History of Indoor Scramblers | Why Aren't There More Indoor Flat Rides?
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- Scramblers are one of the most common amusement park rides in the world. But if you've visited a park in the Northeast, you may have encountered one of these flat rides enclosed indoors with lights and music. This setting turns an ordinary ride into an extraordinary one. In this video, I provide a history of the indoor scrambler and discuss the impact it has had on the amusement industry.
Thanks to everyone in the comments who pointed out a few scramblers and indoor flat rides I missed. Most of them are defunct, but there was one still operating in Canada that I missed:
- Space Odyssey at Kennywood (1974-1978)- The reason for this ride's removal is unknown.
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- Monster of the Midway at Old Chicago (???-1980)- This one closed with the park.
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- Catapult at Busch Gardens Williamsburg (1976-1980s)- Catapult was moved outdoors so Busch Gardens could free up an indoor space for a show.
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- Black Hole at Peony Park (???-1993)- This one closed with the park.
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- Mind Scrambler at Myrtle Beach Pavilion (1980s-1999)- This one was removed for the Hurricane CCI roller coaster.
- Black Widow at Ghost Town in the Sky (???-2002)- This one closed with the park in 2002 and then was moved outside for the 2007 season when the park reopened.
- Pirate's Fun Park (???-2004)- This one closed with the park.
- Whirlpool at Knott's Berry Farm (1989-2000)- This one was removed for Perilous Plunge.
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- Abominable Snowman, Dante's Inferno (Wipeout), & Dungeon (Tilt-a-Whirl) at Miracle Strip Park (???-2003)- These ones closed with the park in 2003.
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- Shake, Rattle & Roll at Six Flags Over Georgia (2004-2010)- This was removed for Dare Devil Dive.
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- Scrambler at Centreville Amusement Park (Still Operating, Unknown Opening)
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- Swamp Ape at Swampy Jack's Wongo Adventure (Opened 2019, Still Operating)
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I intentionally skipped indoor drop towers, but there are several notable ones like Tower of Terror, Guardians of the Galaxy, Haunted Mine Drop, and Mystery Castle.
Warning- Video contains the use of strobes.
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Miracle Strip in Panama City, Florida also had an indoor Scrambler called "Abominable Snowman". It operated from around 1977 to the park's closure in 2004.
Thanks! I never knew about that one and I just looked it up. That entrance looks legendary going between the snowman's legs.
There is a new indoor scrambler at the new swampy jacks wongo amusement park that is theme to a monster of the Floridian swamps and is really epic and the park takes up part of Miracle Strip's if im not mistaken. Deff should ride if in PCB really cool and is pretty interesting and I have high hopes for the park but they dont have many guest as far as i have seen when i have been there
I was the Rides Manager for MSAP in the late 80's. The Abomnible Snowman was by far my favorite ride in the park to give breaks to on those sweltering hot summer nights.
Miracle Strip also had a Trabant and a Tilt-A-Whirl indoors. I had to make a special trip there when I heard it was closing.
I rode that when I was kid on vacation at Panama City! It was awesome.
I used to love the one at Busch Gardens Williamsburg back in the 80s
I never realized Katapult used to be indoors in the Ireland area. Very cool to learn!
@@CanobieCoaster The Catapult was in the building that is now Castle O'Sullivan. The ride was themed was in a very nicely airconditioned building with a lot of lighting and sound special effects.
Oh I love the one at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk in California, called wipeout. It’s indoors and has a sick mural on the wall with hella loud music and flashing lights it’s awesome.
That ride is extremely disorienting.
Casino Pier's original indoor scrambler was in a Blue and yellow dome & was called POLTERGEIST. Then they built a more permanent corrigated steel building and used the same machine and named it Centerfuge, with almost 30 years of coates of black paint. Eight years ago today we lost our ride to the Atlantic Ocean & the completely refurbished Centerfuge is what stands today and is now on the side of the pier without the ocean washing under the boards. Great Video man !
Thanks! I didn't realize Centrifuge had a prior life as Poltergeist. Glad they upgraded it!
The Mind Scrambler was my favorite. It was dark with crazy lights, loud music and fun. It’s sad that so many people died on it.
