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A few readers who were at the park today who happened to have cameras took pictures of the situation.Photos taken by John Tyler and Greg Knight Photo taken by John Tyler Photo Taken By Greg Knight I was visiting the park when this happened, as you can tell I was in line for Ricochet when it occurred. I'm surprised this happened, and curious how it happened. I'll post more photos of my visit later,I hope the park can recover from this.It's not good publicity when an accident on a ride happens in your first year of operation.

Could this be an RMC that dosent do anything special, by that I mean it's just a traditional wooden coaster with tons of airtime, but no loops or anything, otherwise it would be very similar to Iron Rattler.

Balder Maurer Söhne Spinning Coaster

^Thanks for pointing that out, It's fixed now!

Here is the second part of the trip report from opening day! I'll be visiting the park on it's last day of operation,August 31st.So expect photos from that day soon. Continuing on from part 1,I next decided to ride Grizzly,the wait was about 55 min. I say it was worth it! I then walked to the back of the park to find out that Ricochet opened! It was about 8, but it stayed open for the last 2 hours of the park being open! It soon was nightime at the park, but guests will still having fun! Wave Swinger looks like a fun ride at night! About to ride Ricochet for the first time, wait time was about 60 min! To be honest, it was a bad ride, very rough! Standing in the hour long wait. The kiddie bumper cars were all lit up at night. As the park was closing they put on a firework show! It was a nice way to end the day! Overall the park was very enjoyable. It's not too big and not too small. I can't wait to come back again. For anyone who cares, the parks website The new ride will be announced in 2 months!

^Thanks,I'm planning on making an entire overview of the park! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since I'm in the marketing department I've been put up to the task to market the new ride next year, I know what it is and I can't wait until this secret is revealed.Until then though the park released this info... A Down Pour is about to begin... The park also made a teaser site if anyone is curious!Click Here! p.s-I'll post part 2 of the trip report very soon and also my internship ends in August(Got to start senior of high school).I'll make sure to visit one last time before then! Super excited about the future! -Greg Knight

Opening Day Trip Report-June 25th,1999 Hello, I am Greg Knight, a summer intern for Wild Northwest's Marketing Department! Today was the parks grand opening and I of course was there to share it! At 9:00 am the park held a ceremony with fireworks and everything, it was impressive. The park opened at 10:00 and I was able to spent a pleasant day at the park.Here's the first round of photo's from opening day! The crowds were light were in morning, but that soon changed later on. The line for Northwest Wheel was short, so I rode it. I decided that my first ride would be Sasquatch, it was very thrilling, the 25 min. wait was worth it! The entrance to the kids area,Wilderness Adventure. Lots of families at the park today, it was pretty packed here. The park's kiddie coaster, Beaver Express. The station is themed to a log cabin. A classic scrambler ride is always nice! Wild Wolf is a cool name too. At around 5,it was still really hot, so I rode the park's log flume, Pioneer Plunge. Sadly, Ricochet was closed for most of the day. It did open up around 7:00 pm for about an hour. I decided to dry off on Steel Hawk, it was such a great coaster! Thats it for part 1 of this trip report, part 2 is coming soon though! Also since I'm apart of the marketing department sort of, I thought I should post this. Teaser Site Not much,but more info will be coming soon.(I don't even know what it is yet)

That trailer was amazing! The detail on this ride is outstanding!

Night Before Opening Day-June 24th,1999 I know in the last update I said I would be leaving,but my flight out to Seattle got cancelled due to thunderstorms in the area, the next available flight was the next day, so I was working late at the office and decided to walk through the empty park one last time, these photos were taken at around 11:00, the night before opening day! Not all lights were on, but you can make out the silhouette of Sasquatch and Ricochet. Steel Hawk at night looks pretty cool! I walked over to Ricochet's entrance area because I saw some workers over there, they told me that it might be closed tomorrow! Something was wrong with the lift hill and they have been trying to fix it since 7:00pm! They let me go up to the station to take this nice shot, I hope its operating for opening day. Having it closed would be bad for the park. I should go sleep, my flight leaves at 7:00am. Best of luck to Wild Northwest on their opening Day! By the way, I met a 17 year old who got a summer Internship with the parks marketing department. He told me he would take tons of photos on opening day! -Tyler Miller

I wish I could ride this next year. Live too far away. It looks so stunning! I love the look of the station and the surrounding area. I'm surprised Holiday World isn't themeing the cars to a bird. Every other wing coaster has done some minor themeing to the cars, but these are just plain looking,oh well, it dosen't effect the ride experience.

I like the look of Top Gun. I always enjoy seeing a good rct2 park!

^So Carowinds is getting the Teal?

The live stream is almost at a thousand views, that's crazy!

Over 600 watching now!

Little over 4 hours left! This is the most hyped I've been for an announcement I think, because of the amazing teasing and speculation! Kings island did a pretty good job last year, but not this good!

Construction Update-April 25th,1999 I have a huge construction report to share today, but first I wanted to post this news article I just read. It looks like the park is gearing up for the big opening day! The park gave me an office onsite, which was convientent. Once inside the park, I noticed a new restuant was constructed.It looks nice. My first glimpse of the finished Main Street Square! The Wave Swinger is ready for opening day! So is Northwest Wheel! The Evergreen Scenic Railway crosses over the path into Cascade Plaza. Sasquatch is one of the thrilling rides in Cascade Plaza. A nice little gift shop to buy souvenirs. The entrance to Steel Hawk! The park's biggest coaster! I was surpised to see the coaster testing already.They let me walk around the ride to take pictures of it. This was taken from the station. The even let me walk onto the catwalks on the brake run! Many guests will be waiting to ride right there in 2 months! Through the trees! This ride is called Timber Twist, it was relocated from an old park here in Oregon. A small place to get snacks. As I was leaving, I couldn't resist taking one final shot of Steel Hawk. That's all the photos I have. This will be the last update from me actually,as I was just asked to stay in Washington to finish designing the new park Northwest Amusements is building up there. I'm positive somebody will post a trip report from opening day, don't worry! -Tyler Miller

When I was at SFGAm recently, I heard a group of people arguing about the structual safety of Goliath becasue it was made of wood. Have they not seen American Eagle,Viper or even Little Dipper?

I'm so excited for the announcement tomorrow! I don't even live close to this park, but I still can't wait to see what it is! It's gonna take forever to get to 8:30 pm tomorrow, or 6:30 for me

Mr Freeze Forward Blast? I think it's runaway mountain, it might be getting removed for the rumored dark ride.

^with the specific height given, I think it is hinting at the height of the new ride,whether it is he rye airplane coaster or not.

Logo Grizzly Logo Ricochet Logo Steel Hawk Logo for Beaver Express Northwest Amusments,1999 Sorry for the lack of construction updates, but I've been busy designing stuff for the companies other park in Washington, I'll be on site in a couple of days and I'll take tons of pictures. The park is about 90% done with it's construction, I'm so excited! -Tyler Miller

^Yep, took from on the trian. It gives great views of Golaith!

Goliath at Six Flags Great America

If it's going to be about preserving a classic, historic coaster, it'll probably be the Rye Airplane model that GCI posted on Youtube a year ago with SFFT in the background.

I just wanted to post this cool picture of Goliath I took on my recent trip to Six Flags Great America, it was edited but it looks cool.