Tagada Rides Info and History - Flat Ride Friday 4

The Tagada is a simple ride with a complex history. The earliest roots of the ride can be traced to turn of the century attractions that were essentially just spinning wheels designed to throw riders off them with centrifugal force. This would evolve over time into the Tagada we know today. The modern Tagada is a very dangerous ride, it's so dangerous that it's banned in several countries including the US and Australia.
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[@SkyrushFanboy]

Old fans of this channel know the Tagada is a "circle based ride that literally goes around in a circle" lol

[@arya.n.8252]

I don't have epilepsy but that fairgroundking1 clip is quite something

[@dandygardner9404]

👁️ 👁️

[@aMondayMorning]

oof owie ouch my corneas

[@keirstenduren7188]

Yeah I just had a migraine attack yesterday and that made my head hurt real bad 😭

[@Zimeatsgirswaffles]

Flashing lights warning between 1:45-4:02. In case that's a problem for anyone. It gets pretty intense in some spots

[@moomagooweeaboo]

Was about to comment this. I wasn't prepared for it and it made me pretty dizzy.

[@levelfive7662]

I love these. I remember that once on my local amusement park me, my sister and some of her friends were repeating and repeating the tagada before the park closed. On the last ride, the operetor made it waaay longer than the other ones. The next day, i woke up with my arms hurting and bruises (im not sure about the bruises, but at least my arms hurt). 10/10 would do it again.

[@moolb2432]

I'm from Brazil, and I was so shocked when I discovered that this type of ride is banned in a lot of countries. In Brazil it is a fairly common ride, usually called SAMBA

[@onewayturtles]

We can't do a lot of fun things in America because our government doesn't trust us. And they shouldn't.

[@ScreamingAllTheTime]

Idk why, but there’s some flat rides with more safety features that I wouldn’t ride, but I see this one and go “I could do this I’m built different” for some reason.

[@GermiesCoasterYard]

Literally something out of my nightmares. A ride where there is no seatbelt and you're at the mercy of your grip strength 😂

[@Honeyr0ck]

I live in south america, where these things are some of the most COMMON and basic fair rides, and yeah, i like them in a weird way, they are uncomfortable as hell but you have so much fun and laughs that you forget about everything, one of my wishes before i die is to operate a tagada :)

[@kso808]

I’ve never really ever considered this to be a fun ride.

[@dandygardner9404]

Same. When I was a kid, i think my my peers mistook tagada as a gateway to insane, aggressive, dangerous flirting... No thanks.

[@4everpee]

I dont know why they dont make the bars much more higher and styrofoam matress center to reduce bruises and bone breakage. Seat seperator too could be added to improve safety. There is tons of ways to improve tagada safety if engineers want to takle it.

[@bleeblah234]

Bucket list ride

[@markvolpe2305]

Carowinds had a Tagada in the parks early years, which lasted 1 or 2 seasons. From what I read about the ride, it was ran very tame.

[@PotooBurd]

This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌

[@Funfair2304]

I did not ride an actual Tagada yet, but I have ridden a ride that's commonly known as a Hopser in Germany. Serving as some sort of Tagada replacement (as they aren't found in Germany at all), these rides can only bounce up on the back side, and not side to side. These are tamer than an actual Tagada but they can spin very fast and pull some forces. I've also noticed these often reach higher points than an actual Tagada can.

[@Colaholiker]

Not sure if what's said in the video about the bouncing of the Tagada being hydraulic is correct, but the "Hopser" is pneumatically bounced. I totally have to disagree with what's said about the rides being oh so dangerous. First of all, they get TÜV approval, which means a lot. And then, I spend my entire childhood at German fairs, and it was way more likely to get beat up by some drunk person who felt like you were looking at them the wrong way than get injured riding a Hopser. But then again, a lot of folks in the US would see a lot of things that are common at fairs in Europe (like just waiting on the ride's perimeter walkway to get on a Break Dancer or Musik Express ride) as terribly dangerous, while we just say "so what?"...

[@Zackattackplayspokemon]

I agree with a few other comments here, please try and choose clips unlike the "Fairgroundking1" clip or try and edit out the flashing because that is *very* distracting and causing an epilepsy risk for no real reason

[@fiomidemeteor9776]

Had a chance to ride a Tagada a few weeks back - I only skipped it because I visited the fair at a really, really quiet time of day and the operator said he'd start running it in a few hours time. I recon they would be fun with a large group of freinds but not really worth it on your own.

