Tapper Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 It's Galaxian (Tapper), I recently lost the info to my original account when I got a new computer, tried asking Robb for help and he couldn't so I opted for the route of just creating a new account, no big loss. Life happens I feel, so without further a-do. Here's, Six Flags Syracuse! _________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to Six Flags Syracuse, the park opened in 1948, under the name West Riverside Amusement Park, then in 1965 it became known as Riverside Gardens, before in 1994 being bought out by Six Flags. Which most locals would say when the park began seeing its decline under the big park chain. From Six Flags removing park rides and never adding new ones, tearing down old park buildings that were heavily iconic, re-theme the park nearly entirely, and just destroying the beautiful nature of the original park- the park has seen much better days. The amusement park still today though remains a popular one-day tourist destination for those visiting the area. Though, it is Six Flags' lowest performing park, doing worse then even La Ronde or Six Flags New Orleans which they just acquired this in 2002. It's amazing after all these years Six Flags still keeps a hold of the park. Even though, in the contract when they bought the park, Six Flags agreed they could not sell the park until 2009 if Six Flags saw the park as unprofitable or bringing down the chain. The main entrance of the park, built in the 1970s to replace the original one. When Six Flags bought the park they just stuck their logo, and in 2002 they finally updated it to the current Six Flags logo. This is the park's main street, inspired by small rural New England towns of the early 20th century, with a town square featuring a double decker carousel, and buildings built in the 40s-50s, it's one of the most beautiful places still within the park. Though Six Flags tore down chunks of the area, and modified buildings, whats left still remains beautiful and welcoming for guests. A example of a torn down section is the current Looney Tunes area entrance, it once contained the original pathway to the Monorail station and around the face of it stood the Square Gift Shop, and Catalini's Italian Restaurant, as well as other shops such as the Coinslot Video Arcade, and other buildings. The building to the right of the entrance that remained is the park's season pass office. This is the monorail station, this is one of the few parks with a monorail. When Six Flags bought the park, a agreement in the contract was that the monorail has to continue to operate till 2015, but can be modified, and expanded (which you'll see later how it was modified). Due to the new Looney Tunes area taking up parts of the original main street, it looks awkwardly placed (but as said, that was Six Flags' fault of poor design of the Looney Tunes area) This is the poorly themed Road Runner's Express, Six Flags, most people felt had no real passion or feel when putting in the Looney Tunes area, and threw it together so that they justify selling Looney Tunes merchandise in the park. On the opposite side, is the original kid's area- Circus Fair. Which featured from 1952-1994 (when the park was bought out), a live circus that performed twice a week at the park. Many people criticized Six Flags for not reusing the Circus Fair area for the new Looney Tunes area, but instead move half of it's ride selection to the new area or to other parks, and leave awkwardly the rest of Circus Fair and the vacant circus tent. Now, behind what's left of the entrance plaza, and the abandoned Skylift Station, is the Castaway, nothing that special. This was the site of the Funside House, a classic 1949 dark ride themed to clowns and circuses. Six Flags tore it down in 1993, and never rebuilt anything on it's site and just remains a vacant plot of land (very common with what Six Flags has done to the park). A major roller coaster, the New Yorker's Express built with the amusement park, though became a rough ride as Six Flags' carelessness and not properly maintaining the roller coaster- has remained popular for people for it's historic value to the amusement park. Next to the Castaway is another strip of old main street buildings, as main street extended it's maximum to the point here. Here is the Speed Demon, a pretty somewhat decent B&M, not one of B&M's greatest coasters, but ride-able and gives some excitement. Here is Gotham City, originally known as the Mid-Way Gardens- as it was the point where the monorail stopped, and the other end of the Skylift. You could go through gardens and scenic routes to transfer to the monorail to get to the back of the park. When Six Flags added DC Comic themes, they choose to destroy most of the original scenery and buildings but for the Skylift building, the Monorail building (which Six Flags heavily removed a lot of its Victorian decor and styling for a more, grunge Gotham City feel), and the Garden Restaurant. Just the boring standard Batman the Ride. The Skylift's Gotham City exit, Six Flags closed the Skylift in 2000. They deemed it too expensive to formally remove due to the fact it goes over multiple buildings and etc, so it's just been sitting abandoned across the front half of the park. Behind the Hot Shot sat the Timbermill Log Flume, tore down in 1996 by Six Flags, and not surprisingly- Six Flags never rebuilt anything and just left it to empty lots but for patches of trees. Though once you get past the old log flume site, or if you take the People Mover- you end up at the Boardwalk. Featuring the Thunderbolt, built in 1967, one of the park's most iconic rides. Also one of the few rides Six Flags takes somewhat care for. Closing out back the entrance, next to the Looney Tunes entrance is the abandoned Six Flags Hotel- opening in 1956 and closed in 1995, the People Mover at one point used to loop and station with it's own park entrance. Though when it closed, the People Mover was rerouted and Looney Tunes was built over parts of the old track. Though Six Flags did not remove the original monorail track over the hotel and around it. Leaving a awkward abandoned piece of monorail tracks of the People Mover. They at least tore down the station and bricked in the hotel. We'll see what happens in 2004- maybe Six Flags can finally realize their screwing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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