We have lost a lot of coasters recently
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Some gone for the better, some dead for years, some awaiting a new life.
I was compiling a list of coasters that have been recently uprooted or razed and was amazed of how high the number was this year.
I am not utterly complaining mind you, but there are a few in this catagory I was hurt to see go, thus never having the opprotunity to ride and enjoy. Others whom I stood in front of in their decaying states and could only imagine what they could have been like.
Others which I am glad I could enjoy when I could.
Remember friends....Always treasure your moments...because you never know when they will be gone.
We cannot change what has been done, but we can do our part to keep what we have. Soon the scale models will outnumber the prototypes....
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I seriously believe we will see more of those though. The ride design is good, but the structure needs some re-designing.
john peck said:
And to think, I passed up a Vertigo ride this year....I seriously believe we will see more of those though. The ride design is good, but the structure needs some re-designing.
Even if they do make another or fix the ride if its not a totally different design I don't think I will be riding Vertigo after what happened. Im glad CP took it out instead of chance it.
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*** This post was edited by CoasterDude316 on 3/12/2002. ***
"Let me tell you about living in the past,
if it was so good, then how come it didn't last?
If it helps you, I'll put it in a phrase,
Those were the times but these are the days"
The Human League, "These Are The Days"
Later,
EV
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"Just remember, wherever you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai
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-Chris aka "Metrock"
www.westcoaster.net
*** This post was edited by sfmmman2001 on 3/12/2002. ***
Anyone quoting the Human League (who had a new album out last year that is actually quite good) is okay in my book!
Out of all the coasters mentioned above (and Vertigo, too) the only one I rode was Drachen Fire.
I hate losing old rides, especially unique ones, but as long as the new construction outpaces demolition, I guess we're alright.
That being said, you can remove Raging Wolf Bobs and replace it with a taco stand for all I care.
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"When I was growing up, we were taught something called manners. You'd understand that if you weren't such an idiot." - Jack Handey
kpjb...ouch! I have been pretty outspoken in my dislike for RWB, but a taco stand? RWB is one of three woodies that rated a "check" in the coaster count...RARE event in my book. note: yankees don't make good Mexican food, maybe replace it with something more "local"....lol.
I've seen a lot of rides come and go, and it never fails to disappoint me,,,even when they're being replaced by a "better" attraction, the nostalgia factor goes a long way with me...
He was referring to Viper at SFOG.
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My thoughts on Wild Cat and Jack Rabbit (Idora) and Thunderbolt (Coney Island) is that we lost these rides years ago.
Wild Cat, being partially destroyed in a fire back in the 1980's never ran after that, and since the closing of the park in the 1980's, both of these coasters were left to rot... which is basically what they did from all accounts. After a certain point, nothing was going to save them.
Accounts of Coney Island's Thunderbolt were the same. Idle since the 1980's and left to the elements, when it finally was torn down there was not much really worth saving.
So, while they were torn down recently... they were actually lost years ago... in my opinion.
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Kind of hard to take a post as objective if a park or coaster name is part of the "user name"
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