I think the one at the Adventure dome has survived this long because it lives indoors in a controlled environment. It also doesn't get as much use as a fair model would.
I remember seeing an inverter when I was much younger at Jackson, Ohio (this was around 2009), and I thought the ride looked awesome. It even got sold to my local county fair iirc, and I remember seeing the counterweight at the top of the arm thinking, “Why does it look like that now with the front facing gondola?” That conversion explanation makes things way clearer now. Awesome video!
I remember in the early 2000's Morey's Piers in WildWood NJ had the invertor ride right next to the great white roller coaster, and it used to use fog effects, I miss that ride, and Six Flags New England had a double invertor called the time warp, it was basically a chair with a harness that locked with a seat belt and dangled the rider's legs
Hi, I'm from South Africa and we had a travelling inverter as well. The footage u have is so extremely accurate to my experience, especially the first person perspective (how they saddled you up and the pressure plate after). Probably the uncomfortable feeling about it is how fast it goes up and down. It's an absolutely thrilling ride and probably my favourite
Got a chance to ride the one in Adventure-dome in Vegas. It was so-so to say the least but, as you stated, it's one of those rare ride you have to try out before it goes extinct..
I got a chance to ride the former double inverter 'Submission' at Alton Towers and actually enjoyed the ride experience. The hang time, while somewhat neutered by the restraint was still fantastic and I didn't find the ride too uncomfortable
My siblings and I went to the AdventureDome a lot when we were young. The Inverter is near the entrance and the ticket booth, so this was the first one we would always ride together. It wasn't my favorite, but it holds a special place in my heart because this was my (now deceased) stepbrother's favorite ride at the park. This was a great video, and I hope you get a chance to ride it someday.
I remember six flags added a bunch of these double inverters to there parks in the 1990s. Examples are Time warp at six flags great adventure Time warp at geauga lake Double trouble at six flags New England Voodoo volcano at six flags New Orleans (single inverter) Catapult at six flags Mexico And mindbender at frontier city (single inverter) I kinda wish I would’ve road one of these even thought they look painful
I'm a Vegas local, and have ridden the Inverter at AdventureDome several times. It's fun for what it is, but yeah, it squeezes your legs pretty good. It's not necessarily painful, at least as long you sit up nice and straight and keep everything out of your front pockets, but it's always very distracting. Can't say I'd recomend going out of your way to come experience it.
There used to be one in Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa and me and my friend both got stuck on it. For me the secondary bar restraint never came up. So the operator had to jiggle it to get it to loosen, and my friend was unfortunately held upside down for several minutes when the ride lost power. It closed in 2016 and it was replaced by Phoenix their new spinning coaster.
I remember the Wade Show used to have what looked like a double inverter but they were covered by a rounded top that made them look like a version of the ride called the Loop-o-plane in Rollercoaster Tycoon. I wish I had taken the time to memorize the ride's name because searching up the ride by the name, Salt-n-Pepper Shaker, that my dad remembered calling them during his days with the Wade Show failed to yield any images of the towering flat ride that had two large capsule shaped ride vehicles that spun in opposite directions but always briefly aligned side by side while held upsidedown for a few seconds during the ride cycle. I may not know the name of ride model sadly but, I DO remember how it operated and more importantly, how it slung and rained loose change like weaponized metallic rain if someone boarded it with loose change in their pockets. 😅
They used to have this at the Evergreen State Fair and I think Puyallup Fair. I have seen the one in Adventuredome when I went to Vegas in 2021 and 2022. One thing to note is that the Adventuredome is in the Circus Circus casino, in case those who go have trouble finding it.
I'm a barrel-chested dude with neck injuries from a car wreck, and I rode the one at the Adventure Dome. It wasn't uncomfortable to me (and my chest and neck are sensitive to rough rides, which is why I avoid most -but not all- old school Arrow coasters). It was cool-ish. Problem is is that the counter rotation, like you mentioned, dampens the forces and makes it a VERY tame ride. Visually, however, it looks intimidating when it'd actually be a good 1st upside down ride for kids getting used to it. This means the look of it scares away the audience who'd like it the most, and thrill seekers will be let down inevitably unless someone told them beforehand to keep their expectations in check. It's a cool a idea, but was very much a one-and-done for me. Also, on Rainbows and the like, I was intrigued that you didn't bring up Chance's version (called a Shooting Star or Falling Star or something like that), I rode one of Chance's back in the early 2000's at Mall of America, and man it was great. Very forceful, and I'm shocked Chance doesn't make them anymore since they have several rides that use similar (or possibly same) A-frame set ups...