[@keynobi9258]

I was not allowed to ride on those when I was little, so I've only been in them at most 3 times. The last one was like a year ago. It was me, my two friends, a group of 4 or 5 people around our age (early 20s), and 2 kids around 10 years old. The kids were in the center, but the rest of us started on the sides, so we could not get up a single time. We all felt so old XD

[@ross123540]

Loved riding on this as a child when the fun fair used to come to town! So much fun!❤

[@robwarner9371]

It all depends on how the ride is operated. I’ve had loads of fun rides on the Tagada they used to have at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. You could ride with arms in the air and feet raised off the floor and still not end up falling off the seat. Your coccyx would take a bit of a bashing, but the bouncing was only done when the ride was spinning, so the centripetal force helped keep you seated. The injuries occur when riders are encouraged to stand up, or when the operator bounces the ride without spinning it.

[@adwan182]

The one next to the Haunted house? I loved that ride!

[@robwarner9371]

@@adwan182 That’s the one!

[@windyleecarr]

My one and only Tagada ride was on that very machine around 1987. Absolutely hated it. Plastic seats = bruised coccyx and sore back for days. Swore I'd never go on one again.

[@TheSymchan]

Oh my god, I remember riding this around 15 years ago in Germany. I loved that thing, but I can absolutely see how dangerous it really is. Haven't seen one since that time. I feel like I have vague memories of riding a variation with two spinning discs, but it might be my memory being faulty

[@twiglet645]

I Absolutely Love theese, Even in the UK where they are often run slower and with less bouncing, they are still some of my fav rides due to the sheer insanity and roulette of injuries! Great Video!

[@David9PM]

If that was in America. The insurance policy would be crazy making it not worth it. Also the potential lawsuits is insane.

[@AlphaFlight]

Rcs had one in the United States. Not having any injuries. Parents however started to complain and bullied the ride off the show

[@DisneyMarkUK]

Love these things.

[@Nagamine_shizuko]

I almost fell off of one on these, still love em tho

[@moomagooweeaboo]

Please put a warning for flashing lights!!!

[@darnell2000]

You could workshop a sort of seat where the rider is restrained into the seat, but the seat itself can bounce around on elastics/springs/bumpers to give some of the same feeling. Furthermore the operator's choices could be limited to scripted and tested sequences of motions.

[@Benthetrainkid]

The Tagada should be fitted with restraints like seatbelts for operation in countries its banned from operating

[@liamcollinson5695]

My local fair at hull uk is one of the biggest in Europe and has multiple of these they really don't go easy on you broken noses and missing teeth are not uncommon it's like a dream for flat ride fans if you are in the UK I would recommend it and it runs from the 4th of October to the 12th discounting the Sunday

[@travelingRonman]

I've ridden one in Beijing, China and one in Santiago, Chile. The one in Beijing was wild, people falling all over the place. The one in Santiago was much more tame. I thought it was pretty fun

[@PapaGamingCentral]

i live in Belgium and love the Tagada cool the way you pronounce it hihihi its from french tagada is when you hop hop with horses :p Greetings from Belgium. Cool videos you make with alot of pinpoint acurate info and i love it!

[@justphantom7013]

God how I hate Tagada's. Whenever I see one show up on our German fairs or already weeks before on the floorplans, the amount of anger I feel cannot be put in words for such a wasted opportunity for an actual good fair ride. Even if these things operate for 3€ only compared to the Break Daces 4,50€ or sometimes even 5€, nah I'd take those. No money in the world can make me ride those things again.

[@44bthknuckles]

mariners pier in wildwood had a tagada

[@Lumoskor]

im pretty adventurous with trying new rides, but this ride is an actual nightmare both in theory and practice, especially safety-wise

[@erikan.n8409]

A very popular tagada ride character in mexico is called la monja, and it is a nun dancing/twerking in the middle on the tagada

[@CoasterCollege]

incredible

[@justinbremer2281]

Kinda looks like a Pop-a-matic Mosh Pit

[@BoyRoy18]

This is the most fun ride i ever done. I was the first to stand up in the middel, i puled my friend with me and everyone els also come. We were bounces around alot!!! my friend and i were the last standing and the opperator tryed to get us to fall. eventualy we did fall, fly down to random people that were sitting again and evey one was laughing. it was so mutch fun!! to jump in a moving spinning and bouncing ride is insane! But that i love about it. Its also where nobody care if you are a stanger. You always and up on someone els you dont know. With some bruches we left the ride but we went again stayed after it. Yes i had pain the next morning and i looked like a smurf, but it was oldschool fun!!! and that awesome

[@CoasterCollege]

Sounds very fun!

[@patrickhamos2987]

flashing lights annoying

[@MrGeirPaulsen]

Love the Tagada !

[@Muschelbu]

You are truely exaggerating in terms of danger. And the bouncing is solved with pneumatics, not hydraulics. Despite of that, love flatrides, love your series. Thanks.

[@CoasterCollege]

I think the danger is subjective, compared to other rides very unsafe, compared to most other things in life the risk is not too bad.

