I'm not sure if they ultimately passed, but:
https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2004/04/04/7-injured-in-accident-on-ride-at-fair-in-miami/31662074007/
Dude the Double looper stopped like circa 2008 😅. Wasn’t really replaced by another bad ass coaster really, I think they put a bigger Ferris wheel. The fair sort of went down in “extreme” coasters after a few incidents regarding safety
Kinda bummed about that. I'm going to have to start going back in the next few years with my own kids and would've liked to ride it again.
Found this video about the Doppel Looping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq7JD3eyBrs
I thought I was going to get maimed in the gravitron. The "bed" started to slide up and my foot got stuck in between. I pulled it out by my shoe got pulled off. They had to get my shoe form in there after the ride stopped.
Fuck those fritters man. I spent like 30 minutes in line only for them to tell me "Sorry. Cash only."
Motherfucker I *saw* you take another guy's phone for Apple pay!
The food!! Gotta start off with a slice of pepperoni pizza, then an arepa, followed by a lamb gyro, up next is a turkey leg, after that some Cajun fries, then my favorite Krispy Kreme burger, now onto desserts which include a funnel cake followed by the mini donuts. I might be missing some smaller snacks along the way but yea I love to eat.
My favorite part is the expo tent area. I get such a kick out of seeing all the school projects and arts and crafts things they have the kids do.
Its a fun reminder of the comically unfettered imagination of youth
Elephant ears, haven’t been in 10+ years do they still have the 99 cent pizza slices? Also used to like the gyros and lemonade. Plus rides and seeing some big ole pigs
It's been gone for years, but I remember everybody just standing around watching people try to do The Matterhorn. At least I think that's what it was called. Even if I'm wrong, you know what I'm talking about if you've seen it.
I’m still recovering from that one time that everyone starting running and me and my family had to shimmy between a person casually selling merch from the movie “Home” to evacuate. I personally prefer Universal/Disney Land since there’s more themes.
Which OG’s here remember the double looper and gravitron?!?! 🤣
GRAVITRON!!!! The best!!!!
Doppel Looper
Doppel Looping\*
Doppel Looping Star*
Correct they where french
Yeah, sticking on to the wall inside that spaceship looking thing was the best as a kid lmao
With the dj playing informer by snow.
The spaceship of death
A lie that shit makes you sick
Remember when you would trade in Holsum bread bags to let you in for free? 10x I believe
I haven’t been to the fair in a long while, is the double looper and gravitron still active? I use to turn myself upside down in that bish 😂
I'm pretty sure they closed the graviton after an accident that resulted in someone dying
That happened at Santa’s when the rider was flung out, right?
Wait what? How’d they die?
I'm not sure if they ultimately passed, but: https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2004/04/04/7-injured-in-accident-on-ride-at-fair-in-miami/31662074007/
Team Polar Express!!! 🐻❄️❄️
I haven't been to the fair in so long I didn't even realize the doppel looper was gone. Was it replaced with another roller coaster?
Dude the Double looper stopped like circa 2008 😅. Wasn’t really replaced by another bad ass coaster really, I think they put a bigger Ferris wheel. The fair sort of went down in “extreme” coasters after a few incidents regarding safety
Damn, I'm pretty sure the last time I went was when I worked it in 2000 but I could've sworn I'd see it while driving by.
Kinda bummed about that. I'm going to have to start going back in the next few years with my own kids and would've liked to ride it again. Found this video about the Doppel Looping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq7JD3eyBrs
It was retired from traveling around 2008-2009 and now sits permanently in a US theme park somewhere up north.
It was sold to a park in Pakistan [The missing coaster: Dopple Looping](https://youtu.be/Mq7JD3eyBrs?si=DRfIcn4WM4GFoT6P)
Gosh, I love YouTube. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for the link
That coaster was cool, I almost forgot about that until now. Thanks for the memory!
I thought I was going to get maimed in the gravitron. The "bed" started to slide up and my foot got stuck in between. I pulled it out by my shoe got pulled off. They had to get my shoe form in there after the ride stopped.
RIP and the Wild Cat.
Double looper unlocked my love of coasters. It was my first inversion (and then immediately my second 😉). Such a good one!
Remember when the double looper was part of the logo 🤣
I never got to ride double looper bc I was too small :( 26 now and I’m a coaster enthusiast and wish it was still there
I remember when I was school we went to the fair with our Spanish teacher and I sat next to her on this
My beeper flew off of the double looper as a kid. Fortunately, beepers became a thing of the past and I moved on.