I got to ride 2 of these. One at Geauga Lake and another at a traveling fair in Cleveland. I thought they were really fun just that secondary bar really destroys your thighs.
I remember seeing the Double Inverter at Six Flags Holland (now Walibi Holland). However, I never got to ride it, as it was closed on all of my few visits to that park.
It came to the Kentucky State Fair sometime in the early 2010's and I got to try it. Much of what you said was true, it's very visually interesting but the experience itself was kind of boring. Restraints felt more awkward, and the only discomfort came from how long you hung on the restraint when the operator held riders upside down. Kind of a minor letdown, but not offensive. It was alright! Great video!
One of my earliest memories was seeing the inverter at Geauga lake. Not only was I too small to ride, but I was to young to think it would be fun 😂. I did get to ride the teacups, much to my chagrin.
I've ridden a travelling model owned by Reithoffer Shows (btw just checked their website before commenting, I see no mention of Inverter but I see them listing a Full Tilt so I think it's safe to assume this one I rode was converted) on two occasions at one carnival and one fair that they did in Maryland when I was younger, I wouldn't call the ride painful (although I was a younger teen at the time so take that with a grain of salt) but I remember the ride just being very boring, it felt like the forces just negated each other, you're flipping but honestly you're probably going to have a more forceful time just spinning a Zipper car waiting on a load cycle. That said though as dull of a ride it is for how visually impressive it is, I'd still recommend getting on it just so you can ride an out of production ride before they all disappear, I'd also recommend trying to sit on one of the far end seats, you get more force than sitting in the middle and the view is much better since there is at least some minor placebo excitement in the experience of feeling like it's about to drive you into the ground
I really enjoyed the motions of the ride. Especially in the front/back rows. But as many have said, the restraints were very uncomfortable. There was one that used to come to a local carnival near me. Rode the one at SFNO many times. I want to say it was a double, but it's been almost 20yrs since I've rode it.
WOW 😳 You mean there is actually a flat ride I've been on that you haven't?? DAMN, I'm truly amazed at that fact. 😂 There was a Chance Inverter at the Puyallup Fair in Western WA And I actually wrote it on a couple of different visits. I liked it. 🤷🏻♂️ It was different and smooth. I already wasn't a small guy then (at about 200 lb) but I had no issues with the restraints at all whatsoever. I believe they did eventually convert it to a Rockstar ride, though.
Yep! Kemah Boardwalk got rid of 2 most problematic and discontinued rides. Inverter & Chaos. Also Wipeout. Another one of those rides that "looks good" but short on ride delivery.
I've ridden a few different portable Inverters in my day. The #1 issue is lack of any g-force or airtime on the ride. You basically just get turned upside down and hang on the uncomfortable restraints.
I've been blessed enough to ride both models, Time Warp at Geauga Lake, and the single at the IX indoor Amusement park for years. They run SLOOOOOOOOOW. That's most of the problem. That and the ergonomics seem made for mannequins😢. Much of the discomfort I feel comes from the awkward bracing someone naturally does against the very unforgiving harnesses as well as thighs tensing into the T wings that crossed your legs when the bar clank stapled down. As the ride rocked, these would audibly crank down tighter and tighter, and even after the ride, you'd be left sitting like that during the lengthy release process. The operator had to walk up to the car where the controls were mounted from the booth, lower a running flap, slowly raise the bar, before the harnesses POPPED open from crush pressure. One other note, and I've only seen this twice, these WERE able to run without the vehicle car rotation, which had a very different feel than rangers or skymasters due to the SLOOOOOOOOOW rotation
The Inverter destroyed my indestructible Nokia phone in wildwood, summer 2004. Slid out of my pocket, around my back, and fell to it's death shattering to pieces on the pier below.
