IAAPA Expo 2023 — industry manufacturers, suppliers are busy
AT: Tim Baldwin
tbaldwin@amusementtoday.com
ORLANDO — With contracts filling 2024 projects, 2025 — and beyond — ride manufacturers are finding the industry healthy.
“2023 has been a record year for Intamin with the highest number of ride openings,” said Sascha Czibulka, executive vice president. “
Intamin’s Dome Ride Theater snagged two Brass Rings Awards: Best New Product and an Impact Award.
“The jury thinks this particular attraction is above all the rest,” he said of the Impact Award. “We are exceptionally proud that they feel this will have an impact to our industry for years to come.”
Passersby on the trade show floor were captivated by the Falcon’s Flight vehicle headed to Six Flags Qiddiyah.
“The width of the train is wider and allows for more room,” said Czibulka. “That is a result of engineering with the wider gauge of the track. The simple reason is we have higher speeds and higher loads.”
Falcon’s Flight will be the tallest, longest and fastest roller coaster in the world when the park opens.
“For 2024, we have a little bit of everything,” Czibulka said. “We have a launched coaster in the Middle East; the first Ultra Surf coaster [Six Flags Over Georgia], a family coaster with both a lift and launch at Drayton Manor as well as a spinning coaster in the Middle East (also yet to be announced).”
According to Czibulka, water rides still have a certain percentage on the books and said there is an increased demand for them. He also said the fusion between coasters and dark rides is a growing trend, such as its recent partnership in Uncharted at PortAventura. Immersive rides with media content are being developed.
While not everything at the Qiddiyah City project was a “reveal” on the show floor, the impact of this significant new park was evident throughout the show. Great Coasters International, Inc. had a vehicle for Colossus, a wooden coaster being constructed at the park.
“The ride had changed shape many times,” said Clair Hain Jr., president. “It went from a small family ride to a huge project to a family ride. It’s a mid-2,000s length of track that has a steel structure and Ipe wooden track.”
The coaster will sport GCII’s Infinity Flyer trains, which Hain feels work best with the rules and regulations of the region.
Under construction is a new coaster for OCT Xiangyang. It will open in 2024.
“It is the first-ever wood and steel hybrid coaster in China. GCII’s first in Asia for sure,” said Olivia Hain, marketing. “The hybrid of wood and steel structure makes a superior layout of the ride that has never been experienced before, and guarantees strong visual appeal, high-thrills, and non-stop fun.”
In surprising news, a GCII coaster that was previously announced would not open because the park leadership fell through will open after all with new management. The park is now Real Madrid World in Dubai and is being rethemed.
Darien Lake and Lake Compounce will receive new Titan Track on their wooden coasters. Other refurbishments are taking place throughout the U.S., as well as Efteling (which was a three-year plan but is being completed in two).
Snagging the first press announcement reveal was Zamperla. The trains for Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point had onlookers excited.
“We’ve been happily overwhelmed with the response,” Adam Sandy, roller coaster sales, told Amusement Today at the Expo. “That’s from a lot of types of people. Enthusiasts love it, because it’s beautiful and it’s going on an iconic ride, but what has made us happy is that we’ve had a lot of maintenance people pointing out to their team why they like it.”
Sandy was pleased to point out that the wheels avoided overheating. “We worked with Uremet, and holistically, this project has been one of partnerships. Cedar Fair and Zamperla are doing something very different and complicated while working together along with Uremet’s applications on the wheels. They are among the largest wheels (530mm) used on a roller coaster, and we used a custom compound to make sure with three launches in quick succession that we had heat dissipation off the wheels.”
In the past five years, Zamperla has heavily invested in its roller coaster technology and engineering and knew the company was ready to take on a project of this magnitude.
“Certainly, it was a step, but it wasn’t a big leap for us. We were well prepared for this,” said Sandy. “But again, we approached it with Cedar Point as a partnership. It has been one team working on this project to make it successful.”
In addition to Cedar Point, Zamperla has coaster installations headed to PNE in British Columbia and a powered coaster at DreamWorld in Australia. Two projects will also open in China.
Zamperla had new products to discuss with customers. One was brought to the floor, the Go Go Bounce 8.4.
“The introduction has gone far better than I even expected,” said Michael Coleman, North America sales. “It’s got great action, but with the 36-inch height requirement to ride with an adult, it’s a thrill ride for that 36-inch-tall kid.”
