Our mom grew up here and just adored this and Rye was her happy home for 13 years, she loved it so much she took us here on our sixteenth birthday to see it... also discovered flea of red hot chili peppers grew up in Rye😊❤
Great old rides I remember growing up with. Playland at the Beach in San Francisco had many of these rides in the 50's & 60's including the Twister, the Roller plane that did go horizontal, and that ride called the Metor that spun the three circular ride platforms and then went up in the air off the rising arm that lifted the entire ride platform. Such fun memories of great older amusement park rides, including the Wild Mouse, the octopus and the diving bell!!!!!!
I love this video ! Thank you to whoever posted it ! Brings back great memories. The Twister, Over the top , the flying scooters . I wish those rides were still there .
Question. Went there with my younger sister in the 60s. A ride that had slanted floors and funny mirrors ended in a elevator that collapses and you are bounced down the magic carpet. Anyone remember?.
I don't remember the "Over the Top" ride rotating on a horizontal plane, like it did here on this video. Did they stop doing that or is my memory just that bad?
Someone told me that “ Over the Top road horizontal but I didn’t believe him . In all the years I went to Playland, I’ve never seen the ride do this . But there it is !
harami48 I use to go to day camp every summer in the late 60’s and 70’s , the camp would take us to Playland once a week and I’ve never seen the ride go horizontal but I was told by one of the camp councilors that ride did this ! They must have stopped doing this but it’s cool to see it ! They should bring back all the classic rides. That’s what made Playland great !
Yeah , I remember that, over the top, when I first went there in late 70s , early 80s, then they replaced that with the double loop o planes.. I think or flying planes, it’s still there today. That twister ride, I remember that when I was like 7, didn’t it make a loud weird noise as it got older? I kind of remember it making a loud noise from the motor, when it started...
Over The Top (Roll-O-Plane) did go horizontal until 1966. This was because beginning in 1966, insurance companies would no longer insure Roll-O-Plane rides if they went horizontal. This had to have been because of an accident -- someone falling out because of the R key (cotter pin in the door) failing or not being in place -- but I haven't found any such info. I know that when I rode it at Palisades or Rye Beach, I didn't like the horizontal ride, especially if riding alone. It was uncomfortable being thrown back and forth against the sides of the car, and laying on the door with my full weight so high above the ground made me nervous, so I stopped riding it after only my third time. The Rye Beach ride was an older model, and the top section of the door was completely open, not caged like the newer Palisades model. I only rode the Rye Beach ride once (we went to Palisades more, anyway). In 1966 at Palisades, I saw that the ride didn't go horizontal. I asked the ride operator why, and he said, "it doesn't do that anymore." I thought he meant that it was broken, so I didn't question it further. But I resumed riding it, since it no longer went horizontal. We went to Rye Beach again the following year and their ride didn't go horizontal either. It wasn't until many years later that I found out about the insurance issue. If you want a laugh, years later in 1973, I went to a carnival in the parking lot of a department store, and climbed into their Roll-O-Plane with my girlfriend. Ladies first, so I got in after her, next to the door. It went horizontal! I was laying on the door with her weight on top of me, and I actually panicked -- I could just feel that the door was going to fall open any second, and I'm yelling "Get off me!" and she's saying "I can't!" and laughing hysterically. When we got off, I said to the ride operator, "I thought these rides didn't tilt back anymore!" and he didn't say anything. Sorry this was so long!
I lived at Playland growing up ! I use to go to Day Camp and go to Playland every week ! I was told by one of the counselors that the Over The Top ride would operate like this but I never saw it ! They must of stopped doing this !
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Our mom grew up here and just adored this and Rye was her happy home for 13 years, she loved it so much she took us here on our sixteenth birthday to see it...
also discovered flea of red hot chili peppers grew up in Rye😊❤
Totally love this. Appreciate the footage of the different rides. Just as I remember it. Thanks.
Great old rides I remember growing up with. Playland at the Beach in San Francisco had many of these rides in the 50's & 60's including the Twister, the Roller plane that did go horizontal, and that ride called the Metor that spun the three circular ride platforms and then went up in the air off the rising arm that lifted the entire ride platform. Such fun memories of great older amusement park rides, including the Wild Mouse, the octopus and the diving bell!!!!!!
I love this video ! Thank you to whoever posted it ! Brings back great memories.
The Twister, Over the top , the flying scooters . I wish those rides were still there .
I miss you pop
GREAT
Awesome
The twister is still there basically but its different
Question. Went there with my younger sister in the 60s. A ride that had slanted floors and funny mirrors ended in a elevator that collapses and you are bounced down the magic carpet. Anyone remember?.
Yes
I was there then!
Me too.
The Spider!!!!!!!!!! I need to find a picture of the Flying Witch and Zombie Castle's artwork from the early 1980s! Help!
I don't remember the "Over the Top" ride rotating on a horizontal plane, like it did here on this video. Did they stop doing that or is my memory just that bad?
Someone told me that “ Over the Top road horizontal but I didn’t believe him . In all the years I went to Playland, I’ve never seen the ride do this . But there it is !
harami48 I use to go to day camp every summer in the late 60’s and 70’s , the camp would take us to Playland once a week and I’ve never seen the ride go horizontal but I was told by one of the camp councilors that ride did this ! They must have stopped doing this but it’s cool to see it ! They should bring back all the classic rides. That’s what made Playland great !
Yeah , I remember that, over the top, when I first went there in late 70s , early 80s, then they replaced that with the double loop o planes.. I think or flying planes, it’s still there today. That twister ride, I remember that when I was like 7, didn’t it make a loud weird noise as it got older? I kind of remember it making a loud noise from the motor, when it started...
Over The Top (Roll-O-Plane) did go horizontal until 1966. This was because beginning in 1966, insurance companies would no longer insure Roll-O-Plane rides if they went horizontal.
This had to have been because of an accident -- someone falling out because of the R key (cotter pin in the door) failing or not being in place -- but I haven't found any such info. I know that when I rode it at Palisades or Rye Beach, I didn't like the horizontal ride, especially if riding alone. It was uncomfortable being thrown back and forth against the sides of the car, and laying on the door with my full weight so high above the ground made me nervous, so I stopped riding it after only my third time. The Rye Beach ride was an older model, and the top section of the door was completely open, not caged like the newer Palisades model. I only rode the Rye Beach ride once (we went to Palisades more, anyway).
In 1966 at Palisades, I saw that the ride didn't go horizontal. I asked the ride operator why, and he said, "it doesn't do that anymore." I thought he meant that it was broken, so I didn't question it further. But I resumed riding it, since it no longer went horizontal. We went to Rye Beach again the following year and their ride didn't go horizontal either. It wasn't until many years later that I found out about the insurance issue.
If you want a laugh, years later in 1973, I went to a carnival in the parking lot of a department store, and climbed into their Roll-O-Plane with my girlfriend. Ladies first, so I got in after her, next to the door. It went horizontal! I was laying on the door with her weight on top of me, and I actually panicked -- I could just feel that the door was going to fall open any second, and I'm yelling "Get off me!" and she's saying "I can't!" and laughing hysterically. When we got off, I said to the ride operator, "I thought these rides didn't tilt back anymore!" and he didn't say anything.
Sorry this was so long!
I lived at Playland growing up ! I use to go to Day Camp and go to Playland every week ! I was told by one of the counselors that the Over The Top ride would operate like this but I never saw it !
They must of stopped doing this !