Top Scan is an amusement ride made by Mondial.
Design and operation The ride has six free-rotating gondolas each with five seats and the standard Mondial Triple-Lock Harnesses, including the belt. As the ride begins, the main support rises upwards slightly so it is not at ground level and cannot cause any risks during the ride, then the ride spins backwards and occasionally forwards then the main arm starts spinning with the gondolas freely tilting upside-down. Top Scan is available as a portable or park model.
A Top Scan successor was released in 2017 called Ventura, this is a park-only model and has 6 gondolas with 6 seats each giving a capacity of 36. The Top Scan also has 6 gondolas but only 5 seats per gondola giving a capacity of 30 seats.
Incidents In the summer of 2005, a woman was killed after being thrown from the ride at Adventureland (New York) when her harness gave way. In 2010, two women were stranded on the Space Roller at Miami-Dade County Fair and had to be rescued by a cherry picker when the machine stopped in the middle of a ride.
Installations
There are several Mondial Top Scan locations throughout the world, including
Name Park Location Opened Status Let's Twist Everland South Korea 2008 Samurai Lagoon United States 2000 The Beast (Beware) Fantasy Island United Kingdom 2001 Shockwave Canada's Wonderland Canada 2001 Samurai Thorpe ParkChessington World of Adventures United Kingdom 20031999 to 2003 Top Scan Adventureland United States 2003 Extreme Gröna Lund Sweden 2007 Whirlwind Happy Valley Shanghai China 2009 Whirlwind Lightwater Valley United Kingdom 2010 Magic Wind Mill Happy Valley Wuhan China 2012 Electro Spin Carowinds United States 2017 Sol Spin Knott's Berry Farm United States 2017 Wild Twister Ocean Park Hong Kong Hong Kong 2019 Xtreme Barry Island Pleasure Park United Kingdom 2020 Top Scan Coney Beach Pleasure Park United Kingdom 2021
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