Seating 32 riders, the Go Go Bounce is a magnified version of the company’s Jump Around. “It’s an opportunity to capture that shared, multi-generational experience,” Coleman added. “It’s a substantial piece of machinery. It has a presence.”
The debut generated immediate leads.
Zamperla has several flat rides going into Six Flags parks. Also on tap is a Barnyard going into Story Land in South Dakota. Attractions will also be headed to Oasis at Lakeport, a new park under construction at Lake of the Ozarks.
Chance Rides is delivering a wheel to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. This location has a lot of history,” said Jay Aguilar, vice president, sales and marketing. “The ride will have some special features.”
Chance Rides is excited for the debut of Mattel Adventure Park to open in 2024. The new theme park will feature two Chance roller coasters — one for the family and one with higher thrills.
“The theming Chance has worked on together with Epic and the IP holder to meet expectations of both guests and ownership — Mattel is amazing,” said Aguilar. “The Hyper GTX coaster will launch riders. That level of thrill is something we have not done in the past.”
Still, the base of the company — C. P. Huntington trains, carousels, people movers, observations wheels — also attracted attendees at the Expo.
“Something interesting happened this year,” noted Aguilar. “I’ve been with the company for seven years, and we don’t talk to too many people with carnivals. This week, I’ve had four conversations with [carnival operators]. The carnival market is talking to us again.”
He also noted that many new C.P. Huntington trains were in Chance’s queue. “We are booked all the way to September, and we [deliver] one train a month. Once that complement is delivered, the company will have supplied 435 C. P. Huntington trains.
“Something we didn’t do in the past formally, but now we are concentrating on new product development,” Aguilar added. “We have multiple interviews with clients to listen to the voice of the customer for what they are looking for.”
While the show floor can seem familiar to long-time attendees, new products and innovations are continually introduced, but companies themselves have changes as well. 2023 was the first year for Larson International to be under the Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) ownership.
“We have two booths this year. We’re introducing customers to each of the product lines,” said Hunter Novotny, Larson. “We’ve got a lot to offer, so we are making introductions to customers we’ve had in the past and continue to foster those relationships.”
The two booths were close to each other for 2023.
“We are thrilled to have received a Brass Ring for the Wild Moose product,” said Darren Torr, president, RMC. “We’ve been talking to customers and felt there was an underserved market for a family junior coaster but something that has a little more thrill and pop to it. Typically, we say we are selling screams and selling smiles with a family coaster.”
Torr likens it to “Dr. Suess” track.
“We [designed] this ride to drop in to replace aging wild mouse coasters from an economic standpoint,” he said. “You’ll see Wild Moose coasters in production shortly.”
On display was the new car headed for Silver Dollar City’s Fire In The Hole. RMC has completed work on the track and now is busy getting the cars shipped to the park.
Torr hinted that RMC’s Raptor product line is taking off internationally. “If you’re an RMC fan, we’ve had some quality meetings with new parks we haven’t dealt with in the past. We’ve accomplished our goal of laying the groundwork.”
The longest-running exhibitor at the IAAPA Expo is Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. PTCI celebrated 100 years of exhibiting in 2023.
“I’ve only been with the company for 47 years, so I can’t account for all of them,” joked Tom Rebbie, president. “We’re very proud to have that No. 1 ranking.”
The company revealed new coaster trains headed to Hersheypark. The retro vibe of the rolling stock had gold-tinted plating that offered an elegant touch.
“Hershey came up with the coloring they wanted to do,” said Rebbie. “Our painter, Brad Little, painted one side panel and said, ‘I can make it better.’ I came back a couple of days later and he put this glitter into it and made it pop. We took them to our PAPA meeting and met with them. They saw the second one and said, ‘That’s what we want.’”
Rebbie indicated that the succession of cars will have a changing color scheme that will work great as a whole. In addition, each lap bar will have a sensor, and the ride operator can see if each bar is up or down.
PTCI is working with Adventureland in Iowa on the refurbishment of The Underground, an indoor coaster.
Zierer was busy during the show. The company’s books are closed for 2024 and is looking at 2025 and 2026.
“There is a lot of interest in our Family Freefall Tower,” said Bill Ossim, North America sales. “Depending on the decoration at the top, it’s about 35 to 40 feet tall. Ten seats rotate around the center. Our tower can be programmed to what the customer wants. We can make it more thrilling with a little more freefall or we can do the bouncing, and it is very versatile in terms of working with the park’s theming.”
