Rockin' Tug
Rockin' Tug is a flat ride manufactured by Zamperla. The ride is manufactured in both traveling and park versions. It is the first of a line of new "halfpiperides". Zamperla's Disk-O is another popular ride from that "family". The difference is that the Tug has a friction wheel, while the Disk-O is powered driven.
The idea itself is not new. Schwarzkopf made a ride called "Shuttle Boat" in 1978, in both portable and park versions.
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[edit] Design and operation
Twenty four riders are loaded into a tugboat shaped gondola, in six rows of four. The rows face into the center of the ride. The ride is driven back and forth along a track shaped in a concave arc, rocking back and forth. While this is happening, the entire tugboat rotates around its center.
The traveling version of the ride racks onto a single 28 foot trailer.
[edit] Variations
Several theme variations exist.
[edit] Appearances
- Australia - One, a travelling model owned by Better Amusement Hire[1]
- Austria - At least two travelling models (Grubelnik)
- Belgium - At least one travelling model
- Canada - Two, at Canada's Wonderland known as "Lucy's Tugboat",also one with Bob Hauser at West Coast Amusements named the "Rockin Tug".
- Germany - At least five: one travelling model (Schäfer), and at least four permanent versions in Germany (Kernwasserwunderland, Legoland)
- New Zealand - One, a traveling model owned by Mahons Amusements[2]
- Switzerland - At least one travelling model (Lang)
- United Kingdom - At least five: Rocking Tug at Flamingo Land Resort.[3], Rocking Bulstrode at Drayton Manor's Thomas Land (themed after the Thomas and Friends character Bulstrode the barge), Heave Ho at Alton Towers, Longboat Invader at Legoland Windsor (a Lego/Viking themed longship) and Rockin' Tug at The Flambards Experience, Griffin's Galleon at Chessington World of Adventures, Rockin' Tug at Woodlands Family Theme Park Devon.
- United States of America - At least ten: travelling models owned by Murphy Brothers Exposition, Shamrock Shows, and by American Traveling Shows; and park models owned by Six Flags over Georgia, Six Flags Great America, Valleyfair, Knott's Berry Farm, Knoebels, Kennywood, Waldameer Park and Oaks Amusement Park.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Better Amusement Hire - Family Rides". Archived from the original on 2006-08-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822022224/http://www.joylands.com.au/index.php?x=familyrides_block. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ^ "Mahons Amusements - Show Rides". Mahonsamusements.co.nz. http://www.mahonsamusements.co.nz/index.asp?PageID=2145833535. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ "Flamingo Land. Wild Animals, Wilder Rides - Kids Rides". Flamingoland.co.uk. http://www.flamingoland.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=16. Retrieved 2008-10-27.[dead link]
- ^ http://oakspark.com/intermediaterides.html
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