I loved that ride too
The Mind Scrambler was also completely manually controlled. So every ride was unique. The operator had control of the patterns and speed of the Tivoli dome lights and the strobes. So if you got an operator that had some creativity, you got an excellent light show.
There was a similar style ride at Dorney park called Meteorite in the 80s and 90s. It had the music, light, fog, etc. except it wasn’t a scrambler ride. You got in a round cars that moved around the room autonomously from the other cars. and they spun quickly sort of like a more wild tea cups. In the late 90s they removed it for a pizza restaurant. So much fun and still miss that ride a lot today.
Very cool they had one as well!
I remember going on that ride! That was a fun version because while they had lights inside, the lights were dim so the change in direction was more intense.
I rode the one up in Conneaut years ago and loved it. It was hot out, the A/C with the lights and loud music was awesome
I wish I went before their's closed.
Interesting video. I love indoor scramblers and flat rides. Being in the dark, and the light show just make a usually bland ride a lot more fun.
I agree completely!
I worked at Seabreeze in 2008, the first year without the beloved Gyrosphere. It was my favorite flat ride of all time and we all hated to see it go. From what I remember, age and capacity (I regularly had between a half hour-45 minute wait for the ride) were the biggest reasons Seabreeze got rid of it- I don't remember the other accidents being cited. Seabreeze replaced it with the Music Express from Wild West World in KS rather than getting a new scrambler or moving it outdoors.
Canobie and Great Escape's scramblers have similar lines and low capacities. Astrosphere at Funtown usually isn't more than a 10-20 min wait.
The Myrtle Beach Pavilion had one for a while in the 80's and 90's and also had a Wipeout with the same FX indoors it was AMAZING
I wish that were still there!
Yes! My sister and I rode that on our summer vacations with family when we were growing up in the 80s. It was our favorite ride. The Pavillion is missed. They never should have changed it and tore it down. I hope they rebuild it close to the original, here's hoping.
I was just telling my husband about the Mind Scrambler in Myrtle Beach. That was one of my favorite rides ever!! The beach just isnt' the same without the Pavilion.
Conneaut Lake Park used to have an absolute amazing one when I was a kid with mirrors and a wizard that stood in the middle of the ride
I wish I could've ridden that one.
@@CanobieCoaster was called the ultimate trip black light strobe lights neon paint all set to the soundtrack of 80s hair metal
There is an indoor scrambler now in Panama City Beach, FL at Swampy Jack’s Wongo Adventure! It is called the Swamp Ape and is actually the original Abominable Snowman! It is awesome!!
They also have the Yacuma which was the original indoor Dante’s Inferno. It is outdoors now but still awesome!!
Awesome! I added that one to the description.
The scrambler Is one of my favs so enhancing it with lights will instantly make it one of the best.
I wish more parks did this with flats.
There is another indoor scrambler which I guess you didn’t know about. And it was actually on the west coast! It was located at Knott’s Berry Farm in their Boardwalk section, and called Whirlpool. It was themed to sea life, and one of the unique things is that this one had a window that you could look in while waiting in line. It was removed to build the Perilous Plunge water flume ride, and the scrambler was relocated outdoors elsewhere in the park. Interestingly, Perilous Plunge itself was later removed and the scrambler was returned near to where it once stood, although still outdoors unfortunately. But they gave it a new lighting package and it’s never looked better. But I miss Whirlpool. th-cam.com/video/1g5_eKEhlPU/w-d-xo.html
Thank you! I didn't realize Knott's Berry Farm had one too. It seems like most of the ones I missed were removed to make way for a big new attraction.
Whirlpool, WAS LEGIT!!!!!!!
Why did Knots remove perilious plunge?
@@villek3722 It was too much of a hassle to load/unload, from what I heard. It might have had some safety issue as well.
@@pirategrrl775 it looked really fun
Excellent video and history! I have fond memories of the Ultimate Trip at Conneaut. There also used to be a giant King Kong-like gorilla on top of the building (probably left over from the Fun House days). But going on that ride as a 9 year old was a pretty psychedelic experience. Haha
Thanks! The inside images of Ultimate Trip looked really cool.
My buddy actually owns that gorilla now in Meadville
Interesting video idea! 👍🏼
Thanks!