Zierer has sold more than 60 of the towers.
While NDAs kept specific details under wraps for some coaster projects, Ossim said a Force coaster is being delivered in China. A custom design is under production. Legoland Windsor is installing a coaster as well. “The Force coaster series is just a great series for many different levels of thrill,” he said.
The Ellipse Flyer is a modern version of the company’s Magic Carpet ride, which Zierer was promoting at the show. The updated version has rotating seats. Another new attraction was Drifter, which is similar to the Jet Ski layout, but it is not on water. When a lever is released, the cars whip out.
“You’ll probably see one in the states by 2025,” said Ossim.
At Altitude Rides and Attractions, President Logan Checketts, talked with AT about a very special Soaring Eagle zipline going into Morgan’s Wonderland [see page 58] as well as other installations. “There has been an immense amount of attention in Hammered. They see people riding, and they see the riders’ faces,” he said. “People have come back and said it’s the most fun thing they’ve ridden and ride it over and over.” He said interest was for both mobile units and stationary installations. The mobile unit was new, and the first installation was sold to Fun Crew USA (an event company) at the show.
Checketts said several customers have returned to retrofit the Soaring Eagle ziplines with four-seater carriages.
“A lot of Gosetto rides have come and are coming to the United States this year!” said Giada Gosetto. “At the beginning of 2023, we delivered a two-floor fun house to Reithoffer in Florida: 16 meters long on a semitrailer, all hot galvanized with 16 tricks. It’s easy and quick to assemble.”
The company was also involved with Daniels Wood Land and other partners on Treasure Hunt: The Ride in Monterey, California. According to Gosetto, it involved a redesign of the four-seater car.
“I would also like to communicate that we just delivered a traveling dark ride in Mexico in September,” she added. “It has eight, two-seat cars. Located in Guadalajara, it is having a lot of success for the family Alcazar.”
Gosetto reported there will be news for the United States in 2024.
Giancarlo Manca was proud of a Fabbri accomplishment: “We sold a world-record Booster: 75 meters. It is going to the Middle East. We have a lot of records with sales. We have a lot of sales with classic rides and wheels.”
On display at the Fabbri booth was a model of Fly Impact, a new product at 60 meters, the first of which was sold to a location in Spain.
“People think that Fabbri is always with showmen and carnivals, but it’s not true,” Manca told AT. “We [work] probably 70 percent with amusement parks and 30 percent carnivals.”
Wheels, Giant Booster, Crazy Dance and Pirate Ships are the biggest sellers for parks from the Fabbri portfolio.
Mack Rides will have significant installations next year.
“Hyperia at Thorpe Park will probably be our fastest coaster on average speed,” said Max Roeser, marketing. “After the first drop, it’s full speed ahead. It has some crazy stunts and negative G forces of -1.2 of positive G forces of 4.5 and you hit the brake run at 80 kmh.”
Mack Rides had a flying theater on display. One had opened recently in Viet Nam, and the distinction of Mack’s version is that the seating (on multiple levels) is back-to-back, with one side loading, while the other side experiences the media content. The company has two new contracts for locations in the U.S. for 2025.
“A lot of people are not concentrating on capacity with cinema. Some parks have four theaters or two theaters, and now we can have high capacity with one theater,” Roeser said. “It’s a really good innovation of ours.”
Europa-Park has three Mack installations in 2024. Voltron is the park’s — and quite possibly the company’s — most ambitious coaster with seven trains, switch track, numerous inversions, two launches and elaborate theming. Because of a fire last summer, a new flume and powered coaster will be installed to replace the damaged attractions. The replacement trough of the flume will be built differently which allows for durability, longer spans and ease of installation.
Other projects include a water coaster in Park del PAL in France for 2024, a launched coaster for Aquashow Park in Portugal in 2025 and the years-in-development Rocking Boat attraction in 2025. During the Europe show, a contract was signed for a custom Big Dipper coaster for Fantasiana in Austria, also for 2025.
Another concept in development is a continuous dark ride where riders are seated back-to-back. In an interactive shooting experience, passengers on the outside aim at media content on screens, but after rotating to the center, players shoot at physical scenes.