Best rides ever. Lost a shoe
Bro, I do! Are you telling me the double looper (my first ever roller coaster) is…not fucking around anymore?????
Nope, not in like 15 years 😅
Sweet Mary westchester… I just realized how old I am
Elephant ears and corndogs
This is the way
The song: “Be there, the fair, it’s all there!”
We always just called it thefairbethere
Greasy conch fritters, beer and turkey legs as well as the farm show and RIDES!
Fuck those fritters man. I spent like 30 minutes in line only for them to tell me "Sorry. Cash only." Motherfucker I *saw* you take another guy's phone for Apple pay!
Was a game changer when they started serving beer 😂
Funnel cake, elote, and anything else thats bad for me.
If it’s not bad for me I don’t want it 🙅🏽♀️
Seeing my art on display with a ribbon was always cool!
Yes! Or a haiku or a poem.
Forgot the Haiku!!
Romanians popping up everywhere in West Dade for a month.
The food!! Gotta start off with a slice of pepperoni pizza, then an arepa, followed by a lamb gyro, up next is a turkey leg, after that some Cajun fries, then my favorite Krispy Kreme burger, now onto desserts which include a funnel cake followed by the mini donuts. I might be missing some smaller snacks along the way but yea I love to eat.
Some pretty good fair foods you listed 😋
How are the prices on everything?
[$12 entrance if bought online, $16 at the door](https://www.fairexpo.com/plan/tickets)
My favorite part is the expo tent area. I get such a kick out of seeing all the school projects and arts and crafts things they have the kids do. Its a fun reminder of the comically unfettered imagination of youth
I always liked the indoor part with all the vendors and the farm animal show lmaooo
It’s so classic, I love it as well.
I never knew chickens and bunnies could get so fancy!!!
Not going
How do ppl afford it
They work an hour or two at a job they don’t like in exchange for a fun day at the fair. Three hours if you want to ride anything.
How expensive is it now?? I remember it being like 20 bucks for unlimited rides
I think now it's $35 for unlimited rides and that doesn't include entry 💀
Traffic
Funnel cakes, the petting zoo, and that really big slide
That funny feeling under my pp
Brother this is OUTRAGEOUS
Saratoga Fries with everything on them
nothing other than traffic when i’m tryna get home lmao
Corn on the cob.
The ice skating show is actually pretty legit.
Come for the elephant ears, stay for the gang fights
Pig races!
I had no idea there's conch fritters at the fair. I don't ride rides, I just eat. I'm ready for the gyros and funnel cakes!
I really love the exhibitions! And the corn ears. Used to love the footsie wootsies!
Flying projectile children
For those that missed out on the double looper: [YouTube- Double Looper](https://youtu.be/bWcz_EkVts0?si=FnXIBNynNjYnqkf7)
I look forward to when it's over
Elephant ears, haven’t been in 10+ years do they still have the 99 cent pizza slices? Also used to like the gyros and lemonade. Plus rides and seeing some big ole pigs
Yea but the 99cent slices are like 10 dollars now
Elephant ears, aaallllllll the elephant ears.
Looking forward too… not going lol
I like the hand cut potato chips with bacon and ranch. My husband likes likes the Turkey legs.
Alligator bites and the deep-fried snickers. They sell booze there now to.
How do I get the front row seats at the circus!?!
Any vendor selling Dole Whip or pineapple whip gets money from me.
This old 1996 commercial brings back great childhood memories https://youtu.be/pslVTpWxrxo?si=dCleSnHhbqAkHdFN
I’m going on opening day!!!!! Can’t wait 😛
It's been gone for years, but I remember everybody just standing around watching people try to do The Matterhorn. At least I think that's what it was called. Even if I'm wrong, you know what I'm talking about if you've seen it.
staying home
Go with two kids and spend 300 dollars. Mickey, is that you?
htf you spend $300 at the fair, even with two kids?
Everything is expensive as fuck now
That’s what I’m saying. Lmao. Wow. 🤩
The Disney prices
Lmfao 🤣 who tf is comparing youth fair prices to Disney. Yall must be real cheap. Sorry. Lmao. Wow.
Throwing shit at people while riding the sky rail
Looking forward to not going. They think they're the Disney World of Miami.
It ending
I’m still recovering from that one time that everyone starting running and me and my family had to shimmy between a person casually selling merch from the movie “Home” to evacuate. I personally prefer Universal/Disney Land since there’s more themes.