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casino was still with them in goldsboro. sea ray is in wq for sale. they are in new bern nc now and will finish their season in wilmington, nc. then to wq to work on equipment. i will see them in wilmington set up for the fair at the airport. fair is looking for a permanent home. good fair. new owens darkride will play three spots and be ready for next year. there are some plans for additional new rides for next year. wq is in burgaw nc at an old boat facility off the northeast cape fear river. burgaw is 25-30 miles from wilmington. nice wq. they play 8 fairs in nc not counting all the spring spots. there are no new england dates. new york state is the farthest east and north. saw their old terminator at the ncsf friday.
Powers still has the Speedway. I figured I missed one or two rides on that list. Last I heard one of the guys who works for them bought the Casino (a 1986 or 87 model)It was on Corky's unit last season and this spring but I don't recall seeing it this summer.
Powers is great, i think you missed the Zamperla Speedway ride they have, unless they dont have it anymore, but other than that you covered all of them! (oh yeah, and didnt someone say they got rid of the casino(trabant), too bad i wanted to ride that!)

Their rides are run well too, if they do come, pray that they bring the spider, it is one that is not to be missed!!!!
Powers Flying Bobs is a 1974 originally owned by Coleman Bros.

Skywheel is a late 60's model I believe.
Mulligan wheel 1993
Ring of Fire 1995
Musik Express 1995?
Orbiter 1995
current Zipper 2001 earlier one was a 1988
Hurricane 98 or 99 (purchased from Bob Coleman Jr.)
AliBaba 1996
Super Shot 2003
Claw ~1999
Scooter 1995


I heard that they mostly sell rides that are no longer doing well or rides that have been updated. I also heard that the longest that they keep a ride is 9 years.
what? the're selling old rides and getting new ones?? that's not good news for their sky wheel, i really hope i see it and ride it one day before they sell it, luckly, they bought amusements of america's sky wheel but they are only using it as parts for theirs,
but hopefuly that will probly keep powers sky wheel on the road with them for a few more seasons, as for amusemens of america's and pugh's sky wheel (now in poor jack's w.q) if they don't recive much needed and vital parts. the're history.
that's a great set of rides they got, what, a week old dark ride from owens? neat, but coul'nt they get next year insted of right now, no need to complain but since they got it early, i guess they have big plans for it next year, since both michigan state and ionia fairs are preety big, it looks like powers could probly bring everything own to both fairs one at a time. depending on the 2 fairs dates.
They really have a great selection of rides,How many darkrides do they have?
Powers Great American Midways play a few spots in our area and they are a very good looking carnival. They are always selling their old rides and buying new ones and the rides that they do have that have been around awhile look brand new. You don't even see a burned out light bulb on any of their rides. They are very well kept up.

It's one of the cleanest and nicest carnivals that I have seen in quite awhile.

I'm sure that they will be one of the major carnival companies in the next few years.
Powers ride list
Here's a list of everything I can think of that Powers has

Chance MGR
San Antonio MGR
2 65' fun slides
Wisdom landslide (new)
Mulligan wheel
skywheel
ring of fire
Majestic Musik Express
Spider (with green tubes and yellow chaser lights-spectacular!)
The Claw (Spinout)
Hurricane
Majestic 1800 Scooter
Tilt
ARM Super Shot tower (new in 03)
zipper
Flying bobs
casino
sizzler
orbiter
Wisdom Tornado
Eli Hy-5 rim drive wheel
cliffhanger
ARM baba
Fire Chief
quadzilla
2 umbrella's
safari train
rio grande train
jalopy junction (new)
Zamperla tea cups
Zamperla planes
Zamperla Jumpin Star
Orient express
dizzy dragons
mini enterprise
peter paul dragons
kid power
several bounces
kiddie wheel
small kiddie train
Hampton jet ski
construction zone
cuckoo house
mardi gras glasshoue
new Owens darkride (delivered last week)
That's most of them.
I'll add the rest when I find my 2003 notebook.