So interesting! I’ve only been on several of these! It’s nice to hear someone else say the carpet rides with only a buzz bar offer a great experience and floater! 🦋
Great list. I love Talocan for its combination of good theming and great cycle, even compared to fairs. I also really love High Energy, the Zierer Star Shape which is what happens when you leave a Top Scan and a Huss Ranger in a candle-lit room together.
@@CanobieCoaster Yes I bet, the one at Blackpool used to be pretty dull too. High Energy (and Air, which tours the UK) are both very fast and have great presentation too, although like many fair rides can run short cycles on busy nights.
I've been to one of the Tilt-A-Whirl rides with an operator spinning the vehicles on the platform. The G's generated by the fast spins and the loud music really make it such an amazing experience. After the ride you're left confused whether to feel sick or super pumped up!
I have always loved Gravitron rides. Over the years they have gone through many names like Starship 2000, 3000, 4000, Flight to Mars, Alien Abduction, Alien Invasion, Area 51, Flying Saucer and others. There’s just something about standing against a padded wall within the confines of a spacecraft and spinning at high speed to lights and music and rising off the floor as you stick to the wall. It’s an especially fun ride if it has a chill operator who doesn’t discourage laying sideways and upside down on the wall.
Nice list! Enjoyed the video! I’d have to give my list some thought, but off the top of my head I’d have to say, Vomatron old town and the Sling Shot at Darien Lake. That sling shot seems to go higher then the others that I’ve ridden. Plus Zippers and Gravitrons, but only in the 80’s when all the carnies would blast Metal Music during the rides
I'm not a big fan of the conventional slingshots, even the big ones in Florida. Vomatron at Old Town is fun, but the flipping felt very controlled and predictable. It was intense though.
My favourite flat is an old waltzer which used to go to my local fireworks carnival and it was there for about 3 nights a year. It had 3 operators spinning each car rapidly, with strobe lights and smoke effects, and the ride lasted around 7-10 minutes if it wasn't a busy night. As well as all that, it only cost £1 per ride which was insane
To me the best flat ride is a Star Flyer. Those rides give incredible views of the parks and the surrounding land and it just gives people a chance to ride a more extreme version of one of their favorite kids rides. Six Flags Great America, Great Escape, Frontier City, Michigan's Adventure, California's Great America, Dorney Park, Hersheypark, Kennywood, Knoebels, Waldameer, Funtown Splashtown U.S.A, Lagoon, Silverwood, Magic Springs, Alabama Adventures, Indiana Beach, Holiday World, and Wild Adventures are just a few of many parks that could really use on of these.
I definitely enjoy Windseekers and Star Flyers. My favorite is the one at Cedar Point because of the view, but the ones at Grona Lund and Six Flags Over Texas are not far behind.
Flyer at Knoebels is my all-time favorite ride. The experience definitely varies depending on the operator. It is amazing, especially how close the trees are. It's a can't miss. I normally hit is 5 to 10 times per visit.
5:10 Technically these are Gerstlauer Sky Flys, and this 5:23 is a Sky Roller. Sky Flys have the diagonal swooping motion, while Sky Rollers circle around horizontally. I haven't been on a Sky Roller, but a Sky Fly; it was pretty hard to flip.
Really fun to see someone else give that crazy ass Waltzer some praise! I rode it, and i was blowen away by the intensity! Deffenetly the most intense flat i have done. I personally don't count these free fall / bungy rides, but if i did, sky tower in Tivoli Friheden would be number one by a huge shot. I didnt habe any problems with the landing. Here is my top 10 1 Vertigo - Tivoli Gardens 2 Eclipse - Fair ride 3 Infinity - Fair ride 4 Tigeren - Djurs Sommerland 5 Loke - Liseberg 6 Talocan - Phantasialand 7 Dom Dancer - Fair ride 8 Svend Svingarm 9 Pegasus - Tivoli Friheden (defunct) 10 Beast - Fair ride (same model as flip fly)
My personal favorite flat ride is TMNT Shellshock at Nickelodeon Universe Minnesota. The crazy part is I didn’t get a single flip in on my only ride on it, which I wish I rode it more. Just swinging as hard at you can at extreme angles I just feel so at ease while riding. I am dreaming for more of my local parks in the Midwest to add one and if the modern ones allow for easier flipping, then I’ll have an even more incredible time for me!
I really enjoy Zippers, it was my first upside down flat ride. I also enjoyed what you call the sky roller at CW, but it was having problems the day of my visit. Finally, I’m a hair surprised that a human gyroscope didn’t make the list.
My Kennywood ride made this video 0:05 i like the Aero 360 However one day i went back in 2019 I still go alot it was closed because someone got sick on that ride it was the same day again The Phantom Coaster one of the 2 Carts got stuck at the top the green one did the same one it did a few years ago.
@@adamsATSfan415 As my name suggests, my home park is Canobie Lake Park. I'm within a 2 hour drive of Lake Compounce, Six Flags New England, and Funtown USA as well.
@@CanobieCoaster also it's Crazy Lake Compounce used to have the Whip which kennywood had also i found a video of Rides at kennywood that no longer exists Ones on the thing are The Magic carpet which moved to a theme park out of the united States which is now Comic Chaos, Turnpike Which is now Sky Rocket Coaster, The Wave swinger where the old location was, The Ferris wheel which was next to The Boats, Le Cachot Which caught on fire and the Pretzel carts went to Bushkill Park in Easton Pa, Gold Rusher where Ghostwood Estate is, Kangaroo That is one of the ones to have it's final season this year, Log Jammer Now The Steel Curtain, Laser Loop coaster now The Phantoms Revenge, Monongahela Monster Which closed the video this was made, Valcano which is one of the ones that closed this year, Paratrooper, Roll O Plane, Rotor when it came back for the 3rd time, Swing Around, ruclips.net/video/jAzxblCbYMI/видео.html
I’m honestly surprised that Flying Aces came to be your top three! With Lagoon being my home park and having several friends operate the ride (I never did as I haven’t worked there yet but I’m planning to), management actually discourages snapping. Though it can depend on who’s operating the ride. Some ops generally don’t care while others do. Out of all the rides I’ve done on it, I’ve managed to get away with snapping give or take maybe 15-20% of the time. I’ve even had a ride op e-stop the ride because a few teens in three of the planes were snapping most of the ride duration of the ride. So consider yourself lucky you got a ride op that let you have fun. Sometimes if you ask nicely, they may sometimes let you. Just make sure they’re not wearing a red or black uniform as those are generally the higher ups. Awesome video and man, I need to get on some of these rides!
