Giant canyon swing always gets me. Obvi it has the positives and floater like any s&s swing, but the acrophobia of feeling like youre about to be hurled off a cliff, combined with the amazing scenery makes it such a top notch installation for me.
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Honestly I love the basic rides like twister and waltzer, especially since I don't really have any "hardcore" friends so things like this are easy enough to get them on board with and they're just good old fashioned fun. The bigger rides are alright but it's not the same when you have to ride them alone!
There is this one ride though that I've only ever seen at one fair (it pops up annually in our area and this ride is there maybe 25% of the time). Not sure of the technical name for it. It's basically like if you put a twister upside down, replaced the long seats with two-person egg-shaped capsules, and then spin the eggs upside down while everything else rotates too. Great times.
You've got me stumped lol..... The only "Twister" ride I know is an extremely rare ride so I'm almost certain that's not what you mean. Rides jumping to mind are a scrambler and if that's not it a tilt-a-whirl. IIRC you're on the other side of the pond so this is probably a different name to each of us.
As for your description it kind of sounds like you might be referring to a Chance Zipper that we've been talking about in other comments.
Your tilt-a-whirl is like a more sedate waltzer, as far as I understand it. A proper waltzer is enclosed, dark, and with music and lights thumping as you spin. Bonus points if teenagers who just met in the queue are now hooking up in one of the cars and thinking nobody's noticed.
I looked up "scrambler" and yep, that's a twister!
They're both absolute staples of British fairs and you'll rarely see anywhere without them.
Over there it seems you do things right with having a complete experience on rides with light and sound..... In the US it's just the ride and that's it outside of the big parks like Universal and Disney (thought some parks are finally coming around to realizing how important theming can be). There are a few gems like Knoebels' Cosmotron which is a Himalaya (Music Express) ride but I can't remember which specific manufacture theirs is....
"Scambler" and "Tilt-a-whirl" are both absolute staples at both parks and fairs here as well..... I figured it was just another name for something that was common here but wasn't completely sure.
I found a picture of the Twister ride that I was talking about. The model name of this is actually "Twister" and was produce by Chance (IIRC) -- I don't think many of these remain. I also found a video of one that used to be at Indiana Beach. The one that used to be a Lakemont that I rode never ran quite as good as that but it was still insanely fun.