Great video I love those rides too. I used to hang around Salisbury beach as a teenager the Space Odyssey started out as the Night Flight at Shaheen's Fun-O-Ramma Park in 1975 or 1976. It was located in the old skating rink building. The blizzard of 78 destroyed everything on the ocean side of the park. The Scrambler itself survived and was moved back to its original spot. Because the Night Flight was so popular they added the dome and a new light show. That's when it became Space Odyssey. It was called that because the only song it played was the theme to 2001 a space odyssey. When Shaheen's closed in the late 80's most of the rides moved across the street to Pirates Park which occupied the site of the defunct wooden Wildcat roller coaster.
Unlike the other rides from Shaheen's the Space Odyssey remained until Pirates Park closed in the 90's
Now Pirates Park is condo's like what happened to most of the Ocean front NE amusement parks.
Very cool to hear about that ride and its history. I wish I had made it to Pirate's Fun Park before it closed.
The Mind Scrambler at Myrtle Beach, SC in the 80s was mine and my sister's favorite ride. There were mirrors on the wall, flashing lights, glow in the dark paint, black light type lights, strobe lights and loud rock music from the 70s and 80s. It was awesome!
Sounds awesome!
Kennywood had one too and not surprisingly they removed it like all their good flat rides.
I added that one to the description. It was really short-lived.
There's a traveling one near me that I friggin love because it runs slightly faster than any of the others I've been on.
A traveling indoor one?
@@CanobieCoaster oh no, an outdoor one, it's at my county fair
Can confirm Miracle Strip in Panama City Beach was a goldmine. One of my favorite parks I’d ever been to growing up. They had the Abominable Snowman indoor scrambler, super cold, lights and mirrors inside. Dante’s Inferno was a indoor wipeout with effects, and they had a indoor tilt a whirl called The Dungeon that was also spooky. They were all the crown jewels of the park for me. And they had employees running the effects manually on each of the rides.
Now I'm really sad I missed out on Miracle Strip park if they had that many indoor flat rides!
@@CanobieCoaster it was honestly the parks MO. The only coaster had a spooky swamp monster’s mouth for a tunnel, almost all the outdoor flat rides had some type of theming or effects at night. Very sad they closed down, my #1 most missed park.
I remember a traveling scrambler at a fair in either PA or NJ in the late 80's. It had no show. The tiny tears and holes in the roof did give it a cool vibe during the day.
That's cool!
Terror Twister II is one of my favorite rides all time. It’s worth the wait every year.
It's a cool overlay.
British Waltzer: Ha! Hold my Pint!
German Breakdance: No! Hold my Stein!
Lol
Video came out great. Happy to see my PhycoDrome footage so prominatly displayed. Teh only indoor scrambler I think you mised was Shake, Rattle, and Roll at Six Flags Over Goargia it operated form 2004 to 2010. The unique setup used 2 scrambelers, not one. It used a scramblr they owned as well as one relocated from a neary FEC the chain owned and insteled in former theater building. It was removed for Dare Devlil Dive.
It sould also be noted that often before Blizzard at The Great Escape starts it often plays The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour song.
Thanks! I didn't realize Six Flags Over Georgia used to have an indoor scrambler too. That one didn't last very long.
Don't forget about the enclosed Scrambler over at Centreville Amusement Park in Toronto.
I added that one to the description!
Pirates Fun Park at Salisbury Beach Mass use to have a Indoor Scrambler that played space music, and from what I remember, when the lights went out the ride would glow in the dark.
I'm not surprised another New England park had one, but I never made it there before they closed.
3 years late, but Riverside Park (now Six Flags New England) had an indoor Scrambler. Ride is still operating, but in a different spot without the dome.
Where was it when it had the dome?
@@CanobieCoaster The log flume was where Joker 4D coaster is currently. If you were walking towards the log flume there used to be 3 rides to the right of it (now water park) it was the first one. Think the Tri-Star was next to that and then a Swiss Bob kind of ride.
I road this ride in Seaside Heights at the Casino Pier in NJ in the 1980's and the ride was called the Poltergeist. I guess they changed the name. It was a great ride with loud music, strobe lights and the fog machine. Fun times!!
I'm glad the park has had an indoor scrambler of some name for quite some time.
