Park Landmarks.....Got a Fav?

There's nothing like driving into Anaheim on I-5 and being greeted by The Maliboomer, ToT, Space Mountain, and the Matterhorn.

Also, driving onto SR-91 and seeing Supreme Scream, Xcelerator, then Ghostrider on Beach Blvd.

I love the Comet at the Great Escape. It's so pretty ^_^.

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The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings. -L.Carroll

Carolina Queen Riverboat at Carowinds, may she return soon!

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The IOA entrance tower. MILF. SFMM's Sky Tower.

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Mike Miller - The CPG: The ORIGINAL flash mob

Definatly going to have to second the Cinderella Castle vote, especially at night and even more so during the fireworks. Call me a sap but seeing that thing just reminds me of my childhood.

As for normal parks, BGW's Lockness Monster interlocking loops, CP's view from the causeway, and the Yankee Cannonball (again another childhood conection here).

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I dont care what anyone says Magnum is better then MF, which is better then TTD!

It always used to be Sky Whirl at SFGAm...

So sad.

There are to many to list but here are a few.

When I was a kid my grandfather use to give a buck to who ever noticed the Eiffel tower at Kings Island.

Going to CLP gotta love the first sight of Blue Streaks turnaround by the road.

Now gotta love first sight of TTD at the rt2 Rye Beach exit on a clear day.

BaSSiStiSt said:
MILF.

Unless MILF stands for something else --- I think that is unappropriate for a family site. (who automatically thought of the the like from American Pie when he saw that - Stiffler's Mom)

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coasterqueenTRN said:
The view from the CP causeway, all those steel thingies sticking out of the sand, cannot be beat

Totally agree with you coasterqueen!! being from South Carolina, there isnt a better feeling than seeing the coasters after a 2 day drive.

For the parks I frequent most:

CP - even though it has been surpassed, the Space Spiral has always been the one landmark I look for when heading to Sandusky.

PKI - Eiffel Tower all the way. I can't get enough of looking at it and looking out from it.

SFWoA - SUE may be located in a bad location but its placement next to Route 43 makes my adrenaline start flowing as I get near the park. Then seeing Villain's profile as I enter the parking lot.

SFGAm - Coming up I-94 and seeing American Eagle's helix near the highway. Next would be the Columbia Carousel. Another used to be Shock Wave as that lift was quite visible from many areas outside of the park. Loved the view as you turned onto Six Flags Dr.

X Factor

The North Pole at Knoebels... Nothing beats it.

The starlight arcade (the name may be wrong) at Hersheypark was also always a landmark to me.

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This is a ride that is very small by todays standards but one look at it you know you're at Cedar Point.

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CP Coaster Guide Ride Count
TTD: 1; WT: 9; MF: 4; Mantis: 3; Raptor: 6; Mean Streak: 5; Magnum: 5
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columbia carousel, Shockwave, and the Skywhirl (both RIP) at SFGAm. Lighthouse at IOA, Nick studios at USF. Magic Kingdom Castle, EPCOT ball, Tower of Terror, Magnum. Skytower at SFMM, Eiffel Tower at PKI

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Orient Express at WOF - It is gonna be hard to imagine WOF without it.

Marvel Cave at Silver Dollar City - Branson or SDC wouldn't be what it is today without it.

Ozark Wildcat at Celebration City - Let the Drooling begin.

The Eiffel Tower at Kings Island - The most reconizeable landmark at PKI.

The Seagulls at Cedar Point - Not really a landmark but they seem to go with CP to me very well.

Geauga Lake at SFWoA - Hey the park was refered to by this name.

Phanton's Revenge at Kennywood - It's what I looked for to get there.

That is about it on my Favorites.

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Sombrero Tower at Pedroland Park/South Of The Border ;)

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Swoosh said:
BaSSiStiSt said:
MILF.

Unless MILF stands for something else --- I think that is unappropriate for a family site. (who automatically thought of the the like from American Pie when he saw that - Stiffler's Mom)
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SWOOSH
MidwestInfoGuide.COM
Beware theSPINNING DRAGON only at WOF in 2004

MILF - MILennium Force. Now if you want to talk inappropriate for a family site, let's talk about the penis-shaped Top Thrill Dragster.

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Mike Miller - The CPG: The ORIGINAL flash mob

i am kinda partial to the double helix at the end of the beast...i dunno. somethin about crestin that first hill and lookin off to your right at those 2 massive tunnels gives me the chills every time.

Tina, since when was I laying in any sand anywhere near you?
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Some parks don't frame their icons very well. The Beast and Mean Streak are beautiful, but you can't get a perspective on them as you come into the park. The Beast hides back in the woods and the road is right underneath Mean Streak.

Disney with the Castle, PKI with its Eiffel Tower and KW with the Phantom lift hill looming above Noah's Ark are probably the most visual.

Walking into PKI with that long, azure blue reflecting pool extending two city blocks down to the Eiffel Tower, with trees and flowers framing it all the way and rides and buildings extending out from both sides, surely has to be the most spectacular entry vista of any park.

I wouldn't exactly call Mean Streak an icon at CP.

The Beast is special because it IS hidden. The only real icon is the Eiffel Tower replica up front, and it is beautiful. :)
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