The Zamperla Balloon Race is a tilting, circular motion amusement park ride manufactured by Antonio

Zamperla Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966. It is best known for creating family rides, thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The company also makes smaller coin-operated rides commonly found in ...

S.p.A. The ride makes its way up a structure, and at a certain height, it starts tilting.

Designs

Gondola designs

Twelve balloons with gondolas hold up to 4 passengers each. This ride also comes in 8 balloon and 12 balloon versions. There is also an essentially identical ride with pirate ships instead of balloons. Seat belts and locking doors provide safety. At some installations, a rider may exit themselves, while in other ones, an operator must let them out.

Similar designs

The

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company manufacture a version of the Balloon Race, which is similar except the balloons are much bigger.

Samba Balloons

A smaller version of this ride called Samba Balloons is also in existence. The ride does a similar motion, but the 'balloons' can be spun by riders. This version of the ride is often found in areas of amusement parks, and at

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Some locations

Number of balloons or pirate ships is in

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. *Big Easy Balloons (12) -

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. *Ballons (8 Samba) - Storybook Land in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. *Balloon Race (8) - Idlewild and Soak Zone moved in 1995 from Kennywood where it lasted for four years. *Balloon Race (8) -

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's Camp Snoopy in Buena Park, CA. *Balloon Race (8) -

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Agawam, MA. *Balloon Race - Waldameer & Water World, Erie, PA *Flying Ace Balloon Race (was Boo Boo's Balloon Race) (8) -

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*The Pirate's Flight (12) -

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in Ohio (themed to pirate ships instead of balloons.) *Samba Balloons (8) - Victorian Gardens at Wollman Rink in Central Park, NYC. *Up, Up, and Away (8) - Six Flags Over Georgia. (2004–Present) *Weather Balloons (8 Samba) - Darien Lake Darien Center, NY. (1996–Present) *Balloon Race (8) - Santa's Village AZoosment Park East Dundee, IL (1992–Present) *Up, Up, and Away (10) -

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Santa Rosa, Laguna,

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(1995–Present) *Balloon Race (12) - Mega Parc

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, Quebec, Canada (1988–2017) *Balloon Race (8) - The Flambards Experience Helston, Cornwall, UK (1991-2023) *Balloon Race (12) - Flamingo Land Resort Malton, Yorkshire, UK. *Samba Balloons (8) - The Flambards Experience Helston, Cornwall, UK. (2023-2024)

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