Questions on 4 Defunct coasters

Questions on 4 coasters at 3 parks…

Busch Gardens Williamsburg: The last time I was there was in 1977 on a family vacation (1 year before Nessie opened). I can remember two steel coasters in the Octoberfest area. One I think was a Jumbo Jet (or one of the Jet series), the other was I think of the Zyclon style. Coaster lists for The Old Country (as BGW was called at that time) list only one defunct / removed coaster… Glissade, a Jumbo Jet model but the year is 1979, two years after our visit.

Great Adventure: On another family vacation in 1978 (1 year before Rolling Thunder was built) we went to Great Adventure (pre Six Flags era). In the area then known as Strawberry Fair, there was some coaster like ride. It resembled the helices of a Jumbo Jet, but with out the spiral lift… it was almost all at ground level. It doesn't appear on any of the coaster lists from that era.

Williamsgrove Park: Back in the late 1960's / early 1970's my dad's company used to hold their picnic there (in later years they made the huge step up to going to Hersheypark). Aside from the Cyclone (a wreck then, a wreck now) there was a small coaster. I think it was called "the Little Dipper" and I swear it was made of wood.

Does anyone have any information at all on any of the above 4 rides?


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"Twenty three stories tall, painted grey, and the old people said termites was eatin' it up..."
- From Bill Cosby's "Rolland and the Rollercoaster"

Great Adventure: On another family vacation in 1978 (1 year before Rolling Thunder was built) we went to Great Adventure (pre Six Flags era). In the area then known as Strawberry Fair, there was some coaster like ride. It resembled the helices of a Jumbo Jet, but with out the spiral lift… it was almost all at ground level. It doesn't appear on any of the coaster lists from that era.

'74- park opens with featured rides being Runaway Train, Log Flume, Skyride, Giant Wheel, and Antique Carousel (along with a Schwarzkopf Jumbo Jet and Wildcat)

I couldn't find any pictures of it but,i did find this website with the statement above...

http://colossalcoasters.freeservers.com/root/againfo.html

Click GA timeline if it doesn't take you directly to the timeline page :)
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Rickyswmn

Hmmmmmmm... now that makes me wonder...

I remember all of the rides mentioned... except the Wildcat... Then again, It has been 24 years since my visit to GAdv and 23 years since my visit to BGW. I could have gotten the Wildcat coaster's location mixed up between the two parks.

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"Twenty three stories tall, painted grey, and the old people said termites was eatin' it up..."
- From Bill Cosby's "Rolland and the Rollercoaster"