Booster Rides Information and history - Flat Ride Of The Week 9

Though I have never been on a booster, Alex certainly has! What's the story behind this very common ride?
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[@SeanFlaharty]

I loved Skyscraper at Cedar Point. I had ridden that thing at least 100-times over the years it was there. They would offer platinum pass holders crazy deals on that thing. Also, I had ridden it at all three of its locations; Dorney, Valleyfair and finally Cedar Point. The first version I had ridden was actually back in 1999 on I-Drive in Orlando. It was named Katanga. It was common practice to tip the ride operator to give a "full power" ride for an extended period of time. Like most versions of this ride, riders were stopped at the top half-way through the ride. Katanga didn't do this to load the other arm as they usually only ran it with two riders. The reason they stopped at the top was to encourage riders to manually flip themselves while at the top. It was really fun, and scary as hell at the same time.

[@peters9889]

They’ve got one of these at the scandia in Sacramento if ur missing it

[@SeanFlaharty]

@@peters9889 I believe I have seen it as I was passing through the area for work a couple years ago. I wish I had time to ride it. If I remember correctly, isn't that the one they prohibit screaming on?

[@azdoesstuff4990]

Sadly The Great Escapes version was caught up in a whole mess with the locals but, it was all resolved and Adirondack Outlaw will be opening in mid to late June. I do have pictures of those plans if you would like to see them.

[@Faded-Tales-PreviouslyHarley]

I didn't even realize that's what they were getting! I work in Albany but go to New England because the RMC and the coasters that don't hurt. But now I'll need to drop by and see it.

[@azdoesstuff4990]

@@Faded-Tales-PreviouslyHarley For The Great Escape I was expecting something totally different, they surprised us by that one xD

[@Faded-Tales-PreviouslyHarley]

@@azdoesstuff4990 my expectations for the park are always nothing. Then if they give us a mediocre flat ride, I'm not too upset. But since they stopped rotating coasters through multiple parks like they used to, I doubt Great Escape will get what everyone wants: a new coaster. Great Escape and Maryland (Six Flags america? I forget) are just forgotten. I miss the 90s when it was independent. That place was booming then.

[@Faded-Tales-PreviouslyHarley]

@@azdoesstuff4990 but I'm definitely doing the Adirondack Outlaw. I THINK. Someone said the seats don't spin - so I don't understand if when the other arm is loading, if you're upside down? If so no way. But otherwise hell yeah. (As long as the harnesses aren't similar to Steamin' Demon. Ow)

[@azdoesstuff4990]

Cris The seats will free flip, it’s gonna be 165ft and it’s going next to condor which is 112ft but 105ft while riding.

[@andyculsh75]

At 10.36 in this video it mentions that a gondola came off a Fabri Booster and the other gondola was stuck at the top of the ride. This would be impossible as the drive motors cannot hold the weight of a single gondola. I know this as I build up and pull down a travelling Fabri Booster in the UK. All Fabri Boosters have special motors that you have to wind in when building up and pulling down to hold the weight of a single gondola and the weight of a single arm when it's unpinned.

[@miloveXzelda]

Sesame street park one is closed for the poor maintenance, but it's really big, i mean, BIG

[@sabrinaleedance]

Im kinda surprised youve never rode one of these yourself. Pretty much every single decent sized fair ive been to has one of these.

[@theairtimeenthusiast]

Yes, my home town fair (The San Diego County Fair) Has a booster model, but not made by Fabbri Rides, but from KMG

[@CiroDiMaRzio12304]

i understand you wanna help Alex but, 1: i can barly hear him talkin. 2 :when he speaks in sounds confussing to me. 3 :he doesnt have that same special tone/voice like you what these videos makes so great.

[@tamaradavis3693]

I kind of agree, except what I notice is that the "flow" is disrupted with the "taking turns" concept of presentation. Perhaps if each person had their own videos, instead of the sharing back and forth thing; it might work better.

