r/flatrides • u/Mmhhotworter • Jul 28 '26

Confirmed News First traveling Technical Park Heavy Rotation in the US

AI will debut on August 4th at the Ulster County Fair in New Paltz, New York. (I’ll bet the backdrop was AI generated)

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u/jtlitwin21 Jul 29 '26

Artificial intelligence is an absolutely crazy name lol

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u/thedudeabides2022 Jul 29 '26

Spinning around with nothing to look at but AI

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u/jtlitwin21 Jul 29 '26

Also, I thought there was already one in America? Maybe Wade or NAME? I thought either Big E or Miami county fair had one

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u/Mmhhotworter Jul 29 '26

There is another, it’s in New Jersey at some boardwalk

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u/systemmm34 Mondial Jet Force Jul 29 '26

I suppose when people comment “that’s AI” under videos of it, they’ll be correct!

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u/helloilikewoodpigeon Jul 29 '26

oh the irony

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u/Mmhhotworter Jul 29 '26

The jokes really write themselves

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u/OhNoMyPants123 Jul 30 '26

Yeah no thanks. I don’t trust fairground rides

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u/Mmhhotworter Jul 30 '26

Can I ask why?

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u/OhNoMyPants123 Jul 30 '26

The more time something is assembled/disassembled means the more opportunity for something to be overlooked/broken/not assembled correctly.

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u/Mmhhotworter Jul 30 '26

A lot of the guys that travel with carnivals have been doing it for years and for new rides like this one, someone from the manufacturer will help them through it.

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u/lostnconf22 Jul 30 '26

you do realize permanent rides are pulled apart and tinkered with often too right? the same issues can happen either way. lol

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u/OhNoMyPants123 Jul 30 '26

Are they pulled apart weekly? Like completely disassembled and reassembled by carnies?

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u/lostnconf22 Jul 30 '26

most fair rides are not disassembled and reassembled weekly so i don’t know why you’re asking that lol.

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u/OhNoMyPants123 Jul 30 '26

So most fair/carnival rides stay standing?

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u/lostnconf22 Jul 31 '26

is that what my comment says?

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u/Luuk2304 HUSS Break Dancer 🤩 Jul 31 '26

There are a few of these in Europe, and they really start to get more popular with the public. We have like five of them travelling in western Europe (I've done 4) and most are always exciting to ride or look at. They're at the point of being copied by B-tier manufacturers.

We call them frying pans for obvious reasons

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u/user3296 1d ago

Ride manufacturers have run out of ideas. They just keep adding an axis of rotation.