Trabant Info and History - Flat Ride Friday 18

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@sirrides-a-lot7153 2 ай бұрын

The Trabant from my footage was built in 1968. My friend is the fourth owner of it. It was Carpenter Bros, then Durant Enterprises (Durant gave it a casino theme but it was still called Trabant), then D&R Shows had it a few years and gave it a Casino sign, then Chicketti bought the ride from D&R in June 2019 and repainted it. He's had it ever since. To think that the Trabant I used to see at Clark County Fair would fall into my friend's hands lol

@stellaVista 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for featuring this fantastic ride. But I have to add some addtional info about the origins of the Trabant. The prototype Trabant originated in Germany. German showman Karl Mayer patented it and had it build to his plans. The prototype had it´s debut at Munichs Oktoberfest in 1960. It was a success, but Mayer knew the ride was still not up to his standard. So he made a leasing-deal with his friend, German-American showman Carl Sedlmayer. Sedlmayer brought the prototype to the USA where it played succesfully at Royal American Shows. Due to its huge success, they contacted Harold Chance and asked him if he could refine the ride for serial production. The first Chance Trabant debuted in Chicago in 1962. It´s estimated that Chance sold about 300 units. The original inventor Karl Mayer received a license fee for every built ride for 20 years. Heinrich Mack then saw the ride in Chicago and imediately began to plan a serial production for his own version. The first Hully Gully debuted in Germany in 1967. It became such a big hit that some of the first customers sold their new rides to fellow showmen for triple prizes, cause Mack could not meet the demand. Since the Hully Gully was also capable of turning backwards, the showmen would announce that "the next trip will go backwards". This actually became a cultural meme, that to this day Germans say "Hully Gully rückwärts (backwards)" when they want to say that things are getting unusual or wild.

@justsomeone89 2 ай бұрын

I've seen so many of these type of comments with his videos, the guy doesnt care if the information is correct or complete. Thank you for adding additional and correct info!

@CoasterCollege 2 ай бұрын

Love the extra info! Finding this stuff is so hard, do you know of any good sources?

@sirrides-a-lot7153 2 ай бұрын

@@stellaVista the original Trabant also had seats that faced inwards.

@karolyncarter5729 2 ай бұрын

It's was one of my favorite rides on my grandfather's carnival. Love's Expo Shows 1970 - 1984.

@bwware 2 ай бұрын

Glad you mentioned the Stricker's Grove purchase. I was just at Stricker's this past Friday and I know for the longest time, you could see theirs in a multiple pieces just sitting in the storage shed when you rode the train. I always wondered what happened to it!

@kso808 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see this classic flat ride still continues today. Have you ever seen the viral YT video posted about 15 years ago of a Mexico Trabant ride gone crazy? It is believed the ride operator was inebriated at the time and sped up the speed and duration of the ride to give a very intense experience. Since then, I’ve often wondered if Trabants are equipped with a ride governor which controls the maximum speed of the ride.

@amandahankins2731 2 ай бұрын

My uncle works for ms delta shows and has for years. They used to have one of the original trabants and do not now. I miss it sooo much!

@photogbrandie5744 2 ай бұрын

I always loved the one at Valleyfair in MN, going backwards. Fun ride!

@AngryGumball 2 ай бұрын

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk recently opened a freestyle known as Surge. In the 90s they used to have the Wipeout model, nice to see a successor to it make a return.

@BasEerdenKeuning 2 ай бұрын

The Hully Gully is definitely one off my favourite rides when I was a kid. The park where I went to alot de waarbeek in the Netherlands still has it and I am happy to be able to ride it tomorrow!

@BassGuitarSlide 2 ай бұрын

I rode the Hully Gully at Waarbeek last month - it was super fun and easily the most intense ride at the park 🤘🏻 Additionally, the operator surprised us by spraying water with a hose on all riders - a really cool thing on a hot day 😎

@Porcf81 2 ай бұрын

The one at Carowinds is not Lady Luck for Adventureland. Lady Luck was still operating when Gyro Gorce arrived at Carowinds. It sat under Fury for a couple of years before it was refurbished and installed.

