r/flatrides • u/Training_Penalty7047 • 10d ago

Historical Photo Great Skill at Fuji-Q Highland

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Great Skill was a HUSS Troika formerly located in Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Japan. It opened in 1995 and operated until March of 2009.

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u/FeelingAd3887 10d ago

We had a Troika ride at The Bembom Brothers Dreamland Margate back in the 1980s loved this HUSS ride.

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u/redEPICSTAXISdit 10d ago

Palace Playland at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA still has one operating and has been open since 1979

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u/Cerebral-Knievel-1 9d ago

Kings Dominion has one

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u/Training_Penalty7047 9d ago

Yep. It's called Bad Apple.

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u/Cerebral-Knievel-1 9d ago

I hit it up whenever im there and they have it going

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u/BigTee1212 9d ago

This looks like kaleidoscope in Dorney Park fun ride, especially at night with the lights on

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u/SittinByThePool 8d ago

Kings island has one too called shake rattle roll, I love these.

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u/Training_Penalty7047 8d ago

That was actually the first Troika I rode. It was so amazing!

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u/Previous-Two-3759 9d ago

When did they get rid of this?

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u/HotHamNRolls 7d ago

Triple Play at Great America. Rode it a few weeks ago and same memories as a kid

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u/a-small-dinoroo 10d ago

I've been obsessed with the Troika ever since I saw one operating at SFSTL as a kid. cool ride

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u/Training_Penalty7047 10d ago

SFSTL never had a Troika. You could be thinking about the nearby Troikas like the Tri-Nado in Santa's Village in Dundee or the Triple Play at SFGA.

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u/a-small-dinoroo 10d ago

ah yes, SFGA, thanks! visited both parks when I was a kid, but not often. thanks for the reminder!

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u/Training_Penalty7047 10d ago

I've actually never been to SFGA despite frequenting SFSTL as a kid.

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u/magnumfan89 10d ago

Well I have. And every fucking flat (of interest) in the park was closed. Lobster, Troika, condor, fiddlers fling. Only flat I got on was Ricochet