Oktoberfest 2003 – Page 4
The Euro Star, owned by Oscar Bruch, is the world's largest traveling inverted coaster. The ride was a collaboration between Bruch, Werner Stengel and Giovanola. It runs four trains that travel an 844 meter-long course. The Bruch family has been supplying rides to German fairs since 1848 and also owns the Schwarzkopf-made Alpina Bahn coaster, a Maurer Söhne spinning coaster, a Huss Break Dance and several concessions.
Some consider the Skater the one of best Mondial Top Scans in the world. It is owned by Siegfried Kaiser and whirls 30 passengers above the deck through a cloud of fog with the techno music pumping. A ride on the Skater will change the way you think about flat rides forever.
The Millennium is owned by Dehner. Many call this the best-kept Huss Rainbow in the world today. It features a spectacular light package and backflash that make this ride built for all ages stand out for miles on the midway.
"The view from the wheel." As you can see, the midways are packed at this little event. Some of the notable rides are the Kaisers' Skater, Ewald Schneider's Power Tower 2 in the distance, Oscar Bruch's Euro Star coaster and Jasmin Kaiser's High Energy (diagonally across the midway from the Skater).
The Polyp, owned by the third generation of the Radlinger family in the carnival industry, is a brightly-colored example of an Anton Schwarzkopf Monster III. Schwarzkopf improved on the popular Eyerly Monster by introducing simultaneous loading, a feature that is imperative for the competitive German fair market.
Star World is owned by Klaus Renoldi and makes an impact from anywhere on the midway. The ride, which was built in-house by the owner, debuted in 1992 as Magic Mountain and was re-themed six years later in order to ensure continued profits. The attraction is a spinning coaster that appeals to riders of all ages and the alien dressed in a red space suit has become an icon on German fairgrounds. Star World can run up to three trains along its 810 meter-long course.
Astrid Konrad owns this slide, which celebrated 70 years at Oktoberfest in 2003. It is a simple concept that has become a family tradition at the fair. Guests pay at the booth to the left, walk up the ramp and then take stairs up to the top of the tower. Then they grab a mat and slide down the spiral slide as passers-by laugh at the adults riding for their children (or because they had one Weißbier too many).
Most spectacular rides in Germany have a theme and the Insider, owned by Aigner, is no different. This Mondial Shake is themed after a 1930's gangster movie. The backflash is a "seedy" street scene and several gangsters and a movie camera are right under the ride's lit name.
