Old-Timey Amusement Rides

[RedAngie]

Sure, modern flat rides can be awesome, but I still like some old low-tech ones from the past. I still ride them when I encounter them.

The Whip-I like the ones under cover in a sometimes elaborate buildings.




Tumble Bug-It went by various names at different parks.



Flying Coaster-That’s the generic name. It also had specific names in various parks. The last one I saw was The Kangaroo at Kennywood near Pittsburgh, but I heard it was removed a few years ago.



Roll-o-Plane. Another generic name. We called it the Salt & Pepper Shakers.



The following had various names and themes. This is the Eagle at King’s Dominion.



The Trabant-Many other names here too.



Now to the gruesome. The Rotor, the Hell Hole. A true torture instrument.



I wouldn’t go anywhere near it these days.

A novelty coaster from the 70s, The Toboggan. Guaranteed to rearrange your spine.



Any other favorites?

 

[Skippy918]

The Cyclone at Coney Island. Always a great thrill

 

[Dan Murphy]

Water Bug--Riverview in Chicago, long gone, late 60's

 

[Dan Murphy]

Shoot-the-Chutes Riverview

 

[Sweettears]

Great park! Probably scare the you know what out of you nowadays. Take a look back at the photos from the parachute ride.

 

[Sweettears]

Ever visit Playland or Adventureland back in the day?

 

[Dan Murphy]

Aladdin's Castle fun house, an amazing attraction Riverview

 

[JoanneAZ]

Tilt-A-Whirl. I’ve seen this with the traditional cars and cars shaped like apples or strawberries.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Fireball at Riverview, before the arms in the air phenomena of today

 

[JoanneAZ]

The Scrambler.

 

[Yoshi]

My favorites are Whips and Flying Scooters.

The best flying scooters I have tried are at Knoebels. They are the old version compared to the newer Larson model most parks have and they are so easy to snap.

 

[DisneyinPA]

The Scrambler.

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I call it the egg beater. Lol

 

[leebee]

The Scrambler.

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I get motion sick at the drop of a hat. I can get motion sick in a pool or bathtub, and take meclizine every day we are at Disney so I can ride the parking lot trams (well...) and Dumbo- but I CAN RIDE THE SCRAMBLER!! I think it's cuz it moves in a triangular pathway, and stops before changing direction. I dunno what it is, but the Scrambler and Big Thunder Mountain are my thrill rides!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

The Round Up (Canobie Lake Park)

Their version of the little Whip. I remember being on these when I was little, and my kids were on them, etc.



Antique cars



Little boats w bell to ring

 

[PollyannaMom]

I remember a kiddie version of the whip at the county fair when I was growing up. It was always one of my favorites. And also the carousel, of course.

Another one I remember went by various names, but usually some version of Flying Bobs. It was a circular track that had a bit of bit of up and down to it, and the cars rocked back and forth. You went forward for several revolutions, then it would stop and go backward. And it always seemed to have loud music.



My mom always liked the Tilt-a-Whirl and the Ferris Wheel, and DS and I still go on the Scrambler when we are at a park with one today.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Pair-O-Chutes Riverview

 

[chickapin parterre]

The octopus, made in post war 40s Salem, Oregon, the break down in 1966 Joshua Tree turtle races put the fear of scary attractions in me and in 2000 a vintage pin back of the octopus carnival ride made me $2,500 richer...no not the pin of the attraction but another pin the cookie tin of 80 vintage pinback buttons. bought the tin because of my memory of the dreaded octpus attraction and the hour it took for the fire department to resuce us from the frozen, not moving attraciton. in the May sun. the $2500 pin was museum quality women's voting right pin. I still the hold the EBAY record in our salem community.....as over 300 folks had the chance to bid on the tin at the auction.....so that was pretty good lemonade.

 

[JoanneAZ]

I call it the egg beater. Lol

I’ve also seen it called the Sizzler.

 

[nw6675]

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Until someone spits out their gum (maybe an accident I suppose)...and lands in your hair. Ugh, I can still remember the torture of trying to get it out of my big 80s bangs!!! Yuck! Lol

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach in Hull outside of Boston 1970s



We had a lot of amusement parks around Boston/MA from the late 1800s, but one by one, they all closed. It was hard to turn a profit and insurability became an issue. A few survived in western MA and NH. (Six Flags NE, and Canobie Lake Park and Storyland in NH, with a few smaller ones around.) I wondered how places like Dorney Park in Allentown, PA (a favorite) managed to survive - anyone know? There was a small park we enjoyed in Buffalo, NY, about 12 yrs ago but from what I understand, it is now closed, too. We used to drive to Coney Island, too.