Man, I felt bad about the commercial. Okay, right after the story about the poor lad who got the head injury came on, an ad for some Firefighter tv show came on and there was a dude with a massive head wound being led on a gurney to the ambulance. Hahaha, man, what bad, timing.
I do love the scrambler, you got to play the game where you sit down and not let the forces pull you to the side. I never win. Classic ride. The music and lights though, I want to experience that. Sounds lit. Definitely on my Top 10 of Flat Ride Bucket List rides.
I've tried that too. I can win on Funtown's since they intentionally run their's slower so you can enjoy the show.
The Psychodrome at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH was one of my all time faves there!
It's great.
How cool!!! The scrambler is my favorite flat ride, but I had no idea there were enclosed Scramblers! I am in the southeast. If there is one anywhere near me, I am unaware of it. I would love to ride one indoors!!!
Someone pointed out Swampy Jack's has one in Florida.
@@CanobieCoaster Great! That’s within easy driving distance!
I will definitely have to go check out the one in Seaside Heights..that's about a 2 hour drive from me!! Also I have always loved the Cosmotron, such a good chill and fun ride! Totally fits in with Knoebels whole vibe.
Enjoy!
Knoebels COSMOTRON actually opened in 1979. Originally a Caterpillar ride. It was swapped with a Wisdom Arctic Circle in 1998. Thus the COSMOTRON actually predated many of the indoor flat rides and indoor scramblers. Their light package is also operator controlled.
I love when operators have control like that.
Old video, but; There’s an indoor teacups at Six Flags Great America (“Chubasco”). There are large open arches in three of the walls, so for most of season it feels only semi-enclosed. However, for Fright Fest, they board up the arches, turn off the lights, and pump in fog, lasers, strobes, and house music. It’s a real trip!
I've been on that one during the main season, but not Fright Fest for Terror Twist.
I've ridden loads of scramblers, but I never skip them at any park I go to that has one. I love those rides. I don't know if this truly counts as an indoor ride, but the log flume at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ travels under the pier for a good bit of the course.
It was a nice surprise when I rode that flume. I love when flumes add dark ride sections.
I remember when Conneaut Park had the Ultimate Trip indoors in the 70's . The walls were painted black and had Fluorescent murals painted on the walls And had Black Lights and a strobe light flashing . Loud music was also played . What a Gas !
Sounds awesome!
Just to let you know Centrifuge at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights NJ was a sort of rebranding when they added the entrance tunnel and switched to more of a techno pop type of playlist. Originally the ride was called Poltergeist and played various types of metal. I am positive due to riding it many many times that it was there to my earliest recollection the late 80s forward, but it could have been there even earlier. Always a great ride nonetheless
Thank you! I like the current branding more.
@@CanobieCoaster Of course I like Poltergeist better, but the rebranding is better for modern day. Gotta keep up or become a relic
I didn't know what Astrosphere was when I visited Funtown. We were actually on our way out of the park when we saw the long line for it, and we got curious. Boy were we glad we rode it. These rides are fantastic, but unless you know what they are beforehand, they're kind of hard to size up from the midway.
That's a fair point. I had something similar happen with an indoor drop tower in Germany. The mystery is cool until you almost miss it.
Terror Twister Two at Six Flags Great America is my favorite indoor ride. There are over 10 different cycles each year and they are fantastic
I love how many of the Six Flags parks do the seasonal overlay for their tea cup rides. I wish it stayed year-round!
i love astrosphere at funtown. i had no idea what to expect first time i rode it and it blew me away
It's fantastic!
I rode the gyrosphere in seabreeze as a kid! The song they played was twilight zone, which can also be called the mortal kombat theme. I remember the Egyptian imagery. Also, it was a really big deal when it opened. Because you couldn’t see what the ride was, people were whispering how this was the scariest, greatest ride yet invented. It delivered and it scared the heck outta me! Super fun!
I wish I could've experienced the one at Seabreeze.
Great video!
There was an indoor Himalaya at Six Flags Over Texas. Not sure of the year it opened, but in 1976 it was called Rotoriculous. Later, theming (and music) was changed, and it was renamed Roto-Disco.
BTW... the Scrambler at AstroWorld was The Orbiter until it was enclosed, when it was renamed The Happening, with black lights and fluorescent zodiacs all over the walls.
