Return of the Crappy Fair

[TilenB]

Yesterday, my coaster counting year was concluded with a visit to a local funfair. Same operators as last year, from which some of you may recall a short TR (viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37239), but with a couple of a bit more interesting rides. The fair packs 2 creds (which is the most ever at one place in Slovenia), both of which were the 2nd take on the model from me.

The bigger ride is called Batcoster. You've read that right, BATCOSTER. It is rented from an Italian showman (that nobody has ever heard about, so I'm guessing the ride was new for the 2014 season). I did ride the thing on a brief visit over a month ago, so it wasn't completely new for me, but nevertheless, Zyclones are enjoyable and kind of worth a re-ride.

I've heard of numerous claims of copyright infringement by Disney, but I never expected LG could be an interesting enough brand to sport on your ride. Oh, well, with the Batman logo right next to it, I guess they did let down nobody...

With Batman: The Zyclone (powered by LG) out of the way I continued my way to the Afterburn/Street Fighter/whateverthosearecalled, here named XXL. The forces on this ride were quite unexpectedly high (it was much more forceful than Drievliet's Nautilius), which made the ride a tad more enjoyable than initially anticipated.

The last ride of my night and the last new cred of the year was Grisu/Dragon, a Pinfari Super Dragon, rented from an Austrian showman Kropf. This was the second Pinfari Super Dragon I've so far braved (the first one was in Tivoli Friheden) and it was rather less enjoyable than the one I've ridden before. Mostly it has to come down to me being the only person riding it and since no one else was queueing to get on, I was sent round as many as 3 times (it would probably be even more, but I guess that the lift-hill motor has already gulped all the oil which was covered by my ticket for those 3 laps). It was slightly embarrassing, I have to say...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-eWkKMBns[/youtube]
I guess most of you can relate

The place did have some few more rides, but I didn't ride any more. Enough money has already been spent...

I know this isn't a cred, but... would Darren count it?

One of the two times the Enterprise was running during my visit...

Thanks for reading and be prepared for the next year (unless the Ikea gets built on this plot of land, which is relatively likely at the moment).

 

[Gavin]

That doesn't look too crappy compared to the local fairs that I used to get in my hometown, which consisted of a scrambler, a waltzer, a bunch of game stalls and a van selling hotdogs which looked like they'd been opened just after rationing was abolished.

 

[ECG]

Really looks much better at night than during the day (like in your last report). And it doesn't look like it could have been that embarrassing to ride the dragon coaster considering that there's hardly anyone there. :wink:

 

[ThomVD]

Nice report. I really want to ride that afterburner thing . And at least you're able to get some creds in Slovenia, even though the coasters are a bit ****.

 

[TilenB]

That doesn't look too crappy compared to the local fairs that I used to get in my hometown, which consisted of a scrambler, a waltzer, a bunch of game stalls and a van selling hotdogs which looked like they'd been opened just after rationing was abolished.

Yeah, probably true, but considering how much the thing is advertised (there are billboards for it all over the country), it is rather shabby in comparison to some other fairs...

Really looks much better at night than during the day (like in your last report). And it doesn't look like it could have been that embarrassing to ride the dragon coaster considering that there's hardly anyone there. :wink:

If there were more people, I probably wouldn't be the only one riding it
It did get quite a lot better this year, at least compared to the previous two editions.

 

[furie]

Nice report. I really want to ride that afterburner thing . And at least you're able to get some creds in Slovenia, even though the coasters are a bit ****.

I love the fair versions of these - everyone I've been on has been so much better than their theme park equivalents.

And I'm with Gavin - it really isn't that crappy until you've seen the turds they put on muddy commons over here.

 

[Chris Coasters]

I love these fun little fair reports. As Gavin and Furie said I have to agree with the crappy thing. Here in New England all the fairs I have been to are god awful. Thrown in mall parking lots or a field in some middle of nowhere place. This seems much better than some of the ones I have been to. Most of them just have one cred only once have I gone to a fair and gone on more than one coaster. Great Report.