So I’d like to know where the info about losing power and being stranded is from? I worked at a theme park with a single are permanent Inverter and if we ever lost power the ride would rock back and forth until it stopped. It might not have parked correctly, but it would never get stuck where it was/upside down. Edit: if we ever had any trouble, it was with the cylindrical locking systems for the T-Bar’s(that’s what Chance called these lap bars) and the bearings on the driveshafts.
you should totally go to Vegas to ride that. while you're at it, you can ride that terrible Togo at New York New York casino. Vegas is fun. you will love it
I got to ride Submission at Alton towers while it was still operating. The restraints were awful as mentioned but the ride experience was decent, though definitely not as great as you might expect from the way it looks.
Huh 2 years ago there was a local traveling fair there was a inverter but they never put them in operation,I mean like it was assembled for operation and they light it up but they never move it , probably it was because of lack of workers but damn i really wanted to ride it
The Inverter was a pure nightmare to maintain. The drive was totally not dependable. The gondola was very hard to move the front off the trailer to anchor for transport
Twister at six flags great adventure uses the same restraint system. Despite how tight it feels you still feel like your going to fall out of the ride when it inverts. I feel like the restraints that Kingda ka uses would be far more ideal.
I worked around #4 in Hawaii it faded every fast than there was an upgrade issue on the arm needing gussets withch sat the ride for over a year after it was fixed it was sold …
I did the one at Alton Towers and visually it looked great when both arms were running, especially with all the decorative blades on it. I wouldn't say the ride was painful but it was slow, clunky and boring.
Could anyone recommend this ride to someone with a low ride intensity? Based on the comments, it seems to go pretty slow. I've never been on a ride that goes upside down before.
I've been on a single armed Inverter (Bates Brothers had it) and a double inverter, the one at Geauga Lake. I got stuck upside down on the one at Geauga 🤣 the ride is the least thrilling thrill ride ever. You feel like you're flipping in slow motion and because of how tight the restraints are it dampens the forces you might otherwise feel
I know that there is 2 transportable version operating. One operated by RCS And another one by a fair that arrives in Tijuana BC I've ridden the one in Tijuana which in my opinion was like a death sentence to happen and the one at the Adventuredome both extremely painful to ride
They had a double 1 at one of my local parks alton towers in the uk called submission but it only ran for 12 years open 2001 and closed in 2013 so i wasn't lucky enough to get on it but everyone says it looks amazing but painful to ride.
Had the chance to ride Submission at Alton Towers a few times. It was very uncomfortable. Had a nickname of castration the ride at times. Spent alot of the time just running one side more than both. as it was never popular and didn't like the british weather much either
I've been on an Inverter or two ... I don't think anyone is missing much by not experiencing it. (The forces on the end seats were particularly odd.) My local carnival (St. Michael's, run by Reithoffer's) used to have an Inverter, and it now have a Full Tilt; it wouldn't surprise me to learn it's the same structure.
Aside from the discomfort, the big problem with the Inverter was the sheer repetitiveness of the ride. Because the flipping was rigidly tied to the motion of the main arm, each rider just repeated the same pattern over and over. As a result, the Inverter managed to be both massively uncomfortable AND incredibly boring. Add in the fact that anyone not sitting in an end row could hardly see , and you've got a real flop of a ride.
Great job on the history and information of the ride, however, I hate this ride. The restraints are my choice for the worst design of all time for a ride that's going to pause with you upside down.
The full tilt ride is... interesting. The tilt is not natural feeling, and it just means your weight is on your crotch instead of your butt. Ever since the icon park incident the tilting rides concern me, but at least even full tilts have seat belts.
To be honest, I’ve been on this and didn’t find it interesting or very fun. It moved so slow you didn’t really feel any forces. The restraints kept any forces from being felt. My local fair company switched it out for a rockstar conversion which didn’t have any forces either.
if you like being hung upside down with only your thighs supporting you, then this is the ride for you. very painful for me personally. if pain wasnt an issue, it would still be a boring ride that makes your head feel gross from being upside down for too long
I don't mind being held upside down... But not on this ride (Submission Alton Towers UK) Awful ride experience tbh. But could never work our quiet why...
I think the one at the Adventure dome has survived this long because it lives indoors in a controlled environment. It also doesn't get as much use as a fair model would.