Thanks, from everyone's comments, it sounds like I got extremely lucky on the day I visited Lagoon. I also tried spacing my rides out as opposed to sitting on it all day.
i know also One of the rides at my Theme park Kennywood near pittsburgh Pa even though it didn't make the list it did make the video 0:05 one day i road the ride Back when i used to only live 5 Mins from the park now i live 10 Mins from the park 2 summers ago in 2019 it was closed most of the day because someone got Sick after i went on it was about 2pm i think and was only open less then 3 hours that day and it was closed from like 2pm till the park closes unless if thunder and lightning or Flood it was closed until 11pm.
The outward facing seats make the ride. I really wish I could have gotten on Black Widow at Kennywood though (it's always closed for me) since the setting looks amazing.
Not sure if you have ever rode on an extreme/techno power but thats my favorite flat ride. At points it spins so beyond fast your legs feel like they're gonna rip off. Feels like a B&M invert helix that never ends on top of diving down towards the ground quickly
@@CanobieCoaster Aw mannn. I think theyre incredible rides and a great concept. Also surprised S&S swings arent on here. Im a pretty thin guy and Ive mastered on skyhawk sitting forward during restraint check and getting a solid 6 inches of airtime during the ride haha
I have a clone of flip fly at my local fair and I'm so lucky, my local fair is tiny like 20 rides so its a miracle that they have one of the best flats in the world
Personal favorite flat rides (in no particular order) 1) "Magnum" [MN State Fair] - a typical 'Shake', but this is the only place I've been to that has it, and I LOVE all the motions and flipping! 2) "Space Roller" [MN State Fair, Meadowlands State Fair] - a typical 'Top Scan', but again, I LOVE how this ride runs! 3) "Spinout" [various carnivals; 'Maelstrom' at Morey's Pier] - another personal favorite, though I haven't seen it at a carnival in some time, and Morey's Pier recently removed theirs. 4) "Enterprise" [various locations] - a classic flat ride, but one I have a hard time locating these days, particularly one that allows single riders (the one at the Meadowlands State Fair insists on two people per car) 5) "Zipper" [various locations] - another classic, and another ride that's hard to get on without someone to ride with. 6) "Centrifuge" [Casino Pier, Seaside Heights NJ] - an in-the-dark Scrambler, and my favorite such ride of all time. The original was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, but Casino Pier recently got a new one. Awesome ride! 7) "Musik Express" [various locations] - I just love the ride, but NOT the Wisdom version (too flat); best IMO is the Reverchon 'Himalaya' model; these days, the only one I've been on of this type is at the Meadowlands State Fair ... and it goes forwards only. (Long ago, this verison was at Seaside Heights ... and it ran a LONG cycle, both ways.) 8) "Breakdance" - love the ride, but I haven't seen one since both Morey's Pier and Coney Island removed theirs.
Was the MN State Fair a Wade Shows carnival? I think I've ridden the same ride in San Antonio. Spinouts are fun too. I've ridden the one at Galaxyland and Morey's.
@@CanobieCoaster I'm not certain; I think at least part is the same group that goes to Florida and Texas, but it's mostly speculation based on the rides I've seen.
I got to go to Tivoli Gardens in 2019 and let me tell you, I'm glad Tik Tak is on this list. I have never gotten dizzy or got scared I might lose my lunch until I got on this ride. Plus it's one that you can make more intense by rocking back and forth. Truly insane flat ride. Also, I unfortunately didn't get to go on Vertigo because it had an insanely long line but I watched it several times and GOOD LORD. It looks like it was designed by a madman. Props to Tivoli for really going for it.
@@CanobieCoaster very nice! I can't decide if it's a good thing that I didn't get to go on it or not 😂 Only problem is it's likely the only chance I'll ever get
@@CanobieCoaster from what I have been told by ppl who have worked at the park, they operated most of their flats manually until the silver bullet accident, and I guess they just picked a rly intense cycle for twister
I’m kind of old school and like rides that are no longer around. Both XK-1 and Tampico Tumbler at Knott’s Berry Farm were two of my favorites. Of course being that XK-1 was taken out for a drop dower, you’d probably like that better..lol.
I loved the ride that was the same model as Flip Fly! For the rocking portion, it felt like either my legs were being ripped off or I was trying to be ejected from the OTSR or in other words my face felt like it was being pulled to the platform. It is my favorite ride ever!
Two great flat rides you missed were A) the old Matterhorn Bob sled ride at Canobee. That thing ran itself into the ground with how fast it went, and I have yet to experience anything like that on any other version of that ride. The other one you missed was the Turkish twist. One of the last Rotors in the world, and just an all out insane experience. Especially with that viewing spot on top of the ride so you can see exactly what you are getting into... The first time i rode that, I made use of the trashcan in front of it...
My favourite flat ride is the J.A O'brien's flash dancer waltzer at pleasureland arbroath as it has recently been going faster with a smoke machine, lazers and tons of other lightning effects
Flatrides in the US look cool, but especially in the big parks they are badly operated. For example the Tourbillon. Looks great from the outside, the ride itself is pretty boring. My favorites are Hi-Roller at funfairs in the US, Vertigo at Tivoli Kopenhagen, AirWolf at German funfairs (like Soaring Timbers, but with a way better program), Dragon Wrestling Tournament and Dragon Riders (sic!) at Legendia, but i think the last 2 are defunct.
