I was just wondering, since I never went on it at Topsfield(i didnt want to get sick again) How is there orange and blue Temptest ride. It is called the Twister. I would of gone on it but when i was in line they had to clean it. Is it worth 4 tickets? Also, i have never been on one of these rides. What are the forces you feel on it.

Bye the way, i love the artwork on the back panels of the ride.

NO!!!! STAY AWAAYYY!!!! Last year at the Topsfield fair, a lady puked all over me :sick: :sick: :sick: . This ride hurts anyway. it slams you back and forth, and I have bruises to prove it!!

first, YUCK(with the throwing up)

second, what kind of restraint does it have?

Although I've never ridden it, it doesn't seem like a good ride as nobody is ever crowding it.

I never rode it but, I really never see anyone go near rockwells. To me i thought they just spun while the ride turned thats it.

Ya the ride is awful and its dirty The only reason they still have it is it only takes about an hour to set up

Yea. Theres NOTHING to hold you in besides a mega loose seat belt. If you dont want to flying off, you better hold on tight. I mean it :slap:

what does this ride look Like?

Too bad. It looked kind of fun. What about Smokey's Greater Shows "Windsong"?

They have repainted it since that photo.

That's rockwells forgot to mention that :lol:

but they repainted it?

Hey industrial kid, I always hear talk of Rockwell, but I never got to go to one of their shows or anything. Where are they situated from? What shows do they put on?

There from North Scituate, RI very very close to me. like 20 or 10 minutes away. a guy who works for them parks rides in his yard down the strete from me.

They do CT,RI mass, main and SC

I thought that that photo was an older photo of Fiesta Shows "Twister", which is currently purple and orange. Also, it has a backdrop of cows, houses and other things like that getting destroyed by a twister.

nope it's rockwells. they got it 2 years ago.

Ive done some research into the past of this ride and here are the results

Fiesta Shows bought this ride somtime in the 1970's
Rethemed it into Break Dance, and colored yellow and black in 1980's
Rethemed into Twister in the 1990's, and colored orange and purple after the sucess of the 1995 movie "Twister".
Currently Twister, orange and purple, and in need of a retheming and repair.

Your research is kind of wrong. They did buy it in the 70's and it was just called tempest with no scenary until the mid 80's where it was named the break dance In the mid 90's it stayed the same color but was named the twister. In 2002 it was changed to its current paint scheme. I did a lot of research on that ride a few months ago thats how i no

Thanks for telling me that. I like it when i am corrected. It definatley has a interestng history. I just sort of guessed with the retheming that they colored it orange and purple because of how old and dirty it looks :lol:

Hey I know your talkign about fiestas tempest right? sorry im confused :lol: But, i know rockwell got theres 2 years ago.

Really because there was a tempest at the barnstable fair with rockwell in 2004
Also do you have any pictures of rockwell from the 90's thanks

I do have pictures of them in the 90's before they were big. I just need a scanner mine broke.

Also as for the tempest they redid the whole ride 2 years ago. but, as far as I know they had recently got the tempest. I know amron helps rockwell at barnstable so maybe you saw theres.

O it probably was because it was right next to the spinner I still remember the ride list Ill post it if you want

Please post the ride list just to clear up any confusion industrial kid or any other members are feeling.

Ok im not sure this is every ride but its most
Rockwell
2 Mulligan Wheels
Skymaster :(
1001 Nights
Orbitor
Scooter
Pharoah's Fury
Flying Bobs
Scat
Yo Yo
Mirror Maze
Clown College fun house
Onder Walk Fun House
Ghost Dark Ride
Sizzler
Dragon Wagon
Superslide
Renegade
Mini Himalaya
Carousel
Train
Bear Affair
Dizzy Dragons

Miller
Zipper
Sizzler
Tilt
Road To Oz Fun House
Tornado
Mini Enterprise
Moon Bounce
2 Hamptons
Bumble Bees
Carousel

Amron
Spinner
Tempest
Train
Castle Mania

Sounds like a great ride list. Just a few questions

1.What is Spinner?
2.Where was this?
3.Is Mini Enterprise the helicoper thing or the thrill ride?

1.look up spinner on used rides
2.Mashpee Ma Theres a topic about this years fair(Cape Cod)
3.Helicoptar

I did, an no results came up.

Alright found one

Thanks. Looks like a Tornado that does not tilt.

haha thrillride you got one of my photos I uploaded on webshots. thats amrons spinner isnt she a beuty?

and yes that soudns like rockwells list and amrons.

This is Fiesta Shows Twister, back when it was still the Break Dance.\


By the way, did i put the photo in correctly?

yes you did. As for the tempest lookes better than rockwells.

what rides did they have

couple of hamptons,sky diver, larson fireball, loop o plane, renegade funhouse, convoy, ferris wheel, pharoh, sky master. and couple kiddie rides thats it.

hey industrial , just some info , thewild wind idea same from richardsons amusemensts, who had a wild wind tempest, with backwall, as well as a chance twister that traveled with rockwell in the 90s to early 2000, was a great piece

Here is some more Info. on Richardson's Wild Wind. Did you know that it was the "First rethemed" Tempest here in New England ? They had a gentleman, by the name(if I'm correct) Laggasse, from Haverhill do it up for them. Then, Fiesta, Rockwell, and Fanelli had there's rethemed with the backwall as well. When the Richardson's had both pieces out on the road for the first time, they were with: Bourget Amusements. They had out: Wild Wind(Tempest), Chance Twister, Patti's French Fries/Onion Ring Trailer, Speed Pitch ball game, novelties, and a High Striker(s).(3 diff. sizes on one trailer) P.S. - several years back when the Twister was on the road, they had a second Twister. "Yes" you read right, a second Twister. It was in a junkyard in Haverhill,MA - and was used only for parts.

For those of you who are interested, I just added a photo in my Webshots of what their"Twister"(repainted Tempest) looked like. The photo was taken at: Topsfield, MA Fair in 1996. The photo is located here at: http://community.webshots.com/user/ags2262 in the Fiesta Shows album. It is the last photo in the album.

Oh man! I found a photo of a swinging gym on your gallery - http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/...054884438VxjEco - I've only ever seen one, once. And I chickened out after having read SOOO many "horror stories" on them. I really wanted to try it.. But fear of hurting myself made me skip it.
(I was in Germany... had I been in the States I would have been OK with hurting myself ;) )

Are all Grover Watkins Temptest rides that painful, or just this one?