I remember seeing an inverter when I was much younger at Jackson, Ohio (this was around 2009), and I thought the ride looked awesome. It even got sold to my local county fair iirc, and I remember seeing the counterweight at the top of the arm thinking, “Why does it look like that now with the front facing gondola?” That conversion explanation makes things way clearer now. Awesome video!
I remember in the early 2000's Morey's Piers in WildWood NJ had the invertor ride right next to the great white roller coaster, and it used to use fog effects, I miss that ride, and Six Flags New England had a double invertor called the time warp, it was basically a chair with a harness that locked with a seat belt and dangled the rider's legs
Hi, I'm from South Africa and we had a travelling inverter as well. The footage u have is so extremely accurate to my experience, especially the first person perspective (how they saddled you up and the pressure plate after). Probably the uncomfortable feeling about it is how fast it goes up and down. It's an absolutely thrilling ride and probably my favourite
Got a chance to ride the one in Adventure-dome in Vegas. It was so-so to say the least but, as you stated, it's one of those rare ride you have to try out before it goes extinct..
I did a travelling model at my local fair, and the one at Adventuredome. Honestly love this ride, if run right they're pretty fun.
I got a chance to ride the former double inverter 'Submission' at Alton Towers and actually enjoyed the ride experience. The hang time, while somewhat neutered by the restraint was still fantastic and I didn't find the ride too uncomfortable
Don’t Look Down
I’m disappointed I never saw submission run both sides at once, both sides were used but never at the same time
My siblings and I went to the AdventureDome a lot when we were young. The Inverter is near the entrance and the ticket booth, so this was the first one we would always ride together. It wasn't my favorite, but it holds a special place in my heart because this was my (now deceased) stepbrother's favorite ride at the park. This was a great video, and I hope you get a chance to ride it someday.
This reminds me of the Timewarp from Geauga Lake and I loved that ride... Man I miss that place
I got stuck upside down on Time Warp in 2005 🤣
time warp was a double armed one... and plagued with problems
I remember six flags added a bunch of these double inverters to there parks in the 1990s. Examples are
Time warp at six flags great adventure
Time warp at geauga lake
Double trouble at six flags New England
Voodoo volcano at six flags New Orleans (single inverter)
Catapult at six flags Mexico
And mindbender at frontier city (single inverter)
I kinda wish I would’ve road one of these even thought they look painful
Fascinating! Never saw this Chance ride before. 👍
I'm a Vegas local, and have ridden the Inverter at AdventureDome several times. It's fun for what it is, but yeah, it squeezes your legs pretty good. It's not necessarily painful, at least as long you sit up nice and straight and keep everything out of your front pockets, but it's always very distracting. Can't say I'd recomend going out of your way to come experience it.
Inverter at AdventureDome is probably the worst ride I have ever ridden. It's restraints make Skyrush's lap bars feel like Intamin T Bars.
There used to be one in Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa and me and my friend both got stuck on it. For me the secondary bar restraint never came up. So the operator had to jiggle it to get it to loosen, and my friend was unfortunately held upside down for several minutes when the ride lost power. It closed in 2016 and it was replaced by Phoenix their new spinning coaster.
Inverter lives on in Phoenix’s lack of capability in running in the rain!
Came here from your comment on the first clip! Great video!
I operated the Adventuredome Inverter back in 2000-2001
I remember the Wade Show used to have what looked like a double inverter but they were covered by a rounded top that made them look like a version of the ride called the Loop-o-plane in Rollercoaster Tycoon. I wish I had taken the time to memorize the ride's name because searching up the ride by the name, Salt-n-Pepper Shaker, that my dad remembered calling them during his days with the Wade Show failed to yield any images of the towering flat ride that had two large capsule shaped ride vehicles that spun in opposite directions but always briefly aligned side by side while held upsidedown for a few seconds during the ride cycle. I may not know the name of ride model sadly but, I DO remember how it operated and more importantly, how it slung and rained loose change like weaponized metallic rain if someone boarded it with loose change in their pockets. 😅
Hello, I’m pretty sure the ride you’re thinking of is called the Kamikaze! They’re not as common anymore, but they used to be a staple on the midway.
They used to have this at the Evergreen State Fair and I think Puyallup Fair. I have seen the one in Adventuredome when I went to Vegas in 2021 and 2022. One thing to note is that the Adventuredome is in the Circus Circus casino, in case those who go have trouble finding it.