Very cool, thanks!
This short article mentions the AstroWorld death:
www.chron.com/this-forgotten-day-in-houston/article/1974-Woman-injured-on-ride-sues-Astroworld-6753722.php
@@bizjet Thanks for sharing!
"Monster of the Midway" at Old Chicago in Bolingbrook, IL Back in the late 70s. It was super fast, first time I had ever know a scrambler to have seatbelts!
Very cool! I just looked it up and added a link to it in the description.
At Adventureland in Iowa, there is an indoor Huss Breakdance, but it is actually in a gift shop. Not in its own reserved building.
Still very cool!
I thought that was cool how G-Force was indoors for when storms hit. But that felt no different than any indoor FEC with the set-up.
LOVE this video! A couple comments:
(1) "Centrifuge" at Casino Pier was originally dubbed "Poltergeist". I don't know the exact year that they rebranded as "Centrifuge", though.
(2) Dorney Park once had an indoor ride called "Iceberg" / "Titanic", which was a kind of teacup ride. "Iceberg" was later rebranded as "Meteorite", and then removed. I'd love to see video of this, if such exists.
Thanks! Someone else shared Centrifuge started as Poltergeist, but I didn't know about Dorney's indoor tea cup ride.
@@CanobieCoaster It was an indoor PTC "Cuddle Up" ride. Basically, picture the following, but in the dark and in the 80s: th-cam.com/video/pAaXzkT5XnA/w-d-xo.html
There’s one in casino pier in nj- the music and the lights are awesome-
Yes, I love Centrifuge.
Six Flags Over Georgia had one as well, until it was removed for Dare Devil Dive.
Adventureland in Iowa has an indoor break dance as well. It's not darkened with a light show or anything, but it is fully indoors in their main street area.
Six Flags Great America encloses their tea cups every fall and installs a very intense light and music system, and renames it "Terror Twister".
Thanks, I added the Over Georgia one to the description.
Six Flags Over Georgia used to have Shake, Rattle & Roll, an indoor scrambler with a great soundtrack. It sat where Dare Devil Dive is today (it sat very near SFOG's Freefall). The funny thing is that SFOG recently got another Scrambler, this time outdoors.
I added that one to the description.
I was so glad The great escape out thiers m
Back in the dome. Light show could be better but it’s still amazing and on a hot day a good way to cool down with the AC.
It's one of their best rides!
I recently went to Worlds of Fun and Cyclone Sam's was closed, I have to go back at somepoint to ride it, I was more excited to ride that then most of the coasters to be honest.
I was disappointed it was closed for me as well this year. It's a really neat ride!
I used to ride Mind Scrambler every summer. That ugly blue and white tent it was in was right there when you entered the park.
The dome wasn't pretty, but I liked what happened inside.
That tent didn't do a great job of holding in the AC either. We'd get to the park 2-3 hours early to try to cool it down before the heat of the day.
I've been on Psycho Drome a few times. It's insane, and I love it. Also went on Joker before it got moved outside. Haven't been up that way in a couple years, so I haven't been on Cyborg yet, but I'd love to.
I wish I could have ridden Joker when it was indoors.
Back in the 80’s (maybe even into the early 90’s) Knott’s Berry Farm had an indoor Scrambler near their dark ride, Knott’s Berry Tales. It wasn’t much, just some flashing lights and music, but it was also one of the very few air conditioned places in the entire park! We made it a point to hit that ride in the afternoon when we needed a heat-break 🤣. So I can definitely confirm there have been indoor Scramblers outside the northeast of the US, lol 🤗. I believe Knott’s removed their indoor Scram around the time they built Camp Snoopy and moved most of the mild and kiddy rides from the back of the park to the new area in the front. And yes, it was REALLY PAINFUL to watch Camp Snoopy go up as a kid and know I had at least a year to wait (we drove by there at least twice a day, sigh)
Very cool! I put that one in the description.
Brought back good memories. But you did miss the Mind Scrambler in Riverside Park in Agawam, MA. It's now Six flags New England. And now it's not enclosed.
I didn't realize they had an indoor one as well!
