What was your favorite ride/s to go on, at an amusement part, fair or carnival. Mine was "The Mouse", What about you?

[debm55]

[displacedvermoter]

1. Water slides and flume rides!

[debm55]

2. Yes, loved those, Thank you very much for sharing. displacedvermoter.

[pdxflyboy]

3. The Dragon Coaster

At PlayLand Amusement Park, Rye, NY. I can still smell the creosote from the wooden beams on a warm, summer afternoon.

[debm55]

5. Thank you very much for sharing pdxflyboy with us.

[bullimiami]

4. The wild mouse? The little roller coaster?

Rode one at Palisades Park maybe 60 years ago.

[debm55]

6. Yes, bullimiami. I loved the "mouse" It wasn't long but it went fast and it curved around those bends. Thank you

[Nittersing]

7. Pal Park!!

Grew up in Leonia.

Palisades has the rides, Palisades has the fun
Come on over....

[debm55]

8. Thank you Nittersing. We went to Kennywood Park, in West Mifflin, PA

[displacedvermoter]

9. Swings all day and after dark ..

[debm55]

12. Thank you very much for sharing with us, displacedvermoter.

[Ocelot II]

10. The Tilt-A-Whirl.

I also liked the Round-Up ride where they'd strap you standing up to the inside of this big wheel thing which would go vertical while it spun and you'd be held to the wall by centrifugal force.

[debm55]

13. thank you very much for sharing with us. I liked the Tilt A Whirl. I only went on the Round Up once as it made me dizzy

Both are classics.

[dgauss]

76. I liked that one too but was on one of those when someone

threw up at full rpms. Pretty gross lesson in physics.

[debm55]

98. Oh my that is so gross

[doc03]

11. Roller coaster, my least favirite I am scared

of the ferris wheel.

[debm55]

14. Thank you doc03. I was always afraid of being stuck at the top of the Ferris Wheel. thanks for sharing.

[Polly Hennessey]

15. Hanging onto the horses on a carousel is about as much excitement as I can handle. 😳

[debm55]

16. Thank you Polly Hennessey. Did you go the ones on outside( they stayed in one place} or the one inside (they moved up

and down} I lived dangerously and road a horse going up and down.

[Polly Hennessey]

21. Me too. It's up 🆙 and down ⬇️for me. I guess we are super risk takers.

Ha, ha, ha, ha!

[debm55]

24. HAHAHAHHA. you got that right.

[Diamond_Dog]

17. Scrambler, Tilt a Whirl, water flume.

Not a roller coaster person although I rode on one when I was 13 and liked it. You couldn’t pay me to get on a roller coaster now.

My folks took us kids to Idora Park in Youngstown OH.

[debm55]

26. Thank you Diamond_Dog. I think at 13 you will ride anything. If you want to see scary coaster , you should visit Cedar

Point. I watch, don't ride.

[Diamond_Dog]

33. So true about age 13, Deb. No Cedar Point coaster for me either.

[Emile]

18. Amusement park the roller coasters, carnival The Bullet.

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[debm55]

23. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Emile. I have been to Cedar Point numerous times. Never road on one of their

coasters, They are too high for me. Mostly went for the water park. We do have a Bullet here at Kennywood. I have always liked to watch but never went on it.

[Ritabert]

19. None after an encounter with the Octopus at Playland at Rye Beach NY

The whole thing twirled, went up and down and the pods at the end of the "tentacles" went another direction. We all staggered off to a bench to sit for 20 minutes to get our equilibrium back. Luckily I hadn't had anything to eat.

[debm55]

20. Thank you, Ritabert, I am sorry that happened to you. It could have led to something much more dangerous. I always

thought Octopus was a safer rider then most and I rode it frequently.

[ailsagirl]

46. Sounds awful!!

I liked the haunted house at Disneyland

[Ritabert]

69. I can take the Haunted Mansion and most of the rides at Disneyland

....they're not too bad.

[ailsagirl]

108. Loved the haunted mansion

It was fascinating and didn't frighten me one bit.

[debm55]

110. Me too.

[AllaN01Bear]

22. merry go round . didnt like the others . esp ferriss wheel

[debm55]

27. Now, it's the Merry Go Round. When I was younger, way younger, It was most of the them. I didn't like rides that spun

in circles or went up very high like some of the coasters.