This flat ride is in RCT3! It's the double inverter version
I remember they had one of these at Adventureland in Iowa at one point. Never rode it but as a kid it looked pretty intimidating.
I’ll never forget this ride I loved it!!! I rode it so many times when I was 8 and screwed up my equilibrium 😅 such a fun ride though ❤
I'm a barrel-chested dude with neck injuries from a car wreck, and I rode the one at the Adventure Dome. It wasn't uncomfortable to me (and my chest and neck are sensitive to rough rides, which is why I avoid most -but not all- old school Arrow coasters).
It was cool-ish. Problem is is that the counter rotation, like you mentioned, dampens the forces and makes it a VERY tame ride. Visually, however, it looks intimidating when it'd actually be a good 1st upside down ride for kids getting used to it. This means the look of it scares away the audience who'd like it the most, and thrill seekers will be let down inevitably unless someone told them beforehand to keep their expectations in check.
It's a cool a idea, but was very much a one-and-done for me.
Also, on Rainbows and the like, I was intrigued that you didn't bring up Chance's version (called a Shooting Star or Falling Star or something like that), I rode one of Chance's back in the early 2000's at Mall of America, and man it was great. Very forceful, and I'm shocked Chance doesn't make them anymore since they have several rides that use similar (or possibly same) A-frame set ups...
I remember riding it when I was at Geauga Lake in Aurora Ohio before closing permanently, and it was awesome, so is Top Spin Texas Twister
I got to ride 2 of these. One at Geauga Lake and another at a traveling fair in Cleveland. I thought they were really fun just that secondary bar really destroys your thighs.
Ah, you must have rode the one Bates had
Same Rode at Geauga lake and IX indoor amusement park! It was called time warp at Geauga lake! It was cool when they have both sides running
@@sirrides-a-lot7153I definitely rode the bates one in wv
I remember seeing the Double Inverter at Six Flags Holland (now Walibi Holland). However, I never got to ride it, as it was closed on all of my few visits to that park.
It came to the Kentucky State Fair sometime in the early 2010's and I got to try it. Much of what you said was true, it's very visually interesting but the experience itself was kind of boring. Restraints felt more awkward, and the only discomfort came from how long you hung on the restraint when the operator held riders upside down. Kind of a minor letdown, but not offensive. It was alright! Great video!
My dad’s favorite was the looping Starships at SFOG. I wasn’t tall enough/too chicken to ride it while it was still in operation.
One of my earliest memories was seeing the inverter at Geauga lake. Not only was I too small to ride, but I was to young to think it would be fun 😂. I did get to ride the teacups, much to my chagrin.
Never got to ride it but it looked fun when i used to see it at Calgary stampede and westerner days
I love these rides!
Rode on at wild adventures in Georgia. It wasn’t there on my last visit though but it was a fun ride back when it was there
The inverter at the adventuredome is very painful on the legs if u dont sit right although it is enjoyable
I did Sumbission when it was still at Alton Towers. Absolutely horrible borderline painful experience.
Never did one one at my home park, Submission at Alton Towers and I never knew it was such a rare model.
I've ridden a travelling model owned by Reithoffer Shows (btw just checked their website before commenting, I see no mention of Inverter but I see them listing a Full Tilt so I think it's safe to assume this one I rode was converted) on two occasions at one carnival and one fair that they did in Maryland when I was younger, I wouldn't call the ride painful (although I was a younger teen at the time so take that with a grain of salt) but I remember the ride just being very boring, it felt like the forces just negated each other, you're flipping but honestly you're probably going to have a more forceful time just spinning a Zipper car waiting on a load cycle.
That said though as dull of a ride it is for how visually impressive it is, I'd still recommend getting on it just so you can ride an out of production ride before they all disappear, I'd also recommend trying to sit on one of the far end seats, you get more force than sitting in the middle and the view is much better since there is at least some minor placebo excitement in the experience of feeling like it's about to drive you into the ground
I really enjoyed the motions of the ride. Especially in the front/back rows. But as many have said, the restraints were very uncomfortable.
There was one that used to come to a local carnival near me. Rode the one at SFNO many times. I want to say it was a double, but it's been almost 20yrs since I've rode it.