[@flamingliger5533]

The Funtime Chaos Pendle you're talking about is still operating in Australia. It's now called Fury and it goes to my local Summer carnival :D

[@SchwarzkopfFanboy]

Thank you very much for this information, I couldn't find anything about it on the internet. Glad to hear it's still operating!.

[@cancercentral9997]

I'm sure you're talking about the Ekka, I once saw one at some other show/carnival years ago.

[@DanielHarmer]

@@cancercentral9997 It did go to the EKKA I think it was 2007. It was named Insanity for a while, and it's now called Fury and does several shows (mostly in Victoria and South Australia) a year.

[@kehehe9934]

It's also opened in Switzerland I rode it at the Basel fair it was amazing

[@360coasters]

@@DanielHarmer Are there any POVs or reviews of Fury? I can't find any.

[@Kat-of2uh]

Go solo. None of your collaborators are as good as you. You have a radio voice.

[@Shredxcam22]

Please redo these videos without the guy talking thru a pringles can. You should just narrate the whole video.

[@skymo3029]

The booster at one of my local (now closed) parks was named HydroMax. Funnily enough, if you google that name, you get copious amounts of penis pumps. Bit of a heart attack when I was trying to show it to my young nephew.

[@Coyotek4]

Now that I'm all caught up with the FRotW videos, here's what I'd love to see spotlighted at some point: 1) Tilt-A-Whirls and Waltzers (would be very interesting to see a comparison of the two) 2) Musik Express / Himalaya (sooo many manufacturers) 3) Stick-to-the-wall rides (Rotor, Round-up, and the ever-asked-for Gravitron) 4) Scrambler (a classic) 5) Pirate Ship rides 6) Flying Bob rides (similar to #2 above)

[@regrettablestitches]

Musik Express definitely! I'm a total ride wimp, but that is legit one of my all-time favs.

[@the_dmb7569]

Next time you do such a Video, it would be better if you Show the model youre talking about ( for example, when you were talking about the Funtime boosters, you First showed a mondial Turbine :) ). I Got the chance to experience the rotating Gondola on the "Gladiator" ( Mondial Turbine ) at my german local fair last year. Its a really cool feature when youre sitting up in the Air waitng for the people in the other Gondola to take their seats, becasue you can get a cool 360 View. Its also cool for the general ride experience ( When do you have the Chance to be flipped upside down sideways? ), but sadly the ride operator didnt rotate the gondolas when the main arm was going Full Speed, so that Part pretty much felt like a Fabbri Giant Booster. Cool Video!

[@theactualjavening]

not including tower rides and ad one’s will make the booster the tallest flat ride (tell me if im wrong

[@CrazyKevin22]

Octopus rides next pls!

[@TheFreshSpam]

My dude love your channel and videos but your friend needs to speak with confidence, consistently and with a clear mic like yourself. You have a voice for it, he doesnt unfortunately, he keeps changing how loud he is, I'm sure he can write and research but he needs to help you out more here, can barely understand him and it's not his accent that's hard to listen to here

[@PlayingwithPawz]

Ok i like the coster collage guy but the other guy is hard to hear and when he speaks there is no confidence and he trails off alot it would be a better channel if the other guys wasnt there

[@jstyxx4110]

I can’t hear a word the other guy says. His mic is utter garbage. I can hear you fine, but I can’t hear him sorry. He slurs his speech so often.

[@jeffpetrimoulx6806]

Why are they called boosters?

[@tiktokmemes70]

Jeff Petrimoulx Coronavirus

[@CoasterCollege]

I guess that's just what Fabbri named them, could not really find any info out there about the name.

[@TheLegokermis]

Fabbri uses Booster as type name, KMG has the Speed. In Germany theyre often called Propeller ride. Normally when the first ride in its kind comes out, the name sticks everywhere.

[@ariellestreamus3038]

I rode with black mamba it was insane and the safety thingi on the seat popped slightly not an security concern! It has a lot of safety backups in that case!