Have you been on a satori rides roto techno they’re really similar to vodo jump and have a really intense cycle if you haven’t gotten on one they operate in Spanish fairs and they’re pretty easy to find there
My old home park had a huss rainbow that had a single position lap bar and for the edge seats had a side bar you could hold on to it when I rode it I was four and hated it but a few years later when I came back that ride was gone it was called Carreta Descabotada and it ran for 16 years
Good list, but it really hurt me that you put The Beast at 25. We've got The Beast travelling the shows In Australia. I'm glad that you guys in America have one though :) My favourite flat ride would either be X Scream Soundwave Waltzer, No Limit (Mondial Furiozo), The Beast (KMG XXL), XXXL (KMG Inversion), Freak Out with lap bar and Fury (Funtime Chaos Pendle)
@@CanobieCoaster if you ever do get the opportunity when everything has settled down try out a Mondial Furiozo it's the most intense ride that I've ever done :)
My favorite ride is the zipper. I rode it one time with my best friend. I’ve been on other rides. It’s been a long time. What’s your favorite rides rated it number one pick is the zipper that is a flat rid it’s a very unique ride. It has lots of lights. If you do lots of flips, it goes one way and then the other. but it is no longer made so enjoy it if you see it if you ride it have fun if there’s any problems tell someone
Bayern Kurves aren't even in my top 10 himalaya style rides. I prefer the traditional seating that give better laterals. Sky Hawks are ok, but nowhere near this list. Kangaroo almost made this list.
The only flat ride that makes me sick are specific pendulum rides. Swinging ships almost always do it. And some of the slower/smaller frisbees can as well. But I have no issue with the larger frisbees or screamin' swings oddly enough.
Personally, I'm not a fan of flat rides!!! However, my family is obsessed with scramblers for some reason! Also, I've never ridden any big drop towers over 30 feet... I'm afraid of heights! (That's why)
Have you ever been on a Huss Magic/Circus Circus or a Flying Circus (van orsouw) or the original KMG Move-it 32 ?? We use to have crazy machines here in NL/EU. They really messed up your equilibrium :)
I’ve been on 25, 24, 22, 14, 13 but at a different park, 7, 4 and 3 at a different park, 2 at a different park and also a Suspended Top Spin but The Crypt at Kings Dominion
My favourite flatrides are found on the European fairs and are the next rides: Ghostrider Infinity from Hoefnagels Nightfly ( is a topspin ride in germany) Air from Dante ( UK ride and starshape) Move it 32 Take Off Enterprise (this is the only ride that is no more on fairs) Inversion xxl
@@CanobieCoaster not always ;) there are rides my country ( Belgium ) will never see because its to expensive then... Some thrill rides in Germany on the fairs are around 3dollar... in Belgium begin price = 5 dollar... and its always the same... would love to do a ride in a imperator or a ride thats only on big fairs in the states and not in Europe... i hope that the familys who owns a thrill ride survives the covid period... we got a year of no fairs, amusement parcs, no theater... nothing :(
I went on the waltzer on south pier last year, I go to blackpool every year for a day out to pleasure beach but last year we went to stay at the Big Blue hotel, on the first day we got there we did ripleys believe it or not coral island and the pier, we went on it right after ice cream, probably not a good idea, never felt sick or anything but it still wasn’t a good idea… Also, it gets your stomach *quite a bit*
im pretty familiar with top scans and i agree that its an awesome ride, the first time i did it i was pretty young, and i kept being pushed to the over side of the seat, so a kid vomited on the second cycle on the seat next to me and it started raining so we had to get off, we got a free ticket and rode it again, this time it was much more intense, since the gondolas were at full swing, the way how fast we rotated was so intense, it slowed down and then i got flipped upside down for 5 SECONDS straight, definitely gave a lot of hangtime, unfortunately the carnival is only open druing summer between 2 july and 16 or 15 august, so i have to wait till next year
Nobody talks about wipeout at knoebels. Besides drop towers it's the most intense flat ride I've ridden. It spins ridiculously fast the entire ride, and the sustained laterals physically drained me. The ride op had the cycle go for nearly 5 minutes, I'm pretty sure he was trying to make us vomit. I don't get nauseous on rides, but I was so dizzy after the ride that I couldn't find the exit. It's really insane for a park like Knoebels
Next time your in the UK try to get on atmosphere creator waltzer if you can at night. It's has the best lights I have ever seen on any ride and it has really loud hardcore rave music and one of the fastest cycles I have ever had on any waltzer.
@@CanobieCoaster it is yes. If not there is a well maintained classic waltzer from the sixties That is insanely quick and a very very old twist ride from the fifties I believe. It's at a small seaside pier called Walton pier. Just down the road is Clacton pier just been voted the UK's best pier.
Ive been been to one of these break dance things but it was named crazy dance, i rode it with my cousin and bro near the corner it swings you so hard i hit my temporal bone i was almost passing out my vision even blacked out a bit for the next 3 minutes
Anyone who likes Skater should try Weber's Airwolf (Sky Control). It is basically the same ride base, but with only two flipping gondolas, mounted opposite each other. Biggest advantage: It's not as hard on the knees.
@@CanobieCoasterI agree, seating on Airwolf can be a little claustrophobic. I can't speak to anything that was built in America after '99, so the German fair circuit is my reference. Speaking of references. BOOSTER also comes highly recommended as a reference for strongest g-force on any ride I ever took. Also, very long cycle with some variations. ruclips.net/video/BS4V6XFdozA/видео.htmlsi=MZdhiTHhWleIKNal
In my Top 5 (in no particular order): Soriani & Moser “Extasy” Energy Storm 5 (Mighty Bluegrass Shows) 🇺🇸 Technical Park “Delusion” Pegasus 16 (Dreamland Amusements) 🇺🇸 Technical Park “Superman 360” Street Fighter Revolution (Dreamland Amusements) 🇺🇸 Mondial “Magnum” Shake R5 (Wood Ent) 🇺🇸 Tivoli “Techno Power” Remix 6 Arm (Wood Ent) 🇺🇸
Top Scan at my home park is crazy, when it stops at the top and spins, and then it stops, so if you got lucky you will be stuck upside down for a good minute
'feels like your legs are getting ripped off'......'closest feeling to almost dying' and 'cycle was almost 8 minutes long' ......... are NOT things I look for in a ride haha!