WOW 😳 You mean there is actually a flat ride I've been on that you haven't?? DAMN, I'm truly amazed at that fact. 😂
There was a Chance Inverter at the Puyallup Fair in Western WA And I actually wrote it on a couple of different visits. I liked it. 🤷🏻♂️ It was different and smooth. I already wasn't a small guy then (at about 200 lb) but I had no issues with the restraints at all whatsoever. I believe they did eventually convert it to a Rockstar ride, though.
I rode this when I was 11...It made me consider joining the Priesthood
In Mexico there is still one Inverter operating, but it is seen less and less often every ytime. I still prefer the Sartori version way better, tho.
ALL STAR AMUSEMENTS used to have 1 and it's a true crazy fun time
We had an Inverter at Adventureland in Iowa, and it was my favorite ride growing up. I honestly couldn’t tell u why other than “oooo me go up” tho 😭
I know for sure that there is one of these traveling in fairs in Central America, I've rode it many times now :)
Yep! Kemah Boardwalk got rid of 2 most problematic and discontinued rides. Inverter & Chaos. Also Wipeout. Another one of those rides that "looks good" but short on ride delivery.
Hey Wipeouts are awesome!.
I've ridden a few different portable Inverters in my day. The #1 issue is lack of any g-force or airtime on the ride. You basically just get turned upside down and hang on the uncomfortable restraints.
Can you review the chance rides aviator?
I’ve seen the inverter at the adventuredome but the dome was closed for maintenance so I only saw it from a far
I've been blessed enough to ride both models, Time Warp at Geauga Lake, and the single at the IX indoor Amusement park for years.
They run SLOOOOOOOOOW. That's most of the problem.
That and the ergonomics seem made for mannequins😢. Much of the discomfort I feel comes from the awkward bracing someone naturally does against the very unforgiving harnesses as well as thighs tensing into the T wings that crossed your legs when the bar clank stapled down.
As the ride rocked, these would audibly crank down tighter and tighter, and even after the ride, you'd be left sitting like that during the lengthy release process.
The operator had to walk up to the car where the controls were mounted from the booth, lower a running flap, slowly raise the bar, before the harnesses POPPED open from crush pressure.
One other note, and I've only seen this twice, these WERE able to run without the vehicle car rotation, which had a very different feel than rangers or skymasters due to the SLOOOOOOOOOW rotation
There was even one traveling model in Australia around the late 2000s/early 2010s.
The Inverter destroyed my indestructible Nokia phone in wildwood, summer 2004. Slid out of my pocket, around my back, and fell to it's death shattering to pieces on the pier below.
So I’d like to know where the info about losing power and being stranded is from? I worked at a theme park with a single are permanent Inverter and if we ever lost power the ride would rock back and forth until it stopped. It might not have parked correctly, but it would never get stuck where it was/upside down.
Edit: if we ever had any trouble, it was with the cylindrical locking systems for the T-Bar’s(that’s what Chance called these lap bars) and the bearings on the driveshafts.
We had one at the Alabama national fair years ago like in 2010-2012 I think
It’s a shame this series is no more
you should totally go to Vegas to ride that. while you're at it, you can ride that terrible Togo at New York New York casino. Vegas is fun. you will love it
I should go try this ride type soon.
I rode the inverter once bout 20 years ago. It was pretty boring ride but interesting to look at. I love flat ride of the week.
I got to ride Submission at Alton towers while it was still operating. The restraints were awful as mentioned but the ride experience was decent, though definitely not as great as you might expect from the way it looks.
Huh 2 years ago there was a local traveling fair there was a inverter but they never put them in operation,I mean like it was assembled for operation and they light it up but they never move it , probably it was because of lack of workers but damn i really wanted to ride it
I went on the double one at alton towers. It was very impressive looking,
The one at Alton Towers was very uncomfortable, no redeeming factors!
I was so sad when Adventureland removed this, and now the falling star is gone too
Looks more fun then they end up being
The Inverter was a pure nightmare to maintain. The drive was totally not dependable.
The gondola was very hard to move the front off the trailer to anchor for transport
i used to see new ones leaving the factory in ks on the highways here
Twister at six flags great adventure uses the same restraint system. Despite how tight it feels you still feel like your going to fall out of the ride when it inverts. I feel like the restraints that Kingda ka uses would be far more ideal.