@Doommaster1994 2 ай бұрын

They used to have this at my local fair (which no longer has rides since it started operating after the pandemic). It was called Wipeout. I think they later changed the paint job on the seats, but it was a lot of fun to ride. I have footage of it on my channel both on and off ride.

@davidfrischknecht8261 2 ай бұрын

My first exposure to this ride was at a small park in PA. At the time, the park was called Bland's Park, but is now known as DelGrosso's Amusement Park. They have one with the roulette theme that they call "Casino".

@dindog22 2 ай бұрын

there's a scene in the movie The Sandlot where the main kids in the movie decide to try chewing tobacco while they are at the fair. they decide to ride a Trabant and immediately proceed to vomit chewing tobacco all over the place. it's one of the most hilarious scenes in the movie. unfortunately, it's the scene that gets cut when they show it on tv so if you want to see it, you probably have to stream it or use a DVD

@Basedcubone 2 ай бұрын

Yeses I was about to mention this. Every time I see that ride I just think of that scene and that damn tequila song gets stuck in me head

@bigburgerboi2005 2 ай бұрын

What an awesome video. My local park wild waves has one called gambler but sadly it hasn’t been open since before Covid. I really hope it reopens next year but I doubt it :(

@thesledgehammerblog 2 ай бұрын

I've been able to ride it only a couple of times in quite a few visits to the park, so it seems like even when it was operating it rarely ran. I see they don't even list it on the rides section of the park website now which leads me to think they intend to dismantle it at some point, but they also removed Klondike Gold Rusher from the site for several years but apparently brought it back. In addition to it running fairly uncommonly, they also required 2 riders per car which made it hard for some people to ride.

@MrMakoFL 6 ай бұрын

Glad to see this video. We have a traveling Freestyle with RCS. Also the SBF-Visa Wipeout at IAAPA was surprisingly good for its size and being a family ride.

@CoasterCollege 6 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed the SBF version honestly. Very intense for such a small ride.

@HaruMochizukiVT 3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Goes to show the biggest rides don’t always take the prize for the best rides

@airstride20 2 ай бұрын

Oh I regularly operate the Trabant at Michigans Adventure! It's fully manual with how it raises and lowers, so I have to pay attention to how many times it spins. Also the restraints are cryptic for the guests and hurt my hands to constantly open for them.

@jishwasher337 2 ай бұрын

felt 😭 i operate the trabant at valleyfair and the restraints are so painful after a while and not to mention lowkey janky 💀 i'm glad the upgraded versions have much better restraints

@sirrides-a-lot7153 2 ай бұрын

I operate my friend's and it's real funny to see people try to open the lap bar even though the redundant bar is still up😂

@sstelten92 Ай бұрын

Ex-original trabant operator here (Wheel of Fortune at Valleyfair). One of the more interesting things about that installation was it was one out of only a handful of rides (I think the rest were in Planet Snoopy) that were allowed to operate during lightning but could NOT operate during rain. This was due to the original Trabants using a rubber wheel to spin the ride vehicle disk, and their braking power was significantly reduced if the wheel got wet. I spent many hours sending that thing through cycles to try to finish drying off the wheel.... I also remember that installation was not automatic whatsoever, so the standard procedure was to count in your head regarding proper cycle times. Of course I came up with my own cycles when supervisors weren't looking lol.

