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Glad to see the double seats! Your rides look great!!

Those look great! Why does the star flyer only have 1 seat per swing though?

Great TR! Sucks that you had a bad ride on Stunt Fall. If you ever get to Silverwood, Aftershock is a pretty great ride and also very reliable for a G.I.B.!

@David0069151: Safari J's Skyride Covers (www.customscenerydepot.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=1402) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I recently visited Greywood again for 1988, and I'm happy to say they added a new ride! Wave Swinger is a new family swing ride located by Greywood Log Chute. Here are some pics of the new ride! Always start with an entrance picture! Tea Cups got a more vibrant repaint. Here it is! Wave Swinger! Here is the line and ride sign. Another picture! I'll leave off with a picture of the Log Chute. Interesting news, the park has also hinted that they're looking into building a new steel looping coaster for their 10th anniversary in 1990. I wonder what it'll be.... ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thoughts on Wave Swinger? What do you all think the new roller coaster will be?

Update #5/1987/ Greywood Log Chute ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Graham here from Greywood in 1987. I missed an update last year, but a new attraction opened up this year! Greywood Log Chute is a new flume ride that the park built to soak riders on those hot days! It wasn't too popular the day I visited, but it's the middle of March and I heard that it was packed on opening weekend. In other, sadder news, at the end of 1986 the park chose to remove the Skyride. Noted reasons are that is was the least popular ride and was more expensive to maintain then other, more popular rides. The stations of Skyride were saved, with the Corkscrew end being turned into a bathrooms building and the Parachute Drop end being turned into a currently popular midway games building. R.I.P. Skyride 1980-1986. Now onto pictures of 1987 and Greywood Log Chute! The entrance area, now with Skyride no longer looming above it. The new midway games. This side is facing Parachute Drop. This side is facing the Ferris Wheel. The former station turned bathrooms building. You can now turn right after walking past World War 1: Fighter Pilots. The station for Greywood Log Chute! The new log ride has a switchback as well as Stuntman's Dive. Most of the ride is located in a densely-wooded area, so it is hard to photograph. The ride has 1 drop, and you hit 30 mph before splashing down! Here's to many more years of family fun at Greywood! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Feedback Appreciated!

^Demon Drop is at Dorney Park which also has a S&S tower ride called Dominator.

Update #4/1985/ Stuntman's Dive ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I visited the park on Memorial Day of this year to see the opening of their new ride, Stuntman's Dive! I think the park did a very good job with the new attraction and the ride itself is terrifying! It was the perfect addition at Greywood to pull in more of the thrill-seeker market. Here are the pictures! Welcome back! This is one of my favorite pictures that I have taken so far. The ride sign. Author's Note: I will fix this sign as the end of "Stuntman's" is barely readable. The ride area. Stuntman's Dive is the first ride in the park to get a new type of queue line, called a "Switchback". Early in the day, it was completely full! The ride has a very long area, extending past the edge of Streamliner! In the ride experience, you first get pulled up the 131 ft tower. Once at the top, you slowly inch forward... Then you drop! After the drop you hit the brakes.. And then you are corrected to an upright position before being pushed back into the platform. The ride has a significant impact on the skyline and is a great addition! That's it for now! See you all next update! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thoughts on Stuntman's Dive?

^Do you mean between Gladiator and RattleSnake? Because Black Stallion and Gladiator are on opposite sides of the park from each other.. I don't know if you noticed JonnyRct3 (You may have already done it), but there is a new version of the Freefall CFR. It is less than half the poly of the original and is recolorable. The best thing is since it has basically the same everything as the old version, all you'll have to do is replace the old files with the new ones (They both go under the same name). When you open the game,Towering Inferno will suddenly be less poly (Noticeably less lag for me) and recolorable! It also keeps all the info from the ride such as amount of total riders, were the entrance/exit are, mechanics and loading/unload times, etc. It helps a lot if you haven't already done so! It's on CS Depot and SGW. Anyways I love your park and it has a very nice vibe to it! What did you use to make the station for the kiddie coaster in Kid Town?

I'm impressed by the park's improvements! Wish that Anaconda had gotten the new Vekoma trains, but at least it is running smoother (according to KDGY75). Since this anniversary is apparently lasting through next year as well, I wonder what we'll see then.

