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All in All I had a great time and the park was running great with only the tobagan down.
Arthur Bahl
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-Mark
The Tumble Bug is a great ride for families. All different ages and heights can ride together. It's just a wonder that only two still remain in operation in the country.
By the way, what has become of the Whalom Bug? This would be a great ride to add to LC if it is still around. Kennycorp has the other Bug (besides the one at CLP) so they could maintain it properly. The ride would certainly fit into LCs family image and would appeal to nostalgia seekers that used to go to Whalom and now miss that park.
Arthur Bahl
They reached their goal for donations.
Great!
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-Mark
I ran that ride one time while at West View,VERY hard to operate,you have to judge when to shut off the power to the cars so there is enough speed to make it to the station,but not too much so that the brake can hold it without going over the first hump. *** Edited 7/22/2006 1:12:28 AM UTC by Ex_Westview and KW_worker***
There's my luck though. Glad to hear it's open for the rest of the world! I really really wanted to ride the tumble bug! Maybe next year. I can't afford to drive back again this year.
Does the park look different this year from last year? It sounded like they really cleaned things up and are trying to turn the park around. I couldn't see much of anyting past the closed front gates.
For what it's worth, the Tumble Bug wasn't re-opening until the 8th or 9th.
You were probibly there on the 3rd, which would be the only Monday they'd be open in July.
Back in the late 80's early 90's, the park would close whenever they felt like it. They'd get on the PA and announce: The park will be closing tonight at 8PM and such. (that's one of the things that pissed people off. They'd have a park full of people, the weather was good, and they'd close an hour to two hours early).
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-Mark
Arthur Bahl
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