Top Scan

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Top Scan is an amusement ride made by Mondial.^[1]

Design and operation

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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.^[2]

A Top Scan successor was released in 2017 called Ventura, this is a park-only model and has 6 gondalas with 6 seats each giving a capacity of 36. The Top Scan also has 6 gondalas but only 5 seats per gondalas giving a capacity of 30 seats.

Incidents

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In the summer of 2005, a woman was killed after being thrown from the ride at Adventureland (New York) when her harness gave way.^[3] 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.^[4]

Installations

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There are several Mondial Top Scan locations throughout the world, including

Name	Park	Location	Opened	Status
Let's Twist	Everland	South Korea	2008	Operating
Samurai	Lagoon	United States	2000	Operating
The Beast (Beware)	Fantasy Island	United Kingdom	2001	Removed
Shockwave	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	2001	Operating
Samurai	Thorpe Park Chessington World of Adventures	United Kingdom	2003 1999 to 2003	Operating
Top Scan	Adventureland	United States	2003	Removed
Extreme	Gröna Lund	Sweden	2007	Removed
Whirlwind	Happy Valley Shanghai	China	2009	Operating
Whirlwind	Lightwater Valley	United Kingdom	2010	Removed
Magic Wind Mill	Happy Valley Wuhan	China	2012	Operating
Electro Spin	Carowinds	United States	2017	Operating
Sol Spin	Knott's Berry Farm	United States	2017	Operating
Wild Twister	Ocean Park Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2019	Operating
Xtreme	Barry Island Pleasure Park	United Kingdom	2020	Operating
Top Scan	Coney Beach Pleasure Park	United Kingdom	2021	Removed

References

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^ "Roller Coaster Riders Freed After Dangling". CBS News. Associated Press. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
^ "Top Scan | Mondial - World of Rides". mondialrides.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27.
^ Foderaro, Lisa W.; Fisher, Janon (3 September 2005). "Investigators Are Still Puzzled by Ride That Killed Woman". The New York Times.
^ "Roller Coaster Riders Freed After Dangling". CBS News. Associated Press. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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