning that Intamin has continued to install parachute tower rides!
I can't speak for the fair circuit, but I wanted to come back to pour one out for the Chaos, considering the final permanent one at the Adventuredome closed last year. sleep well, my downtime-plagued, candy-colored prince.
The Chaos is now extinct?
Oh no - it is on my Bucketlist of flat rides 😢
Hard rock is indeed still alive and well.... I both seen and rode it at the CA State Fair in 2022. Pretty sure it's there every year ❤️🔥
That's awesome to hear, thanks for the comment!
i had no idea it was still around! i wanted to ride it as a kid but i was too short
I'd love one of these for Planet Coaster!
I have been on Hard Rock. It is absolutely stupid cool. Shame more weren't produced.
I actually had the chance to ride one of the Sky Wheels that he was talking about, and let me just say that those things are SO much scarier to ride than it looks like, it's like a normal ferris wheel on steroids
Very nice video. I didn't even know that there were so many flat rides :D
You showed my comment at the start!
I wanted you do this video for a while
Glad I finally got a round to it! Thanks for the comment
5:00 the KMG Afterburner model is the original version of this ride, chance rides simply acquired the rights to manufacture and sell the ride for the North American market at some point, as there are some portable KMG Afterburners still operating on the US fair circuit.
Six Flags Great Adventure used to have a Rotor, I think its been replaced by something else.
Tagada is like something that crawled out of Action Park looking for more.
Yep I rode the one at Great Adventure
I like how you included rides like Bucking Bull and Phoenix Twister as they are non-reskinned theme-exclusive rides that are the only one of their kind. That's some true exception-ruling right there.
I was so starstruck as a kid when I first saw Catapult at SFNE because of how much I loved RCT3. And then I went on it, and honestly nobody is missing out. It was an uncomfortable, claustrophobic, and surprisingly boring experience. You ended up focusing way more on how confined you were and how weird the g-forces felt. I'm totally fine with the ride model not existing anymore, it was a pretty crap ride
I rode the old Rotor at Six Flags Great Adventure it was so much fun but I hated the Gravitron when I rode it at the Meadowlands fair when I was 6 or 7
15:39 bro just roasted a good percentage of thoosies 💀
i still can't wait to see the inspiration behind the stalls in Classic RCT
11:43 the Waikiki Superflip pictured is the ride Tidal Wave from Flamingo Land UK, it was removed a few years ago - they toned the ride cycle down and it never flipped riders or inverted. Not sure why they did that as it was an awesome ride - pictured behind it is the Vekoma SLC Kumali which is a smaller model of Oddessey at Fantasy Island UK, which in turn is also one of the tallest SLC in Europe!
I’m kind of surprised you didn’t do the buffalo round up because I have never seen a ride like that and I thought it might have a real world counterpart
15:39 Love the Six Flags Larson Loop jab!
I thought RCT3 was the best of the RCT games. Tbh
I played rct3 the most
At 5:00 the portable version is actually the Afterburner 😉 Great vid btw!
Fun detail, Fun Spot Kissimmee actually has a permanent Bucking Bull instillation!
You're right! That's awesome, thanks for pointing this out, it's the first example I've heard someone mention of a mechanical bull at a North American park
My favorite flat-ride (in both game and real-life) was the Kaos/Chaos. So sad to not see them around anymore, or really be talked about.
I always think of the Loop the Loop as an impossified Moser Extraordinary Bike.
It doesn’t surprise me the tagata banned in the us.
They are really common in the Uk, and given that we do love getting pissed, i suggest riding the ride with an umbrella to avoid sick flying at you
I once rode a tagada... It was soooo much fun!
There are other booster rides with 2 gondolas on each end out there
Oh cool! Do you know where they operate?
What I've always wondered is how does loading/unloading work on the real life Spin Doctor/Dual-carriage Booster? Do riders in one end have to just wait up in the air while the opposite side unloads and loads, or does the whole arm drop to ground level like the Sky Swat?
Now, do the track rides
Im not sure if s8boarda at Adventure Island is a Zamperla rocking tug? It's alot larger, compared to a rockin tug, it's massive
Love the videos! Just a heads up that Zierer is pronounced like Zeerer, German ie is pronounced as an English ee