[@puffcatco]

for some reason booster-like attractions seem to pop their restraints lmao

[@way2go636]

its a shame zamperla isnt making the turbo force anymore. Spectacular midways brought it to my town from 2001 to 2008. Then they sold it after the economy crashed :(

[@Hypno3315]

My Aunty and Uncle bought Chaos Pendle from Europe and shipped it to Australia. Here they changed the name to “Insanity” and got the design changed because of braking difficulties. Then was purchased by another part of my family and was renamed “Fury”. The ride is still operating but doesn’t travel as often as it should. Note* when we were renaming the ride from “Insanity” I wanted to name the ride “BlackOut” but sadly we didn’t.

[@kehehe9934]

That's crazy so the name of it rn is fury ?

[@MillenniumForceMan]

Cedar point does not seem like a park that would get one of these, expecially after the failure of vertigo

[@alaeriia01]

It also can't fit about 50 people per cycle, so it's not happening.

[@pedroboog1682]

Talk about the hopi hari accident, in 2012, where a girl died from falling over 25 meters, in the eiffel tower "ride"

[@jadeyxboox]

I used to love spin doctor in blackpool but it was such a short ride cycle it was barely worth it

[@zbfuller]

According to Six Flags ST Louis it sounds like the gondolas will spin. Website says dual spinning motion.

[@ColeYote]

I've seen these at the CNE a couple times. Never been much of a ride person, I have more of a theoretical interest in theme parks and whatnot than an actually-going-to-them interest, but this is on a list of rides I kinda want to give a try some time.

[@Youtube.Commen-tater]

ColeYote it's a bootshaker

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Playland at the PNE has a ride like this it’s called Revelation it’s scary!

[@jeffreysmith5671]

Only Fabbri Giant Booster in the United States(for now) is Ray Cammack Shows' Titan. Incredible spectacle and intense cycle. Hope it comes to the San Diego County Fair one day as the company is one of the largest operators at that fair.

[@therealhyrumforpresident]

There was a Fabbri Booster at the San Diego Fair this year! I rode it a couple days ago and it was a blast. I had a hard time telling what size it was, but it sounds like it was the one you are talking about :)

[@jeffreysmith5671]

@@therealhyrumforpresident The chosen Fabbri Booster was Defender, it is smaller compared to the RCS Titan but it is the tallest booster attraction they have ever had at 133 ft tall. Maybe in a few years, it will appear in the Fun Zone considering Kraken is 152 ft tall and their slingshot can go up to 200 ft.

[@SkyrushFanboy]

Currently stressed out about possibly not being able to go to Canada’s wonderland in July because of the borders to Canada being closed :( I just gotta keep my fingers crossed that it stops. But even if I don’t get there this year, it will hurt since I’ve been looking forward to it for almost a year, but I could get to BGW and get on pantheon if I don’t get to wonderland, so I guess it’s a win-win.

[@MrMakoFL]

1996 introduced the Gravity Works Skyscraper first appearing at the 1996 Florida State Fair

[@miwer1000]

About the France exident. It did not crash into the ground or game lose. They changed something in the software so they could move the loading podium faster. Something with there illegal change went wrong and the podium came up during the ride. The gondola smashed into to podium

[@ridemonster189]

Great!

[@Richard-yr7iv]

You missed the big one called g force at fantasy Island uk it was the only one of its type made

[@kehehe9934]

Who is the manufacturer ?

[@Richard-yr7iv]

@@kehehe9934 G-Force was the world's first, and only, Giant Booster. Manufactured by Fabbri, it stood at 164feet tall.

[@kehehe9934]

@@Richard-yr7iv ok thanks idk if I can trust fabbri any more after this fatal accident in my city, btw the Apollo 13 looks kinda safe

[@FidesAla]

FujiQ Highland's clock thing... I forget the name but it's something like Panic Clock or Maniac Clock... is that one of these?

