I just found on the website of RNR this link to a KMG Diashow of their new Afterburner park model.
kmg.nl afterburner_park_dia.html
Does anybody know where this version is operating?
Looks really good; I like what they did. Aesthetically I prefer this to the model that has been successful so far at a few parks in the US and the one in the UK under licence from Chance (La Revolution at Knotts, Claw at Hersheypark, and Vortex at Thorpe).
(c) by lundstivoli.no
Once again, there is a difference between the name on the sign on the picture and the title of the picture, thus I am not sure about the name of this ride.
yes, this is the Schwarzkopf Double Looping that was produced by Anton Schwarzkopf. It is travelling with Canadian "Conklin's Shows" and is a transportable one. It is perhaps the most impressive ride of that showman.
There are as far as I know three versions of the double looping by Schwarzkopf:
- Colossus - the Fire Dragon, Lagoon Park, Farmington, Utah, USA
rcdb.com installationdetail197.htm
This is said to be the original Bruch / Kinzler coaster that travelled German fairs.
- Laser, Dorney Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
According to a spokesman of Dorney Park this used to be the version that Schwarzkopf originally produced for German showman/park owner Löffelhardt that he used for travelling through Southamerica. (The one that received the second looping as a later "add on")
rcdb.com installationdetail240.htm
- Double Looping (or is it called and signed as "Doppel Looping"?)
showman "Conklin Shows"
There used (?) to be a stationary version in Japan's Portopialand Kobe which was produced in combination with Japanese manufactor Meisho.
rcdb.com installationdetail1201.htm
Maybe there were several more being produced under this co-operation.
Don't you know the German expression
"Höher, schneller, weiter"
or spoken with the words of techno-star "Scooter":
"faster, harder, Scooter"
Of course a showman has to demonstrate potential for innovation.
If showman A is having a single looping coaster, showman B is buying a double looping coaster and gets the better contracts. Showman A sells his single loop coaster after having ordered a coaster with three loopings and is happy ever after. Just until, showman B is ordering a four looping coaster...
a neverending story?
According to funfair.lu news.htm
a new version has started in Limoges touring the French circuit with the name "BILLABONG". Who is the owner of that ride?
It is said to be the fourth in France.
Austria (1)
CHAOS by Rieger (Wels)
Picturelink
Belgium (2)
X-TREME by Dotremont
G-FORCE by Lauwers (Genk)
Website
Canada (1)
FIREBALL by Conklin Shows
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Denmark (1)
EXTREME by Nordisk Tivoli
FIREBALL at Bakken
UK (2)
BEACH PARTY by Pat Evans, Porthcawl, Wales
(this one used to travel as the prototype in the Netherlands under the ownership of Willem van Lith)
CHAOS by Wilson
USA (7)
WILD CLAW by Reithoffer Shows
X-TREME by Helms & Sons
FIREBALL by Farrow Amusements Company (Jackson, Mississippi)
SCREAM N EAGLE at Oaks Park (Portland, Oregon)
Picturelink
FIREBALL at Celebration City (Branson, Missouri)
Picturelink
(used to be at Branson before, Machine-Number: FRB-24-010, geliefert am 01.02.2000?)
Picturelink
FIREBALL at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
FIREBALL by Amusements of America (Monroe Township, New Jersey)
I can also remember seeing an Afterburner 24 in Bakken last year. Sadly I can't recall if it was a transportable one or not. I have to check the photos, but mabye it wasn't even a real KMG afterburner, but just some kind of clone...
You have got to be joking; I would take Eurostar over Dopple Looping any day!
Dopple Looping comes every year to the CNE (Toronto), I'm not sure if the coaster ever goes to the USA when Conklin goes down there during our winter.
-Iain
Actually I'm not joking, just a bit frustated that the
"Rheinkirmes" at Dusseldorf never comes up with
another big coaster then "Eurostar" and this is
not a comfortable ride. Meaning if you ride it,
headbanging gets a new definition!
For about 8 years the "Eurostar" keeps travelling
and it won't get better year by year. But I guess
that the Double Looping has similar problems, or
is it a smooth ride?
I don't think it has been mentioned but Bakken in Denmark has an Afterburner: bakken.dk fireball_copy.jpg
This one is named Fire Ball.
Too bad I had ridden the Moser Extreme just before this one so I couldn't fully appreciate the fast spinning and high flying ride. It was very nice though.
For about 8 years the "Eurostar" keeps travelling
and it won't get better year by year. But I guess
that the Double Looping has similar problems, or
is it a smooth ride?
Actually Dopple Looping is very smooth. It is also very loud... but 2 years ago it underwent a massive refurbishment and ever since it looks like it is brand new. People who ride it do not realize it's 25 years old.
Regardless I think Eurostar is more impressive. But I haven't done it so "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"
The Hurricane is actually from Zamperla and not from Fabbri. And the Hurricane in Denmark did not appear at Bakken but at Tivoliland in Alborg.
ridesworld.fsnet.co.uk page4.htm
Since I don't know if razibo used the correct word, I'll just describe what's written there instead of translating it.
It's a warning that the floor below the gondola is lowered before the ride starts in order to give riders enough space for their feet. (After the ride it raises again for the riders to exit the gondloa and for new riders to board the ride)...
So it's dangerous to be under the lowering part of the floor when it comes down - but who in the world would crawl under the ride while it is in operation?
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