r/kelowna • u/MythicalSplash • 3d ago

Are there any good rides at the IPE?

I’ve lived in Kelowna for 26 years and have been to the IPE a few times, but the last time was years ago. Are there typically any rides for adults at all, or are they all kiddie rides?

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u/Clean-Place431 3d ago

It is standard traveling amusement rides. So the big scary ones are the zipper or tower drop. There have the slingshot (orb that you sit in and it shoots you 200 feet in the air.

They also have intermediate ride like spinning arms 15 feet in the air. or the ufo that spins you rapidly around. Also, a ferris wheel.

Then kids rides like spinning strawberries or little roller coasters.

The thing to remember is that every ride had to be assembled from the back of semi trucks.

If you went to Kelowna Made or Peachfest, it would be very similar.

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u/imogene7 3d ago

Do they still have the space shot ride? I was there in 2019 and I think that was the only ride that I genuinely felt apprehensive about going on ( I did go on there) I am a smaller woman (5’1). The extreme ones at the PNE I would probably be too small even if i wasn’t I would get tossed around like a ragdoll

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u/OriginalTayRoc 3d ago

Nothing worth 50 dollars.

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u/LisFrizzle 2d ago

$55 for a wristband yesterday. I was shocked.