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{{Short description|Amusement ride with a circular track}}
{{About|an amusement park ride|the insect|dung beetle|other uses|Tumblebug (disambiguation){{!}}Tumblebug}}
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[[Image:Kennywood Turtle DSCN2732.JPG|thumb|right|Kennywood "Turtle", a Tumble Bug ride]]
A '''Tumble Bug''' is an [[amusement park]] ride with a circular track.<ref name="ridezone">{{cite web|url=http://www.ridezone.com/rides/tumblebug/index.htm|title=Tumble Bug Rides|work=ridezone.com}}</ref>

The ride has a central axis and a circular track. The track has changes in elevation in it, and the cars, each attached by a rod to a central pivotal attachment point and connected to one another, are propelled around the track via motors between the cars. Power is carried to the motors via [[slip ring]] brushes at the center and cables.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} 

Only one full-sized Tumble Bug remains in operation today at [[Kennywood]] in [[West Mifflin, Pennsylvania|West Mifflin]], [[Pennsylvania]]. There are multiple kiddie versions of the ride still in operation. All full-size instances were made by [[Harry Traver|Traver Engineering]], and its successor, R.E.Chambers.<ref name="ridezone" /> The ride also exists in a miniature children's form. A full-sized Tumble Bug is 100 feet in diameter, and operates with five or six cars, while the kiddie version has three or four cars.
[[Image:Kennywood Turtle DSCN2734.JPG|thumb|right|Drive details of Kennywood "Turtle"]]

==Tumble Bug sites==

===Operating===
[[File:CLP Bug 1.jpg|thumb|Conneaut Lake Park Tumble Bug]]
[[File:CLP Bug 2.jpg|thumb|Conneaut Lake Park Tumble Bug]]
[[File:Tumble Bug Conneaut.jpg|thumb|198x198px|Conneaut Lake Park Tumble Bug]]
*[[Kennywood]] (1927–present), [[West Mifflin, Pennsylvania]], (known as "Turtle", 6 car model)

===Defunct===
*[[Cascade Park (amusement park)|Cascade Park]] (1969–N/A), [[New Castle, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Cedar Point]] (1934–1963), [[Sandusky, Ohio]]
*[[Chippewa Lake Park]] (N/A–1978), [[Chippewa Lake, Ohio]]
*[[Conneaut Lake Park]] (1925–2019) [[Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania]], (known as "Swamp Bug", 5 car model)
*[[Crescent Park (defunct amusement park)|Crescent Park]] (1930s–1979), [[Riverside, Rhode Island]] 
*[[Euclid Beach Park]] (N/A–1969), [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
*[[Geauga Lake]] (N/A–1977), [[Aurora, Ohio]]
*[[Hersheypark]], (1933–1981), [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]], (known as "The Bug")<ref>{{citation |title=Silver Anniversary Twenty-Fifth Annual Picnic Harrisburg Retail Grocers Hershey Park |year=1932 |publisher=Harrisburg Retail Grocers }}</ref> (ride tubs sold to Whalom Park)
*[[Idora Park (Youngstown)|Idora Park]] (1941–1984), [[Youngstown, Ohio]], (known as "Turtle", 5 car model)
*[[Coney_Island_(Cincinnati%2C_Ohio)|Coney Island]] (1925–1971) / [[Kings Island]] (1972–1985), [[Mason, Ohio]] (sold to Kennywood to use as spare parts for their Tumble Bug)
*[[Olentangy Park]] (1929-1937), [[Columbus, Ohio]]<ref>"List of Rides." ''Olentangy Park and Theater Wiki.'' Published 22 March 2024. Accessed 5 May 2024. http://olentangypark.com/wiki/index.php/List_of_Rides</ref>
*San Souci Park, [[Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.timesleader.com/1996/1996_7/1996_05_05_FOR_GENERATIONS__SANS_SOUCI_PARK_WAS_VALLEY_S_WONDERLAND_STOMACH.html|title=For Generations, Sans Souci Park Was Valley's Wonderland Stomach-churning Rides on the Bear Cat and Dreamy Gatherings at the Dance Pavilion Live on Only in Memory|date=May 5, 1996|author=Renita Fennick}}</ref>
*[[Seabreeze Amusement Park]] (1926-1970), [[Rochester, New York]]
*[[Waldameer & Water World]] (1944-late 1950s), [[Erie, Pennsylvania]]
*[[West View Park]] (1929–1977), [[West View, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Whalom Park]] (N/A–2000), [[Lunenburg, Massachusetts]], (moved to Edaville Family Theme Park in [[Carver, Massachusetts]] in the mid-2000s, but never operated there, and was eventually sold for scrap metal in 2010)

== References ==
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