LOCATIONS: Bellmore Street Fair/Silver Dollar Shows, Bellmore, NY
Farmingdale Carnival/Silver Dollar Shows, Farmingdale, New York
Nassau County Fair/Reithoffer Shows, Uniondale, New York
New York City Fair at Shea Stadium/Lawrence Carr Exposition, Flushing, NY
Smithaven Mall Fair/Silver Dollar Shows, Lake Grove, New York
Suffolk County Fair/Silver Dollar Shows, Long Island, New York
Westchester County Fair/Conklin Shows, Yonkers, New York
RIDE TYPE: Zipper
MANUFACTURER: Chance Rides, USA
RIDE HEIGHT: 56 feet
CAPACITY: 24 (12 cages, 2 per cage)
DURATION OF RIDE: Between 1 and 6 minutes, depending on operator
This ride can be found at many travelling fairs across the world. The cages move along the track while the track spins on its own axis. This causes the cages to spin on their own axis freely. Riders are enclosed in cages, two per cage. Well over 200 Zipper rides have been manufactured, since the first one in 1968.The ride is mnow manufactured by Chance Morgan (a merge of Chance Rides and D.H. Morgan Manufacturing).
