Photo TR: West Coast Amusements 3/21/2010

West Coast Amusements is our local carnival/midway entertainment company. They've had this parking lot carnival at the same place every year for awhile but I missed it so many times because I was away or busy on the week they were doing it. I haven't been to it since I was about 5 years old, which is like 12 years ago. The lineup of rides has pretty much remained unchanged from what I remember.

Ring of Fire in the distance.

"Almost a credit". It's a powered coaster called "Super Jet". They won't let me on this one. Big Mike where are you when I need you and your charm?!

The exact same ferris wheel I rode 12 years ago.

Nerd shot! It's the cable thing that supplies the "power" for the powered coaster.

The midway.

The smelly washrooms. Good thing the carnival was outside a mall so I used the washrooms in the mall instead.

Stuffed alligators.

That building with the curved top you see in the distance is the Olympic Speed Skating Oval.

No way, you're never going to make me go on one of these! The newer version, maybe.

So I went on Starship 2000/Gravitron instead! There's the operator/DJ guy.

This is how I look like under 3 Gs.

Mmmmm yummy. Food and drink pictures soon to come.

More food!

Bumper cars!

Comming soon to a carnival near you... Bench: The Ride!

My favourite theme park/carnival food. Wiggle chips!

"Remember, no head on collisions". They don't really care.

Frozen lemonade. Probably not the best thing on a rainy day.

Rock on! One of my favourite bands.

Spider ride. Pretty fun spinny ride with some surprizing airtime that I didn't expected.

Back of the dark ride "Munchner" taken from the ferris wheel.

View from the top.

Did you ride the drop tower? Those ones, I believe their ARMS, are awesome. Also, Ring of Fire is pretty fun if you love hangtime.

No I didn't ride the drop tower. I've ridden it before and it's pretty fun.

My rides for the day were:

- Dark Ride

- Ferris Wheel

- Starship 2000 (x2)

- Orbiter

- Merry-Go-Round

- Bumper Cars (x3)

- Zero Gravity

- Kite Flyer

- Spider (x2)

- Super Jet (No, I wish...)

Orbiter POV shot!

A carnival isn't a carnival without a Chance Zipper. Nope, I'm not riding one of these things and I don't think I will for awhile.

Zero Gravity in the distance taken from the Ferris Wheel.

Rain rain rain...Infact by the end of the day my shoes were filled with water!

Yep, that carnie was standing up driving a bumper car like that. Helping people get their bumper cars to stop spinning around in circles and all that. Well, only in ghetto carnivals!

Wow, this place has a drop tower? Interesting... Looks prett fun overall, especially the wiggle chips. Those look tasty.

I've always wanted to ride "Ring of Fire"

The only one we get around here are the new ones, "Fireball"

Looks like you had fun though! Thanks for sharing.

I've always wanted to ride "Ring of Fire"

The only one we get around here are the new ones, "Fireball"

 

Looks like you had fun though! Thanks for sharing.

I want to ride a new one but West Coast Amusements had that "Ring of Fire" for over 15 years. They seem more wide open and less claustrophobic, the Fireball that is. How do they compare?

This is like the only time you'd see a Ring of Fire or Zipper in the lower mainland area. West Coast Amusements used to bring them to The Fair at the PNE many years ago but I heard PNE Management banned those rides because of something that happened.

I've always wanted to ride "Ring of Fire"

The only one we get around here are the new ones, "Fireball"

 

Looks like you had fun though! Thanks for sharing.

 

I want to ride a new one but West Coast Amusements had that "Ring of Fire" for over 15 years. They seem more wide open and less claustrophobic, the Fireball that is. How do they compare?.

It's really not that wide open. You sit tight together with the other person and since you have a bulky OTSR it makes it impossible to put your arms up. I do like that you sit face-to-face with people though. It's a fun ride and I always ride it when the fair comes around. The ride is also wicked fast, but that all depends on the ride operator I believe.