[Polly Hennessey]

25. AllaBear join Deb and me. We liked the merry-go-round too.

[debm55]

28. Yep. the three of us and the water park.

[randr]

29. You got it!

Wild mouse at Wildwood NJ went out over the ocean with a sharp u-turn.

[debm55]

30. Thank you randr. "The Mouse" was well known for those sharp turns. Luckily, mine didn't go over the ocean. If so I don't

I would have gone on it again.

[electric_blue68]

36. I went on that w my dad on a summer vacation!

During the day we flew those
non-traditional kites ('68) on the beach.

[debm55]

39. It sounds like you both had a great day. Thank you electric_blue68

[electric_blue68]

44. Definitely fun. 👍

[justaprogressive]

31. The Original Octopus & The Zipper

As you went around the end, if you worked at it you could get 3 somersaults...

Exhilarating!

[debm55]

32. Thank you justaprogressive. I have been on the Octopus, I liked it. I have never been on the Zipper.

[justaprogressive]

38. Problem is they're so beat up now

important padding (for your head!) is gone on the front inside of the enclosed chair...

[debm55]

41. Wow, Mine was at an amusement park. They moved the Octopus to the section called Old Kennywood.--Octopus, the Turtle,

the Whip. etc. They maintain them all.The olders go the section called Old Kennywood Park. It's a shame your park or fair, did not
maintain them.

[LoisB]

34. Roller Coaster for sure.

[debm55]

35. Thank you very much for sharing with us.LoisB. I liked the older coaster--not too high or fast. The ones today I would

never get on.

[electric_blue68]

37. I never had the nerve to to go on the big roller coasters even before the really wild ones...

of the past? 20 yrs.

The intermediate sized one at Palisades Park, NJ.
The Wild Mouse in Wildwood, NJ.
And I liked the bumper cars.

Couldn't most round & round rides; I'd get queasy. Ick!

[LogDog75]

40. Roller coasters with 360 degree loops

I was stationed at Myrtle Beach AFB in the late 70s. There was an amusement park nearby that had a roller coaster with two 360 degree loops. One price admission and you could ride all the rides. It was a slow day and a couple of us started riding the roller coaster. When the ride was over, we'd get off it and get back in line and ride it again. There weren't many people riding the roller coaster so after a couple of rides the attendant said if we wanted to continue riding to just stay in our seats. We rode it about 10 times in a row.

[debm55]

42. What a great post, LogDog75, Thank you very much for sharing.

[Mad_Dem_X]

43. My sister and I and one of our friends used to

ride this one ride called The Tempest, during which we'd sing songs, like Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock n' Roll To Me." We had so much fun. That was definitely my favorite ride to go on.

The Tempest is kind of like the Teacup ride at Disney, only a lot faster.

[debm55]

48. That sounds like great fun. Thank you , Mad_Dem_X for sharing that fun on the Tempest with us.

[JoseBalow]

45. Himalaya

[debm55]

49. JoseBalow. what kind of ride was it? Looks more a game attraction.

[JoseBalow]

56. It was the fastest ride at the fair!

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[debm55]

61. Oh we had one of those at Kennywood, except it was called the Baren Curve. I got on with my cousin and because of the

force , I got smashed against the side.PS She was a big girl. I never went on again.

[JoseBalow]

70. Ya, the key was getting the inside seat

Sometimes you squash the bear, and sometimes the bear squashes you!

That reminds me of another fun ride I really enjoyed: The "Rotor" spun around very fast and the floor you were standing on dropped down, but you would remain pinned to the wall. Some were designed to keep you in your upright place, but the most fun was scootching around and upside down.

That ride was a blast too. I guess I'm just a pushover for centrifugal force!

[debm55]

73. I remember the Rotor. Never went on it. But you could go to a top level and watch the kids spinning as the floor dropped

some kids were doing handstands and other strange things as it started to spin and no floor. I liked watching.

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. The Giant Dipper

at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, right over there [points]. Built in 1920, it's one of the few remaining wooden roller coasters in the country. It isn't "giant" by modern standards, and not particularly scary compared to newer coasters, but it's 65 seconds of pure fun, and you can see and feel its history in the wood.