Six Flags over Georgia had an indoor scrambler called Shake Rattle and Roll. It operated until 2010 to make room for Dare Devil. It was that year I rode it for the first time nor did I realize how rare of a ride it was, until I saw this video. I believe it has been refurbished as Poison Ivy Toxic Twist and is outdoors.
I added that one to the description.
I've been queueing Twist 1 for ages.
Very true!
Ghost Town In The Sky had one from at least 1985 called Black Widow and Myrtle Beach Pavilion had one indoors until they built Hurricane and put it outdoors in the middle of it's helix that also had a "DJ" that could run the ride program as they wished.
Awesome! I'll add those two to the description as well with the others I missed.
These are the two I was going to list. Man, Ghost Town was so cool when I was a kid.
Six Flags Over Texas had "Rotoriculous" later rethemed to "Roto Disco" 1975 - 88. It was an indoor Himalaya located in Good Times Square. It featured a prerecorded spiel about being a new invention by Cyrus Cosmo (Six Flags' mascot at the time). The retheming featured a disco ball.
Very cool!
Let's go Blizzard. Final a video that gives some praise to my home park
It's honestly my favorite ride at that park after Comet and Alpine Bobsled.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah the only rides I like more are comet, bobsled, sasquatch, and thunder alley
@@hedgehogcoasters7239 Surprised you like Thunder Alley so much!
@@CanobieCoaster lol
Only one of these I’ve been on is wipeout at SCBB, I loved the audio and visuals but I felt slightly uneasy coming off of it lol, I wish I could handle flat rides in general better but especially ones that invert, I love inversions on coasters but I just feel like on a flat that motion would confuse me, I’d say my favorite flat ride in general would be the graviton models. I haven’t visited the boardwalk since before I became a major coaster enthusiast but if I go back there I want to try fireball at least once, closest one I’ve been on is delirium at CGA, I just generally don’t handle insane spins too well, the centrifugal motion of the gravitron is manageable
Wipeout is great.
Those indoor accidents are absolutely horrific
Any ride accident is terrible.
I would love for my home park (Lagoon) to add an enclosed ride just in general, I think it would fit really well with the park, well, it's Lagoon, they can do anything and it'll work, they seriously have what is probably the weirdest assortment of rides you could ever find and I love it, especially with their new coaster being partially indoors, I think they could take what they learned from that ride, and bring it to a new high with an enclosed flat ride, they could literally make it an acid trip if they wanted, which would be great, especially if that was theming for frightmares, with the rest of the year having more normal theming
It really would.
Either Pirate's Fun Park or Midway (Salisbury Beach MA.) had an indoor scrambler with a yellow dome called 'Space Odyssey'; It was there before Canobie's Psychodrome, so I always thought Canobie kind of copied it. I hadn't realized how many indoor scramblers with lights and sound were out there.
I wish I had made it to Pirate's Fun Park before they closed.
Okay okay okay you mean to tell me that FunTown USA play Electric Light Orchestra in their scrambler?! That’s awesome ELO is like the best band ever!
Yes they do!
Omg the state fair of Texas use to have one. Omg I loved that ride. One year we went to go ride it they tore it down. Ugh!!!
An indoor one at a fair? Very cool!
@@CanobieCoaster yes it was so cool. I was so upset when they tore it down.
A park should take an Orbitor and put it inside like this, that would be insane!
I agree!
At literally the first second you put the Scrambler at Hersheypark. The one that I am familiar too.😂
I haven't ridden that one in years.
I have like 2 months ago.
In the early 1980's Long Island's Adventureland placed its Trabant (Wipeout) ride within a dome and it had loud rock music to disco lights. They called it "The Black Hole". I don't remember the exact years it operated, but by the time I worked at the park in the mid 80's, it was replaced with a Gravitron.
That sounds awesome!
