Huss Condor Rides Info and History - Flat Ride Friday 2

[@regulusmasamuneryuku8657]

I really like that the newer one has a place to put loose articles. More of that please.

[@CoasterCollege]

Truly a great idea!

[@trainlover16]

As a toddler I think I remember seeing the Condor at Ocean Park cycling, but to 2 year old me, it looked like the ride was spinning the gondolas much faster, and the arm was rising up to the top much faster but then immediately lowering again the millisecond it reached the top, all while techno music was playing to the ride’s rising and falling cycle.

[@randomtraveler9854]

I grew up with the one at Hersheypark, Flying Falcon. Those giant birds circling the sky fascinated me as a child. I was 27 when it was removed and heavily focused on coasters but still faithfully rode it. Maybe they'll get the newer version.

[@BassGuitarSlide]

I really like these classics - they look impressing and are fun to ride. The most intense Condor might be at Belantis, but the one at Tivoli Gardens is also a fantastic ride: Fata Morgana has a really long ride cycle, looks gorgeous (especially at night!) and the new seating position on those disks combined with stunning views over the city is a must do for thrillseekers 😊

[@CARSPOTTING_ITALY]

There is an abandoned condor huss in south italy, it was a historic ride from gardaland

[@moonbunny24]

That compartment thing is SO cool!

[@danielmkubacki]

I was pissed when Morey's Piers is Wildwood NJ got rid of the Huss Condor. I loved that ride and the view you got at the top.

[@WhatAG23]

I always wondered what was up with that weird Condor in Planet Coaster that had two vehicles with outward seats. As my home park, I’ve rode the one at Six Flags Great America many times. It has seemed less thrilling than when I was a kid so maybe they did slow it down, though I’ve also thought it was just me getting older. Thx for the info on this model!

[@DVS_Rides]

If you mean Ikarus from german showman distel, they had it in storage till 2008 did a fair and in 2010 the stored it again after that they sold it to Fanstaslandia.

[@LosttheGame420]

This video has a 90s feel and I love that, long time subscriber here I've watched you grow so much keep up the great work!!

[@CoasterCollege]

Glad you caught the vibe!

[@TheFringes.]

SFGAm is my home park so I've ridden it a fair amount of times. Its a very charming ride that looks great on the park's skyline.

[@skippythealien9627]

i would love to go on it at night, or sunset it sucks though that the ride is never open

[@rahrahROTTEN]

I remember riding Condor when it opened at Six Flags Great America. I remember thinking it was going to be more intense than it was.

[@tigerrocks503]

Fun fact: Great Americas Condor actually first opened at Great Adventure and operated their for 3 seasons

[@rahrahROTTEN]

@@tigerrocks503 with the marketing surrounding it at time you would’ve thought it was the first of its kind 😆

[@randomtraveler9854]

I loved Hershey's model but it wasn't a very intense ride. Definitely more of a family ride than a thrill ride.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I don't live far from Marineland which is in Canada, and they had a huge one there. I thought they were fun.

[@WhatAG23]

There’s one at Six Flags Great America

[@skippythealien9627]

@@WhatAG23 it sucks that it was closed pretty much all of 2023 and while it opened in 2024, it closed again in mid-June

[@Lilacs_and_Chocolate]

Glad you covered this one! This is one of my favorite rides at Great Escape.

[@BenneLuke]

I can go on huge coasters all day, but Condor at SFGAm freaks me out every time. Especially at Halloween when they pause the ride at the top.

[@hx0ad5]

i've always adored the way these things looked, unfortunately haven't been able to go on one as i've never seen one here in the uk and the one time i saw one in person i was getting a migraine

[@Luppay131498]

I miss Hershey’s Flying Falcon so much. That thing was fast!

[@ROWAN707online]

I still enjoy an original one, it is in a local park close to me called Slagharen in the netherlands.

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

I miss the one at Hersheypark.

[@randomtraveler9854]

Me too. Grew up with it and rode it until the end. 27 when it was removed.

[@Coyotek4]

The Condor I remember most was the one located at Morey's Piers (specifically the 'Surfside' Pier, near the Great Nor-easter and log flume). Truly a stunning visual, both from the ground and onride. Would love to someday try the outward-facing cards, though I doubt I'll be in Denmark anytime soon.

[@allst4rm3]

Childhood memory unlocked: Wildwood, NJ in the late 90’s

[@morecklechat5280]

I rode this in 1991 when it was temporarily at Astroworld in Houston! I have old home video of it operating in front of the Texas Cyclone

[@percyorsomething2641]

I remember one time when i was a kid, the Condor at Six Flags Great Escape got stuck at the top, and it took maybe an hour for the park staff to manually winch it down. It had been my favorite ride as a child because of the awesome views of the park and mountains, but i was always nervous to ride it after that. I'm not sure exactly, because I don’t go to the Great Escape very often anymore, but I think that the Condor now opens later in the day (maybe around 11 or noon) and maybe on some days doesn't open at all. I got to ride it again last summer, and it's not a thrill ride by any means, but it definitely is a lot of fun, scary if you're afraid of heights, and a great experience for kids.

[@percyorsomething2641]

On a side note, my favorite thing about that ride is how the manufacturing label says it was made in West Germany. It always gave me a bit of a thrill to know I was riding a ride from the 80s or very early 90s. Although now, knowing how many of the family rides at that park are decades old, older than the Condor, it is slightly less scary.

