Shane's Amusement Attic

[cycampsThe only thing better than a naked woman is a naked donkey!]

I remember some of the old pictures of the park from the movie "Rollercoaster"

[Victor871I Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

Wow thanks for sharing all those old ads for the parks. I remember going to Universal Studio's almost every year as a kid. I remember the Airport 77' stage show. If you've ever seen the movie there's a part where the plane crashes into the ocean and the survivor's have to swim out. They mixed part of the movie with audience participation. They'd pick some people out of the audience and recreate some of the scenes including a water scene where they'd have to jump in the water. I always wondered what they did with these people and there wet clothes. The more I think about it as an adult I'm sure those weren't real guests of the park. I'm sure they were plants to make u think they use real people.

[Victor871I Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

Was this ride taken to Six Flags Magic Mountain? It sure does look just like Viper.

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

Very cool report and photos and discussion. I love the early 80's promotional material and park-visitor fashions of the time!

First question: Are the Hanna Barbera characters still to be found at legacy-Paramount parks? I know I've seen Yogi Bear somewhere recently but I can't remember where.

Second question: EBL mentioned Arrow's 4th Dimension Debacle...is there a thread on that somewhere? Was it problems with that one ride design that led to their being bought out, or a set of problems including that? I know it's a tough business, and I guess too much dough dropped into one big project that ends up not selling can really kill you.

martin

[Wood Dragon 1988DelGrosso's Sauce + Enterprise = VOMIT!]

This thread is really cool-I actually have been sitting here reading it for a half hour!

I was confused at first on how "unbanked turns" caused the train to swing. The vid. cleared that up.

Bat seems so different than all the other Arrow suspenders. In a way, it DID start the "fourth phase" of roller coasters or whatever. There's so many "below the track" coasters today, Arrow suspended and others.


So, does anyone actually have a "review" of the ride? I know it operated sparingly a long time ago, but can anyone remember what the ride actually felt like??

Again, very cool info.

[KDCOASTERFANI prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

I remember some of the old pictures of the park from the movie "Rollercoaster"

"Rollercoaster" wasn't filmed at KI.It was filmed on location at Ocean view park,Kings Dominion & SFMM.

SFMM's Viper is an Arrow multi-looper,Ninja is an Arrow suspended....there's a major difference between the two rides.

[cycampsThe only thing better than a naked woman is a naked donkey!]

Oh gosh. I thought The Racer was Rebel Yell. I guess I wasn't paying much attention. Whoops!!!!

[montezooma"Can I get clamshells out of this ATM?"]

LIBERTYLAND

Here is an update on a small park in Memphis that closed down awhile ago. It was one of the parks that I wasn't able to visit. This is kind of a small update to this thread as I do not have that much stuff on the park.

But if you have interest in this park there is quite a bit of facts and information for you to read.

Anyone feel free to add any info they have on this park....

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Can someone please tell me how to add pictures to my posts without having to have that yellow border around each picture...this thing

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you have to upload them first, then put in

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