My first time ridding a Zipper was horrible I had to do it with a kid and he wouldn’t stop screaming and yelling but the second time a few years ago was a lot more fun
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"It feels about as close as you can get to dying on an amusement ride" 🤣
Just look at those things fly towards the trees!
The closest to death I’ve felt is on apocalypse (54m drop tower) and oblivion (180ft b&m dive coaster)
i would say on my first drop tower (268 feet/ 80 meters) because the thing was shaking on the way up
So interesting! I’ve only been on several of these! It’s nice to hear someone else say the carpet rides with only a buzz bar offer a great experience and floater! 🦋
I love those flying carpet rides.
Talocan’s soundtrack compliments the ride. It’s also cool how Phantasialand has 2 soundtracks for Talocan.
I didn't realize they had two different ones. That's cool!
Im so glad you really like flat rides besides roller coasters, i really loved this video! 💯
Thanks! I like all sorts of rides.
Great list. I love Talocan for its combination of good theming and great cycle, even compared to fairs. I also really love High Energy, the Zierer Star Shape which is what happens when you leave a Top Scan and a Huss Ranger in a candle-lit room together.
I wasn't wowed by the Star Shape I rode at Liseberg, but I imagine one on a fair circuit would have a better cycle.
@@CanobieCoaster Yes I bet, the one at Blackpool used to be pretty dull too. High Energy (and Air, which tours the UK) are both very fast and have great presentation too, although like many fair rides can run short cycles on busy nights.
I love tik tak and also the whole of tivoli’s atmosphere is just amazing ♡︎
I agree, Tivoli Gardens is a gem.
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@@CanobieCoaster Efteling in the Netherlands is my favorite park! Not for the coasters or the flatrides, but the theming is fantastic!
@@sdaniel9129 That park made my top 25 favorite parks list.
I've been to one of the Tilt-A-Whirl rides with an operator spinning the vehicles on the platform. The G's generated by the fast spins and the loud music really make it such an amazing experience. After the ride you're left confused whether to feel sick or super pumped up!
I wish there were more manually controlled tilt-a-whirls.
I have always loved Gravitron rides. Over the years they have gone through many names like Starship 2000, 3000, 4000, Flight to Mars, Alien Abduction, Alien Invasion, Area 51, Flying Saucer and others. There’s just something about standing against a padded wall within the confines of a spacecraft and spinning at high speed to lights and music and rising off the floor as you stick to the wall. It’s an especially fun ride if it has a chill operator who doesn’t discourage laying sideways and upside down on the wall.
I prefer rotors to gravitron rides.
You need to Rid the turkish twist at canobie, that Rotor blows The gravitrons away!
@@bigc1280 I love that one.
the rides where the floor drops out are great
Nice list! Enjoyed the video! I’d have to give my list some thought, but off the top of my head I’d have to say, Vomatron old town and the Sling Shot at Darien Lake. That sling shot seems to go higher then the others that I’ve ridden. Plus Zippers and Gravitrons, but only in the 80’s when all the carnies would blast Metal Music during the rides
I'm not a big fan of the conventional slingshots, even the big ones in Florida. Vomatron at Old Town is fun, but the flipping felt very controlled and predictable. It was intense though.
My favourite flat is an old waltzer which used to go to my local fireworks carnival and it was there for about 3 nights a year. It had 3 operators spinning each car rapidly, with strobe lights and smoke effects, and the ride lasted around 7-10 minutes if it wasn't a busy night. As well as all that, it only cost £1 per ride which was insane
That's awesome!
To me the best flat ride is a Star Flyer. Those rides give incredible views of the parks and the surrounding land and it just gives people a chance to ride a more extreme version of one of their favorite kids rides. Six Flags Great America, Great Escape, Frontier City, Michigan's Adventure, California's Great America, Dorney Park, Hersheypark, Kennywood, Knoebels, Waldameer, Funtown Splashtown U.S.A, Lagoon, Silverwood, Magic Springs, Alabama Adventures, Indiana Beach, Holiday World, and Wild Adventures are just a few of many parks that could really use on of these.
I definitely enjoy Windseekers and Star Flyers. My favorite is the one at Cedar Point because of the view, but the ones at Grona Lund and Six Flags Over Texas are not far behind.
X scream is actually a clone of a kiddy ride at California's great america I believe
I've ridden a clone of it at Rye Playland.
Flyer at Knoebels is my all-time favorite ride. The experience definitely varies depending on the operator. It is amazing, especially how close the trees are. It's a can't miss. I normally hit is 5 to 10 times per visit.
That ride is insane going full tilt.
One of my favorites is Xcalibur at Six Flags St. Louis. Unique ride model that's sure to make anyone dizzy
I agree that ride is dizzying, but it's a bit slow (compared to the others on this list).
Great video with nice background music too!
Thanks!
Right now, CC is clearly the real MVP of amusement park channels
Thank you!
I love flat rides. I don’t like Coasters cuz they make me sick. Love your vids
A lot of people have the opposite problem.
5:10 Technically these are Gerstlauer Sky Flys, and this 5:23 is a Sky Roller. Sky Flys have the diagonal swooping motion, while Sky Rollers circle around horizontally. I haven't been on a Sky Roller, but a Sky Fly; it was pretty hard to flip.
Thanks for clarifying. Which Sky Fly have you ridden? Like the Sky Rollers, the old ones are far harder to flip. The one at Bakken was impossible.
@@CanobieCoaster TMNT Shell Shock. I rode back it in 2012; I found it hard to flip, plus it had a very short ride cycle.
@@overbanked That one is definitely among the harder ones to flip, especially since it's indoors with no wind to help.
Really fun to see someone else give that crazy ass Waltzer some praise! I rode it, and i was blowen away by the intensity! Deffenetly the most intense flat i have done. I personally don't count these free fall / bungy rides, but if i did, sky tower in Tivoli Friheden would be number one by a huge shot. I didnt habe any problems with the landing.
