robbalvey Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Damn, and I the ONLY person who wouldn't go back and visit a park??? --Robb
methylene Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Damn, and I the ONLY person who wouldn't go back and visit a park??? --Robb I wouldn't. Time travel's dangerous. What if I ran into my Doppleganger? Matt
apollo210 Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 I changed my mind: Opryland real Conney Island Fake Conney Island old Canobie Lake Park old SFNE old BGE Old California beachside Parks Whalom Park Nara Dreamland 1980 Old Diseny Old rye Playland Crystal beach Paragon Park Mountain Park Mt. Tom park Revere Beach Linclon Park Rocky Point Riverview Park and that's it.
bgwfreak Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 ^ Opryland was an OK park, it wasn't great or anything. But I wish it was still around. I'm pretty much happy to stay in the present. Sure it would be cool to go back and see the openging day of the Coney Island Cyclone or other cool old rides. But rides in general weren't very safe back then, and a lot of people died on coasters and flats back then. Maybe it wasn't more than today, but it seems that way. I'll just pretty much keep the DeLorian parked for now. <-- 300th post
WDWliker Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 EPCOT centre when opened, Of course, stumbling into your other self may cause a time paradox, And then you know the rest. But visiting EPCOT centre in the past is good, Imagine all the possibilities and...(Get's shot)
BlackHole2005 Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 HAHA! I have the map from when it first opened, and a souvenir video, and a souvenir video of WDW Aswell. HAHA! (Btw, I might record the video on my DVD Recorder later on, and take some piccys of the map too!) I would DEFINATELY visit coney island when it had dreamland, luna park, steeplechase park and others!
Corkscrewed Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 1. 1955 opening of Disneyland 2. 1950s, the heyday of the Long Beach Pier, complete with Cyclone Racers 3. Ride the Crystal Beach Cyclone just to see how it stacked up. 4. Coney Island parks in their 1920s heyday 5. 1971 opening of Walt Disney World 6. Knott's Berry Farm back in the early 90s... simply because I have really fond memories of the park back when it didn't totally suck ass.
Luxo Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Dogpatch USA Magic Springs, before it closed (then reopened) Coney Island Disneyland circa 1955 The first 'Haunt' at Knotts Sea World Ohio Busch Gardens Los Angeles
Dailey Enterprizes Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 I'd go back to the 20's and ride all the classics, especially the Blue Streak at Woodcliff Pleasure Park in Poughkeepsie, New York because it's last two drops were 127 and 140 feet. *Thanks for Coasterglobe for the photo*
einsteinonthebeach Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Two coasters I would like to ride; "The Crystal Beach Cyclone" And if I survived that without any broken bones "Revolution" at SFMM before the OTSR were installed. I bet that ride was quite awesome during its early years of operation.
timetrial3141592 Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 I would ride all three Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters, the Aeroplane, the Cyclone at Riverside Park when it first opened, the Mauch Chunk Scenic Railway, all the Flying Turns, the Revolution BEFORE the OTSR's, Thriller, The Beast (before the added trims), The Rattler (before the reprofiling), the Extremeroller, the Riverview Bobs, Colossus when it opened, the Coney Island Cyclone when it opened, the Switchback Railway at Coney Island, the Flip-Flap and the Loop-the-Loop, the Cyclone Racer, The Bat at PKI, TTD with the themeing, and Weiner Looping. And, of course, attempt to get POV of all of them! That would be a sweet DVD.
Bonkers Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 The first week of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion. Only time to ever see the legendary "Hatbox Ghost"
KrakenKing Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 I'd go back to '93 and ride Drachen Fire with the original six inversions
CoasterFanatic Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Damn, and I the ONLY person who wouldn't go back and visit a park??? Yep. // just playing along.
asr Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 I would go too BGW in 1992 to ride Drachen Fire, Riverside Park 1983 for Cyclone, SFMM 1978 for Revolution without OTSRs and Collossus, Kennywood 1991 for Steel Phantom, Nagashima Spaland 2000 for Steel Dragon 2000, and if I was feeling daring, Crystal Beach 1920s for the Cyclone. I'd probably chicken out on Crystal Beach Cyclone though. Atleast I can ride it in NoLimits and noT get my ribs smashed too death. Oh, and maybe Cedar Point 1991 for Mean Streak running as it was intended to.
coasterguy618 Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Back in 19923 when Drachen Fire opened. Ughhhhh....I'm so mad like most people that BGE took out Drachen Fire.
HCOSurfer90 Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Speaking of Playland Park, I went there yesterday and the Dragon Coaster is incredibly smooth for an old woodie and I love the floater airtime in the back on the first drop. As for coaster eras, I would go back to Playland and ride the Airplane Coaster. It looks like it kicked your butt, in a good way that is.
Jon Sabo Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Wow. Alot more DF fans than I would have thought. Even though it was a 'challenging' ride to say the least, I certainly loved working on the ride (maintenance-wise). I really miss those trains at nite being lit up and going up the lift and so on. Good times indeed (despite the roughness in latter years). I've also seen several posts regarding the CBC. If I recall correctly, that was one of the coasters that had a nurse stationed at the unloading platform. I would have loved to seen that and ridden that 'beast'. I already posted my time era earlier, but most of all, I would love if we "all" could go back in time and somehow change what we know now (with today's technology/accident-history/ride modifications) and mostly just have some sense in eliminating the frivilous lawsuits that occur in today's day in age. Also, pay yester-years prices within today's parks. Good Topic indeed.
Louise Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Damn, and I the ONLY person who wouldn't go back and visit a park??? --Robb Just using this opportunity to point out to you how disappointed I am that you didn't use this thread as an excuse to insult Jeff, and now I have to do it instead! There is no time I would like to go back to, it's completely unnecessary, as Jeff Johnson has told me everything about life since the Earth began.
Guest Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 I would DEFINITELY want to go back to chicagos Riverview park and ride the Bobs. My Grandpa rode it all the time. He once said he rode it like seven times in a row. When he got off the 7th time his legs where all brused.
BeemerBoy Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 The opening of Disneyland & EPCOT Thanks for bringing that up. Now I'm pissed again that I can't find my Epcot Opening day ticket and brochure. Eh, at least I was there. I'd go back to the Opening of Disneyland and WDW Magic Kingdom.
goleafsgo Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 meh, id rather ride good new rides than old ones that hurt, so i guess i wouldnt go back in time to visit a park
Darien Laker Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Hmm...I can think of a few. I'd like to go back to try Drachen Fire. I'm sure there were perfectly logical reasons for removing it, but I still would love to have ridden it for myself....just to see what all the fuss was/is about. I'd like to see Chippewa Lake Park and Idora Park too, in action. I'd really like to try Old Chicago too. I'm sure by today's standards, these parks/rides would be blah....but i'd still like to try.
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