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A Tilt-A-Whirl

Tilt-A-Whirl is a flat ride designed for commercial use at amusement parks, fairs, and carnivals.[1] The ride consists of a number of cars which rotate freely while moving in a circle. As the cars revolve, the floor of the ride undulates so that the cars rise and fall as the ride spins. The offset weight of the riders causes each car to rotate. The riders experience varying levels of g-force from the spinning of the car, and the rotation of the ride itself. It is similar to a Waltzer, which is used in Europe. The rides are manufactured by Larson International of Plainview, Texas.

Description

The ride consists of seven freely-spinning cars that hold three or four riders each, which are attached at fixed pivot points on a rotating platform. As the platform rotates, parts of the platform are raised and lowered, with the resulting centrifugal and gravitational forces on the revolving cars causing them to spin in different directions and at variable speeds. The weight of passengers in these cars (as well as the weight distribution) may intensify or dampen the spinning motion of the cars, adding to the unpredictable nature known as chaotic motion.

Physicists Bret M. Huggard and Richard L. Kautz came up with a mathematical equation that approximates the motion of the Tilt-A-Whirl.[2]

This ride is similar to the Waltzer ride commonly found at British and Irish fairs.

History

Herbert Sellner invented the Tilt-A-Whirl in 1926 at his Faribault, Minnesota, home.[3] In 1927, the first 14 Tilt-A-Whirls were built in Sellner's basement and yard. Sellner Manufacturing opened its factory in Faribault and the ride debuted at the Minnesota State Fair.[4] More than a thousand rides were eventually built. Some of the rides produced in the 1940s and 1950s are still in operation.

The earliest Tilt-A-Whirls were constructed of wood, powered by gas motors, and featured nine cars. Modern rides are constructed of steel, aluminum and fiberglass, and are powered by seven small electric motors, and has seven cars.[5][6]

In 1995, Tovah Sellner took over Sellner Manufacturing after the loss of her husband Bruce Sellner; her daughter Erin Sellner joined her in 1998 and the two of them ran the business together.[7]

After economic downturns in the early 2000s, the Tilt-A-Whirl was not selling as well as it used to, despite new colors and innovations, such as the Generation Five Tilt-A-Whirl which included fiberglass cars and an open design. In 2011, after Sellner Manufacturing missed loan payments from the Economic Development Authority of Faribault, the company was purchased by Larson International Inc, which continues to manufacture the Tilt-A-Whirl.[8]

Modern Tilt-A-Whirls

Modern Tilt-A-Whirls cost in excess of US$300,000 to purchase.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A Tilt-A-Whirl package comes with a choice to employ either the famous domed tipkarts (which were introduced back during the 1930s), or Waltzer-style open squat podkarts having headrest bars (that option was introduced by Sellner Manufacturing in 2003).

The oldest operating Tilt-A-Whirl is a 1927 model, traveling with Tom Evans United Shows in the US Midwest. Between six- and seven hundred Tilt-A-Whirls are in operation.

Conneaut Lake Park in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, still has its original Tilt-A-Whirl from 1949.

