i went to the gasparilla fest in tampa and saw the carnival that was there, i was hoping to see both arnold and myers international midways there. but sadly only arnold amusements was there. nothing brought from myers international midways. anyway, here's what they brought:
zipper
eli eagle 16 wheel (not working)
sizzler (owned by tnt midways)
speedway (zamperla version)
jumpin jumbos
dizzy dragons
bear affair
scooter
sbf old western train (owned by tnt midways)
wisdom tornado (owned by tnt midways)
surf shack (fun house)
crazy bus (bought by arnold from ray cammack shows)
1001 nachts
go gator
the zipper was showing some rust on the "K" bars and some rust on the supports for the zipper sign. the eli wheel had a flat drive wheel and that's why it was'nt running. the sizzler had rust on some on it's sweeps (not the main sweeps, the ones that hold the cars)
the scooter looked gorgeous. the go gator's getin' old. the sign was'nt even set up. the right side of the 1001 nights looked very rusty and dirty. while the other side looked very clean. the 1001 nights probly needed a little more work in winter hq. also. i got to see some people inspecting the 1001 nights. it did'nt take long to inspect the ride. one of the operators was working behind the back drop hammering a new pin in place to support the top portion of the
back drop on the right hand side of the ride. it took him about 20 minutes to get the job done. he then hooked up the sound system and had a silver mp3 player. playing some classic 80's songs. he then put the on/off key in the control panel and then i got on cause i was waiting for him to get the ride started. it was a fun ride. i saw the ride in action when i got off and it was'nt going as fast as i thought. nice show. sure would like to see them again. i'll bring you a ride list from the 2004 san antonio rodeo when i go there on the rodeo's last day. see you then