Frisbee set to open TODAY!

Hold off on those high rise hotel plans! W. 12th street is getting a temporary giant amusement ride! The Frisbee! According to it’s operator the ride manufactured by the German based HUSS MASCHINENFABRIK COMPANY will be open for business later today!

According to a company that sells the mammoth ride:”The decades old ride, or meteor hammer ride, sometimes space jam ride, is a kind of pendulum ride featuring a circular gondola carrying passengers and support frames. The gondola rotates as it swings back and forth. Riders are seated in the gondola facing outwards. Generally the giant frisbee or mini frisbee ride takes shoulder straps as safety restraint, fitted with seat belt as secondary security. The pendulum ride is suspended among four support frames. Once the central rotating arm is driven to vibrate by motor, the disc will swing in a single direction, with swing angle of 120 degrees.”

The single ride which takes up most of the empty lot on W.12th and Surf will only be there temporarily through the third week in July before moving to another location. However, according to the ride operator, if it’s successful the ride may continue thrilling us through August.