darthokeefe

I do remember that Darien Lake DID HAVE A TROIKA....it was my favorite ride there as a young boy....It was located on the site of the Switchbacks for the line of the Predator( Same concrete is still used ....check it out the concrete is round to this day...The HUSS TROIKA was called the THRILLBILLY (which I think would make an awesome coaster name at Dollywood). The water slides were at the time considered huge they have since been replaced with new ones..the one in the photo was called the KAMAKAZI I believe ...They were filled with seams and you would bumb along on you giant color coded mat...when your colors time was up you had to leave the slides ... I remember being pissed cuz my buddies snuck up for an extra run and the attendant stopped me cuz my mats time was up... They also had the Easts 1st skateboarding park...Skateboard city...filled with cones and concrete on small hills..you were given a plastic narrow skateboard and told to rip it up....I was like 7 or something so i would sit on the board and scoot down the small concrete hills. Ill also never forget carring the 50 pound plastic yellow sleds up the Hydroforce..the were half filled with water and i could barely carry the things....But the skimming across a real lake was worth it...no sucky pools at DARIEN lake ...right into a bacteria infested lake untill you sank