Ride Entertainment represents numerous companies in the U.S. Gerstlauer is the longest partner with RE, and the coaster manufacturer is excited about the Infinity Inverted Coaster, the first of which opened at TusenFryd. The flexibility of this attraction is its ability to be launched or a traditional lift, as well as a shuttle. Restraints allow for upper-body freedom.
In addition to sales of rides for Skycoaster, Metallbau, Funtime, Lagotronics and KCL Engineering, RE is also known for its installations.
“One of the coolest things about the Installation Division is that you get to work on projects that you didn’t necessarily sell,” said Kris Rowberry, communications and marketing. “We’re able to work on them and bring them to life.”
Among the installations will be Palindrome at COTALand and a junior coaster going to Santa’s Village in New Hampshire. Following Palindrome, RE will be installing Circuit Breaker in Austin as well.
Sally Dark Rides unveiled an animatronic heading to Circus Circus. Dubbed Sponge Bob’s Crazy Carnival Ride, it will open in spring of 2024.
“Mr. Krabs is our official host for the ride; he’ll greet you before you go in,” said Drew Hunter, vice president of creative design. “It’s going to be a fun, colorful, wild and crazy undersea adventure. It is an interactive ride. Sally is doing four animatronics plus other animated props. ETF is doing a wonderful vehicle, which is Sponge Bob-centric.”
For this ride, Sally teamed up with Paramount and Nickelodeon.
“Color! It has intense color. You can’t be sad going into this ride,” Hunter said. “If you’re a fan of the Sponge Bob world, you’re going to be on Cloud Nine.”
The Gravity Group showcased the lead car of Bobcat, which is heading to Six Flags Great Escape.
“This is still a family coaster, without a doubt,” said Chad Miller, engineer and partner. “But it’s a little bit larger. Our [previous ones] have been in the 40 to 45-foot range. This one’s 54 feet tall. It’s got a little more umph. It’s a family coaster, but we are amping it up a little bit.”
Bobcat will be the first coaster to be built with the company’s award-winning precut track.
“After COVID, parks reopened and didn’t feel comfortable investing huge amounts into new rides, so they started fixing up older rides,” Miller said. “We were fortunate that we had developed our precut track. After testing it on Kentucky Flyer at Kentucky Kingdom, when parks came back online and looking to refurbish rides, we had precut track ready to go. The precut track makes so much sense to so many people. The first year we worked on three coasters, and the following year we worked on 10 coasters.”
The Gravity Group is doing an extensive renovation on Wildcat at Lake Compounce and the second side of The Racer at Kings Island. There are smaller projects as well.
The company has also developed a bracket and system for on-ride video to take place on its Timberliner trains. They operate for a day on a single charge.
Lars Hartmann, international sales manager of HUSS, said, “Shot’n Drop Multi Media is an indoor drop attraction. We have screens from the very bottom to the very top. At the top is a big dome where you have the multimedia immersive experience with onboard sound.”
The tower is 58 meters tall. Riders are lifted to a height of 36 meters (118 feet) in stages with media content and various levels. In a 360-degree dome, storyline visuals culminate into a moment of descent at 45 kmh/28 mph.
The ride seats 28 passengers.
“My favorite part is you are not dependent on any outside weather conditions,” Hartmann said. “It’s really a fully immersive experience.”
HUSS also launched seven new rides in 2023. “High capacity, easy to maintain, easy to operate — basically on a small footprint … you have an opportunity to satisfy a lot of guests in a short period of time,” he said. New introductions were Break Dance 5, Spinning Cruiser, Magic Second Generation, Troika Second Generation and Booster Revolution.
Premier Rides announced the company would be replacing 900 feet of track on Busch Gardens’ Loch Ness Monster. The iconic ride, now preserved, is receiving some thematic upgrades as well.
Severn Lamb was busy with both appointments and walkups. AT was told that new tram projects for 2024 were headed to the U.S. and Central America. Trains were headed to Mexico as well.
“They are traditional American-style trains but with some quirky theming specific to the park they’re going into,” said Patrick Lamb, managing director. “It’s going to be great; they look fantastic.”
Lamb points out that all installations are battery-electric, making it more environmentally friendly. Air onboard still emulates a steam whistle.
Looking beyond 2024, Jack Tunstall, project sales engineer, reported Severn Lamb has heavy interest currently in the Middle East. “Saudi Arabia is looking good at the moment,” he said. “There are a lot of interesting developments, so we are really trying to break into that market. People movers and transport is going to be very critical out in hot climates and be sustainable.”