@andrewgrindley6773 2 ай бұрын

Great video as always. I've been looking forward to this one for quite a while. The Trabant was also quite popular in the UK. The story is kinda similar to that of the Scrambler, where UK Showmen & manufacturers would build their own to save on import costs (these would be similar to the original Chance model). Over 40 Trabants were built in the UK between when they were first introduced (around 1965) & the 1980s, when most manufacturers stopped production, with most being built by Bennett, Turnagain & ARM UK. These rides would be quite popular, both with Showmen & Amusement Parks, particularly the Butlins Parks. Eventually though, these rides would get rarer & rarer. They can still be found at some Butlins Parks, but outside of that, they're quite rare now. The only other one's I know of are one in Bridlington, two travelling in England (John Wesseldine's Razzle Dazzle & Nick Peel's Mexican Hat), a Reverse Time 24 at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach & an outward facing trabant in Scotland called Star Fighter (built by RH Fabrications & based off a Freestyle) which is the only Trabant I've ridden & is also the most recent having finished completion in 2021.

@koolstup Ай бұрын

Valuable info thanks, I think there's still one operating at Butlins in Bognor Regis

@andrewgrindley6773 Ай бұрын

@@koolstup yeah. I think a few Butlins Parks still have them.

@HaruMochizukiVT 3 ай бұрын

I remember going to my home county fair all the way back in 2005-2006 and riding their Chance Rides Trabant. I knew it was going to be my favorite just from watching this mesmerizing thing, and boy was I never disappointed. One thing that stuck out to me aside from the awesome casino black-and-red paint with the purple arms and silvery-white centerpiece: a clicking sound made every revolution or two of the wheel. I don’t know why but I always associated the ride with that sound, so to know that most of these early renditions of the ride didn’t age very well makes it… well… click as to why. (Silly anecdote on how little I knew of the rides’ typical conditions.) On SBF’s rendition, I believe I’ve ridden that one at Malibu Jack’s as of late and *man* is the steeper angle so much better for the outside facing seats. (I can’t imagine how unimpressive it would be otherwise.) Of course, I can’t help but wonder about the history of the Reverchon Explorer, ARM Quasar and such now. Anyway, rambling aside, awesome video! Looking forward to lots more videos!👍

@CoasterCollege 3 ай бұрын

I need to look into the Quasars, definitely a good ride for next summer!

@sirrides-a-lot7153 2 ай бұрын

@@CoasterCollege Bates Bros has a Quasar, but they haven't brought it out this year yet

@philliphouston8171 2 ай бұрын

I remember about the Trabant ride back in the early 2000 that has three rotations where it has a rotating L shaped arm on top of the rotating lifting arm and the spinning platform of gondolas on top of the rotating L shaped arm spins in a flat horizontal angle in the air and it tilts in a 90° angle when the L shaped arm rotates in a 45° angle on top of the rotating lifting arm. The Trabant ride title name is Regalette and Jackhammer that used to be in operation at one of the Disneyland theme parks.

@BlueJeanBaby 2 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you! I've been waiting for this one. It was my favorite as a kid. 😊

@SkyrushFanboy 2 ай бұрын

I was fortunate to ride wipeout at Knoebels and it was insane. The op let the ride go ridiculously fast for at least 5 minutes and I couldn't even get to the exit because I couldn't see anything since I was so dizzy lol

@Funfair2304 2 ай бұрын

I've managed to find and ride two Mack Hully Gully's and even got the chance to operate one last season. Although it ran automatic in a small family park, I will never not love the sound it makes when it goes up in the air. You even get airtime on both rides I've done, with the other one traveling in Germany. I've also seen very small kiddie variations spring up around German fairs, most called Crazy Clown.

@Colaholiker 2 ай бұрын

Which one in Germany was it? A former friend of mine used to work for a German showman running a Hully-Gully close to 20 years ago.

@Funfair2304 2 ай бұрын

@@Colaholiker Volmer's Hully Gully, done it this year in May i think

@Colaholiker 2 ай бұрын

@@Funfair2304 ah, okay.. In the case if my friend it was SPAGERER'S Hully Gully.. But they sold it long ago.

@alexgourley3920 2 ай бұрын

What a coincidence I was watching The Sandlot last night

@billchief397 2 ай бұрын

The one I loved as a kid...then went to worlds of fun and rode cyclone sams...damn thing trying to throw us off lol!!!!

