Wildwood Lake Historical Park

[RollerC]

I'v been working on this park for a few months now and it has went through many provisisons. The major one was when I got into a block and couldn't expand on my thrillrides/family rides which annoys me. So I saved all of my coasters and went to landscape editor and redid the whole ride selection and added some custom flats from AE and some more shops and even some more land(I was using the Six Flags Holland Senerio so space was limited). I spent a few hours on a snow day to refill in every ride and then to go through and spruce up the park(It is an old park with old history. Now, I wish I saved the progress of my parks because in the long run, Wildwood lost some very nice and historic coasters:

 

 

Jack Rabbit Jack Rabbit used to grace the front of the park. It was the first ride you seen when you entered the park and the last ride you saw when you left the park. It was your average John A. Miller woodie. The lift hill was built untop of an old building so John had to do some special support work for it. It operated from 1924-1989. It was lost in a fire .

 

Aeroplane The flying turns was the big brother of the Flying Turns located at Euclid Beach park. It was one of the fastest and most thrilling coaster of its time. It thrilled over 5 million guests in its long history. In 1976 it was refurbished and retracked. In 1998 it was torn down due to old age and the fact that it was getting harder to find parts and maintain. It operated from 1932-1998.

 

Thriller The thriller was the tallest rollercoaster at the time of it's opening. It was a whooping 104ft and had an average speed of 57mph. It thrilled guests in the old entrance which is now a new area called "Frontier Landing". It operated from 1939-1970. A tree fell ontop of it during a blizzard and it costed too much to reprofile.

 

Mind Spin Your average boomerange coaster. It was installed in 1996 and was torn down in 2003 for a redevelopment of the area.

 

 

Now, Wildwoods oldest operating coaster is the Racer. In 2005 the blue train was placed backwards to give the riders a new experience.

 

I was trying to get some pics but RCT was giving me some problems so expect some in a few.

 

BTW, the park has a Euclid Beach type tower structure which was saved when the park caught fire years ago. It was deemed a national landmark and graces the front entrance.

 

 

I wish I took pics of the park in the early stages to show you how far it progressed.

[jsahockey09]

Are you going to post any pictures?