[@charlieking688]

Trying to be polite, and please respond, the info given in this video is highly incorrect. As being interested in boosters rides my whole life, this is sad to see videos like this out here.

[@SchwarzkopfFanboy]

Could you please tell us what information is incorrect?

[@charlieking688]

Schwarzkopf Fanboy: no

[@charlieking688]

Extremely light info is given to extraterrestrials 👽 btw booster rides are highly DANGEROUS, aka I’m subbed

[@charlieking688]

Lol this was all a joke, glad some people can take it, btw I subbed and I’m Happy!

[@svis6888]

@cumquatrct3 OH No!!! WHAT CAN WE DO?!?!

[@fredhurst2528]

10:00 was made to be curious about the fan above the gondola, I was watching it carefully to see if the rotation matched any kind of (de)acceleration.

[@Rantasalmi47]

Prater in Austria seems to love this ride, they have 2 Boosters + a similar ride (Black Mamba).

[@JB-fd8jy]

Models I managed to ride: 2 different KMG speed 16 A fabbri booster Mondial turbine And finally a fun time chaos Pendelum

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

It’s awesome that the Turbo Force model used to operate at Six Flags Great Adventure

[@mattierenton701]

Prefer the KMG speed variant, just seems faster :-) ... Vomitron though, thats gotta be to best name in the world !!

[@cancercentral9997]

I swear if you don't make a Gravitron video...

[@CoasterCollege]

2 weeks...

[@cancercentral9997]

@@CoasterCollege Hope you don't start shaking and split up to reveal a bad special effect Austrian.

[@schagerbaantje]

I love the booster rides, been many times on fabri booster maxx's and it pulls some serious g forces. Funny enough the smallest booster type fabri is offering is actually in my experience more intense than the Maxx version, but this is because you're traveling a way smaller diameter, while making the same flips with the gondola. It makes the ride feel way faster.

[@mattierenton701]

not forgetting KMG's variants.....

[@mickcollins1921]

The one at Saint Louis is open...very long ride. My 14 year old son rode it last month. The Gondolas spin, and they had 8 people per gondola. He was on the ride for more than 4.5 minutes. They loaded one gondola, ran a full cycle one direction of 7 or 8 rotations, then swapped the other gondola and ran a full cycle the other direction. It was not an upcharge ride.

[@Pittigpiertje]

I've seen boosters with rotating gondola's and a fan/prop above each of the two gondola's at dutch fairs since about 2008

[@A7x_Forever]

13:20 Unfortunately, you missspelled "Mondial". Even though it's pronounced the way you spelled it in the video (at least the english pronounciation of it; in reality, it's supposed to be "Mon-dial" with a french-y sorta accent to it. So kinda like: Mondi-ahle), it's still spelled "Mondial"

[@CoasterCollege]

In truth, I had minutes before the video needed to come out and I had to finish editing fast, my bad!

[@Wolf_Tycoons]

You should make a video on the Fabbri hard rock models! Those are AWESOME

[@wittkevin222]

Why do one of you sound like you're in a bathroom?

[@thrillridefreak8884]

lmfao

[@zephex9411]

There actually one fabbri booster call the power it go to my local fair call the Yamboree it own by Crabtree amusement

[@masterbuilder8849]

I have been on one at butler fair before it was fun I do verify it as the super version of the zipper

[@ZoniesCoasters]

I rode the sky scraper at zero gravity Dallas and it's currently one of my favorite flat rides

[@bailey2103-3]

I've ridden Speed at the Indiana State Fair and it's pretty fun, my favorite portable flat for sure

[@petrawolff5641]

Next video😍👍

[@Awesome_Alex99]

I love this ride. it is so much fun

[@themeparkreel]

absolutely incredible rides! the best ones are the fabbri booster and the mondial turbine! also when you talked about the funtime booster you showed a video of the mondial one sorry had to point that out 😂im a funfair fanatic! i love the furioso we had one come to london and i rode it about 10 times it was so much fun!

