Defuctional Rides

All the rides at Idora Park.

King Corba (PKI)
Viper (Gadv)
Corkscrew (GL)

RIP !!!!

May be too early to say re: GAdv's Viper...let's see how it's taken down first. Windjammer was literally torn apart, not really usable for anything. Of course, GAm's Shockwave was taken apart with great care, only to be melted down later.

Dick Knoebels, getting a hi-five from me (again!)....Whirlwind may not have been anything *fantastic*, but he got what he could for it and the ride gets a new lease on life...I'll guarantee some of the riders in the new park DO think it's fantastic! :)

It'd be nice if other parks/chains took that attitude, no telling if PKI's King Cobra or PGA's Anton coulda lived to thrill again...:(

...and did you see some of the asking prices on some of the used coasters!?? Anyone who woulda paid 4.5M for DF would've spent too much time sampling the fine Busch products, LOL...;)

I've ridden a lot of defunct rides over the last 50 years. My favorites would be the Bat at PKI and the wooden wild mouse at Pontchartrain Beach.

My list of defunct rides would be long, too. I wish I could go back to Euclid Beach one more time for the Racing Coaster, the Thriller, and especially the Flying Turns. The Idora Wildcat has to rank right up there, too.

1 - The Coal Shaker - from Hershey Park

(Sometimes duplicated - never matched)

2 - Swiss Bobs - Great Adventure

(Sad to see that one in Kennywood is now gone)

3 - Condor - Great adventure

(Unusual program, but fun)

4 - Jumbo Jet - Wildwood (Morey's Pier)

(Lot's of leg-room, comfortable and ocean views)

5 - The Funhouse (Rockaway Playland)

(The ones in the traveling fairs don't come close)

Actually, Great adventure's defunct rides would make a nice line-up at any park.

(Super Sidewinder - Calypso - Trabent - Scrambler)

Kiddie Ride Honorable Mention:

The whip at "Buddies" (Fairyland in Brooklyn)

Caterpiller at Palisaides Amusment Park - New Jersey

General comments:
1) I have ridden rides. I have not rode rides. Everyone here has ridden rides. Nobody has rode rides.
2) The correct spelling is "separately." One way to remember it to think that to "separate" is to split into parts- so remember it's p-a-r. And don't forget the "e" before the "ly." Lord, I must be channeling my 7th grade nun.
3) Fine Busch products?
4) Fine Busch products??
5) DC should be required to publish his paper, upon completion, on CoasterBuzz so everyone can read it.
6) I think there should be more variations such as "defunctastic," "defunctagious," and "defecational" for those rides that are truly POS.
7) Fine Busch products???

Ok, rathergoodbear, now that you're done poking fun at my grammer, would you like to list a defuct or dysfunctional, defungtastic, or defuctagious ride?

A person from Geauga Lake here too.

The Flying Scooters, The Scrambler, the Muzak Express, and that robot that used to shoot at people.

The robot isnt a ride but i used to like it when i was young.

Also does Mr. Hydes Nasty Fall count, cause that ride never runs.

I wish i could help you here more but im a newbie. But i wish you luck on your report.

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RatherGoodBear said:
3) Fine Busch products?
4) Fine Busch products??
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7) Fine Busch products???

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LOL, RGB...so I didn't mean it to be a comment on the Busch products themseleves....more of a query on "What would it take for someone to pay those outrageous sums for coasters that weren't even *eu-functional* at their parks of origin?"....;)

If I started listing all of my "defuncted" flats, I'd never get ANY work done today...;)

DC,

I'm not poking fun at you, just offering some constructive criticism. I know a few educators at both the college and high school levels who make their students do a lot of writing. If you handed any of them a paper that contained the phrases "have rode" or "defunctional," it would be your ass that would be defunct, with a capital F.

So let me ask you, what is your report going to contain? You got quite a list of rides from the posters here. What are you going to do with that information? Are you going to do more research on the rides-- maybe find out how long they were in use, and why they became defunct? That would be an interesting report if you did that.

So how are we defining defunct? Any ride that has been removed from a park we visit-- even though there are dozens of the same ride at other parks? Or are we talking about extinct species-- rides that don't exist in any park anymore? I suppose any old wooden coaster that's been removed would qualify, since each is one unique to its park.

My contribution?

Lost River (dark boat ride) and The Bug (large version of existing junior bug) from Hershey Park.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (dark boat ride), Whacky Shack (walk through funhouse) both from Dorney Park.

San Francisco Earthquake, Double Ferris Wheel from CP. BTW, does the Zugspitz still exist? I just like saying that name. Nothing like talking about a defunct Zugspitz.

Any ride that was at defunct Lakewood Park. (Wild Mouse, Looper, Flyers, Laff in the Dark, Hey Dey, Lindy Loop, Octopus, Dodgems, Carousel [now in Grand Rapids MI], Train, and a bunch of kiddie rides.)

Captain Nemo's underwater ride at Disneyland.

Gator, I don't disagree with you there. Just think "fine" and "Busch products" is somewhat of an oxymoron.

My paper would include, History of Amuesment parks, and how they effect us, how defunct rides effect customers, new rides, waterparks, customer service. Anything to draw upon, I'll use a lot of these as subjects.

Thank you for listing your fav defunct (as in torn and removed/gone) and dysfunctional (the coasters that operate like crap) ect. :)

That's a pretty ambitious report, DC. One more grammar note and that's it... well at least until you post again LOL... it should be "how they affect us" not effect. Unfortunately, I don't have a neat little gizmo to remember that one.

Twister at Elitch Gardens

DCBeltz - watch the comma usage ;) People tend to overuse that puncuation mark a lot.

I have a question about the report because your description wasn't clear. Which list is correct?

1] The history of amusement parks.
2] How amusement parks affect us.
3] How defunt rides affect customers.
4] New Rides.
5] Waterparks.
6] Customer Service.

--or--

1] The history of amusement parks.
2] How amusement parks affect us.
3] Defunct rides.
4] How defunct rides affect customers.
5] How defunct rides affect new rides.
6] How defunct rides affect waterparks.
7] How defunct rides affect customer service.

Either way I have a feeling you're biting off more than you can chew ;)

*** Edited 5/3/2005 8:25:44 PM UTC by Mamoosh***

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Mamoosh said:

1] The history of amusement parks.
2] How amusement parks affect us.
3] Defunct rides.
4] How defunct rides affect customers.
5] How defunct rides affect new rides.
6] How defunct rides affect waterparks.
7] How defunct rides affect customer service.

Either way I have a feeling you're biting off more than you can chew

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I'll take the second one, although those topics will be narrowed down...on a more deeper level of thought. If I can find the right rescources I should be ok. Thanks for your interest in my report.

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Who said he was interested??.. ;)

Well this has become a boring subject, but I would hope that it is interesting still. ;)

If I wasn't interested I wouldn't have replied.

Glad someone still has interest in this topic! ;)