@BlackburnBigdragon 2 ай бұрын

I used to ride the Trabant all the time at Riverside Park in Massachusetts (The park that was bought by Six Flags and became Six Flags New England. I'm still butthurt at that purchase. The thing that made me mad was that they initially kept the park exactly the same and added NOTHING but a change of the name on the sign. To go to Riverside Park, it was $15 to get in. After the Six Flags purchase, they didn't add a single thing to the park initially, but jacked the ticket prices up to $45!!!! As a young twenty something, who spent every week in that park during the summer, that ticket price was WAY TOO HIGH. And they didn't start adding stuff till years later. And on top of that, they committed the crime of bulldozing all my favorite rides.)

@brynnhenriksen807 2 ай бұрын

This was a fun video! I remember riding one The City of Fun traveling carnival had when I was younger. I miss it.

@starshiranui33 2 ай бұрын

I had always wondered what that ride was at Six Flags over Texas! I'd always seen it and wondered what it was since I'd never seen anything like it before, so thank you for the insight!

@elizabethgrey9157 2 ай бұрын

I think the Wipeout ride at Waldemeer in Pennsylvania cracked one of my ribs! I just remember hearing a small "crack" noise and my side hurting! No, I didn't go see a doctor, let alone contact the park. Life goes on.

@Mr_BUSINESS_24_7 2 ай бұрын

don't forget.. .. this ride went in both directions

@kamsavart 2 ай бұрын

The Surge just opened up at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk this season, making it 3 new Trabants in existence.

@MigraineManX 2 ай бұрын

My absolute favorite Ride

@scottcook2568 2 ай бұрын

like how it can lock spin makes unique experience if used

@AVdE10000 2 ай бұрын

I like the Wipeout version a lot. Haven't had the chancce to ride the original version yet, but any ride that lets you face and look at each other, is always an upgrade in my book.

@reddcube 2 ай бұрын

I find it interesting that the Chance Freestyle is considers a Thrill ride at SFGE and SFNE. They just seem so tame compared to the other thrills ride at the parks.

@jonnydiggins4777 2 ай бұрын

Now lady luck is removed

@BassGuitarSlide 2 ай бұрын

Walibi Belgium has a Chance Wipeout called "Octopus". It looks neat, but the ride cycle was rather tame 😕 But the Hully Gully at De Waarbeek ran surprisingly intense and was really fun 🤘🏻

@marcocampos2332 2 ай бұрын

5:21 there is another one at Santa Cruz beach boardwalk that opened in 2024

@carriejones4230 2 ай бұрын

I rode a ride at the now closed Enchanted Forest in Indiana that i believe was a Trabant. It featured a giant surfer figure in the center of the ride.

@jeffreysmith5671 2 ай бұрын

The prototype Chance Freestyle is currently traveling with Ray Cammack Shows since 2014.

@djdef5521 2 ай бұрын

I remember Conklin shows use to run an Mack Hully Gully in the 80’s with the theme and back drop similar to the one in the video, but they stopped running it in the mid to late 80’s probably because of the mechanical and maintenance issues.

@JohnRides11 2 ай бұрын

Knott's berry farm has their wipeout that is really fast ride, and RCS has the freestyle that is the amazing with the Seats facing outwards.

@janmcguire5268 2 ай бұрын

I remember this ride at fairs when I was young. But, being in the south, we always pronounced it TRA-bent, with a short a sound and the emphasis on the first syllable. It sounded like a near-rhyme with rabbit.

@sirrides-a-lot7153 2 ай бұрын

Lol I didn't know this was gonna get posted on my birthday 😂

@CoasterCollege 2 ай бұрын

Happy birthday!

@sirrides-a-lot7153 2 ай бұрын

@@CoasterCollege thank u 😎 36 today

@danielmkubacki 2 ай бұрын

The ride that made them trow-up in the movie The Sandlot.