Here is my top 10
1 Vertigo - Tivoli Gardens
2 Eclipse - Fair ride
3 Infinity - Fair ride
4 Tigeren - Djurs Sommerland
5 Loke - Liseberg
6 Talocan - Phantasialand
7 Dom Dancer - Fair ride
8 Svend Svingarm
9 Pegasus - Tivoli Friheden (defunct)
10 Beast - Fair ride (same model as flip fly)
There are several there I need to try. I've realized the European fairs have some crazy rides.
1:00 the 1 in the back, what's that called? I thought I made it up
Speed XXL
My personal favorite flat ride is TMNT Shellshock at Nickelodeon Universe Minnesota.
The crazy part is I didn’t get a single flip in on my only ride on it, which I wish I rode it more. Just swinging as hard at you can at extreme angles I just feel so at ease while riding.
I am dreaming for more of my local parks in the Midwest to add one and if the modern ones allow for easier flipping, then I’ll have an even more incredible time for me!
That one is definitely one of the harder ones to flip. That one is heavily dependent upon technique and patience.
@@CanobieCoaster If it was my home park or had more than one ride then I could potentially master the difficulty of flipping.
Didn't expect to see a Waltzer on this list 😂
The one at South Pier is no joke.
I really enjoy Zippers, it was my first upside down flat ride. I also enjoyed what you call the sky roller at CW, but it was having problems the day of my visit. Finally, I’m a hair surprised that a human gyroscope didn’t make the list.
That ride was one of the first 5 to miss the list.
My Kennywood ride made this video 0:05 i like the Aero 360 However one day i went back in 2019 I still go alot it was closed because someone got sick on that ride it was the same day again The Phantom Coaster one of the 2 Carts got stuck at the top the green one did the same one it did a few years ago.
I didn't ride Aero 360 in 2020, but I have ridden it in the past. It gives good hangtime.
@@CanobieCoaster I know right also what are the theme parks in your area mine is Sand Castle, Kennywood, and Idlewild and Soakzone.
@@adamsATSfan415 As my name suggests, my home park is Canobie Lake Park. I'm within a 2 hour drive of Lake Compounce, Six Flags New England, and Funtown USA as well.
@@CanobieCoaster also it's Crazy Lake Compounce used to have the Whip which kennywood had also i found a video of Rides at kennywood that no longer exists Ones on the thing are The Magic carpet which moved to a theme park out of the united States which is now Comic Chaos, Turnpike Which is now Sky Rocket Coaster, The Wave swinger where the old location was, The Ferris wheel which was next to The Boats, Le Cachot Which caught on fire and the Pretzel carts went to Bushkill Park in Easton Pa, Gold Rusher where Ghostwood Estate is, Kangaroo That is one of the ones to have it's final season this year, Log Jammer Now The Steel Curtain, Laser Loop coaster now The Phantoms Revenge, Monongahela Monster Which closed the video this was made, Valcano which is one of the ones that closed this year, Paratrooper, Roll O Plane, Rotor when it came back for the 3rd time, Swing Around, ruclips.net/video/jAzxblCbYMI/видео.html
I’m honestly surprised that Flying Aces came to be your top three! With Lagoon being my home park and having several friends operate the ride (I never did as I haven’t worked there yet but I’m planning to), management actually discourages snapping. Though it can depend on who’s operating the ride. Some ops generally don’t care while others do. Out of all the rides I’ve done on it, I’ve managed to get away with snapping give or take maybe 15-20% of the time. I’ve even had a ride op e-stop the ride because a few teens in three of the planes were snapping most of the ride duration of the ride. So consider yourself lucky you got a ride op that let you have fun. Sometimes if you ask nicely, they may sometimes let you. Just make sure they’re not wearing a red or black uniform as those are generally the higher ups. Awesome video and man, I need to get on some of these rides!
Thanks, from everyone's comments, it sounds like I got extremely lucky on the day I visited Lagoon. I also tried spacing my rides out as opposed to sitting on it all day.
You should ride fireball on the fiesta shows fair circut in eastern mass. the ride ops are insane and you get crazy hangtime on all the inversions.
beast looks absolutely terrifying and I am here for it
i know also One of the rides at my Theme park Kennywood near pittsburgh Pa even though it didn't make the list it did make the video 0:05 one day i road the ride Back when i used to only live 5 Mins from the park now i live 10 Mins from the park 2 summers ago in 2019 it was closed most of the day because someone got Sick after i went on it was about 2pm i think and was only open less then 3 hours that day and it was closed from like 2pm till the park closes unless if thunder and lightning or Flood it was closed until 11pm.
The outward facing seats make the ride. I really wish I could have gotten on Black Widow at Kennywood though (it's always closed for me) since the setting looks amazing.
@@CanobieCoaster Well it's been closed sense 2018 due to Reasons one of my family's friends work at kennywood during summer season.
@@adamsATSfan415 I saw it closed in 2017 as well. It's a shame the ride has so many issues.
There are portable versions too
Not sure if you have ever rode on an extreme/techno power but thats my favorite flat ride. At points it spins so beyond fast your legs feel like they're gonna rip off. Feels like a B&M invert helix that never ends on top of diving down towards the ground quickly
Yes I rode one in Europe. It just missed this list.
@@CanobieCoaster Aw mannn. I think theyre incredible rides and a great concept. Also surprised S&S swings arent on here. Im a pretty thin guy and Ive mastered on skyhawk sitting forward during restraint check and getting a solid 6 inches of airtime during the ride haha
@@DLXRY2 The short cycles on the Screamin' Swings hold them back for me.
Funtown is my home park and I've been riding astrosphere since I was a kid glad to see it made the list!
It's exceptional.
You got one lucky visit to Lagoon, because in all my visits the ride ops don't allow snapping.
Good to know my visit may have been an anomaly. I'll scope it out next time I'm at Lagoon.
I have a clone of flip fly at my local fair and I'm so lucky, my local fair is tiny like 20 rides so its a miracle that they have one of the best flats in the world
I'd love to come across that ride again.
Personal favorite flat rides (in no particular order)
1) "Magnum" [MN State Fair] - a typical 'Shake', but this is the only place I've been to that has it, and I LOVE all the motions and flipping!
