Lakeside Amusement Park --New Rides

I would submitt this as news, but there is no place on the internet that has "announced it." Anyways, I was driving by the park the other day and noticed on the sign that they had two new rides, so I decided to e-mail them and ask them what they were. Aparantly they have gotten a new Dark Ride and a Graviton. This is just kinda cool since they havn't added anything for a long while. It looks like they are really trying to revive the old park.

I've heard the dark ride is pretty cool, but I haven't been fortunate enough to make it to the park yet.

Just a side note, at SFEG there is a mural of "Denver landmarks" outside the Pepsi Drink Zone, or whatever it is called, by TurboBungy. One of those landmarks happens to be Lakeside's tower.

That's Awsome about the tower thing! Did you know no public is allowed in that tower? Is a graviton similar to "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" at SFEG. I know it is in RCT, but...

I believe the Gravitron is one of those spaceships that you ride in and get stuck to the wall, it's made by Wisdom.

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Yeah, that must be the ride because it is that exact name...Starship 2000.

That's astonishing. I was definitely not expecting any new rides for that park anytime soon. And it would make sense that they would purchase a ride from Wisdom. After all, it is located in Colorado.

I wonder what the dark ride is like, and who they purchased it from. Sally possibly?
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I was thinking the same thing PT300. I thought the park was really getting low on money due to the fact that it is never crowded and the general shape the park is in. But from the looks of it, the park is getting a lot better. They have recently repainted the Cyclone and that looks a lot better. I also noticed that they put some "ship" cars on the ride that is like Turn of the Century at SFEG(not sure of the official name.) They rebuilt the whip and added the two new rides this year. The park is really looking better.

And they do have a lot of space to add new rides. If they would just tear down that old race track in the parking lot, they could add a good size woodie provided the funding is there. It could be like the old Elitchs...

What's Sally?

Sally makes dark rides which (I hear) are quite popular.
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The name of the Dark Ride is like...mission to mars or something, something to do with mars, I forget what it was exactlty though.

Here is the name...Flight to Mars...here is something I found on one of these rides...

http://www.laffinthedark.com/articles/flight2mars/flight.htm

It looks like it was manufactured by Schwartzkoph.

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It really saddens me to think on my visit to Lakeside last year I only got a ride on the coasters, and didn't take the time to absorb the old-park experience. I practically ignored the flats!

Oh well, it's great that they're growing a little. These new attractions should hopefully revive some interest in the park, and keep it alive.

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Will they ever fix the staride. It is near the Cyclone

Fastswimmer...I am not sure why they closed the starride in the first place, but when I e-mailed them to ask about it, they said it is possible it will be re-opened someday. I for one doubt this will ever happen and I think they should get rid of it, it is eye sore to the park. They already have another Ferris Wheel, but aparently both operated at the same time in the early days.

Has anybody been yet this season? I am really looking forward to going.