Old indiana Fun park

whats up with all the coasters and bobsleds all overgrown and rusty? and why doesnt anyone go and try to rebuild it on theire own land? and wouldnt people takes peices of it from the feild just to say i have a peice o little rickys little twister? just tell me why they are all getting baked in the sun, and why nothing is or will be done.
-ryan

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Hulkster said:
whats up with all the coasters and bobsleds all overgrown and rusty? and why doesnt anyone go and try to rebuild it on theire own land? and wouldnt people takes peices of it from the feild just to say i have a peice o little rickys little twister? just tell me why they are all getting baked in the sun, and why nothing is or will be done.
-ryan

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Dose the term Graveyard have any meaning?
Chuck, (Sarcasm)

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Six Flags doesn't want to reopen it. Would cost too much. It can't really be considered a park anymore.
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I think us Hoosiers got screwed royally. I am not saying we don't have any decent parks, because we have two parks that  are mini cedarpoints in my eyes, but I think we got screwed out of a  six flags spot. The six flags/ cedar fair rivalry shred our dreams up or at least did my. Six flags or premier at the time purchases Old Indiana, And soons becomes six flags. I think Six flags is thinking well we can hold this land in indiana so if cedarfair decides to build/ purchase a park here we can just build what we have and start a new park. Meanwhile lets go buy another park near cedarpoint and try to take their money away by adding 5 coasters to the park. Now for some reason I left out of the hole picture . I am not going to complain though because the parks we do have are awesome small parks that you don't have to wait in line for hours to ride or are crowded and bump into people

*** This post was edited by JordonDunham on 2/10/2002. ***

Six Flags purchase of Old Indiana was basically posturing.  I personally do not believe the company ever intended to build there. 

At the time of the purchase, the now defunct Garfield themed park was nearing fruition.  Lo-and-behold Six Flags buys up Old Indiana and all of the sudden coaster track and numerous dissassembled rides were shipped there.

Next, the proposed Garfield park idea is scrapped and Six Flags never even hints at re-openeing or assembling the rides now stored at Old Indiana.  If the Garfield park had opened, then it would have pulled from the Chicago and Indianapolis areas.  Indianapolis is an area that Six Flags markets their Kentucky Kingdom park to.  Chicago, of course, is home to Great America.

So just by shipping some old, out of date rides from closed parks to the spot, they stratigically scared off a competitor.

I don't think SF ever had any intention, nor ever will, of re-opening the park.  It is in the middle of nowhere, has a terrible past hanging over it's head, and would cost the park tons in updates and improvements.

That's business folks!

Shaggy

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I called Six Flags a while ago in regards to purchasing one of the trains (Black Widow) from them for a souvenier. They said that they were not going to be selling them for a while just in case they decided to build one of the coasters in another park. But they did put my name on a list though.

SiDeWiNdErCSC, can I ask which # you used? I've seen the property, and it's a sad sight. But it is monitored and I am sure these rides will find another home. I too have always wanted an Arrow carbody, but those at OI seem in good enough shape to be reused. Camden's Thunderbolt Express will probably be for sale much sooner! As of last year the harnesses still lock, but I don't trust anything else on that ride.
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I bet you'll be waiting for that coaster train for along time!

What I'd REALLY like to know is if ANYTHING from the "graveyard" is salvageable.  I mean, is there ANY hope at all of ever getting any of these rides up and running again.  If so, the expression "the sooner the better" seems appropriate.  If not, destroy the place so as not to torture us further....just my 6 or 7 cents, one for each ride SHAMEFULLY rotting away...
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