Orbiter Rides Info and History - Flat Ride Friday 1

The orbiter was originally debuted in 1976 at dreamworld margate in the UK. The ride would go on to spawn the modern fairground we all know today.

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Music used under license from Epidemic Sound, songs listed in order:
Alter - Allen Nova
Rewind (Some Nights) - Neon One

[kso]

When I first saw online videos of this ride several years ago I couldn’t believe how intense they looked. Especially ones that totally inverted, like in Europe, but perhaps this was actually a Remix in disguise. I have never ridden one, but could probably do the more family-friendly ones.

[SweetestHoney]

As a teenager this was one of my favorites at the local fair

[thrillridefreak]

The remix doesn't actually invert riders. It just lifts a little more than sideways. Btw glad to see this flat ride series come back in a new form!

[ianskovsted]

Yay first episode of flat ride friday!

[Coaster_Source_]

Thanks for using my content :D. It is cool seeing my content used my larger creators!

[hazza]

Yey...was hoping you'd cover the Orbiter. Quite common in the UK. Was a regular on our travelling fair circuit from early 1980s. Just like nothing else I'd ever seen..was just old enough to ride and loved it.

[rebekahjollie]

Orbiter is my favorite flat ride! Intense, thrilling, and fun!

[VelocityRides]

Very good and detailed video! love the intro aswell! Can't wait to see more flat ride friday!!!!

[joeygassmann]

I just rode my first one this week in Los Banos ca at a fair and is operated by Butler Amusements. Really fantastic ride with crazy laterals !

[PoliticalDestruction]

SOOO incredibly glad this series is back! Its one of those types of videos I click on immediately when it pops up.

If you want your videos to sound better, a pop filter on your microphone might help, I suspect you don't have one based on some of the audio pops.

[alissathesinger]

Love the new series!! PLEASE do a video on a Classic Scrambler ride like at many Six Flags parks, my grandma operated one!

[antonnilsson]

I've never ridden an Orbiter, but I've ridden a Remix at a local Swedish fair last summer, and that really was an intense experience! If nothing else, the inversions really cought me off guard, since I didn't know it could invert!

[naughtiasteffano]

I love your channel. I’m an 80s baby and love rides and riding them. I was wanting to ride the biggest and baddest rides before I was tall enough to get on them. My first thrill ride at 6 years old was an enterprise. Nothing scares me. I build models of them and have a huge carnival. I wouldn’t say this was the beginning of thrill rides. We had plenty before in the 60s and prior. My favorite ride ever by chance “skydiver” has been around in the 60s also the zipper. Loop o plane, fly o plane, spitfire, turbo, so many goodies! The older rides are so much better and each one had its own personality. Todays ne’er rides are all looking the same. 😩

[cinnamonsparkle]

I love the flat ride series! I'm so happy to see a new one uploaded!

[mlibbyp]

The fact his 2nd version of the ride was used for so long is a pretty awesome achievement!

[Rickstartattooman]

The first Orbiter Ride I remember was at Dreamland Margate in 1979 and the operator booth was underneath centre in paybox like mentioned.

[bobthebear]

For so many years I was scared to go on a Super Orbiter, but then finally at the Puyallup Fair in WA about 20 years ago I finally rode one with a friend at the time, and it was quite intense. I'm glad I didn't have anything to eat beforehand, ho ho ho.

[fiomidemeteor]

:o So I went to a local travelling fair the other day - two of the rides I went on I'd never heard of before. Went home wondering if you'd done a flat ride of the week on either of them! Thanks for helping me fill out a couple columns on my credit spreadsheet haha

[friendlyporkchop]

i grew up going to fun forest in seattle (rip) and my absolute favorite ride there was the orbiter. that nostalgia is strooong

[Coyotek]

My first memory of this is the one at BG ... I thought it was called "Tri-Star", but I could be mistaken. I was stunned to find one of these at Sesame Place, though the very slow paced tempered that surprise. Many carnivals have these, and IMO they're always a welcome attraction.