2) "Space Roller" [MN State Fair, Meadowlands State Fair] - a typical 'Top Scan', but again, I LOVE how this ride runs!
3) "Spinout" [various carnivals; 'Maelstrom' at Morey's Pier] - another personal favorite, though I haven't seen it at a carnival in some time, and Morey's Pier recently removed theirs.
4) "Enterprise" [various locations] - a classic flat ride, but one I have a hard time locating these days, particularly one that allows single riders (the one at the Meadowlands State Fair insists on two people per car)
5) "Zipper" [various locations] - another classic, and another ride that's hard to get on without someone to ride with.
6) "Centrifuge" [Casino Pier, Seaside Heights NJ] - an in-the-dark Scrambler, and my favorite such ride of all time. The original was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, but Casino Pier recently got a new one. Awesome ride!
7) "Musik Express" [various locations] - I just love the ride, but NOT the Wisdom version (too flat); best IMO is the Reverchon 'Himalaya' model; these days, the only one I've been on of this type is at the Meadowlands State Fair ... and it goes forwards only. (Long ago, this verison was at Seaside Heights ... and it ran a LONG cycle, both ways.)
8) "Breakdance" - love the ride, but I haven't seen one since both Morey's Pier and Coney Island removed theirs.
Was the MN State Fair a Wade Shows carnival? I think I've ridden the same ride in San Antonio. Spinouts are fun too. I've ridden the one at Galaxyland and Morey's.
@@CanobieCoaster I'm not certain; I think at least part is the same group that goes to Florida and Texas, but it's mostly speculation based on the rides I've seen.
I got to go to Tivoli Gardens in 2019 and let me tell you, I'm glad Tik Tak is on this list.
I have never gotten dizzy or got scared I might lose my lunch until I got on this ride.
Plus it's one that you can make more intense by rocking back and forth. Truly insane flat ride.
Also, I unfortunately didn't get to go on Vertigo because it had an insanely long line but I watched it several times and GOOD LORD. It looks like it was designed by a madman. Props to Tivoli for really going for it.
Vertigo is crazy. It had a 90 minute wait when I was there, but they pulled me sooner as a single rider.
@@CanobieCoaster very nice! I can't decide if it's a good thing that I didn't get to go on it or not 😂
Only problem is it's likely the only chance I'll ever get
An impressive list. I’d suggest you compare notes with Diary of a Roller Coaster Girl (a fellow youtuber). She’s an aficionado of flat rides.
Will do! I've seen her stuff on Facebook.
My favorite flat was twister at Darien lake, I still can’t believe how insane that cycle was
I regret not experiencing it in that form. I don't recall it being that wild in 2010.
@@CanobieCoaster from what I have been told by ppl who have worked at the park, they operated most of their flats manually until the silver bullet accident, and I guess they just picked a rly intense cycle for twister
Respect to the Waltzer ride op... that looks like an exhausting gig
They seem to love their job though.
I’m kind of old school and like rides that are no longer around. Both XK-1 and Tampico Tumbler at Knott’s Berry Farm were two of my favorites. Of course being that XK-1 was taken out for a drop dower, you’d probably like that better..lol.
I was glad I found a clone of Tampico Tumbler at the Washington State Fair in 2019.
nice video. please pov and review desert storm at castles n coasters
I want to get back there before reviewing it.
I really like the Chance Rides Unicoasters like Octotron at Belmont Park. Also, I'm not the biggest fan of drop towers, but the S&S ones are very fun
S&S drop towers are among my least favorite since they don't have the forceful drop of others. The unicoasters are fun.
I like the sudden airtime
@@CoasterHorizons That's fair.
@@CanobieCoaster the only ones i've ridden are the 3 at hersheypark and idk if it's just me, but i got sustained ejector airtime on all of them.
@@CoasterHorizons I'm not a big fan of Hershey Tower, but the two smaller ones are among the most powerful S&S towers.
I loved the ride that was the same model as Flip Fly! For the rocking portion, it felt like either my legs were being ripped off or I was trying to be ejected from the OTSR or in other words my face felt like it was being pulled to the platform. It is my favorite ride ever!
It's wild.
Two great flat rides you missed were A) the old Matterhorn Bob sled ride at Canobee. That thing ran itself into the ground with how fast it went, and I have yet to experience anything like that on any other version of that ride. The other one you missed was the Turkish twist. One of the last Rotors in the world, and just an all out insane experience. Especially with that viewing spot on top of the ride so you can see exactly what you are getting into... The first time i rode that, I made use of the trashcan in front of it...
I love both Canobie's former Matterhorn at the Turkish Twist because of how fast they were operated. They'll make an appearance in tomorrow's video.
Squadron 33 is so much fun and that hangtime is absolutely insane
Agreed!
I love the KMG XXL rides. I'd have also included the KMG Infinity and Booster Maxx
KMG makes some awesome flats.
My top 5:
1) Infinity - Traveling
2) Propeller - Traveling
3) Konga - Traveling
4) Voodoo Jumper - Traveling
5) Talocan Phantasialand
European fairs know how to run flat rides!
My favourite flat ride is the J.A O'brien's flash dancer waltzer at pleasureland arbroath as it has recently been going faster with a smoke machine, lazers and tons of other lightning effects
I love waltzers.
Flatrides in the US look cool, but especially in the big parks they are badly operated. For example the Tourbillon. Looks great from the outside, the ride itself is pretty boring.
My favorites are Hi-Roller at funfairs in the US, Vertigo at Tivoli Kopenhagen, AirWolf at German funfairs (like Soaring Timbers, but with a way better program), Dragon Wrestling Tournament and Dragon Riders (sic!) at Legendia, but i think the last 2 are defunct.
I still need to get on a Hi-Roller. Those look crazy. Does AirWolf have better restraints? That was a big issue with Soaring Timbers for me.
Have you been on a satori rides roto techno they’re really similar to vodo jump and have a really intense cycle if you haven’t gotten on one they operate in Spanish fairs and they’re pretty easy to find there
I haven't yet.