@JonnyRCT3: Thanks! Update #3/1984 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Graham here, and I recently took my annual trip to Greywood. Nothing new this year, but they did announce a new ride! You'll have to see it at the end of the pictures. Back again. Dining Area. Skyline picture. World War 1: Fighter Pilots. Streamliner. Here is the artist rendition of Greywood's new-for-1985 attraction, Stuntman's Dive! A new Intamin AG designed & manufactured "Freefall" attraction, Stuntman's Dive will be 131 feet tall and reach speeds of 55 mph! I personally am super excited for another thrilling ride at Greywood! It is rumored to be located somewhere on Parachute Drop's side of the midway. Check in for the next update! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I'm excited to put in Stuntman's Dive. What are your opinions?

Update #2/1983/ World War 1: Fighter Pilots ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Once again I visited Greywood to take pictures. After riding the new World War 1: Fighter Pilots, I must say it's a perfect addition for the park. It is another fun family ride that was cheap, is easy to maintain, and has decent capacity. Guests to Greywood have received the new attraction quite well. Hope this leads to even more expansion in the future! As always, pictures: This is getting familiar. Thunderhawk is also being received well since most of the issues have been fixed. Something new down this way! It's World War 1: Fighter Pilots! As I said, a fun new ride for all ages. In other news, the park has finally installed Greywood Express' brake run catwalk. They even added a catwalk from the station to the first lift! Once again, it is time to go. I can see a bright future ahead for Greywood, and hope that they expand more! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thoughts on the new ride?

I like the idea! Maybe SFMM will put the concept on YOLOcoaster.

@Geauga Dog: Yes, the brown is there to add more of a rustic/organic/old-timey feel. Thanks for the feedback! Update #1/1982 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hey subscribers, Michael Graham again. I recently visited Greywood, and nothing has changed from last year, but that isn't a bad thing. It seems they have fixed some of the downtime problems for Thunderhawk, as it only broke down twice during my visit. All the other rides were also running well. For some news, the park has announced a new ride called "World War 1: Fighter Pilots". It is a new WW1 Plane-themed family ride, slated to be built next to the tea cups. Exciting that Greywood is finally expanding! Here are the pictures from my visit, plus an artist rendition of World War 1: Fighter Pilots: I really enjoy this classic-style entrance area. A picture of Thunderhawk running. Greywood Express. Corkscrew flipping it's riders. Another picture to show Parachute Drop's dominance. Streamliner. Paratrooper in full tilt. And lastly but not least, World War 1: Fighter Pilot's artist rendition! I'll be visiting again next year for pictures of the new ride. Stay tuned! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FVAP will probably get a closing post within the next 2 weeks. Possibly a download as well.

Hello again. Many of you saw the teaser pictures of this new project, and I'm glad to say that the opening post to Greywood Amusement Park is ready! Enjoy: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hey Y'all, I'm Michael Graham. I moved to Iowa a few years back, and I was super excited when a well-off business man announced a new amusement park that he was going to open up in 1980! Well that was last year, and boy what a rush this park is! A couple of y'all saw the pictures I took of Greywood last year on grand opening day. Those pictures were used in advertisements all over the country! Such an honor to be helping this great new little park get more popular. So far the park hasn't added anything for 1981. Anyways I took some pictures on memorial day of this year so I hope y'all like 'em. Here they are: The entrance area is very nice! Apparently the park may get an award for having one of the best fountains in an amusement park! The park has a building that surrounds the entrance plaza. It currently contains the only bathrooms in the park (A full-sized men's & women's bathrooms on each side), the season pass processing center, and the guest relations office. The park only has one food building at the moment. It serves hamburgers, fries, hot dogs, drinks, and ice cream. Here is a look down the midway to the left. This is a brand new prototype "Aviator" from Chance Manufacturing. The ride, dubbed "Thunderhawk" is a swinging ride that flies high above the ground, and you can use a "control stick" to fly either inwards or outwards while the ride is in motion. Like all prototypes though, Thunderhawk has many breakdowns and maintenance issues. It is very fun when it is running! Orbit is the park's Schwarzkopf Enterprise. This is the park's Tea Cups ride. Here is the park's main attraction, Corkscrew. The feature of this ride is it's double corkscrew element, flipping riders upside-down twice! The ride was built by Arrow Dynamics. It stands 70ft tall and reaches speeds of over 40 mph! Looking down the midway to the right, you get this view. This first ride you get to going this way is Greywood Express, the park's mine train family coaster. The ride stands 52ft tall and is longer than 1700ft! It reaches speeds of over 30 mph! Greywood Express has two lift hills, both reaching the ride's max height. This is the ride's big drop, producing airtime in the back of the train. After the big drop, the ride curves upwards, does a little dip, and then turns hard to the right. After that, the ride hits the brakes. The nice Ferris Wheel. Paratrooper, a fun family ride. Streamliner is the park's kiddie coaster. It is built by Zierer with decorative trains. It has an oval layout. Parachute Drop is built by Intamin. Though it has a similar name to Paratrooper, the ride experience greatly differs. It is Greywood's tallest attraction, as shown here by this skyline shot. Over 130ft tall! The last attraction is the Skyride. It stretches from in front of the Ferris Wheel to the end of Corkscrew's side of the midway. Well, it is time for me to get going. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thoughts and constructive criticism?