[@kehehe9934]

The chaos pendel ( booster from funtime ) is my favorite booster , I prefer kmg's one over fabbris one cause they're safer and prettier, also the giga booster looks kinda safe

[@sloviscelery2135]

I've been on a travelling one, it's pretty fun, but nothing too special, the main intensity for me was the height, considering it was the tallest thing around.

[@puffcatco]

If you ride a Fabbri booster, you can experience quite alot of g forces. I even greyed out on it during its' top speed, but they made it run an extra round, which was strange.

[@katherinewiykovics1602]

I was supposed to ride the one in St Louis last weekend but plague cancelled my vacation.

[@KincadeCooks]

Where at?

[@katherinewiykovics1602]

@@KincadeCooks Six Flags St. Louis, outside Eureka. Think that one is called catwoman's whip or something.

[@Doommaster1994]

They had a Booster ride at the Seattle Center Fun Forest around the late 2000s. There's an on-ride video of it on KZbin (at the time I am writing this). There is no way I'd ever ride this thing, much too scary for me, but it's cool to learn the history behind it. Thanks for posting.

[@mickcollins1921]

homeboy needs a better mic...

[@Zamperla]

The Turbo Force was originally designed and built by Soriani in 2000, but when Zamperla bought the company, they started producing it themselves, making small modifications. The very first Turbo Force once traveled across the U.S. and since 2007 it is operating in Mexico.

[@Car_spotting_Subotica]

How much they cost?

[@sharkfinn4]

If you haven't ridden Vertigo at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, you haven't lived.

[@Wolf_Tycoons]

I need to go on this someday

[@JBThrills]

And now we’re getting booster type rides for 2020 at 2 six flags parks...can’t wait to see how those turn out

[@eskenandore30]

Is there a ride similar to the Mondial Turnine? The main difference would be that there was only one arm, but still propeller assisted, very tall. I recall seeing it at a county fair in Wisconsin I went to. I seem to remember it being called the high flyer but can’t find anything like it when searching online. The only reason I’m sure it only had one arm is because I remember it swinging back and forth until it had enough momentum to complete the full rotation. I also recall watching the propeller change direction to assist in swinging the single arm each time it would start moving in the opposite direction.

[@calebhinton6874]

Love this👍👍👍

[@gary5248]

Skyscraper by Gravity Works debuted at the Florida State Fair in 1997. That is the model in the Gravity Works brochure that was shown.

[@charlienicklin2850]

Couple of corrections: The first Fabbri Booster went to the UK and was owned by M&D’s (Matt and Douglas Taylor) of Scotland. It made its debut in 2001 at the famous Kirkcaldy Links Market. After getting exported a few years later, Matt and Douglas bought the first ever booster maxxx, called Bomber Mark 2. This now travels France but has been given a complete retheme and is now called Monster Maxxx

[@princessravendiamond4288]

Yup, another flat ride at my state fair. I'm not sure what the capacity is but I believe it's a total of 4 riders, two in each gondola. It's enclosed and colored yellow.

[@miwer1000]

You are forgetting the original named booster ride. The huss booster (more like a breakdance) Ow and some advice, at least try to find Soms videos of the right rides when you talk about that type

[@themeparkkieran4573]

Yes big up fantasy island carnt beat a British amusement park especially one with 2 amazing vecoma coasters

[@JVCOSTA]

the Booster was launched by Fabbri in 2000, had its lance in lattice format and was in 40m version.

[@robotbeeptv4941]

11:40 can relate not for half an hour tho but the kmg speed at my local fair didnt have the brakes released when it was loading so i was upside down for 4-5 minutes few years later i saw the same one stuck upside down for a fair bit longer at another localish fair.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

I have mixed feelings about these after getting stuck at the top of one of these as a kid where I was falling through the shoulder restraints literally facing certain death.I shouldn’t have been on that ride if I was too small to be secured, I held on for dear life. Felt like forever before we could get off.

