Hey all, don't know if this is in the right forum but here goes.
I went on holiday to Yorkshire last week, and while I was there went to a funfair in a town called Bridlington. Whilst there I went on a ride which I think was called 'Danger Zone', or something along those lines. The ride was like a ferris wheel, with all cars being a cage which could spin upside down. Rides hav a bar which when pulled locks the car into its current position.
The ride was very violent and I was the only person on. I banged my head on the roof of the cage whislt riding and got a headache the following day. I was sick later in the week and was dizzy the day after. I had to go to A+E on Saturday night once I got home, and was told I had post concussive trauma.
I was just wondering if anyone knew of rides like these, or if anyone who lives in that area could give me some more info. I think it was a new ride for this year, I have been visiting for 4 years now and it wasn't there last year. I don't intend to go for compensation or anything as many people have said I should, at the end of the day it was a rough fairground ride.
Thanks.
Travelling Fairs
- Dagan
- Member
- Posts: 741
- Joined: Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:55 pm
- Location: Not here
- Contact:
I know what one you are onabout i ahev rode one of those things was it a white coloured wheel as far as i can remember a star shape? i cant remember what it was called but ill find a pic...
Yep.
I went on one, they're normally at the fair on Guy Fawlkes night. They were actually quite intense, however ricketty and blatently cr*p.
Huss made a decent one of them, for Alton, yes please
:firebounce:
I went on one, they're normally at the fair on Guy Fawlkes night. They were actually quite intense, however ricketty and blatently cr*p.
Huss made a decent one of them, for Alton, yes please
:firebounce:
yea that ride stoped comeing to my local fair about 2 years ago me and my friends thought oh finaly its broken it was verry old when it was round my fair and they had blue thin cousioned leather seats and a white bar across your lap and the cars were egg shaped? ill still try and find the pic for you but thats all i can remember
- Vik
- Member
- Posts: 2978
- Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:37 pm
- Location: Ellesmere Port
- Contact:
Thats the one I'm thinking of too, remember them from years ago when I used to visit the fair when it arrived in town. Silcox fair used to have one, havent seen it for a few years though. Maybe it finally fell to bits.blue thin cousioned leather seats and a white bar across your lap and the cars were egg shaped?
Sent from my ZX81 via Time Travel
Right i have found out what it was my mom said they had that ride when she was a kid it has eight cars and its never had a name untill i found one called Rock o Plane...My mom said it was one of the best fair rides out with the waltzers back then...Ive only been on it once and once was enough i hate those type of ride i also hate the waltzers i think there a waster you just get spun untill you feel sick
Well heres a pic of it...
http://www.kisselbros.com/ride%20rockoplane.jpg :mrgreen:
enjoy!
Well heres a pic of it...
http://www.kisselbros.com/ride%20rockoplane.jpg :mrgreen:
enjoy!
Last edited by Anonymous on Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
O well Beat you to it lol No hard feelings
Last edited by Anonymous on Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Are this was my favorite ride till it got banned at my local fair I used to love it at night in the strobe lights, was amazing. We used to call them THE EGGS because they were white cages and looked like eggs, theres 2 types of them out and about now, one were you go forwards and backwards or theres one were you spin sidewards, ill get pics laters
Edit: Right i got some pics, they are called rock-o-planes and this is my favortie version of it http://www.atfotf97.com/rides/rockoplane/00881.html and this is the one were you spin sideways http://www.atfotf97.com/rides/rockoplane/00879.html well i hope thats what your on about any ways
Edit: Right i got some pics, they are called rock-o-planes and this is my favortie version of it http://www.atfotf97.com/rides/rockoplane/00881.html and this is the one were you spin sideways http://www.atfotf97.com/rides/rockoplane/00879.html well i hope thats what your on about any ways
Last edited by Williscroft on Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
There are some pretty good and pretty mean fair rides out there i love the mask ride i think thats the best or the twister one there top!
- air_head
- Member
- Posts: 195
- Joined: Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:08 pm
- Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Yea thats true there is no paddeding just a wooden chair with a tin layer of foam and covered in a leather im surprised they are still going round now i thought when it didnt turn upto my fair for 2 years that they had itehr been banned or removed for safty obv not
- lee 2
- New Member
- Posts: 8
- Joined: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:41 pm
- Location: North yorkshire
- Contact:
hi, i have a pic of the ride you are on about on my site
http://northyorkshirefunfairs.fpic.co.uk/p19305060.html
http://northyorkshirefunfairs.fpic.co.uk/p19305060.html