That’s a fitting honour to Sir Billy Butlin too! One of my favourite rides. A pleasure to watch.

These videos never cease to amaze me and of the skills of the team doing the set up....I remember as a young teenager in Scotland the annual funfair arriving and was always impressed with the way they would put the rides together all for a three day stay, the trucks with massive generators fixed to them and the Romany style four wheeled caravans that were absolutely gorgeous being towed behind trucks, they even had buses converted to chippies.....They were the most friendly of people and would show me how everything worked and were mainly made by themselves, great skills.....I have been fascinated by things like that ever since and I am now in my 70's...great respect to the travelling show community.......Loves your videos, thank you......

its really fascinating all that out of one lorry it still looks magical

Wot a video steve , brilliant that's wot I used to do over where your house is built now brilliant keep up your videos steve

Welldone guys don't get lost or squashed keep up the good work

Wow another video!!!

Amazing, thank you!

Mr Dudgie, as you say, that is mind blowing. Just to think that the whole thing came in on one truck, incredible. But what really is the amazing thing is the people who designed it all. How do you even start making a ride this big that folds up like an IKEA flat pack wardrobe. Great Vid as always mate.

Awesome vlog Steve can't believe the speed they put it up not alone all that one 1 truck 👍🏼 👏 don't get lost or squashed and keep safe and speak more soon 🙌 👍🏼

This is so cool mate, talk about self contained. Thanks for filming it.

Really cool that I wish it was that easy when I worked on the Dodgems many years ago build up pull down was hard work

Hello Mr D,so interesting how these Dodgems are put together,in one trailer, great video.

Brilliant vlog thank you 😊

Nice 😊😊

It's incredible how these rides have become so much more compact and easier to assemble. Not too many years ago, something like the dodgems would have turned up on more than one lorry and a bigger crew. Great video to watch.

Hi Mr "D" geat build up video what a awsome set of dodgems i love the artwork on it such a stunning ride i canot believe how quicly it was set up we needed a new dodgem track now that the permanant one is used as a ice rink like i said great video i do hope you do mor awsome build up videos

Brilliant thanks 🥰🤙

Better than the old days

I WISH YOU WOULD POST MORE BUILD UP AND PULL DOWN VIDEOS COZ THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE . THANKYOU BUDDY .

Went there for firework show was a good show. It was hassle getting there with public transport lol. My favourite ride is the waltzer their are so fast it's crazy! I tried the ghost train I liked it but it seems to still have trouble with the lighting as you can see the stuff before they jump out on you. I hope that new ghost train will be done before the fair opens up in 2023. Keeping my fingers crossed. Hopefully the rest of the rides will come in the first half of 2023 that he has bought. Poor henry and the team wait adges for their rides to be deliverd lol. Loved barry island this year. Next year will be even better.

Fantastic to see, always wondered how they fitted on one truck these days. So easy for todays guys to build not like the old days. But then fairgrounds where magical where your a kid. The smells and sounds the Big Trucks and wonderful truck sized caravans and Generators, loved it all. Great Video thanks :)

To be fair that was amazing thinking all that was one trailer really enjoyed it

I think I saw Henry Danter today, at his shop in Monmouth. They've been getting it ready to open up as a games arcade.

Welldone guys finally a notification shame about the fireworks vlog live tho

Also, the chain helps with the alignment when they put the axles back under it. Raise it enough to connect the chain to it. Raise it so that the axle is hanging. Spin it back around and the axles will already be in place for you to lower the trailer

Really looking forward to coming down with friends and family for the winter wonderland. Hope it will be very festive with trees and decs everywhere. Great videos again Mr D and very interesting to watch the fair builds

Amazing vlog Steve thanks again mate

Awesome

When I worked on the fairground in the late 50s / 60s we used to break the rides down for travel at the end of the season and it was very tough going and hard work with brute force Never would have thought that it would all become so sophisticated as these tear down and set up videos that you’re showing all the time Great job you And thanks again

Amazing to see the ride being assembled. Really good vlog as usually Mr D. Keep it up 👌👌

Unreal like you said Steve all that in one trailer good to watch cheers mate

Good to see these vlogs of build ups and to see Danters Dodgems getting built there Steve - nice 1 mate 👍🏼

a lot easier to set up now than it was in the 70's. not one chain block in site to lift the cars up into the truck. great video thanks for sharing

Can i just say Mr.D, you've become very cinematic as of late and the depth it's giving these build videos especially is immense! Keep up the good work and i hope you and anyone else reading this has an amazing week!

wow Mr D looking at the size of this dodgem area you would not think that was all just packed up like an ordinary articulated lorry to look at if you didn't see this been put up you wouldn't believe it if someone just told you how it looked before it was all put up, i for one did not think it was like that i'm amazed and stunned by the sheer size of it, thx for filming and sharing it otherwise i wouldn't have believed it had you just explained it and i bet others would be thinking the same

Simply insane

You never think of what happens behind the scenes at a funfair, you go and enjoy the rides Really intresting video MrD, thanks for being our man on the ground 👌

Must be nice having a park close by that is always changing the lineup.

i might be down to the winderwonderland when it opens :) loving the content

I've worked with a carnival here in the USA but that's amazing how quickly and easily that went up.

Amazing build up video mate! That's absolutely insane with how this was built up and up and running in the same day!

Superb coverage of the build up and a great insight for people who are not sure how these sets of Dodgems build up. Beats the old sets of Dodgems hand balling everything 👍🏻

Thanks for the video awesome .The Dodgems looks awesome in the dark also cheers Steve.Hope there will be more rides coming soon 👍👍

You need to go to the Netherlands and watch how they do a build and teardown of a fun fair.

I find it mad how all that fits on a lorry lol

Excellent

Insane !!!

More videos like these please when you get the chance!!

I traveled with funtastic for 12 years it's alway's fun to make people have a good time but what a lot of people dont notice is during teardowns when you get tired it's not hard to temp forget what ride ur working on and try tearing down a different ride on accident.

Fantastic video, amazing to see behind the scenes. Keep the videos coming 👍👍👍👍

Another great vlog by you alone your vlogs 👏 ✨️

Definitely faster then the older dodgems

4words your videos are amazing

I've built a few on my fair travels days

I love this stuff!!

Dodgems take hours to build up but minutes to pull down

Editing Suggestion: When recording rides u could perhaps rewind the clip and play it again and also I recommend u do a ride in motion montage I would rly like to a montage

It's a transformer wow 👌

L Buxton and sons on the volvo headboard. I'm sure that was a livestock company back in the day

Yes but old school was a lot harder but this. How things change

Can you confirm the that the trabant, Mexican hat ride has been scrapped 😢or sold

Darren Matthews dodgem is the same chassis comes away whole dodgem drops and folds out.

Brilliant how uts done nowadays

Made in Czech republic 👍

How long did this all take to assemble? Its hard to tell, but only looked like a few hours?

Show more put away videos too

ace

Isn't there already a Dodgems at Barry ?

Can we have an update?

Where is the best place to park buddy

good team can build dodgem in hour and half LOL

How long for the complete assembly?

How long did it take?

Is this a traveling show???? if not then why isnt anything permantly attached?????

They used to be stinking dirty things to put up