@Coyotek4 2 ай бұрын

Now *this* ride really hits my sweet spot! (I always pronounced it "TRAY-bant", though, with the emphasis on the first syllable.) My first memories of this was at Keansburg, NJ, back in the mid-80s. The rides from that era are long gone (and Keansburg is just a shell of what it once was), sadly. I always wondered why some faced clockwise and others faced counterclockwise ... now I know. Thx for that! FWIW, the old versions could run both forwards and backwards ... for some reason, most modern-day Wipeout rides (with seats facing each way) only run in one direction, which always irked me. Perhaps this is why I preferred the older models. I never did ride the one at Knoebels; it was lying dormant the first time I visited and has since been removed. I have ridden a model that was once at Casino Pier (with a 'Casino' motif). I still watch YT videos of Trabant rides from time to time. It's visually appealing to me to watch. I haven't yet had a chance to ride the 'freestyle' version, though I know of one at an FEC that's not far from SFGA. Thx for this video!

@sirrides-a-lot7153 2 ай бұрын

@@Coyotek4 usually the Wipeouts that only run one direction are running the default program, but it can be changed by using the PLC on the back of the turret when the ride is raised

@leonardo_decapitated4644 2 ай бұрын

I wasn’t a fan of the one at Carowinds because of the heat radiating off every concrete and steel surface in that area. The Cyclone at World’s of Fun was really amazing. It took me by surprise

@GlenFair 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Butlins Holiday Camps in the UK had several Trabants during the 1960s, 4 or 5 maybe? Most were still running in the 1980s but not sure what happened after that

@Colaholiker 2 ай бұрын

I was always under the impression that Mack came up with the design first. But apparently that was just because of me being German and thus more familiar with the Mack model than the Chance model. I love riding either one, I still have to get a ride on the Wipeout and the Freestyle (the latter being very unlikely as I don't see myself getting to any of the two parks soon)

@flashback0978 2 ай бұрын

A Freestyle was sold to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk that opened a few months ago

@TS_Mind_Swept 2 ай бұрын

Definitely a much bigger fan of the Wipeout version and I rode the 💩 out of the one at Knott's Berry Farm; didn't know Waldameer also had one, and I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled for it should I ever get down there for more than 5 minutes to ride just their star attraction, like the only time I've been so far 😅

@richmountain1128 2 ай бұрын

There is one at Six Flags Over Texas named El Sombrero.

@scottcook2568 2 ай бұрын

used to operate it clementon park in NJ

@playernumber967 2 ай бұрын

Can we get a flat ride Friday of jump and smile rides or roto techno rides?

@qfiona 2 ай бұрын

One of my non flipping flat rides the other bring the roundup …. Used to have one magic harnor(rip ) at Myrtle beach and one at the pavilion at Myrtle beach

@craigauclair4026 2 ай бұрын

There's also a Chance Freestyle at Quassy.

@pumpnix 2 ай бұрын

I use to love this ride when I was kid My home park Six Flags Over Texas ha(s)d one (not sure if it is still there, I haven’t been since before 2020, it was the sombrero ride

@johnlovesbridge 2 ай бұрын

The Sea Sick Machine

@Coyotek4 2 ай бұрын

Still on my personal FRF wishlist (while acknowledging that some of these will appear this season): Matterhorn / Flying Bobs - this was mentioned in a previous video, and I look forward to seeing it. . Hurricane / Downdraft . [old-school and/or unique] Boomerang ... I remember seeing this at Casino Pier a LONG time ago, when I was too young for such things [8:00 mark of kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6iuf4Sdo9B9r7M] 'Sidewheeler' (or maybe 'Sidewinder') ... looking a bit like the inner workings of a watch, this one-of-a-kind SFGA installation was something to see. [a brief image can be seen in AT's first episode of the history of SFGA]

@BoyRoy18 2 ай бұрын

The huss speedy is also a veriation, but that one did not go up in the air

@JimaLiga Ай бұрын

However you forgot to mention S.D.C. Hully Gully and Emiliana Luna Park that they made the Swinging type of Gondolas Trabant's called Dancing Fly it looks like Trabant and Matterhorn in one.