[debm55]

50. Thank you very much for sharing.They used to have those at Kennywood Park--The Jack Rabbit, The Racer and the

Thunderbolt were all wooden. I did like the Jack Rabbit. I can remember the sounds of the chains and wood as it took you to, what was then a high top.I agree with you . They were not modern and super high and fast. But they were fun.

[SamKnause]

51. The Mouse was my favorite as well.

[debm55]

53. It was fun. Thank you very much, SamKnause.

[4TheArts]

52. Tunnel of Love!

Not from an abundance of dates - hardly LOL.
But in the 60's me and three buddies gathered up Slavo detergent sample (big huge solid disk things) and went into the tunnel at the Mid South Fair and bombed the stream. Came out and lurked to watch the huge pile of suds come rolling out of the exit!
Good clean fun.

[debm55]

55. OH my. That was bad and funny at the same time. Thank you 4TheArts.

[gab13by13]

54. Yes Deb,

The Wild Mouse at Crystal Beach, front car.

[debm55]

58. Agree, thank you gab13by13 for sharing with us.

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[annalog]

57. Ferris Wheel

The higher the better😊

[debm55]

59. Thank you annalog for the sharing the Ferris Wheel. I was always afraid it would tip over or I would fall out of my seat

[livetohike]

60. The Pippin at Kennywood Park. I liked all of the

roller coasters, but The Pippin was my favorite .

[debm55]

63. livetohike. I remember the Pippin at Kennywood. Thank you for sharing. Didn't they change it to the The Thunderbolt? I

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stayed with The Jack Rabbit and the Racer.

[livetohike]

71. Yes! I should have added that for those of us

from western PA. It became The Thunderbolt 🙂.

[debm55]

75. How about that dip almost in the river and a quick turn. Never went on again.

[livetohike]

77. That's what I loved! Funny story. Back in the early

1960’s, my Grandmother and her friend and my girlfriend and I went to Slovak Day. We all rode the Pippin together and my Grandma who never swore in front of me, yelled out in Slovak “ We’re all going to hell!” That was as we were heading down that hill .

[debm55]

94. HAHAHHAHAH. That is funny. Thank you livetohike,

[MuseRider]

62. Always the most scary roller coaster or

the most likely to make a huge, scary drop. The Mouse was a good ride, would be up on the top for me too. Having finally been able to go to Cedar Point about 12 years ago, that Dragster was fantastic.

[debm55]

64. Thank you MuseRider. for sharing with us. Been to Cedarpoint. and never got on one coaster there.

[MuseRider]

78. You either love them or you don't.

I have always been a little bit on the thrill seeker side but there are somethings that I will never do. It will take an act of the old guy up above to ever get me back on an airplane. We all have our nopes but I still want to be thrown around on rollercoasters now and then.

[MuseRider]

92. I can't blame you, they are scary.

Still I love them BUT you will never catch me crossing on my own anything that is higher than about 4 feet from the ground. I can handle the coasters as I am tucked away tightly but put me up on my own, even a short, 4 foot high foot path and I am going to whine and cry and needing help.

[debm55]

93. Thank you MuseRider.

[TommieMommy]

65. Love roller coasters 😁

[debm55]

66. Thank you TommieMommy. You are brave soul

[sestina]

67. The Octopus was my favorie

when I was a teenager, but as I got older, it made me too dizzy, so I gave it up. Then a short ride on a mild rollercoaster was more fun than spinning around.

The Octopus
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[debm55]

68. Thank you sestina. I liked the Octopus also.

[malaise]

72. Roller coaster Coney Island way back when

but my nephews took me on some wild wet rides at Leggoland in Denmark. We had a blast I won’t forget.

[debm55]

74. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us, That sounds wonderful.

[MIButterfly]

79. I liked the Tilt-a-Whirl and The Scambler. They were wild enough for me.

No roller coaster; no Wild Mouse; no going up in the air or upside down. Not even the Ferris Wheel. I liked the wimpy ones. Merry-go-round was more my speed.

