Mark's Postcard Paradise

So without further adieu, as a little tribute here is postcard #1 - The Villain. I bought this postcard on my visit to Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Worlds of Adventure) in 2003.

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Edited May 17, 2015 by thrillerman1

Loefet · August 31, 2008

Nice one Mark, can't wait to see what you got from the Japan and Euro trip and all other places you have been to.

robbalvey · August 31, 2008

What a great thread! Thanks for posting this Mark!

--Robb

BuschSchoe · August 31, 2008

I love collecting postcards when I go to parks.

I have about 18 so far in my collection.

Yeti762 · September 1, 2008

This is a great idea!!!

I buy postcards at every park I can since they are cheap and easily transportable. (although this also means we have about 3-4 plastic bins full of them now!!!LOL!)

Vffreak07 · September 1, 2008

I have a whole door full of postcards from my East Coast(er) Trip. Also I have a whole shelf full of about 30 shot glasses! It's sweet.

thrillerman1 · September 1, 2008

Thanks for all the positive comments so far!

thrillerman1 · September 7, 2008

Ok everyone gather round. It's time for postcard #2, and this week's feature is from where I refer to as my home park, Beech Bend Park & Splash Lagoon, located in beautiful Bowling Green, Kentucky. The park is located about an hour north of me, but since Opryland's demise I have adopted Beech Bend as my home park. While some would view the park as nothing more than a bunch of portable flat rides and a dragstrip, Beech Bend has had quite an interesting history since it began in 1880, even having been under ownership involving country music star, Ronnie Milsap. Ever since the Dallas Jones family acquired the park in 1987, Beech Bend has been on the upswing...thankfully! The park has some of my favorite rides like the Scat II, Kentucky Rumbler, the cheesy but historic Pretzel ride-through Haunted House, and quite possibly the best drop tower ever - Shock Drop!

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thrillerman1 · September 14, 2008

This week we jump across the Pacific Ocean from Bowling Green to Tokyo and catch up with the TPR Asia trip for a visit to Tokyo Dome City! As you can see on the front of the card the giant dome is in the left foreground while there on the right is LaQua Park with Thunder Dolphin, and it's all located right in the heart of the city. I love how they do that in Japan.

I think for most of us on the TPR Japan trip in '07, Thunder Dophin was a bit of a letdown. It looks so good yet doesn't do a whole lot after the first drop. I still found it to be fun though! The ride ops basically give you a strip search before they'll let you ride it, and then they all do a little cheer in unison before hitting the go button. The park also features the "Big O" hubless Ferris wheel, an Intamin parachute drop, Geo Panic -a really messed up indoor coaster, and a $40 giant hamburger!

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TheRapidsNerd · September 14, 2008

Ahh, good and cheap souvenirs! Buttons, Magnets, and Postcards are great choices and travel well. Also great references to parks and rides no longer around.

You just carved your niche here, friend. Well done!

rollerboy · September 14, 2008

Cool idea!

One word for this pic:

Wow!

Vffreak07 · September 14, 2008

Sweet! I love the look of that beast.

montezooma · September 16, 2008

Mark-

This is a GREAT thread! I love seeing these postcards. I hope it will inspire others to scan their postcard collections and post them here. I know I am going through my files right now.

Post cards are the one souvenier I still collect to this day.

Great Idea

Great thread

Keep them coming!!!!

-Shane

thrillerman1 · September 16, 2008

Hey guys thanks for all the kind words of encouragement. I hope everyone else is getting as much of a kick out of this thread as I am.

Shane, you're right...I would absolutely love it if others would contribute postcards to this thread. It would only make it all the more interesting! Can't wait to see what you and everyone else has to include. Also, I'm really looking forward to season 2 of your Amusement Attic! When can we expect the season premiere?

~Mark

montezooma · September 20, 2008

I love this thread!

I love park postcards. Here's one I'd like to contribute to your collection.

-Shane

PS- I am almost ready to start Season 2 of the Amusement Attic, look for it around the first of October!

matteocrepaldi · September 20, 2008

Do you have postcards from Italy? If you need them, let me know.

I like this thread too. The Thunder Dolphin one is absolutely awesome.

montezooma · September 20, 2008

Oh, and how about these from another "closed for the wrong reasons" park.

thrillerman1 · September 21, 2008

Shane, those are GREAT postcards! I miss my little bulldozed home park Opryland and my first ever credit...The Rock n' Roller Coaster (or Timber Topper for you purists). Also, The Barnstormer airplane ride was one of my favorite rides there. I think there were only a few of the Bradley & Kaye models ever built (Old Chicago, WOF, and Opryland...any others?).

That's a cool Texas Cyclone postcard too. More on that coming soon. Thanks for sharing all of the above!

matteocrepaldi...please post those cards from Italy. I'm sure a lot of us would love to see them!

thrillerman1 · September 21, 2008

Ahoy mateys...this week we sail back to the USA, and in honor of last Friday's "Talk Like a Pirate Day" I give all ye land lubbers a bit o' treasure from Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean! Not only has this ride spawned several movies, it also served as inspiration for a pinball machine too! I rode this in 2006 after it was Depp-afied. I did not find the addition of Jack Sparrow's character to be too obtrusive but rather enjoyed his presence. Yo ho yo ho....you know the rest of the song right?

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Front...wenches!

cfc · September 21, 2008

Very cool, Mark. I used to have a mini-Haunted Mansion "portrait" card that switched from some antebellum gent to a glow-in-the-dark monster when you turned out the lights.

montezooma · September 21, 2008

This is a fun thread! Here is a preview of the first post coming to Shane's Amusement Attic Season 2!

Remember when it was white?

LooperDooperSooper - back

SooperDooperLooper - front

coasterfreaky · September 22, 2008

Also, The Barnstormer airplane ride was one of my favorite rides there. I think there were only a few of the Bradley & Kaye models ever built (Old Chicago, WOF, and Opryland...any others?).

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The Barnstormer was one of my favorite rides too. I think the Bradley and Kaye model was so much nicer looking than the Intamin version (SFOG). I knew of the one other B&K at WOF, but I had no idea Old Chicago had one too. Ugh, what a shame that it was destroyed. My other Opryland favs were the Little Deuce Coupe, Tennessee Waltz and Flume Zoom - well, and G.R.Rampage, and Skyride, and Train, and RnR coaster Sigh.......

thecoasterkid · September 22, 2008

I bought this postcard on my visit to Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Worlds of Adventure) back in 2003.

I remember that trip! Tis back when I was just a budding coaster enthusiast. Good times.

Awesome thread Mark! I'll be following along with this one for sure. Might even have to send you some contributions as well!

thrillerman1 · September 23, 2008

^ Shawn...yep you were there for at least part of that trip no less and the first person I met from this site (although at the time I'm not sure either of us were actual members here). While you weren't with me at SFWoA, we sure got in some good rides at that other north Ohio park back then. I'll look forward to you adding some of your goodies to this thread!

I too agree with you coasterfreaky that the B&K airplane rides were better looking than their European designed siblings. Something about all that open steel lattice forming the tower used to make me all giddy inside.

montezooma · September 23, 2008

Here's my contribution for the day. Flashback

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