My old home park had a huss rainbow that had a single position lap bar and for the edge seats had a side bar you could hold on to it when I rode it I was four and hated it but a few years later when I came back that ride was gone it was called Carreta Descabotada and it ran for 16 years
A lot of Huss Rainbows are being removed.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah that one was removed in 2014
I've been on a zamperla power surge before and I have to tell you that is one intense ride.
Agreed!
Canobie Coaster I think intense rides are fun.
Are you a thrill seeker because I am?
I absolutely am.
Canobie Coaster I also like Larson super loops
Knoebels certainly has the best flyers. Our favorite flat is MAXAIR at Cedar Point. Kris makes me ride that at least 5 times a visit.
maXair is a lot of fun. It's one of the best frisbee rides.
@@CanobieCoaster agreed, does not hurt how close it is to Wicked Twister. Makes a nice 1, 2 Punch.
Good list, but it really hurt me that you put The Beast at 25. We've got The Beast travelling the shows In Australia. I'm glad that you guys in America have one though :) My favourite flat ride would either be X Scream Soundwave Waltzer, No Limit (Mondial Furiozo), The Beast (KMG XXL), XXXL (KMG Inversion), Freak Out with lap bar and Fury (Funtime Chaos Pendle)
I have no issue with more Beast rides existing. I want KMG to build more of those rides.
@@CanobieCoaster if you ever do get the opportunity when everything has settled down try out a Mondial Furiozo it's the most intense ride that I've ever done :)
@@flamingliger5533 I rode one at Oktoberfest a few years ago. It was good, but I prefer the KMG and Zamperla versions.
My favorite ride is the zipper. I rode it one time with my best friend. I’ve been on other rides. It’s been a long time. What’s your favorite rides rated it number one pick is the zipper that is a flat rid it’s a very unique ride. It has lots of lights. If you do lots of flips, it goes one way and then the other. but it is no longer made so enjoy it if you see it if you ride it have fun if there’s any problems tell someone
I wish Zippers allowed single riders. Everyone I go with never wants to ride it.
My town's amusement Park has a waltzer ride where there's usually 2-3 people on the track spinning the seats
Nice!
Where do rides like a Flying Coaster Flat Ride, a Screaming Swing, a Bayern Kurve, or a Zamperla Sky Hawk tank?
Bayern Kurves aren't even in my top 10 himalaya style rides. I prefer the traditional seating that give better laterals.
Sky Hawks are ok, but nowhere near this list.
Kangaroo almost made this list.
Flat rides aren’t my thing. I can go on ANY coaster but i hate flat rides since they can do anything 😂
They make me dizzy and sick but dark rides are dope
The only flat ride that makes me sick are specific pendulum rides. Swinging ships almost always do it. And some of the slower/smaller frisbees can as well. But I have no issue with the larger frisbees or screamin' swings oddly enough.
What about the S&S Screamin Swing? Skyhawk at Cedar point was phenomenal for me
Most of the Screamin' Swings sort of blend together for me. They're fun, but the short cycles really hold them back.
Personally, I'm not a fan of flat rides!!! However, my family is obsessed with scramblers for some reason! Also, I've never ridden any big drop towers over 30 feet... I'm afraid of heights! (That's why)
I love the indoor scramblers.
Wow ! I like Flying Aces too, but not that much.
I love snapping.
Sledge Hammer at Canada's Wonderland is one my favourites!
I love that weird ride.
Have you ever been on a Huss Magic/Circus Circus or a Flying Circus (van orsouw) or the original KMG Move-it 32 ?? We use to have crazy machines here in NL/EU. They really messed up your equilibrium :)
The Magic was just ok. I've ridden a few KMG Move Its and have enjoyed them.
I love kmg speed most and then kmg inversion, technical park loop fighter and mondial top scan
KMG makes great flats.
I can’t believe I never knew about “snapping” that looks insanely fun.
Yes, but many parks don't allow it.
I agree with number 1 One hundred percent I rode it for my birthday
It's a fantastic ride.
I’ve been on 25, 24, 22, 14, 13 but at a different park, 7, 4 and 3 at a different park, 2 at a different park and also a Suspended Top Spin but The Crypt at Kings Dominion
Nice!
Wow I think that’s the same conestoga that was Hershey Park years ago.
It is.
@@CanobieCoaster WOW Thanks for confirming that one the fewer flats that HP had at the time
My favourite flatrides are found on the European fairs and are the next rides:
Ghostrider
Infinity from Hoefnagels
Nightfly ( is a topspin ride in germany)
Air from Dante ( UK ride and starshape)
Move it 32
Take Off
Enterprise (this is the only ride that is no more on fairs)
Inversion xxl
European fairs always have the craziest rides.
@@CanobieCoaster not always ;) there are rides my country ( Belgium ) will never see because its to expensive then... Some thrill rides in Germany on the fairs are around 3dollar... in Belgium begin price = 5 dollar... and its always the same... would love to do a ride in a imperator or a ride thats only on big fairs in the states and not in Europe... i hope that the familys who owns a thrill ride survives the covid period... we got a year of no fairs, amusement parcs, no theater... nothing :(
My favorite flat ride is defunct sadly but it was maelstrom at moreys piers I don't even know what that ride was but wow I miss it so much
That was a really fun one.
I went on the waltzer on south pier last year, I go to blackpool every year for a day out to pleasure beach but last year we went to stay at the Big Blue hotel, on the first day we got there we did ripleys believe it or not coral island and the pier, we went on it right after ice cream, probably not a good idea, never felt sick or anything but it still wasn’t a good idea…
Also, it gets your stomach
*quite a bit*
That ride is awesome.
I have never been on Zipper
Zipper is on my Bucket list
Those rides are crazy. A lot of fairs by me have them. Just know you need a partner to ride.
@@CanobieCoaster Ok
@@CanobieCoaster yes. If you come through the line by yourself you will be turned away, and often rather rudely.
@@MrMywildside Carnies aren't known for their friendliness anywhere. Just their efficiency.
