Australian Amusement Fanatics

What ever happened to that ride ? Is it still on the road. It was a great concept although people seem to prefer ferris wheels.

Yeh we started a thread for this a while ago, it's on page 3 of the travelling/portable rides folder. Last time I saw it was at Hawkesbury show a few years back and I think the last time someone saw it was at Moomba a few years ago. I thought it was a good ride too. From what I've heard it's still owned by Gill's

Does anyone have any pics, i'm not familar with the ride.

This isn't the actual model here in Australia, but this is the ride:

was fun at Rye until idiot Workcover got onto them and made them put cages on the tubs... lame!

Yeh I never saw the ride with the cages on it, didn't they have to put lapbars too? I remember the old Ferrari Ferris Wheels never use to have the cages around them, was just you, the tarp on the roof and the seat, I admit it was good they put the cages on, would've been very easy to fall through

It was at Gladstone Harbour Festival this year which was early April I think...

I wonder if we'll see this re-invented, converted to a Skyflyer? (would be surprisingly easy to do, and even easier to transport than as-is)

So it is still getting around then Josh. Yeh Zamperla I've seen photos of a Huss Condor being converted to a Sky Flyer ride so it could maybe be done

To be quite honest, I wasn't sure if it was either until we saw it in april. That was the first time I saw the Tilt in this neck of the woods too..

Josh, I saw the Star Dancer on the news story of this years Gladstone harbour Festival as well. Other than that, it was last in Rocky in 2002. I did hear that the Star Dancer was used in either the opening or closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic games and was used as a rising platorm from ground level for one of the singing performers. The Tilt-a Whirl that goes to the Gladstone Harbour Festival has been a regular for several years now and I believe is operated by C.T.L. Amusements. It's one of the few with a backdrop- colourful at that!
Deefa.

Yeh that's the Tilt, owned by Clayton Taylor. Yeh I remember being told that, the Stardance was used at the opening ceremony of the olympics. When I heard that I got home looking for the video we recorded of the opening ceremony, but couldn't find it unfortunately. It'd be on the net somewhere

I heard at the time, not only were the owners paid very handsomely for SOCOG to 'borrow' it for a year, but the whole thing got meticulously refurbished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOUIqIKX ... re=related

and lifting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgWRfJ4 ... re=related

Not a bad deal!

It should have stayed white... looked better!