Shane's Amusement Attic

[Mozart67Please Nuderstand This Mozart67. It's Something!]

Shane,

Finally found the Marriott's section after days of looking. I dunno if I will ever change my screensaver from the TotC pic that's now on. I am amazed you found Tokyo BambiPark! er..my friends were sometimes weirder than I (which is saying a LOT), and for some reason, that was the pet name (kneeslap) for the place.

On a different note, am I to understand that SF has taken out all of its parachute rides? The protoypical SF skyline was always 2 tall coasters, a skytower/derrick and the parachute tower. I know SFNE doesnt have one (they have Scream, which doesnt count) but the other parks took the rides out?

Scott

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

Scott-

The three original Six Flags parks all installed Parachute towers in the early 70's

Six Flags over Georgia - "The Great Gasp"
Six Flags over Texas - "The Texas Chute Out"
Six Flags over Mid-America - "Sky Chuter"

Sometime in the early 80's, to make room for Thunder River, the tower from Mid-America was moved to Great Adventure where it is still in operation.

The tower at Georgia was just recently removed to make way for Goliath.

The only original tower in its original location is the one at Texas.

If you want to see more on the parachute towers in the Six Flags parks click here

[alexinlaI know more about donkeys than women!]

They used the tagline 25 minutes north of Hollywood all the way to the late 90's

I am in Echo Park, just off the 101, i can still make it to the mountain in 25 minutes, well, not really. Late at night though it should be possible

[crazyrider06Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

i cant wait till my friends and i go to kennywood this year. it will be my first trip there, im so excited.

[Goliath513Final Destination Guy!]

*sigh* The original Colossus trains racing, no OTSRs on Revolution. I sure wish it were that way today.

[DenDenFabulously FIERCE!]

One of the 70's trends that I think we all are glad had died an excruciating death... MIMES!

As always, great stuff! Gotta love the head-restless Revolution!

[PUREBanned]

If you look closely at one of the Colossus pics, you can see the infamous low-profile speed bump (at the bottom of the second drop) before it was raised. Love those IAD trains!

-S

I looked at the pictures and can't find what you're talking about. Is it in this picture?

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

I love seeing things like that from the past. Thanks for posting!!!

[Mr.WoodDonkeys give me orgiastic scream!]

I have always collected the old pamphlets from our local (L.A. Calif) area. Maybe it's remembering your childhood that makes looking at these so special. It's just fun to see because everything now days is sooooooo slick and some of these old adds are just kinda innocent. Maybe in my old age I've just gotten jaded. I'm gonna have to learn how to scan and get some of my old Disney and Knott's stuff out.
In the early 1070's there was a Bush Gardens in L.A. off of Roscoe and Woodley. It was a great park with an Arrow flume ride. and beautiful gardens and shows. I have a few over head pics but nothing else.
Does anyone have pamphlets or adds from that park?
Keep this stuff up guys (and girls) I love seeing this stuff from all the parks.

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

I looked at the pictures and can't find what you're talking about. Is it in this picture?

Here you can see the original profile and the reprofiled speed dip after the Six Flags remodel.

1980 "Colossus Rides Again"