This new creation is proposed as an iconic 75 feet-tall structure for waterparks, employing the theme park concept of a pre-show, main show and post-show experience.

Originating from New Zealand and now avaialble for use with a wide range of “Aktion AttraktioNZ” devices, Krush KushioNZ landing technology means no harnesses or other safety gear is needed, hence the name “sans” gear.

Bajazzo, a new ride proposal from ABC in Switzerland, features two mini Ferris Wheels, one attached to either end of a giant beam, which sways from side to side as the centre tower rotates.

These high-speed ice shavers from popcorn specialist C Cretors & Co are ideal for making sno-cones.

The Italian SBF/Visa Group has debuted a new space age version of its popular children’s jet rides, the Cyber Jet. The six vehicle ride carries up to 18 passengers (three per car) and occupies a 6-metre diameter footprint.

TraXters are a range of new battery-powered children’s vehicles from Formula K designed for the 4 to 12-year-old age group.

As a water ride manufacturer, ABC Rides has inevitably been drawn into producing a number of interactive boat rides, but it has also come up with a new idea of its own.

The innovative Dutch ride manufacturer is the latest firm to have a stab at the tower swing concept, and is calling its version the High Swing. As usual with KMG there a number of touches that will make the ride attractive to travelling customers, although the purchase price is thought to be beyond some smaller parks. The 24-seater ride (12 x 2-seater chairs) will tower 57-metres in height, with the seats flying 50 metres high, and occupy a 17-metre diameter footprint.

Wonderworks of London is offering a variety of systems that produce a 3D projection viewable without glasses. The same technology has been used to project “virtual performers” in stage concerts by the likes of Gorillaz and effectively offers a hi-tech version of the old Pepper’s Ghost illusion. Originally developed as an advertising tool, the technology is available as a small VisPod cabinet offering projections up to 101cm, as an AdPod projector offering 2-metre-wide images or as the StagePod unit allowing projections up to 30-metres wide.

Another “green screen” product, and one of many on show this year at IAAPA, is My Own Adventure. This particular system makes children the stars of their own cartoons.

Drop and Stop is a skill game that is easy for children and adults. The object of the game is to try to stop the coaster car in the jackpot area. As the car drops, the player hits the blinking counter button. The player earns points if landing on a numbered space, and the jackpot if their timing is dead on. If you miss entirely the coaster car drops all the way to the bottom, earning no points. The points add up on the main display during play. This game is all about speed and timing.

Severn-Lamb has designed a new road train for the US market – a large yet elegant vehicle clearly influenced the firm’s classic rail trains.

The High Striker is a fun new interactive attraction that combines two tried and tested amusement devices, and it was a big hit at this year’s Munich Oktoberfest. As a rider sits on at the bottom of a 12-metre tower, their friend strikes a button with a hammer, sending them up the tower, according to their strength, by up to 8 metres.

Funtime Handels debuted its latest extreme ride construction at the Prater in Vienna this summer. The new creation is called the Tornado and comprises an offset rotating arm, onto the end of which a four-seater gondola is suspended like a swing. Additional electronic motors allow the gondola to perform somersaults.

It’s one of the highest profit margin confectionery items an attraction can offer, and now candy floss (cotton candy) is available in a new and exciting format. The Candy Floss Vending Machine offered by this Northern Irish company is almost an attraction in its own right.

A large, twisting water slide is now available for small children (4ft and above) from Play Pool Products with the introduction of the MKS 270.

Italian supplier Eurogames recently unveiled this new look Formula 1 coin-operated family racing car.

Described as “human hamster balls” that allow their inhabitants to walk, run roll and spin on water without getting wet, Waterwalkerz were recently launched in the UK after enjoying success in Asia.

Calipso is an adaptation of the original Calypso/Cobra/Twist concept, accommodating up to 24 riders at a time. Held in by a seatbelt, they turn and spin through two opposite rotations, suspended from above.

Kolobok takes the Rock ‘n’ Roll or Looper once popular in the States and gives it a fresh new theme. The ride has a compact 12 metre footprint and comprises 8 two-seater cars each with over-the-shoulder restraints and an interactive control stick, allowing riders to roll backwards and forwards.

Guests watching the planes at Linate Airport in Milan can now pilot one by boarding the new Flying Fury ride at Europark next door.

An adaptation of the same manufacturer’s earlier Ultra Max, the Jet Force from Mondial differs from other Frisbee-type type rides in two ways: The main arms turns right through 360 degrees and the machine requires no crane for assembly.

Riders experience unpredictable movements on the Heartbreaker, one of two new rides produced by recently by Mondial with a previously unheard of small footprint.

A number of parks are offering on-ride DVDs this season, but now two Dutch companies have partnered to develop what could be the first such system exclusively for waterpark attractions.

Park owners are being offered a new way up-sell to guests courtesy of OmniTicket Network.

Dutch waterpark specialist Van Egdom is marketing an exciting new range of waterslides called Tube Sensations.

A new skateboard ride has hit the market, this time courtesy of Dutch manufacturer KMG.

Eye-catching in the extreme, Dinner in the Sky is a 22-seater table with affixed seating that offers diners a meal experience like no other.

The bumper car just got interactive. Air-Joe, from Germany, is now marketing a new range of cars with integrated ball or laser cannons.

Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC) is now offering its Smart Kiosk cashless point-of-sale system complete with an integrated Cashflow SC bill acceptor.