Is the one at the Adventuredome the last remaining one
I believe bates used to run one and I remember it being very fun
I worked around #4 in Hawaii it faded every fast than there was an upgrade issue on the arm needing gussets withch sat the ride for over a year after it was fixed it was sold …
I did the one at Alton Towers and visually it looked great when both arms were running, especially with all the decorative blades on it. I wouldn't say the ride was painful but it was slow, clunky and boring.
Could anyone recommend this ride to someone with a low ride intensity? Based on the comments, it seems to go pretty slow. I've never been on a ride that goes upside down before.
I've been on a single armed Inverter (Bates Brothers had it) and a double inverter, the one at Geauga Lake. I got stuck upside down on the one at Geauga 🤣 the ride is the least thrilling thrill ride ever. You feel like you're flipping in slow motion and because of how tight the restraints are it dampens the forces you might otherwise feel
I know that there is 2 transportable version operating.
One operated by RCS
And another one by a fair that arrives in Tijuana BC
I've ridden the one in Tijuana which in my opinion was like a death sentence to happen and the one at the Adventuredome both extremely painful to ride
They had a double 1 at one of my local parks alton towers in the uk called submission but it only ran for 12 years open 2001 and closed in 2013 so i wasn't lucky enough to get on it but everyone says it looks amazing but painful to ride.
Man this makes me miss submission so much :(
We had one at Frontier City in OKC. Very uncomfortable and not forgiving for bigger people.
Might be because I’m kinda tall and lanky, but this ride in Vegas felt like it was slowly breaking my legs. So uncomfortable.
Didn't Sartori make them too?
Never took off there diuble inverting ship
Can you do a video on the flat ride that was in the TV series Gotham the episode where Jerome kidnaps Bruce Wayne
Had the chance to ride Submission at Alton Towers a few times. It was very uncomfortable. Had a nickname of castration the ride at times. Spent alot of the time just running one side more than both. as it was never popular and didn't like the british weather much either
I've been on an Inverter or two ... I don't think anyone is missing much by not experiencing it. (The forces on the end seats were particularly odd.)
My local carnival (St. Michael's, run by Reithoffer's) used to have an Inverter, and it now have a Full Tilt; it wouldn't surprise me to learn it's the same structure.
You're not missing much. It's a pretty forceless ride, with uncomfortably tight restraints.
Aside from the discomfort, the big problem with the Inverter was the sheer repetitiveness of the ride. Because the flipping was rigidly tied to the motion of the main arm, each rider just repeated the same pattern over and over. As a result, the Inverter managed to be both massively uncomfortable AND incredibly boring. Add in the fact that anyone not sitting in an end row could hardly see , and you've got a real flop of a ride.
Rode one several times at the FL State Fair but was never really a fan.
Ride looks interesting but I feel like it could be a bit uncomfortable and maybe nausea inducing for some
Great job on the history and information of the ride, however, I hate this ride. The restraints are my choice for the worst design of all time for a ride that's going to pause with you upside down.
What’s the next one
Hurricane rides will be the final episode
The full tilt ride is... interesting. The tilt is not natural feeling, and it just means your weight is on your crotch instead of your butt. Ever since the icon park incident the tilting rides concern me, but at least even full tilts have seat belts.
To be honest, I’ve been on this and didn’t find it interesting or very fun. It moved so slow you didn’t really feel any forces. The restraints kept any forces from being felt. My local fair company switched it out for a rockstar conversion which didn’t have any forces either.
Never rode this type of flat ride
if you like being hung upside down with only your thighs supporting you, then this is the ride for you. very painful for me personally. if pain wasnt an issue, it would still be a boring ride that makes your head feel gross from being upside down for too long
I don't mind being held upside down...
But not on this ride (Submission Alton Towers UK)
Awful ride experience tbh.
But could never work our quiet why...
monkey spin
I’m from Vegas, and I had no interest in riding Inverter last time I was in Vegas. It’s… Just not a good ride.
Upside-down hang-time? No, thank you.
Was not a fan of the ride; it hurt way too much for me to enjoy. The restriants crushed my legs very painful experiance