“We are known for new,” said Roman Rothe, CTO, RES Rides. “People come and say, ‘Roman, show me what’s new.’ We always have at least one new ride concept at every exhibition.”
RES was promoting SkySeeker M24, a swirling swing ride, at the show. Twelve gondolas seating two passengers swing out during the ride cycle, but what differentiates SkySeeker from similar rides is that the seats rotate while swinging.
“It’s interactive,” Rothe said. “People have a button that activates a brake to where it is not rotating.”
“RES’s Vertical Dark Ride won a Brass Ring for Best New Product in the Family Attraction category,” said Deborah Eicher, marketing. “This ride was installed at Conny-Land in Switzerland.”
Seating 10 passengers, a gondola rises 16 meters in a 20-meter building, featuring a story while rising. Things “go wrong” at the top, and riders tilt and freefall to the bottom.
Wave Twist L, a shuttle-type coaster with two gondolas offering two types of rotation, has been sold to a park in the U.S. It will debut in 2025.
SunSeeker is a flat ride that loads 48 passengers at one time, and 12 gondolas rotate in various directions.
Chris Gray of Skyline Attractions was eager to showcase the P’Sghetti Bowl coaster, which opened at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia in 2023. The family coaster won Best New Product (Under $2 million).
“Something remarkable happened,” he said. “We had appointments for the first two days, but the crowds continued throughout the week.”
Gray indicated his leads from the show continued to be for the U.S.
Noble Rides had a coaster vehicle on display on the show floor. “It’s headed to Oasis at Lakeport,” said Jared Moody, director of sales for North America. “It’s going to be for thrill seekers and teenage kids.”
He spoke of another project, a 52-meter observation wheel in Mission Grove, Michigan, through a group called ICC. In addition to the large wheel, a selection of other rides from Wisdom have been contracted.
“From the film side, we’ve brought 10 new titles to the show. It’s the most we’ve brought in any particular year,” said Mike Frueh, SVP, licensing and distribution, SimEx/Iwerks. “Two in particular have been extremely well received. Frostbite is the third in the series of the Dino Island films. Dino Island II was the first 3D motion ride. Ready Player One, which is a Warner Bros. film, has an incredible ride sequence in it. We’ve had many people come to the booth, and that film is close to their heart.”
Frueh stated that about half of the new films are nature and aquatic-based owing to the theme of zoos and aquariums. Iwerks has 4D theaters in more than 25 zoos.
Alterface was speaking about its Mobile Solution. Somewhat of a theater on the go, a “big box” moves from location to location. It unfolds into an attractive setup (including stairs) that has cinema-style ticket booths, queuing, a place for photos and an interactive theater that seats 12.
Laurence Beckers, creative director, says it is an introduction into the carnival market for Alterface. “We have different content, so it can change to offer different experiences.”
Action League is Alterface’s attraction in which gaming meets ride motion on a rotating platform. It is scalable from 36 to 72 players at a time. “It’s like a teacup but you have interactivity and competition,” Beckers said. “The queue line is upstairs and goes around the attraction, so you can see what is happening inside before you ride. It’s like a show.”
The first installation of Action League will be in China, using Alterface’s IP of Popcorn Revenge.
S&S Worldwide discussed its newest offering, RailRyder [see page 14] in closed meetings, but attendees on the aisles were mesmerized by the company’s Axis vehicle themed to Transformers. Opening in 2025, the first installation of the Axis genre will be going to Exit Ten, a Saudi Entertainment Ventures park. It is a multi-level indoor park.
“We continue to get a lot of interest in it,” said CEO Jason Mons. “The showpiece itself is still stopping people. We’ve been displaying since 2019 but with generic theming. People are very excited about the Transformers theme.”
The project will send riders around the track for two circuits. The first installation is an LSM launch coaster. A second is sold and will use a traditional lift.
At the Brogent booth, marketing director Stefan Rothaug said the company is now producing movies actively. “What we do now is create movies completely independent from Brogent — for the licensing market and all flying theaters.”
Brogent has been working on a film called It’s Africa, a live-action panoramic movie in 10K resolution showcasing the beauty of the continent. Part of this is in response to changes in flying theaters from using projections to LED dome screens.
