Hutch
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Right next to my school, an annual carnival was set up this past weekend. So I figured I’d take a quick visit. I remember coming to this same carnival many years ago, and I quite enjoyed it. I’ve visited similar fairs with similar rides, but it’s been a few years since I actually went to one. The place wasn’t too packed. There was quite a few people walking around, but it didn’t seem like anyone went on the rides.
They had a bunch of generic flat rides, like this sad little ferris wheel...
...and some sketchy rides.
I've been on a Zipper ride a couple times before (my pre-goon years). I remember it being quite scary, but still a lot of fun. Not sure if I'd enjoy it as much now, looks a bit uncomfortable.
Classic Round Up ride.
This thing looked interesting at first, but then I realized it was sort of like a Magic Carpet ride. It didn't flip you around or do anything crazy like that.
The carnival had a couple ticket booths at each end of the park. (You can see one in the picture above). I felt bad for whoever had to sit in there all day in that hot, cramped space.
Anyway, I didn't bother for any of the flats. I came here for one reason and one reason only.
WooHOO! Airtime!!!
Later I did a search on RCDB for confirmation. The cred is called Orient Express, designed by Wisdom Rides, and there're a bunch of other clones scattered around.
One ride was three tickets, and each ticket cost one dollar (or $20 for unlimited rides). Like all the other rides there, there was pretty much no queue. So I got my tickets and hopped right on. The plan was to ride back row, but some mom and her child stole it, so I went on front row instead.
I wasn't expecting the lap bars to have all this hard padding wrapped around. Though it wasn’t a big problem.
The ride itself was actually pretty fun! The little hill was alright, and the turn had a bit of lateral gs. The thing that made it really great was the number of laps it had. I was thought it would have three or four cycles at most, but no! It went around the circuit at least eight or nine times! I kept waiting for the train to come to a stop at the staion but it kept going around.
Realistically I think it's in my bottom 5. But hey, it's really just another kiddie cred.
Here's a goon shot of one of the three wheels that pushed the train through.
After that it was time to go. I actually didn't have that much time to spend there. It would've been nice to go on some of the flat rides, but I wasn't disappointed and I didn't think I'd be missing out on much.
I did get a few pics of some of other rides on my way out.
I used to love going on these Frisbee/Claw type rides, but now that I've been on big boys like MaXair and a couple Screamin' Swings, this thing seemed tiny!
If I had time to ride a second ride, it would have to bee this.
There was also a Scrambler, Fun House, some other flats, and a whole load of **** carnival games.
Here's two more pictures of the carnival as we drove out.
And that's about it. I was only in the fair for around ten minutes. It was great to have an easy-access cred or me to take. (Maybe next year they'll have a different one!) Hope you've enjoyed reading this little report.
They had a bunch of generic flat rides, like this sad little ferris wheel...
...and some sketchy rides.
I've been on a Zipper ride a couple times before (my pre-goon years). I remember it being quite scary, but still a lot of fun. Not sure if I'd enjoy it as much now, looks a bit uncomfortable.
Classic Round Up ride.
This thing looked interesting at first, but then I realized it was sort of like a Magic Carpet ride. It didn't flip you around or do anything crazy like that.
The carnival had a couple ticket booths at each end of the park. (You can see one in the picture above). I felt bad for whoever had to sit in there all day in that hot, cramped space.
Anyway, I didn't bother for any of the flats. I came here for one reason and one reason only.
WooHOO! Airtime!!!
Later I did a search on RCDB for confirmation. The cred is called Orient Express, designed by Wisdom Rides, and there're a bunch of other clones scattered around.
One ride was three tickets, and each ticket cost one dollar (or $20 for unlimited rides). Like all the other rides there, there was pretty much no queue. So I got my tickets and hopped right on. The plan was to ride back row, but some mom and her child stole it, so I went on front row instead.
I wasn't expecting the lap bars to have all this hard padding wrapped around. Though it wasn’t a big problem.
The ride itself was actually pretty fun! The little hill was alright, and the turn had a bit of lateral gs. The thing that made it really great was the number of laps it had. I was thought it would have three or four cycles at most, but no! It went around the circuit at least eight or nine times! I kept waiting for the train to come to a stop at the staion but it kept going around.
Realistically I think it's in my bottom 5. But hey, it's really just another kiddie cred.
Here's a goon shot of one of the three wheels that pushed the train through.
After that it was time to go. I actually didn't have that much time to spend there. It would've been nice to go on some of the flat rides, but I wasn't disappointed and I didn't think I'd be missing out on much.
I did get a few pics of some of other rides on my way out.
I used to love going on these Frisbee/Claw type rides, but now that I've been on big boys like MaXair and a couple Screamin' Swings, this thing seemed tiny!
If I had time to ride a second ride, it would have to bee this.
There was also a Scrambler, Fun House, some other flats, and a whole load of **** carnival games.
Here's two more pictures of the carnival as we drove out.
And that's about it. I was only in the fair for around ten minutes. It was great to have an easy-access cred or me to take. (Maybe next year they'll have a different one!) Hope you've enjoyed reading this little report.