@@CanobieCoaster Oh it was awesome. I think they only had it for about four years before getting the Gravitron. There is a bit of a story behind me and the Black Hole. Growing up before my double digit ages, Adventureland had the Trabant and I was scared of that thing. My mom and sister went on it and both got sick! So I wouldn't touch that thing with a 40 foot pole. Ok, now fast forward to when first got The Black Hole. I was tipped off on it by my cousin. I must have been about 10-ish at the time. So he described it as I did, but he left out the details on the ride. He said, "It spins very slowly backward for a while and when the music gets going, it spins forward really fast and goes up and down and goes nuts!" So I am thinking, that they enclosed the Musik Express. BUT when I get there and go on the ride, I said to myself, "This looks awfully familiar." Okay, so the ride started to spin slowly backward, just like my cousin said, but when it started to move forward, it shifted from side to side and also started to rise up. It was then I realized I was on the Trabant. I was like, "Oh Sugar Honey Ice Tea...I'm going to die!" I had a death grip on handlebar.
Well, not only did I survive, but I didn't get sick and ended up liking the ride! However, it did pale in comparison to the Gravitron.
A Scrambler is always a must-ride ride for me--I don't like roller coasters! I've been on the indoor one that was at Knotts Berry Farm, but I'd like to try that indoor breakdance in Santa Cruz!
Wipeout is wonderful.
One indoor scrambler operated at Knott’s during the early 90’s but, it was relocated to a spot under Windjammer and was renamed Headspin and in the mid 2000’s it was moved and renamed Wilderness Scrambler until 2007 and finally, it was relocated to the Boardwalk area and renamed Pacific Scrambler
Thanks, I added Whirlpool to the description.
@@CanobieCoaster Correction: it was moved out of the building in 1997
Great escape six flags NY has an indoor scrambler called blizzard I think and it was really fun
Yes that one is fun.
I love Joypolis's halfpipe thing
Me too!
A really cool indoor flat ride you missed is Haunted Mine Drop at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.
Yes, I intentionally kept off drop towers because those ones are common to put indoors.
There was one at the Myrtle Beach, SC Pavilion for years
Bummer that park closed.
SFOG had Shake Rattle and Roll, an indoor scrambler
Thanks! I didn't realize they had one because of how short lived it was.
Ooooh. I wish kings island did that with the shake rattle roll
Centreville amusement park, a small amusement park on an island in Toronto, Ontario Canada also has an indoor Scrambler.
Thanks! I'm always happy to hear of another indoor scrambler I missed. I've never considered going to that park, but honestly this and the Haunted Barrel Works ride may convince me.
@@CanobieCoaster you're welcome 🙂.
Kennywood had a little known indoor Scrambler called Space Odyssey from 1974 to 1983.
Thanks! I didn't realize Kennywood had one of the earliest ones as well. Their Facebook page said it ran from 1974-1978.
@@CanobieCoaster Another fun fact is that the original Cosmotron was the West View Park Caterpillar, but of course it's now a generic Wisdom Himalaya.
@@amusementnow4416Just like the one at DelGrosso's. Interesting!
there is an indoor drop tower at phantasialand which ive heard actually has some cool effects too, but the concept of an indoor drop tower just seems to defeat the purpose of a drop tower, although i have heard some pretty positives things about it
I agree it takes away the view you get from atop the ride, but it's an entirely different feeling plunging 13-20 stories in complete darkness since you can't see the bottom.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah it is unique tho so i will give them that
I’ve heard there’s one at Disney world too
@@TheEpic22 bruh thats an elevator dark ride
My homepark, SFDL has a building next to the Viper which used to house Nightmare at Phantoms cave a indoor rollercoaster, now it's been sitting vacant for several years now and I think it could house a couple of flat rides if they wanted too.
Great Escape has a vacant building for their Nightmare coaster as well, but I believe they turned that into a haunt.
@@CanobieCoaster yep, it housed the Same coaster, ours was also a haunt for the first year, then turned into the batman show, there were a couple other shows too after batman then sat vacant, but I think they used it last year for a haunt again.
Outside the USA but Grona Lund has a Breakdance which is similar, runs an awesome cycle too
I've ridden that one, but it was open on the sides.
Back in 2018, I messaged the Astrosphere through its Facebook page, inquiring about the connection between it and the Gyrosphere. Having ridden both, they seemed identical. The Astrosphere replied that it was designed after the Gyrosphere.
Thanks for sharing! I figured those two were linked in some way.
Six flags over Ga used to have one called Shake rattle and roll, removed within the last 10 years. Also, Not a scrambler, but Cyclone Sam's at world's of fun .
I wasn't aware of the short lived one at Over Georgia before making this, but I love Cyclone Sam's.
