ericthewanderer

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.

What if B&M built an Arrow-style suspended coaster for either BGW or Dollywood?

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!

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.

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.

My favorites are at WDW Magic Kingdom and BGW.I'll also give honorable mentions to Waldameer(the train goes in/around RF 2's structure) and SFA(mostly for if/when they use it for Fright Fest).

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.

What If Arrow had used computer-assisted designs and larger loops BEFORE Tennessee Tornado?

Daemonen. Tastes Great or Less Filling?

That's exactly what I thought when I first heard the story.Either that or they will ship it off to La Ronde or SFA.

The Justice League were kidnapped, and the ride was delayed while the construction workers rescued them. Maybe the Justice League put their equipment in a locker and they lost the key.

Another Marylander here.Anybody ever been to SF Power Plant or The Enchanted Forest?

1-Six Flags America-3 miles 2-Adventure Park USA-about 60 miles 3-Kings Dominion-about 100 miles.

I'm amazed by that line for Blue Streak;hopefully more people start showing up on the full-price days.

That Thunderhawk film is amazing!Now if they would only let people stand up and turn around on it !!!

This is not the best way for Six Flags to get rid of it's ghetto image .

Is this dueling piano act a "test run" for other SF parks?I'm asking because I think it could/should work at other parks-namely SFA(at the Saloon restaurant in Coyote Creek) and Great Adv.(at Best Of The West).

That Parkside Pavilion looks fantastic-are any other Cedar Fair parks(Kings Dominion )going to get one?

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.

I wish I could make it up there-that $10 wristband is a good deal for all-day rides on Blue Streak(especially with recent track work).Any idea if the park will go to being open daily during the summer?

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 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.).

You never heard of Disney's America ?