[debm55]

97. Thank you MIButterfly. I didn't like the Tilt-a-Wheel. It made me dizzy.

[surfered]

80. None. The merry go round made me dizzy.

[debm55]

96. HAHAHAHHA. Thank you surfered.

[surfered]

99. I wasn't joking 😁

[debm55]

104. Oh

[dem4decades]

81. Bumping Cars and Laff in the Dark, for this kid at Compounce

[debm55]

95. Thank you dem4decades. I liked both of your choices--bumper cars and the Laff in the Dark.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

82. Paratrooper ride at Kennywood Park

At night, everything was outlined in lights as the world sped by, it lifted higher and higher...the breeze on my face. BIG GRINS.

[debm55]

87. Ah yes, thank you very much some_of_us_are_sane. the white lights at night.

[emulatorloo]

83. Roller Coasters and "Dark Rides" (like Disney's Haunted Mansion)

[debm55]

88. Thank you very much emulatorioo for your selections. I really enjoyed Disney's Haunted Mansion.

[MIButterfly]

84. Back in the day, on the Canadian side of the Detroit River

there was a wonderful amusement park called Bob-Lo Island. You took the Bob-Lo Boat, which had three decks, a band, a dance floor, food, drinks and souvenirs over to the island, where they had rides, games, a picnic area, animals, etc. It was awesome. It's long gone now. Of all the things I miss about my childhood, I miss Bob-Lo the most.

[debm55]

89. Thank you very much, MIButterfly, for sharing your memories with us,

[The Madcap]

85. Mine Train

And other roller coasters before the days of loops and rolls.

[debm55]

90. Thank you very much, The Madcap. I agree with you about the loops and rolls.

[chowmama]

86. I'll go on most scary rides, but haven't in many years

I've nobody to go with - DH won't, the kids think they're too old and the grands aren't interested. I used to like big roller coasters and double ferris wheels.

I don't know any of the ride names, though. When I was a kid and we all went to the fair, we usually were restricted to the Tilt-a-Whirl (I can remember that one) and similar. But there was one ride and I wish I could remember the name of it. I'm not sure why I was allowed and I'm not sure why my youngest sister volunteered to go with me.

It consisted of two capsules, each at the end of a long stick. It started horizontal, as I remember, and eventually went vertical or almost vertical. There was no safety equipment in those days, just an open hole for entry on each side, each closed with a single bar meant to keep us inside. No seat belts, no padding. We were just told to keep all body parts inside.

It started up and my little sister panicked. Somehow, she became convinced that the only safe place to be was on top of my head. She's clawing her way up me, I'm getting pushed against this 2" metal pipe with nothing else between me, air, and a long way down, and I'm trying to fight her off without pushing her out her side. The ride operator was magnificently unaware of anything wrong and didn't even slow it down. Obviously, we lived, but I've never gone on a ride with her since.

She did the same thing once when a June bug got into the car. I think she's part cat.

Does this ride sound familiar to anybody who's old enough? I haven't seen it on a midway in 40, 50 years.

[debm55]

91. chowmama, it does sound familiar. I have never been on it, For the life of me I can't remember the name. I remember

people coming off of the ride, saying they lost their money,etc. I am so glad your sister and you were not hurt.

[LudwigPastorius]

100. I always liked the Fun House and...

the Rotor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_(ride)

[woodsprite]

101. Tilt-a-Whirl or the Scrambler - now its Cosmic Rewind!

[debm55]

107. Thank you woodsprite for sharing. I went on the Tilt-a-Whirl, once. Never again.

[markodochartaigh]

102. I loved the jungle cruise rides.

The animals weren't real and the plantings were not that imaginative, but to a boy from the desert prairie they were wonderful.
And I loved the Speelunker Cave as well. 105° outside and 65° inside.

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[debm55]

106. Thank you very much, mardochartaigh. That does sound neat.

[Borogove]

103. The Phoenix roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Park.

[debm55]

105. Thank you very much, Borogrove.

[Ohiya]

109. I used to like the double ferris wheel at the state fair,

now it scares me to death!

[debm55]

111. Yep. It always scared me. Even a regular ferris wheel scares me.

[Ohiya]

112. Yeah, and the double ferris wheel is at least twice as scary! nt