You can find an article on the death of the lady on the Happening (Orbiter) in 1974. It did happen. Six Flags over GA had an indoor scrambler called Shake Rattle and Roll
Thanks, I added that one to the description.
It is so much more fun with strobelights 🤩 Makes me laugh just thinking about it lol
Absolutely.
I remember Knotts Berry Farm had a indoor scrambler name was Whirlpool lighting n music . Way back in the 90s
Yes, I added that one to the description.
Actually as a former AstroWorld ride operator. It was 1st called the Orbiter 1968-1971, then the Happening! In 1972. An ambassadors (that didn't speak English) was struck and killed by the car. That was the first guest death 4 years after the park opened. It also seemed that nearly every 4 yrs. there was a fatality for a short while. Anyway., the building then had a 180 degree film in glorious A/C! Scrambler moved to Oriental Corner, next Nottingham Village, back to Oriental & finally Six Flags Over Texas got it. They had removed theirs yrs. ago. Missile Chaser was the name in the USA section.
That's a terrible accident. That seems to have happened a few times with this style of ride unfortunately.
East Coast only? WHIRLPOOL at Knott’s Berry Farm was the jewel of the former Roaring 20’s area of the 80’s to early 90’s. It used Art of Noises’ Moments in Love as the load-in music and a very 80s soundtrack during the ride. Add a very memorable aquarium style window that allowed a glimpse into the ride from the queue and it was a hit for those of us that grew up on the west coast.
I added that to the description, thanks!
Canobie coaster not sure what it was called but there was one indoor one in ghost town in the sky in maggie valley when they was operating
Thanks! Someone else also pointed that out and I added it to the description.
Last time I rode an indoor scrambler is at Canobie Lake Park. I forgot what it’s called, but it’s awesome and fun. Do you know if it’s still there?
Psycho Drome was closed for 2020, but it's still there!
NOOOOOO!!!! :(
Will it reopen???!!?? 🤯😭
@@arinewstoday3477 Yes, it was only closed for the covid restrictions like the rest of Canobie's indoor rides.
There is an indoor scrambler currently located in Panama City Beach at Swampy Jack's Wongo Adventure, which is located where Miracle Strip at Pier Park used to be located. This ride is called The Swamp Ape and is actually really well done.
Also, Swamp Ape opened up in 2019.
Thank you! I'm glad the park paid homage to the old Abominable Snowman I learned about earlier.
These indoor ones are fun. I’m so sorry for the families who lost loved ones 💔 there is a reason why though the pro attendants need to say, please keep feet and hands inside the ride at all cost and don’t mess with the restraints.
Safety should always be the top priority.
We did and I'm sure they still do. I could tell you some stories that would amaze you about how the public acts at these parks.
Myrtle Beach pavilion had a indoor one and the sound system in it could be heard for a mile away
Sounds cool!
Until about 2008-2009 there was an indoor scrambler at Six Flags Over Georgia i don’t remember the name but it was like a 50s theme and it was really fun.
Yes, I added that one to the description.
Here in the UK I have ridden both a Skid ride and a Waltzer in an enclosed dome, the latter is a much more intense version of the Twist O Twirl certainly not for the feint-hearted especially with the addition of either pitch dark, strobes and flashing lights with loud music, sadly these rides have long since been removed.
My favorite Waltzer I rode was the one at South Pier in Blackpool. That one ran an insane cycle.
There is a indoor scrambler at Centerville on Toronto Island, Toronto.
Thanks! Someone else pointed that out as well. I added a card to the video to redirect to a video of it.
I didn’t even know that was a thing, an indoor scrambler sounds fun but the way my motion sickness is set up these days...gotta pass
I agree these are dizzying.
Knoebels Cosmotron is awesome plus runs backward also!
I like how it's enclosed, but I wish it was a bigger himalaya.
Knotts had a ride called whirlpool, later called headspin. It closed to make way for perlious plunge.
Thank you! I added that one to the description.
Yeah, I was going to ask, I think Knott’s had one in the early 90’s that was an indoor scrambler?
Oh boy I just rode one of these indoors at Rotterdam Ahoy
Nice!
@@CanobieCoaster it's been my favorite style ride since I was a kid!! Love the feeling