Your favorite carnival ride

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Poll question: Your favorite carnival ride

By this I mean the portable rides that travel from one state fair to another.
If your favorite isn't listed, please reply with it.

[Inchworm]

1. The Zipper!

Nothing beats like being tossed around like popcorn in a steel cage!

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[AggieGal]

10. That ride scares me!

[Inchworm]

13. fear is the mindkiller

hehe

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[AggieGal]

14. Fear has kept me away from Six Flags

even though it is less than 10 minutes from me.

[brentspeak]

2. Rolling Thunder, a roller coaster at Great Adventure

[Lars39]

3. Got free rides on the Zipper once at the county fair as a teen.

Made it thru 7 rides in a row. :greenface:

[grace0418]

4. The Tilt-a-Whirl is my favorite of the local carnival rides (as opposed to the

huge rides at places like Great America). For some reason it makes me laugh myself silly. I can't explain it, I immediately start howling with laughter as soon as it starts. My husband hates rides that spin so I always have a hard time getting anyone to go on it with me.

[Bjornsdotter]

9. Same here

...I love it, Mr Bjornsdotter hates it.

Meet ya at the Lake County fair, by the Tilt-a-Whirl.

Cheers

[grace0418]

18. Hey Lake County! You're on!

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[catmandu57]

5. The Flying Bob

At least that's what they used to call it. You went around in a circle up and down the car flew in and out, damn i'd better quit or I'll get this locked.

[MsKandice01]

6. I gotta go with the Zipper also....

Just seeing the word "Gravitron" makes me shudder though. I've always found the piss/sweat/vomit aroma that permeates those things to be a bit much to take.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Hmmm, I'm not even sure what the Zipper is.

Off to Google I suppose. In fact, I'm not even sure what the name is of my favorite ride. But I must say I do like carnivals. So much more fun than stationary amusement parks. Atmosphere that doesn't quit.

ETA: Googled. OMG! That's the thing the insane folks ride. Eeek! Never worked up the nerve. Guess I'm a tilt-a-whirl girl.

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8. I've been on the Zipper once in my life, and I thought my stomach was going to come out of my mouth

Horrible feeling. I don't understand why people like it.

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. That's pretty much what I thought it might do. Sorry, not interested.

[China_cat]

12. Not a one of them.

I used to travel with a carnival and I know what holds those things together.

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20. What?

[China_cat]

21. Just that.

I know how those rides go together.

Consider, they're put up and taken down on an average of once a week for 8 or 9 months out of a year. They're torn down starting about midnight on Saturday, moved from 100 to 300 miles and put back up in order to be ready to run by 4pm Monday. They HAVE to be ready to run. So shortcuts are often taken.

Rides in a park that are safety inspected and not full of makeshifts are different.

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23. I guess that adds to the thrill - not knowing if it's going to fall apart.

[supernova]

15. You forgot the Himalaya

I love it, even though I feel like i'm gonna get thrown out of my seat becaus I'm so small. :D

[Adsos Letter]

16. Gotta' be tilt-a-whirl...

anything more than that and it's :puke: for me...

:D

[Kali]

17. AHEM ....... Merry-go-round....

ok the tilt-a-whirl

[Scooter24]

19. Oh god...hated the Octopus...

:scared:

[MonkeyFunk]

22. any good old

wooden roller coaster.