Troika Rides Information and History - Flat Ride of the Week Episode 23

Troikas have become pretty rare. Find out the history behind them in this video!
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www.hussrides.com/en/family-r...
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[@Coyotek4]

I get the same sense of peace and stimulation watching a Troika in operation as many get from watching an aquarium of fish.

[@abysshype7099]

Wow, with your new mic, the quality is so much better. Nice work man.

[@sloviscelery2135]

Love the on location sections! I can tell your Mic is a lot higher quality!

[@BenneLuke]

Troika (Triple Play at Six Flags Great America) is my all time favorite flat ride. Very relaxing with a little bit of thrill. Its my go-to for starting the day!

[@Coyotek4]

Rides I still eagerly await to see for FROTW: Musik Express / Himalaya Flying Bobs Trabant Whip Rainbow / 1001 Nacht

[@SchwarzkopfFanboy]

Musik Expresses next week!

[@RiderLeangle2]

@@SchwarzkopfFanboy Glad to hear it, after the Bayern Kurve I was hoping that would come soon. Will there be a chance of flying bobs making it in for being so similar or is there just too much to cover with Musik Express/Matterhorn/Himalaya on their own? Although with how popular they are and how many companies make them I wouldn't be surprised if there's too much ground to cover, hell there's even a kiddie ride version "Mini Himalaya" which was pretty popular when I was younger (probably still are tbh just not on my radar)

[@antoineosburn3435]

There is another KZbin channel who's name is RFlyer01 who did a video on Matterhorn/Flying Bobs 4 months ago and Music Express/Himilayas 5 months ago. If this helps. But keep up with the great flat ride videos. They are very enjoyable.

[@princessravendiamond4288]

Ooooooo 1001 Nacht (based on name alone) sounds like 1001 Night. It's a two row seating structure connected to an arm that lifts the ride in a circle. It's one of my favorite flat rides.

[@vanirie434]

My homepark (Särkänniemi in Finland) has one of these! On slow days we used to back-to-back Troika rides to see how many we could go before getting sick -- it's got a bit of a heft when you're rotating upwards at the highest position of the arms. It could really use better theming and refurbishment, though, it's very clean and well-maintained but looks quite retro compared to even the other older flat rides.

[@jonathonfreeman9233]

Super appreciate the fact that you're experimenting! So don't take this too harshly, I do mean this as constructive criticism. a) the on site commentary of the ride adds a ton b) the natural issues of talking over a flat ride full of screaming people detracts just as much, lol c) I'd honestly suggest having your on-site commentary (where possible) in person. then providing voice over for the main bulk of the vid. Regardless, great info content. ^^ Would be curious to see you cover the Flying Aces model

[@medea27]

Love the on-site commentary, and thank you for the subtitles when the screaming of the riders got too loud.... nice to know they were having fun though! 😎

[@K3SNE]

Very clever how you have the ride in the background

[@omenaattori9226]

My home park Särkänniemi has an original Huss Troika. It's also the oldest ride still in operation in the park!

[@johnanthony9047]

Awesome video on Troikas. Had hoped this would include the weird iteration of Darien Lake’s Troika from 1981 - 1983 called Thrillbilly (pretty sure it was Huss). It was a cross of a large Scrambler & Troika with seats fitting 3 across. I haven’t been able to find pictures & have never seen anything resembling it since

[@Coyotek4]

I don't think I've ever been on a Troika in my life, though I have had a few rides on a Scorpion (including one memorable occasion where the two spinning motions were in the same direction). As Dorney Park is not far from my house (roughly an hour's drive), I have a new reason to want to visit … once the park opens, of course.

[@vinncent5008]

We’ve got a travelling scorpion in Australia ! It’s super fast! Also the carriages become so tilted you almost feel like you’re going upside down. I really enjoy this ride !

[@dindog22]

I absolutely LOVE the Troika at Cedar Point

[@OutdoorsWithShawn]

Studio audio is much better than previous videos. Thanks

[@Lkendrick]

Glad to hear the new microphone! New subscriber :)

[@freddytopnes1422]

Huss Bremens Coctail Shaker. I was working on this ride back in 1997. Still standing in Kongeparken Norway .

[@MichaelZickefoose]

Hey! great video and I'm so glad your mic sounds better!

[@coyote_bravo2723]

I have never seen such a unique flat ride before! It’s really satisfying to watch and cool that you recorded some of your information with gpte and in front of the ride yourself. Also, are you able to to a flat ride of the week on fireball/superloop rides? That would be awesome!

[@maxproandu]

The new mic is a very nice touch

[@chadenglish4169]

I love riding the Trioka at Cedar Point.

[@cantforgetyou]

Nice ride, we have one in Holland in Slagharen.

[@Colaholiker]

Congratulations for getting the new mike. Now finally your high quality information comes at the audio quality it deserves. :)

[@MrMoose-oo9nx]

Wow! Helpful. I placed one of these in my 60’s section of my planet coaster park. I’ll make sure to move it to get it more realistic. Thanks!

[@aninterestingpenguin9374]

I love the Troika at Kings Island

[@Joypyf]

I love my home park’s Troika at SFGAm!

[@michaeltaylor1603]

A visually stunning ride! Now defunct AstroWorld in Houston, TX. Got theirs in 1981. It was already about 7 yrs. old. Ran through 2005 when the park closed. Originally called Warp 10 in the International Plaza. Later moved to Plaza De Fiesta & renamed Warp 2000. Later moved to Six Flags over Texas (sadly damaged) Borrowed one from Six Flags Great America. I always though that 7 car per cross so ODD. Why not 8?

[@Strout1791]

I LOVE TROIKA!!!

[@stendijk8949]

Great video again love the quality Could you make an playlist off all flat rides of the week

[@CoasterCollege]

I have one over on my channel with all the FROTW videos across both our channels, here is a link to it: kzbin.info/aero/PLIu1bD2jA4JNKTvNm3Mm4H6tEsk5cF1mg

[@tooldtovlogwelch7221]

I love flat ride of the week! Bigger flat ride fan than roller coasters!

[@imansfield]

There used to be a troika at Dreamland in Margate during the 80’s. We always thought it was a boring ride when we were kids. It’s the sort of ride you could take your mum on. They just needed to go a little bit higher and a little bit faster!

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I missed these videos

[@Joypyf]

Please do the Condor model too!!!

[@woodencoasterfan]

I think a traveling company called James E Strates Shows had a Tri-Star or something similar here in the US. I seem to remember riding something like that when they came to the Central Florida Fair in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s.

[@micoasters]

I’m a big fan of troika rides. The cp one I rode 11 times in 1 day and the one at sfga was closed. I’m going to ride the ki one tho

[@antoineosburn3435]

Hey can you guys do the orbiter and the extreme orbiter please?

[@cliffordbennett7063]

UK could you do one on the skids not many traveling now but I know Carter's have one in UK and one was brought by a circus owner but can't remember who it was in storage for I think 30 or 40years

[@Timr2]

Tri Star, Air Race, KMG Spin Doctor or Fabbri Inverting Swing would be good.

[@retrodad8817]

Santa's Village in East Dundee, Illinois (U.S.) has a working Troika, they named it the Tri-nado. I was just as t the amusement park yesterday👍 great video Check out Tri-nado here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGS3famMZsqnjZY

[@Coyotek4]

I just stumbled across the following video. Looks like a Troika crossed with an Enterprise; I've never seen this before: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emibhIOintaHmZY

[@MillenniumForceMan]

Tbh they don’t look that good

[@villek3722]

They actually are pretty fun it is not that intense but it is good family friendly ride

[@erniedallas6666]

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