Installations

Name Park Opened Closed Details
Tilt-a-Whirl Adventure Park USA UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Open-topped cars. Cars have desert scenes painted on them. Ride also referred to as Rattlesnake.[9]
Tilt-A-Whirl Adventureland (Iowa)
1974
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [10]
Tilt-A-Whirl Adventurer's Park (Brooklyn, New York) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [11]
Tilt-A-Whirl Alabama Splash Adventure
2018
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [12]
Tilt-A-Whirl All Star Adventures (Wichita, Kansas) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [13]
Tilt-a-Whirl Amusements of America (Showman) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [14]
Tilt-a-Whirl Arnolds Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [15]
Tilt-a-Whirl Bay Beach Amusement Park
1982
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SeasonalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [16]
Tilt-a-Whirl Beech Bend Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [17]
Unknown Bell's Amusement Park
1957
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Tilt-a-Whirl Belle City Amusements (Showman) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [18]
Tilt-a-Whirl Belmont Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Includes ice cream-shaped ride vehicles.[19]
Tilt-A-Whirl Bertrand Island Amusement Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ClosedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-A-Whirl Big Rock Amusements (Showman) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-A-Whirl Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-A-Whirl Blue Sky Amusements (Showman) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-a-Whirl Boblo Island Amusement Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ClosedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-a-Whirl Bowcraft Amusement Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ClosedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-O-World Buckroe Beach Amusement Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ClosedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bushkill Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ClosedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Purchased by and refurbished by Eldridge Park.
Tilt A Whirl Butler Amusements (Showman) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-a-Whirl Camden Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-A-Whirl Camp's Amusements (Showman) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [20]
Twist & Shout Canobie Lake Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Relocated from Palisades Amusement Park.[21]
Tilt-a-Whirl Carousel Gardens Amusement Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Open-topped cars.[22]
Tilt-a-Whirl Casino Pier UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Open-topped cars.[23]
Tilt-a-Whirl Castle Park UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [24]
Linus' Beetle Bugs Cedar Point
1999
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Previously known as Tilt-a-Whirl. Named after Peanuts character Linus.[25]
Tennessee Twister Dollywood
1993
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2004Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [26]
Tilt-a-Whirl Elitch Gardens
(Denver, Colorado) 		UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Seen in video footage dated 1980.[27]
Tilt-O-Whirl Enchanted Forest Water Safari Unknown Open [28]
Tilt-a-Whirl Fun Spot America Theme Parks (Kissimmee) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [29]
Tilt-a-Whirl Fun Spot America Theme Parks (Orlando) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Open-topped cars.[30]
Tilt-a-Whirl Funtimes Fun Park
2018
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Originally at Geauga Lake.[31]
Tilt-A-Whirl Hersheypark
1983
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Turkey Whirl Holiday World & Splashin' Safari UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Includes turkey-shaped ride vehicles.[32]
Tilt-a-Whirl Knoebels Amusement Resort
1991
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-a-Whirl Lagoon Amusement Park
1954
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-a-Whirl Land Of Make Believe UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-A-Whirl Long Park Park, Geneseo, NY, West Side of Conesus Lake 1950 1990 Tilt-A-Whirl Ride was sold at the Long Point Park Auction of the rides by Norton Auctioneers in September 1990. Not sure where the ride went from there as the newspaper's report listed many errors pertaining to the rides new owners.
Shark Frenzy Pacific Park
2017
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Includes shark-shaped ride vehicles.
Tilt-A-Whirl Santa's Workshop (Colorado)
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-A-Whirl Seabreeze Amusement Park, Rochester, NY UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
HARLEY QUINN Wild Whirl Six Flags Over Georgia
2015
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Previously known as Harley Quinn Spinsanity.
Turtle Twirl Story Land UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Includes turtle-shaped ride vehicles.[33]
Tilt-A-Whirl Tilt Studio (Katy Mills Mall, Katy TX) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tilt-a-Whirl Thomas Amusements (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) UnknownScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". SeasonalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [34]
Tilter Valleyfair! 1976 Seasonal Previously known as Tilt-A-Whirl. Originally installed near the end of High Roller rollercoaster next

to the Giant Tilt Ride. It was moved next to the entrance of Wild Thing rollercoaster in 1996 when that was built.

It was moved again in 2014 underneath the figure 8 portion of Wild Thing with the installation of the

Route 66 area.[35]

Giant Tilt Ride Valleyfair! 1976 Closed This was the only Super Tilt model of Tilt-A-Whirl ever manufactured by Sellner Manufacturing Company, Inc. It

featured 14 cars in two rows and was strangely placed right next to Valleyfair!'s other Tilt-A-Whirl ride.[36]

Tilt-A-Whirl Waldameer & Water World 1964 OpenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [37]

Incidents and accidents

On September 22, 2018, a Tilt-A-Whirl operated by Thomas Amusements in St. John's, Newfoundland, malfunctioned when two of the cars crashed into each other causing the top of one of the cars to fall off and on to the platform. No serious injuries resulted but some of the passengers suffered minor injuries.[38]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Rides for Amusement Parks, Carnivals, and Fairs – Made in the USA Template:Webarchive
  2. ↑ Kautz, R.L., and B.M. Huggard. 1994. Chaos at the amusement park: Dynamics of the Tilt-A-Whirl. American Journal of Physics 62(January):59.
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  35. ↑ This information complied from actual park maps, a Sellner Manufacturing Company, Inc. advertising postcard and from working and visiting the park during some of the actual changes.
  36. ↑ This information compiled from actual park maps and a Sellner Manufacturing Company, Inc. advertising post card.
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