Rothaug said the Expo was the first time Brogent showed off more than just the flying theater, such as immersive tunnels and different theater types.
Maurer Rides met with customers to talk about the various incarnations of its Spike Coaster System. The latest is Water Fight.
“We made this elegant design, and someone said, ‘Hey! Can we add slides to this?’ Why not?” joked Steve Boney, executive business development. “What if we have targets that vehicles can shoot on the platform? Hit people or hit a target to dump buckets?”
The attraction intertwines the Spike coaster with waterslides and visitors enjoying both on the tower can shoot at each other.
“It’s got a lot of energy,” said Boney. “Here, interacting with the waterslide platform, drivers try to move out of the way, it becomes an active experience [for both].”
A Spike coaster will open with Six Flags Qiddiya in 2025.
Kids on the show floor immediately played with the attractions at the SBI Sweden booth.
“That’s the effect our stuff has. What I love is kids can’t resist it,” said Markus Jonsson, CEO. “We are seeing great interest in the construction equipment, the digger and the grabber.”
Self-operated kids’ vehicles, ranging from cars to tractors to boats, are all available, as well as the construction equipment.
“We have a turnkey solution with the whole cage with theming and lights,” Jonsson said. “It’s safe and easy to maintain and run.”
SBI sold attractions on the show floor.
Extreme Engineering introduced Ollie Loop. Based on a skateboard term, it’s a theme for a new flat ride.
“We can do any theme on that flat ride … surfboards, space shuttles, etc,” said Phil Wilson, EVP sales and marketing.
The Ollie Loop lifts, rotates, tilts and undulates six riders around a central 15-foot tower. Riders only have to be 40 inches. The price for a single unit is about $350,000.
“We developed Twist Tower exclusively for Urban Air, and we have 23 of those going in,” Wilson said. “Through the development of that attraction, we were able to repurpose some of that technology into a new ride. The R&D is there; we’re just applying it differently. If we had an order today, we could get it to a client in 18 months.”
The company’s Cloud Coaster is now introducing side-by-side seating for a train of 12 passengers.
After Flex Shade was introduced last year, it has really taken off for Extreme Engineering.
Triotech was excited to announce SuperFly, an immersive attraction that mixes a simulator with a flying theater. Guests stand on motion platforms, and the media content is enhanced with special effects such as scents, leg ticklers, water and wind. The first installation is going to NEB’s Fun World and will feature 23 platforms for a total of 46 people per ride.
Bold Move is a company that has been around for three years but has a team with more than 20 years of experience in the industry.
“Our business is to make dark rides but also queue lines, everything to entertain people while moving by either vehicle or foot,” said Benoit Cornet, CEO.
“Last year we opened Champi’ Folies in France. It is based on a dark ride system called Smash and Reload,” he told AT. “it’s an ultra-compact dark ride. It feels like a very big dark ride, but it takes up less than 2,500 square feet.”
Cornet said the company is working on two more dark rides for 2024, as well as a queue line for a water coaster, which will feature interactivity.
“Guests will discover the story of the person who is missing on the expedition,” he said.
Many booths had ride vehicles, but if there was one to be declared the “most adorable,” it would have been at the Vekoma booth. Holiday World’s Good Gravy! coaster had two cars, the front and back showcasing the gravy boat theme.
In addition to the two Family Boomerang coasters for the U.S., Vekoma reps are pleased with the dual installation headed to Emerald Park in Ireland.
“That’s a Suspended Thrill Coaster intertwined with a Family Boomerang,” said Carin Davits, marketing. “That’s going to be our main project in Europe.”
In addition to its coasters, Vekoma brought new concepts to the show: a suspended dark ride and an interactive dueling water ride. [Look for an in-depth article in AT’s February issue.]
A tilt coaster with multiple inversions is being installed at Six Flags Qiddiya.
By the end of the show, Rides 4 U always has to catch its breath.
“We were fortunate to take many orders still for the 2024 season,” said Len Soled. “Our factories have added extra production. We are one of the few suppliers out there — because of SBF Visa —to be in a position to still get summer deliveries to the people.”
Two of the rides on the show floor were headed to Malibu Jacks in Iowa and one to Blue Sky Amusements.
Soled said he sold three coasters at the show to Frankie’s Fun Park. Additional orders for the drop towers and Mini Break Dance. “We are thrilled and have a lot of follow-up,” said Soled.
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