
ericthewanderer
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Top five things you'd do with a Time Machine
ericthewanderer replied to Justin Adams's topic in Random, Random, Random
From my understanding the original site Marriott wanted was near the Columbia Mall;the developers had a hissy fit(like what happed to the Virginia Disney park)and a couple other sites were looked at (like Baltimore and Laurel).At that time the SFA location was called "The Wildlife Preserve" and was a simple drive-thru safari park that had gone through some ownership changes in it's short history;I sometimes wonder why Marriott didn't try to buy up the park and build rides there. -
Did the Myrtle Beach people own any other waterparks outside of South Carolina?I had been to 2 waterparks that were very similar-one in Miami(around 1980) and one in Rehoboth in 1983.The Miami one just had a couple of concrete waterslides built into a manmade hill;the Rehoboth one had that and a rampage slide.
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things you like that other peeps find weird
ericthewanderer replied to zongaboy626's topic in Random, Random, Random
Well I never thought it was weird either until I mentioned it to one of my friends and he was like: "what?! that's disgusting. RICE....with...BUTTER??" I asked a several other people and got similar responses so now I assume it's weird to eat rice with butter. But it sure tastes great! I thought I was the only one who did that! -
What is your first memory?
ericthewanderer replied to FlyingScooter's topic in Random, Random, Random
My oldest memory that I can definitely connect to a certain time is/was vague memories of my mother being pregnant with my brother.I'm almost 3 years older than him-old enough to remember my mother "going thru the stages" but not old enough to fully understand what was happening. -
Top five things you'd do with a Time Machine
ericthewanderer replied to Justin Adams's topic in Random, Random, Random
1-Have my grandparents buy up tons of land in Las Vegas and Orlando,Fla. 2-Get all the blueprints/videos/etc I could find of Drachenfire,Tenn. Tornado and all of Vekoma's coasters and give them to Arrow Dynamics in the 1970's. 3-Get Marriott to build the Maryland Great America in what would become SFA's spot. 4-Travel to all the old parks/rides/areas that I've heard of:Geauga Lake,the original Elitch Gardens,Palisades Park,KI's original Bat,Crystal Beach Cyclone,Disneyland's & WDW's opening days,the Times Square of the 1970's,the Las Vegas of the 1950's & 60's. -
Lived In:Maryland,Florida,Oklahoma,Hawaii Passed/Traveled Thru:Virginia,N & S Carolina,Georgia,Texas,New Mexico,Arizona,California,Delaware Rode Coasters In:Maryland,Virginia,New Jersey,New York,Pennsylvania,Florida.
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What If Arrow had used computer-assisted designs and larger loops BEFORE Tennessee Tornado?
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Daemonen. Tastes Great or Less Filling?
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Another Marylander here.Anybody ever been to SF Power Plant or The Enchanted Forest?
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Three closest parks near you
ericthewanderer replied to mike541x's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
1-Six Flags America-3 miles 2-Adventure Park USA-about 60 miles 3-Kings Dominion-about 100 miles. -
Thoughts on short tunnels?
ericthewanderer replied to Samuel's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I agree!! There was this one time at band camp where we.... Yeah, I'll stop there. I can't remember the name of the park,but I remember seeing a trip report where there was a German wooden coaster that had a cut-out of a naked woman sitting above the entrance to the tunnel. -
Secret Florida Attractions
ericthewanderer replied to Jackdude101's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I'm not sure how secret these are,but I'll give a "shout out" to The Monkey Jungle,Parrot Jungle,and Miami Metrozoo.I haven't been to Florida in years,but these were fun attractions;of course this was back before Animal Kingdom was built. -
You Might Be A Coaster Nerd If....
ericthewanderer replied to PCW_Nut's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
You use the "street view" feature of Google Maps to "walk around" parks that you know are gone(like Geauga Lake) or already have a season pass to(Great Adv.).