[@naughtiasteffano9885]

Huss should do a version that has gondolas that can barrel roll upside down. That would be amazing. 🤩

[@Nintorii]

There are 2 generation 1 Condors in Germany (as far as I know). One is in Belantis near Leipzig and the other is in Geiselwind in a town of same name.

[@Nintorii]

And to complete the info both are running every opening day without any error or delays (I guess just a good maintenance?). Also I feel the one in Geiselwind is a bit faster than Belantis one.

[@priebenoel]

There is also a Huss Condor in Skyline Park in Bavaria. it even runs quite fast

[@Nintorii]

@@priebenoel Nice another piece to my collection :D So far I have riden almost all one of a kind or almost extinct flat rides in Europe

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Loved these when I was little

[@randomtraveler9854]

Same. Grew up with Hershey's. 27 when it was removed but rode it until the end.

[@Rollercoaster_breath]

I am so happy my Condor is finally open in ga😍

[@itstimpie]

There is also an original condor operating in Slagharen, Netherlands. Although i dont think in will take long before they shut it down due to the bad condition it’s in.

[@deidrekromhout578]

Such a shame, I love that one

[@alissathesinger]

been on the one at six flags great america probably 100s of times!

[@miltondelacruz7033]

I’ve been to the Tivoli one! It was a blast.

[@TheNinjaDC]

Every park I've been to that still has them had them closed when I visited 😢

[@billchief397]

Yep! Still yet to ride one

[@dindog22]

I think all rides should have a place to stash your stuff in the seat. that's a brilliant idea

[@KingRCT3]

The gondola with outward-facing seats actually banks during the ride cycle. At like 20 or 30°. So you rotate and alternate facing the ground, then the sky, then the ground, etc. In my opinion it makes the ride less scary, but that's a good thing because, and I don't know why, I'm really feeling nervous in a Condor. I found the normal gondola to be scarier.

[@kso808]

This looks like it would be fairly relaxing. I’d love to try one of the newer spinning ones.

[@randomtraveler9854]

Can't speak for all of them but Hershey's wasn't very forceful. As long as you're not afraid of heights and can take some spinning it's a great family ride.

[@ScreamingAllTheTime]

Back in like 96 or 97, I dunno cause I wasn’t there, my mom let my brother and sister on a condor, they were thirteen and four respectively, and she didn’t know it went up. Apparently my sister, being four freaked out and my brother had to reign her in. This was at Great Escape, and when I went there as a toddler in 2004 the ride was banned by our mom, and then when I went there as a teenager in 2019 the ride was down. Someday I’ll get down there and ride it, hopefully it stays up for a while.

[@ianskovsted8744]

The condor in Tivoli gardens, if you ride the outside seat it can tilt around 30 degrees

[@killer342i]

In Europe there was a permante one also named Icarus at Gardaland I rode it when I was litle.

[@coasterfair2602]

I was wondering why we don’t have more than we have (instead they have started disappearing due to being hard to get parts plus the maintenance) so thanks for sharing the info because my home park doesn’t have one (which is Carowinds)

[@mikemett1038]

Got in line for the one at great America a few weeks ago and it threw an error right before I was about to board.. next time 🤞

[@Lunarphoenix606]

Lets go I got to ride one of these it was decorated as bird like artraction it was an great expirance (sorry for rough Enlish my main is dutch)

[@scottcook2568]

i rode it at six flags great adventure long time ago

[@44bthknuckles]

i remember moreys piers condor gut stuck in the air when testing.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I loved these because of the giant bird on top I did like the actual experience though as well

[@Tomtycoon]

1:24, that would mean it needs to cycle every 2 minutes, with leaves time for a program of maybe 1 minute?

[@bakerfx4968]

There is no way my stomach could handle these now that I’m older lol

[@antonnilsson6117]

How did the prototype version(s) look?

[@44bthknuckles]

u forgot to mention moreys piers.they had a huss condor.

[@lughanpauell7206]

I hope the one at Niagara Amusement Park gets built

[@hangman4719]

Huss Made a smaller condor for an indoor park named tatilya in Turkey and now it's at erbil family fun in Kurdistan

[@COASTER_CHASER_1]

Great Escape is in the process of refurbishing theirs to the point it’s been taken Down to ground towers and everything. Also it’s hard to tell but Great Escape seems to have sped theirs up a little. At least it seems they have.

[@ianskovsted8744]

Yeah another flat ride friday 🎉

[@fightingidiocy7724]

I thought all of these flat rides only existed in Planet Coaster.

[@VelocicoasterFanboy]

S&S Space Shot next

[@hangman4719]

Also intamin Made a knockoff condor in Malaysia at berjaya time square and now closed for refurbishment

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I would like some 2nd Generations to be built in America

[@alexandersackawicz]

Worlds of Fun's Condor is not Blume's Ikarus Der Mythos.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Doesn't seem like a ride that's terribly interesting to me, regardless of the operating speed.. It does remind me a lot of a stacked ride at Knott's Berry Farm called X11 (I think? 🤔) though I still to this day don't know what type of ride that was.. it used to stand where Supreme Scream currently is

[@kyleallen8591]

Huss should be pronounced like who-ss

[@naughtiasteffano9885]

People mispronounce Weber too! Lol