Am I the only person who feels unsafe on a ride such as Thunderhawk at Worlds of Fun or any other rumle-tumble top spin rides?

Perfect example :

I was at Lake Compounce 2 years ago in the back row on one of these "death tumblers" as I like to call them after this experience. The ride was over, and over-all I enjoyed, except for the long periods of hanging upside down. But then, me and this group of about five teenage girsl were last to get off. We stood up and the freely rotating seats began to move. They almost did a complete rotation before the ride op went berserk and started slamming on brake buttons. I've seen people afraid before, but the look on these girl's faces were of sheer terror. I actually shouldn't talk, I was probably looking like that too.

I notice now, Lake Compounce has replaced that little mechanism of death with a flyer. I have yet to ride a top-spin, or whatever they're called, since then, although I plan to at Worlds of Fun on the Thunderhawk.

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Yes. They are completely unsafe, and should never be ridden.

That's why they are still made.

Absolutely, don't forget the HUSS Enterprises. Cars fly off of those things all of the time and get stuck in trees.

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Here is a rather bad Enterprise accident that happened a few years ago at a traveling fair...

Like Deisel said... DANGEROUS.

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Oh sh--. You did it again coasterz. LOL!

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LOL,just goes to show that you can do just about anything with a photograph,a graphics editing program & too much spare time.

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that is absolutely hilarious!

i feel safe on them, but my sandals dont as i have seen them go flying over a fence at WOF and Thunderhawk is the only one i have been on, dont be afraid to ride it, it is awesome and fun!

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They are death machines. Thank god you warned all of us.

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hmm its funny cause cars have fell off enterprize rides...ooh and dont forget the guy whos cage opened up and he almost fell out!..he worte all about it on TN...

Speaking of cars falling off a ride. Could you imagine if your chair fell off of a wave swinger while it was running? Perhaps CoasterZ could do a picture that depicts an event of that nature.

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here is one of the infamous swinging ship disaster, it was just caught in a freak wind

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I'm pretty gullible, but did that really happen?

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I've been worried while riding Top Spins. On the Strates Shows version, I had a blast when it was manually controled by the operator. I was hanging upside down for a good few seconds. I was worried my chain was going to fall off and all the blood rushing to my head.
On the Fly Away at SFNE they stopped the ride cycle to check my cage. It would have been nuts if the underbody of it just popped right off. I think the Huss rides are all pretty bad ass looking. They like to push it to the extreme.

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no, the singing ship ic isnt real, just used phtoshop

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Yeah, I really like riding the Top Spin at the traveling Strates shows. Whenever I've ridden them, the ride is manually controlled by the operator and they usually extend the ride longer. I think it's one of the best least-of-a-rip-off-rides at the fair.

yeah the flyaway at SFNE..Nightwing thatride is so cool looking.. but the bubles that keep you in place hurt me.. and there is np OTSR or seatbelt..you just get pushed by the 2 pads and thats it

those pics are hilarious!

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Speak of the devil!

There's this small mini park by me called Boomers. It used to be called Bullwinkles until they had an accident involving a wave swinger.

When the people were on it, the support structure that rotates to move the chairs collapsed! I don't know if anyone died but there were injuries. The worst part is, this is like a kiddie place, so most of the people injured were probably really young.

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Maybe I exagerated about the top spins by calling them mechanisms of death and all that. But I was just stating my opinion. I don't feel safe on them.

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Does anyone ever felt unsafe of a Zipper ride??? or is it just me

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The Zierer "WaveSwinger" is raised and lowered by four sets of cables connected to a hydrolic ram. There was a carnival company that replaced those cables (for preventitive maintanance) with inferior cables NOT from Zierer, and the tower did collapse, injuring quite a few, only a couple severely though. MOST ride accidents are caused by one of two things: 1. Extremely poor maintanance, or 2. Stupid riders.

Speaking of the Zierer waveswinger I found a good flatride site a while back that shows the exact mechanism that Genezix is talking about.

In one of the pics on the site it even shows the ride operating without the panels on the central column allowing you to see the cable carrier & hydraulic ram...not to mention just how skinny the actual column itself really is,they also describe in great detail how the oscilating motion of the ride works as well.

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i actually tired to use the edit button but the 'submit edited post' button was gray'd out...sorry :|

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I have felt unsafe on a Zipper. Every time i ride it! I love that thing. No i really do no feel unsafe on the Zipper. The cages are held on tightly. As long as your door stays closed you are fine.

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I've never been on a zipper. I see them all the time at the carnival that comes to my town, but I never ride it. I'm too busy with the swinging ships. They also have this strange ride called Arabian Knights. It's similar to Da Vinci's Cradle at BGW, only all the seats are facing forwards toward the queue line, instead of staring at eachother.

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Powers Midway has that ride or used to it is called the AliBaba there. They have many different versions.

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Um what u said happend could have NEVER happened(person who started post) If it fully rotated, ud be dead! or wuld have fallen off, and the seats dont freely rotate, the gondala does, and it would have to do a full rotation for u to flip dumbass

Ummm, no, it did happen. They changed the name, there were problems, and I know what happens a few miles from my home.

No one flipped, the ride collapsed or something. Don't be such an @sshole.

I never said half the things you claim I did in your post.

I said nothing about filpping or the chairs swining freely.

By the way, you can call me Dynamite_Phase rather than putting my actions in parenthesis.

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i love topspins, but i HATE zippers. Zippers can just melt in the fiery pit of Gehena. Yep. Topsins are awesome, I cant wait to see what Riptide can do! and Der Twister at SFFT is my fave. Gotta love that hunk of wood in the middle. and the small stream of liquid blue stuff flowing out of the wholes. Why dont they turn those on? Hmm.

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I think so. I have been on quite a few and have never had any problems.