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Postby Darksin » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:54 pm

Very Nice Collection!

...and I thought I horded weird theme park bits!
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Postby SeaWhippet » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:46 pm

astroworldfan1 wrote:Yes, the Gunslinger Yo-Yo from Astroworld is at Wonderland in Amarillo, Texas (its still in storage along with The Mayan Mindbender Roller coaster).


Actually, AWorld's Mayan Mindbender is no longer in storage; it's up and almost ready to run at its new home. Check out: www.amusementtoday.com for pics -- there's an auto slide-show about half-way down.

I rode it in the dark as Nightmare @ Boblo Island. I look forward to seeing it run outside in the Texas sun.

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Postby montezooma » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:41 am

I posted this over on the other thread about Northern California theme parks back in 1979 but wanted to put it here in my thread too.

What a Day! What a Place! Marriott's Great America

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=yTds7WH2Y1Q[/youtube]
Tidal Wave

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=kEKiAKeXRYc[/youtube]
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Postby RIP Psyclone » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:10 am

^What a great classic commercial! I heard about an old commercial for Freefall at SFMM with fighter jets or something, have you seen that? And by the way, excellent, excellent work in regard to your Knott's video.
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Postby cycamps » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:06 pm

^I agree, great commercial. I love seeing history of the Mariott's parks.
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Postby montezooma » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:41 pm

^Those aren't actual commercials for Great America, the background music is from an old Marriott's radio ad, but all the videos are home movies I shot and edited together.
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Postby Erik Johnson » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:33 pm

Cool. It sure looks like they ran Tidal Wave the same way Kentucky Kingdom's Greezed Lightning does now. I guess it has always been braked quite a bit in the station.

Edit: Oops Wrong Great America. :lmao:
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Postby astroworldfan1 » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:43 pm

Is it me or did the Tidal Wave seem really slow? Weight drops aren't as good as Flywheels like GL @ Astroworld.

Anyone agree?

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Postby ebl » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:21 pm

Flywheel shuttles > weight drop shuttle.

That's one of the reasons I've always liked Montezooma's Revenge.

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Postby jtizzle » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:09 pm

Do you have anymore on the old Elitch Gardens? Maybe late 80s early 90s. I loved that place as a kid. Thanks for showin what you've got.

Also, what about the new Elitch's in 1995?
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