Depending on the rules they are operating with, sometimes they will convince a pair to allow a single to join them.
im pretty familiar with top scans and i agree that its an awesome ride, the first time i did it i was pretty young, and i kept being pushed to the over side of the seat, so a kid vomited on the second cycle on the seat next to me and it started raining so we had to get off, we got a free ticket and rode it again, this time it was much more intense, since the gondolas were at full swing, the way how fast we rotated was so intense, it slowed down and then i got flipped upside down for 5 SECONDS straight, definitely gave a lot of hangtime, unfortunately the carnival is only open druing summer between 2 july and 16 or 15 august, so i have to wait till next year
They're one of my favorite flats.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah, for some reason i cant stop laughing my ass off on crazy flat rides
My favourite flat ride is a flyable. It's sad the attraction is extinct as well as the park at where it's located. :(
Dang!
Nobody talks about wipeout at knoebels. Besides drop towers it's the most intense flat ride I've ridden. It spins ridiculously fast the entire ride, and the sustained laterals physically drained me. The ride op had the cycle go for nearly 5 minutes, I'm pretty sure he was trying to make us vomit. I don't get nauseous on rides, but I was so dizzy after the ride that I couldn't find the exit. It's really insane for a park like Knoebels
I was always spoiled by Canobie's Wipeout. That one ran a crazy program until they toned it down.
Vertigo made me, a Swede, wish I was Danish. It's that unbelievably good.
Lol
Next time your in the UK try to get on atmosphere creator waltzer if you can at night. It's has the best lights I have ever seen on any ride and it has really loud hardcore rave music and one of the fastest cycles I have ever had on any waltzer.
Is that a traveling one?
@@CanobieCoaster it is yes. If not there is a well maintained classic waltzer from the sixties That is insanely quick and a very very old twist ride from the fifties I believe. It's at a small seaside pier called Walton pier. Just down the road is Clacton pier just been voted the UK's best pier.
"Toxic" looks pretty insane, u should try it
Ok!
Ouu i live in MyrtleBeach! The beast is such a great ride!
Indeed.
Ive been been to one of these break dance things but it was named crazy dance, i rode it with my cousin and bro near the corner it swings you so hard i hit my temporal bone i was almost passing out my vision even blacked out a bit for the next 3 minutes
Was that the Palace Playland one?
I rode a waltzer recently and due to my weight I didn’t stop spinning and felt as if my cart was about to fly off it’s axis
I love those rides.
Flyingcircus was the best at now defunct vidampark hungary. Really one of a kind
That ride looks incredible.
Anyone who likes Skater should try Weber's Airwolf (Sky Control). It is basically the same ride base, but with only two flipping gondolas, mounted opposite each other.
Biggest advantage: It's not as hard on the knees.
I found the seats on Soaring Timbers at Canada's Wonderland (same ride type) more uncomfortable, but Airwolf looks to have a far more intense program.
@@CanobieCoasterI agree, seating on Airwolf can be a little claustrophobic. I can't speak to anything that was built in America after '99, so the German fair circuit is my reference.
Speaking of references. BOOSTER also comes highly recommended as a reference for strongest g-force on any ride I ever took. Also, very long cycle with some variations.
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How many frisbee rides did you come off sick or queasy? Examples:
Swinging ships do it more.
I LOVE THE ZIPPER
Me too.
In my Top 5 (in no particular order):
Soriani & Moser “Extasy” Energy Storm 5 (Mighty Bluegrass Shows) 🇺🇸
Technical Park “Delusion” Pegasus 16 (Dreamland Amusements) 🇺🇸
Technical Park “Superman 360” Street Fighter Revolution (Dreamland Amusements) 🇺🇸
Mondial “Magnum” Shake R5 (Wood Ent) 🇺🇸
Tivoli “Techno Power” Remix 6 Arm (Wood Ent) 🇺🇸
All wild rides!
@@CanobieCoaster absolutely and those are the only flat rides I do is they gotta be intense and of not, I don’t go on them
What about the inverter chance ride
They're disorienting, but the restraints are super tight.
@@CanobieCoaster did you know clementon park had inverter ride a long time ago
I did not. I only went there in 2017.
@@CanobieCoaster I have a cedar point raptor shirt
I Love The Looping Starships.
Those give great hangtime.
Top Scan at my home park is crazy, when it stops at the top and spins, and then it stops, so if you got lucky you will be stuck upside down for a good minute
What's you home park?
@@CanobieCoaster Fantasy world in Almaty
can you do a review on x scream
Potentially later this year.
why do you not do it now it would be great to get it out of the way instaid of waiting
please review mountain monmsyter
I have already.
#15 looks cool I do that one🤣
Nice!
'feels like your legs are getting ripped off'......'closest feeling to almost dying' and 'cycle was almost 8 minutes long' ......... are NOT things I look for in a ride haha!
I like a forceful ride.
My first time ridding a Zipper was horrible I had to do it with a kid and he wouldn’t stop screaming and yelling but the second time a few years ago was a lot more fun
I wish I could ride Zippers more often, but I have problems finding people to ride with.
The zipper was in the same scene as the roller coaster accident on final destination 3
I just knew the Corkscrew was.
the ELEVATOR BACK DOWN IS A DROP TOWER????
Yup!
btw you say Looke not Lokiiie on Loke at Liseberg. And how you said Liseberg was ok.
Ok thanks!
Hey is a music express ride a flat ride and a bertazzon rock n roll ride
Both are flat rides to me.
Hey hey hooooooooo
I've been on the Blackpool walzers and it's insane
Sure is.
@@CanobieCoaster Hull fair ones are crazy aswell
I'd like to see the Chance Turbo make a comeback, simple geometry producing extreme disorientation.
I wish I could've tried that.
I love #16 park love going there some much fun #1 i so want to ride because its so close to my original home
Nice!
We visited lake Winnie every year when I was a kid the Conestoga ride scared me to death I thought I was going to fall out lol
It shocked me.
i had the exact same experience on waltzer, it was run by this crazy Spaniard and he didn't show any mercy
Europeans know how to run flat rides.
Theres one at my local fair called hellblazer, and they spin you non-stop, to the point where you cant even lift your head back forwards
When you said Skater for #2, I thought you meant the Canobie Lake Park Skater and not the Oktoberfest one
Nope, Canobie's.
@@CanobieCoaster Oh