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Ride Guide
JUNGLE
CAROUSEL
BY FELIMANA LUNA PARK
Argentine carousel manufacturer Felimana
Luna Park is now offering a new 24-seater
Jungle Carousel featuring endangered
species animals. Among the figures around
the 16ft diameter machine are an ostrich,
rhino, tiger, gorilla, zebra and giraffe.
www.felimana.com
WIND SURFER
BY WISDOM
The Flying Scooter is back with an updated
look. New from Wisdom Industries, Wind
AQUALOOP
Surfer feature 12 cars holding two
passengers each. Each wing is controlled by
the riders to make the seat fly. The centre lifts
FROM WHITEWATER WEST
and tips, giving a great swooping action.
WhiteWater West has secured the licence for an exciting
Twin cables suspend the cars from the
new waterpark attraction. Combined with the ‘AquaRocket’
sweeps and the centre, which uses a proven
rider launch system, the AquaLoop is the world’s first
hydraulic lifting system.
looping waterslide.
The prototype attraction debuted last summer at a
www.wisdomrides.com
waterpark in Croatia. The fun begins at the top of a 50ft-
tall tower, where bathers climb inside the AquaRocket and
are held at a 75-degree angle. As the floor drops out, they
SURF’S UP BY ZAMPERLA
are dispatched into the enclosed tube slide and through a
vertical loop.
Zamperla has introduced Surf's Up, a stand-up spinning tracked ride that the
The launch system (seen left)
entire family can enjoy. Up to 20 riders board a giant 27 x 27ft surf board that
is also available for use on
spins up to 10 rpm as it travels over a wavy 89ft path, rising up to 10.5 ft at
other slide set-ups and
speeds of more than 11 mph. Surf's Up carries up to 480 guests, as short as
overcomes the “moment of
42 inches in height, per hour.
truth” for nervous riders,
potentially speeding up
throughput for the operator.
WhiteWater has also
developed seven new rides of
its own and is offering them
to select clientele. These
include the Champagne
Bowl, or body bowl, in which
riders slide through new
transluscent tubes, plus four
new family raft rides and two
new innertube rides.
www.whitewaterwest.com
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