[@hexenofficial]

Great video! I have vivid memories of seeing a Skyscraper model at the California State Fair in like 96/97. I remember getting freaked out when I saw the seat belt harness.

[@willie0704]

There was a very unsafe homemade looking one of these in Pigeon Forge, TN operating in the early 90s

[@cedarflags]

I got to ride skyscraper at cedar point and it was pretty fun!

[@CoasterCollege]

Skyscraper looked awesome, I really wish I got to ride it!

[@saejimagaming1434]

Last year a girl injured her arm on the chaos pendle in Australia and it really confuses me because I went on it and there was nothing there to injure you arm on.

[@CJDJSDiscos]

Great video! Only problem is that it's kinda hard to hear what the other guy is saying 😕

[@cube_control]

I rode the one at the Minnesota state fair in (I think) 2017. Do you kn9w what model that is?

[@jaysonsettle2565]

You forgot the turbo force in the us were the tension strap on one side broke and turned in to a whip hitting 3 games and hurting 7

[@mstcysal8072]

booster are fun, KMG speed is currently my favourite flat ride model

[@blankahittl5424]

I've ridden black mamba at wiener prater and it was awesome😍😍😍

[@GloryInWonderland]

We have a speed at our county fair, but transporting rides spook me so I haven’t risen it.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Do the Huss Topple Tower if enough info about it exists

[@MrMoose-oo9nx]

You should do a video on the slingshot/ bungee catapult rides

[@andrewgrindley6773]

Great video. Although the booster Maxxx was produced before 2007 as one debuted at Nottingham Goose Fair in 2006.

[@andrewgrindley6773]

I'm actually right about this. I'm pretty sure the first Booster Maxx Debuted in 2006 as it was at the Hoppings fair in Newcastle that year.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

The Skyscraper rides are one of the coolest of these rides

[@coasterboss1654]

Is face reveal coming soon

[@laylaw3447]

So you never rode a booster. Neither have I

[@coastx6140]

For the next video or a video in the future, you should do a Graviton discussion.

[@mrbillion4894]

Its actually gonna be built at the great escape, everything was worked out they passed it a couple months ago. It will just be in a different area

[@CoasterCollege]

Awesome!

[@izzy1393]

I hope they don’t get banned bc at my fair we used to have the booster but in 2017 they got banned

[@izzy1393]

Bc it was like the highlight of the fair

[@kehehe9934]

Those capriolos looks insane

[@unifiedthrills]

Do scad tower history

[@candieland4276]

The guy with the accent was painful to listen to...between his apparent inability to read, and his sound quality...yeah, maybe don't use him again🙄

[@dianaburn2474]

I had no issues listening to him. As did most other people in the comments, apparently. English isn't his first language, but I had no issues understanding him. You sound like a complete jerk.

[@vinnycamarata4907]

You forget the infinity model from kmg

[@andrewgrindley6773]

The KMG infinity is more like an inversion 12 or looping swing ride.

[@GerbenDavid]

Alexander !!

[@CrazyKevin22]

But I think you forgot about this one!... (I don’t know any info about it) kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3XIep-Dd7WBrNk Edit: you also didn’t mention this ride on the (inverting pendulum rides) video...

[@stendijk8949]

those are not really boosters

[@CrazyKevin22]

Sten Dijk if it’s not a booster ride then is it an inverting pendulum ride?

[@stendijk8949]

@@CrazyKevin22 yes he has a video where this one is in

[@puffcatco]

It's a powered swing attraction, not a booster. I've ridden both and in some aspects they do feel similar, but they have very different cycles.

[@MrGeirPaulsen]

Hell NO, never gonna get me in one of these :P

[@stendijk8949]

they look really scary but they aren't that intense in terms of g-forces. But they do look really scary.

[@puffcatco]

@@stendijk8949 they do pull a good amount depending on the model. I've only ridden fabbri boosters but they're quite forceful.

[@danwolfe238]

great escape is running