What was your favorite ride at an amusement park, fair or carnival, Mine was the "Wild Mouse"

[debm55]

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[EYESORE 9001]

1. Would that be the *wild* mouse? A small roller coaster?

If so, that’s my favorite too. At 8 years old, that’s about all I could handle.

[debm55]

5. Thank you EYESORE 9001. I will change to the wild mouse.

[gab13by13]

2. deb, you have to be lying 😁

That little car with the compartment mounted ahead of the wheels put you right out into thin air.

OK, I guess when I was a kid, I would call it the scariest, and I think it still is.

[debm55]

7. Not lying I loved it. Especially going around bends.

[CrispyQ]

3. I love them all.

It took me two years to get the nerve to ride the Loop-O-Plane when I was a kid & it was so much fun I didn't hesitate after that to try new rides. The Zipper was probably the most jarring ride I've been on. Not much fun. But never underestimate the charm & fun of a carousel.🎠

[gab13by13]

4. We had a ride at our local carnival

called the dive bomber, it was 2 cars mounted on a wheel 180 degrees apart. It went around like a Ferris wheel. It was scary because the only thing that kept you in the ride was a leather belt around your waist when you went upside down.

Sounds like the Loop-O-Plane?

[debm55]

9. Oh we had that one at Kennywood--our local amusement park. Never went on it. as I don't like upside down.

[CrispyQ]

14. Here's a Loop-O-Plane in the foreground & a Zipper in the background.

[debm55]

32. Thank you for sharing the picture with us. CrispyQ. I remember them but never went on. I liked the Parachutes, The Whip,

Bumber cars and coasters.

[debm55]

8. Thank you very much, CrispyQ

[debm55]

31. We had both of those at Kennywood in PA. I didn't go on those as they scared me.

[CrispyQ]

34. I had a cousin who was the kid who threw up. Fortunately I never shared a ride with him. -nt

[debm55]

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[dwp6577]

6. if you're talking the mini roller coaster, no thanks (skydiver please)

If it's the one I'm thinking of, many of the corners were not banked so you felt like you were going OVER...weird and scary. Skydiver for me

[debm55]

11. Yes, that is the one I am talking about. I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for sharing, dwp6577.

[gab13by13]

12. Not only that

they mounted the compartment where you sat way ahead of the wheels so that when you went around those 90 degree turns you were over the edge.

[dwp6577]

15. yep (and add enterprise to my list)

I prefer a ride where you'll at least have an enclosed car to be "recovered from"

[debm55]

30. It was exciting for me.

[Goonch]

10. ;-{) Elephant...

and no that's not me:

[debm55]

13. Thank you, Goonch, for sharing with us. We had an elephant at our park. I rode it once. I felt sorry for the poor thing.

Never rode again.

[Goonch]

16. I split my pants and hurt my crotch and

never rode again

[debm55]

17. Oh you. Thank you for sharing.Goonch.

[Emile]

18. The roller coasters!

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[debm55]

20. Thank you very much for sharing with us. Emile. Neat coaster.

[Bristlecone]

19. Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney

And roller coasters everywhere.

[debm55]

21. I really liked the Haunted Mansion at Disney. Thank you for sharing with us, Bristlecone.

[gab13by13]

22. Not a ride, but my favorite game at the carnival

was knock 3 cats off the ledge with a baseball. I pitched in Little Leage, the guy running the booth had to shut me off, I was giving stuffed animals away.

[debm55]

23. HAHAHAHAHAHAHhaha. That is funny. Thank you gab13 by 13

[pandr32]

24. I loved the large roller coasters!

My brother and I would ride and then get right back in line to do it again. We would do that until Mom forced us to leave.
In Vancouver there was one of the huge wooden roller coasters at the Pacific Northwest Exhibition.
Also, the back seat was best. We tried them all and the back seat whips like a tail.

[debm55]

25. HAHAHAHHAHHHA. Thank you very much, pandr32. for sharing with us.

[pdxflyboy]

26. Mine was The Dragon Coaster (large roller coaster ride that is tame by today's standards).

It was and still is located at Rye Playland, Rye Beach, NY.

[debm55]

28. Thank you very much .pdxflyboy. I like the tame coasters too. No loops.

[hauckeye]

27. The live ponies that went around in a circle

I lived on a farm as a small girl but we didn’t have horses so the fair was the only time I got to ride one.

[debm55]

29. I took my son on a pony ride in a circle. I felt sorry for the ponies. We never went on again. Thank you hauckeye for

sharing.

[TommieMommy]

33. Roller coaster and at Disney the tower of terror

[debm55]

35. Thank you very much, TommieMommy. Great choices.

[Talitha]

37. Wild Mouse - me too!

Some of those corners felt like I was launching off of the Earth. And I could scream as loud as I wanted and no one cared.

There was another one but I don't know the name. It was a big pillar with a big circle on top with lots of suspended seats hanging. As the circle turned around and around, the people in the seats flew higher and higher.

Made me feel like Peter Pan!

[debm55]

40. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Talitha.

[Borogove]

38. Big coaster fanatic here. Sadly, I've aged out of them. Neck and back can't take the twists/turns.

[debm55]

41. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Borogrove. I like them too when I was younger,

[LogDog75]

39. Definitely roller coasters

I loved riding roller coasters. In the late 70s, at Myrtle Beach, a group of us went to a local amusement park where they had a corkscrew roller coaster. This park had a one price admission and you could ride all the rides as many times as you wanted. The park wasn't busy and we would ride the corkscrew, get off it, and get back in line to ride it again. The operator noticed this and since it wasn't busy told us to stay on the roller coaster as long as we liked. After about 10 rides we decided to call it quits. Hey, it was fun.

[debm55]

42. Thank you very much for sharing, LogDog75. I only went on one corkscrew and didn't like it, But I did like rollercoaster