[@themeparkreel]

ive been on a tagada twice here in the UK. they are insane rides luckily the ones i rode had padding to keep the ride comfortable

[@chevdamalino]

i remember going on one of these rides when i was younger, almost flew off if it wasnt for my parents basically saving me, these rides still scare me with the lack of any restraints

[@keirstenduren7188]

I rode a ride as a child that wasn’t this one, but the restraints were so lacking that my brother and I fell out into the floor and it basically became this ride

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

How did it feel

[@ianskovsted8744]

I saw one in Vienna. I was too scared to ride it tho. But it looks a wild ride.

[@BlueJeanBaby]

I used to love a ride called the Trabant. I don't know if there are still any operating today.

[@CoasterCollege]

That ride will be covered in a future episode!

[@chfilms1]

In the UK riders are not allowed to stand up on them operators generally use the phrase no seat no bounce which definitely helps with safety would love to walk one tho

[@princesskristan]

Everytime I see these rides, I just think about this one video of someone dressed up and they were doing tricks and stuff. Was kinda cool

[@dougbriglmen716]

It’s actually compressed air that makes them bounce up and down, not hydraulics🙂

[@pixelythegamer3260]

I went on one of these rides in a trip to south america

[@Playernumber1.]

yo i live right next to Spain and there tagada rides are very common ive been on the one thats goes to the Gibraltar fair and its fun but not really my thing ill stay with the kmg experience thank you very much

[@craigauclair4026]

Don't know why, but they sound fun. 😁

[@goinginsaneorelse]

Can we have an epilepsy warning on this video because damn, my eyes, they burn

[@c.i.n.b4710]

crazier than how a tungara frog sounds!

[@MechaNintendoMast]

Sounds like 'Anything Goes: The Ride' which can be good or bad.

[@hazza5999]

Americans just seem more delicate than Europeans 😂. Seriously I imagine insurance is a big factor in the US.

[@CoasterPrototypes]

I get its dangerous but damn these tend to be one of my favourite rides at most fun fairs

[@CoasterCollege]

They look incredible

[@AG7-MTM]

If I were to make the full-size ride ASTM compliant, I would add seatbelts and slow down the hydraulic bouncing, almost to the rate of a lift rather than a bounce

[@snerttt]

That would be so shit lol

[@castielabloodwings6301]

Tbh I love the tagada rides

[@paulox93]

el año pasado probe el de fantasilandia de fabri group terriblemente dolorosos los saltos he increiblemente intenso es un descontrol diria que unico disfruta es el operador

[@Coyotek4]

Maybe my memory is just slipping, but I *swear* I was on one of these at Morey's Pier back in the early-90s.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

It’s a shame these are so controversial

[@muffels6410]

Flat rides are back! How am I just now realizing this?

[@SwitchbackSylveon]

I think they're legal in the UK but I have never seen one at a fair, I would kinda like to ride one though

[@DevinSeeleyDevilO]

probably should add a flash warning

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

Regatta de Blanc?

[@IPlayFortniteOnPS5]

i would ride, and have had the chance at a local fair. americans who want to ride there are tagadas in the united kingdom.

[@clairep3688]

All it needs is a lap bar like a tilt a whirl and it would be fun lol

[@dougbriglmen716]

Except that would ruin the point of the ride, the whole point of it is that you get through in about a little bit.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

I always thought these rides looked stupid and didn't do anything exciting on RCT3 so I never put them in, and then you find out that they're even stupider than they looked, but for a completely different reason.. no I would never ride one of these; I've never had a lot of money, but I at least have a few cents

[@5outhp4rkf4n]

i want to go on a tagada one day it’s too bad i live in america 😭 mexico isn’t that far tho

[@leesullivan1916]

I've never understood in this day and age how these are still permitted in any country for all reasons mentioned. I've ridden a fare few, but I'm not a fan.

[@AVdE10000]

"the largest established manufacturer is Italian" Oh... Oh no...

[@snerttt]

Worlds most based ride

[@VelocicoasterFanboy]

Bouncy

[@snoleopard]

these are banned in Australia :(

[@c.i.n.b4710]

they aren't banned in the uk!

[@sonic23233]

I will never ride one of these

[@dougbriglmen716]

I’m sorry to have to be that guy, but they are not dangerous unless you do something stupid while riding them. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the majority of injuries or deaths are from rider’s own stupidity! I go on them all the time here in Scotland and the rest of the UK, but I have never been injured. I personally oppose any regulations that spoil the point of a ride or even stop a ride type from even operating. I’m not against health and safety, but it should never ever be at the expense of a ride being unable to operate or spoil the point of a ride simply for them doing what they were designed to do from the beginning.

[@fightingidiocy7724]

They do this, and demand free health care. lolwut

[@SimonLiddo]

What utter rubbish! Learn your facts before making such inflammatory accusations. These rides are highly regulated in Europe and there are no broken bones as you attest

[@dindog22]

this looks like the worst ride ever