Shane's Amusement Attic

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I wish I had more commercials from Carowinds, that Drop Zone one is the only one I have.

I would've liked to see what commercials from back then looked like. surely they were better than todays commercials are. since when does flight deck, and son of Beast belong at carowinds?!?!?!?

Iron dragon: fly at the speed of fright
uhh, 10 mph??

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While I think it is wrong to use other coasters that are not in the park that the commercial are for (i.e Flight Deck & Son of Beast for Carowinds) I understand why it happens when the park is part of corporation that owns more than one park. There must be a great amount of savings in only producing one commercial that uses generic shots of rides and then changing the logo at the end of the commercial.

I just saw a commercial for Wild Waves in Seattle and they were using shots of the Texas Giant. Now the Texas Giant is not even part of the group that owns Wild Waves. Should a park be able to use just any ride out there in the ads?????

I am just saying...

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^Those were great! Do you now what years those where from?

--Jay

The Ho-Down commercial is from 1982 back when it was cool to listen to TG Sheppard. I am not sure when the other commercial is from.

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Viper at Six Flags over Georgia

This ride ranked up there as one of the best themed off the shelf roller coaster. I think it is a shame that they had to remove this ride. It had the best looking train of all time!

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=jEPefxSJ_Eg[/youtube]

Six Flags over Texas

This commercial for SFoT is full of warm fuzzies!!!

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4nBhr7qjRHc[/youtube]

[NINCUBHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

I miss Viper at SFOG! I personally think that Viper gave a better thrill than Superman. After the pretzel loop S:UF is just meh! It is so slow and boring. I really think Viper should have stayed and Superman stayed away.

Everyone speaks so highly of Tatsu.... please tell me it is better than S:UF?

[RIP PsycloneBanned]

^It is, but there are conflicting reports as to which has the more intense pretzel loop.

[OlsorWhat would donkeys be like on the moon?]

Great stuff as always, Shane.

Watching the older Six Flags commercials, it really strikes me how far away they got from that "warm fuzzy" angle. The older commercials had jingles, they showed families and little kids, and they made it seem like a day at the old theme park was something really special.

Then fast-forward a few years to Mr. Six, throngs of teens, and overpriced everything. I guess a few billion in dollars in debt will wipe the special off of everything.

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Now these are two of the cheesiest of the cheesy. First up is Story Land "Hooray" with the award winning campaign slogan that really sells the park...wait for it...."Lets keep walking!" Boy I wanna go there right now!

Story Land

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=73bBWZTQKbY[/youtube]

Wonderland

Here is how to produce a commercial for less than the price of admission!

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=F2FyTnV_z-g[/youtube]

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Geauga Lake

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=2yjh6fAfVBg[/youtube]

Wild Cat - Frontier City

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=l8mNWeBLISc[/youtube]

[astroworldfan1I poop golden school busses]

Shane, thanks for the commercials. I'm surprised the Geauga one didn't even show any part of the park! Im loving this!

-Tatum

P.S. I was at the Universty yesterday looking up Serials for a project, and I decided to look up Astroworld. I looked for June (the month Astroworld opened) and I found this article.

"They can only kick you in the rear."-Judge Roy

[Coasterlvr_ncI'd kill to bang an Ewok]

While I think it is wrong to use other coasters that are not in the park that the commercial are for (i.e Flight Deck & Son of Beast for Carowinds) I understand why it happens when the park is part of corporation that owns more than one park. There must be a great amount of savings in only producing one commercial that uses generic shots of rides and then changing the logo at the end of the commercial.

I just saw a commercial for Wild Waves in Seattle and they were using shots of the Texas Giant. Now the Texas Giant is not even part of the group that owns Wild Waves. Should a park be able to use just any ride out there in the ads?????

I am just saying...

I understand what your saying, but it really looks bad for the park, my GP friends can even tell that they arent showing Afterburn in our commerical, they dont know what it is of course... but they can tell. Same goes for SoB.