Thank you guys! While currently the park isn't a Cedar Fair park, that is were I plan to head with it, so glad to know I'm on the right track. FVAP may get the 1995 season closing post and possibly a download if I can find out all the CS sets I used.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hate to say this, but yes Fresno Vista kinda fizzled out. I got bored with it and it really lagged on my computer. I've recently started this new project in FVAP's replacement. Check in soon for this park's opening post.

That looks really fun! I wonder what wheels they are running it with, because I've never seen a ride lose speed so quickly.

Loving how practically perfect you have the shaping for this ride. I prefer the color scheme in your first post to all blue, but that's a personal opinion. I'm excited to see more!

Sidewinder's (Elitches) backwards drop is insane and terrifying. Plus following that being an extremely forceful loop, it's quite a crazy ride!

^Sorry, I have had my school's musical performance (I'm in the pit orchestra) recently, so I haven't had time as we have been going to 9pm each night. This week I may be able to update though.

I never really had a bad experience on Hades in 2011 (The only year I went to Mt. Olympus) and the drop into the tunnel plus the tunnel itself was my favorite part. Especially at night! I also really like Twister 2's tunnel and Tremors' 4 tunnels.

I really like your park! Such a great use of the in-game scenery! Your realism is fantastic, and I love your flat ride selection. Your wooden coaster is my favorite attraction in the park with a very nice, realistic layout. Is there a timeline and/or location your park is set in? That could help with the naming process.

Colorado - Sidewinder Idaho - Aftershock Illinois - Raging Bull Massachusetts - Goliath (Had a bad experience on Bizarro unfortunately) New Mexico - NM Rattler Wisconsin - Cyclops Yeah, haven't been on much :/

Those elements are perfect, and dat color scheme

@tarheel1231, SFGAmFan1976, & boughtontroy: Thanks! @JohnnyRCT3: Thanks! I am slowly improving on foliage and will include more terrain textures soon. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wow, Gunslinger seems even larger in person than we could have ever planned! Though it is only a foot shorter than Cyclone, Gunslinger looks much larger with it's massive wooden super structure. Reaching into the air 147ft and reaching speeds of over 60mph, this new wooden coaster is sure to be a hit! We designed this ride in-house at FVAP though all the ride parts and construction was done by PTC. We also based the ride off of the Mr. Twister roller coaster at Elitch Gardens in Colorado. Now onto pictures of some employees testing the attraction a day before it opened, on Memorial day 1994: Shot0172.bmp Something's majorly different here.. Shot0173.bmp Gunslinger! Shot0174.bmp The logo. Shot0175.bmp You have to climb up this elaborate set of stairs to get to the ride, which is why the ride is unfortunately non-wheel chair accessible. Shot0176.bmp The ride is very massive, rivaling Cyclone. Shot0177.bmp It has huge turnarounds.. Shot0178.bmp And unparalleled helices... Shot0179.bmp Gunslinger's main double helix is main element of the ride, circling around the station. Shot0180.bmp The ride also has 2 tunnels, this being the second. Shot0181.bmp The ride has it's dominant presence by Freefall, which received a repaint this year. Shot0182.bmp I'll end with this picture of Cyclone. Gunslinger and Cyclone are going to be the main attractions of FVAP for a long time running! In the mean time, next year we will be adding a HUSS breakdance and a food court over by Cyclone to expand that area again, so stay tuned! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you all think of Gunslinger? I think it changes the game for FVAP once again. Feedback is again appreciated!