restoca Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 This card certainly looks old, but no date to be found. According to rcdb this ride operated from 1901 to 1910. ^Shane, I have a Demon card similar to yours, but with a different single photo at the bottom, and postmarked Sep 11, 1985.
thrillerman1 Posted October 9, 2008 Author Posted October 9, 2008 Shane do you remember which Marriott's GA park that Demon card is from? I'm thinking it must be from the Illinois park as I really can't remember the California Demon having all that rock work and pics on RCDB only show a rock tunnel right after the first drop for the Cali park.
montezooma Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 That Demon postcard is from the California park. You can tell the difference in the rock work. You can see that the California Demon had black and more rounded, jagged rocks. The one in Chicago has rocks that are brown and they are more square shaped. The rocks around the 2nd loop in the California park were removed during the Paramount days. I was the creative director for the park back then and I fought to keep the rocks there but the maintenance director said that the rebar structure under the concrete was rusted and was in pretty bad shape. There were plans to rebuild the rocks but obviously the money went elsewhere.
montezooma Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Forgive me for straying from the "SCAREadise" theme, but how could I not post this GREAT post card. Hello, TPR screen name! Ladies & Gentleman I give you Montezooma's Revenge in it's original, beuatiful form!! At this time, I worked at Astroworld on Greezed Lightnin' and I meant to send this card to the crew, guess I never got around to it. No Jaguar, Sidewinder or Silver Bullet crowding it's space. Just PURE montezooma goodness!
thrillerman1 Posted October 9, 2008 Author Posted October 9, 2008 Creative director? Wow that must've been a cool job Shane. I think eating too much Halloween candy has been known to induce Montezooma's Revenge in more than a few children. By the way, gorgeous view in that card!
thrillerman1 Posted October 10, 2008 Author Posted October 10, 2008 NICE! Anyone know the latest on Red Devil?
restoca Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 NICE! Anyone know the latest on Red Devil? Although I've never personally been to Ghost Town in the Sky, I've ridden an O D Hopkins coaster, so I thought the concept terrifying enough for the SCAREadice theme... The Ghost Town site suggests the park was open this year, but maybe not the coaster, which they're now calling the Cliff Hanger. Interesting photos of some VERY unusual trains for this one at rcdb.
montezooma Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 I rode the Red Devil back when it was a new addition to the park. It is one of the weirdest rides I have ever been on. The location, the manufacturer, the train, the loop and the layout...all very strange. I have a video of the ride that I will be posting to my thread soon.
montezooma Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 OK...back on topic. I am running low on scary themes. I think the eyes on the logo are kind of spooky. I rode this ride opening season. OMFG was that drop incredible! Those of us that were lucky enough to experience it will never forget it. Those of you that missed it, sorry you missed out on one of the best roller coaster experiences!!!! The Rattler in it's true form. Fiesta Texas opening season
restoca Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Pictured on this creepy card is the UK's only Arrow suspended coaster with its original heavily themed (and heavy) trains. After its tenth season the ride closed for renovation, which included new floorless trains from Vekoma. Not as spooky to view, but probably much more thrilling from the riders' perspective.
montezooma Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 ^ that gets the prize for the best SCAREadise postcard!!!
larrygator Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Mark, Shane, restoca (sorry don't know your real name), these postcards are great I have started adding them in the Park Index pages under the heading of nostaglia. Keep em coming.
thrillerman1 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Posted October 11, 2008 ^^^ I rode The Rattler for my first time summer '07 and wow BORING! It's too bad all the venom has been sucked out of it. ^^ Give that man a Golden Ticket award! "Best Halloween Postcard" category...takes the cake no doubt, or would that be blood pudding? ^ Larry...great idea! Hopefully that will encourage others to share from their collections. Props to you!
restoca Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Today's vampire is of the much more common variety. This particular one is sort of nomadic. It used to live in China prior to Kentucky, and now lives in Massachusetts. That tiny copyright date is 1991.
thrillerman1 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Posted October 12, 2008 Great card restoca. That's one coaster I never got to ride at SFKK since I didn't start going there until 2000. I did ride it at SFNE in 2005 though. Today I went on a little postcard hunt and was able to score a few cool old postcards from Worlds of Fun amongst others. Who would have thought the antique store a block from my house would hold such treasure?!
thrillerman1 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Posted October 12, 2008 You can let out a bone chilling, blood curdling SCREAM! on this S&S tower at SFNE. ! Cool font.
restoca Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 ^ Cool card! I knew of the triple tower called Scream at Fiesta Texas, but not the SFNE version. The photo below is not from a postcard, but one of those pictorial foldout things meant to me mailed like a postcard. To this day I never see a basic jack'o'lantern without thinking of this iconic scene of my childhood. Flap that closes foldout dated 1970. Park opened 1968. Entrance to kiddie area. Tiny trees! Now no trees...
thrillerman1 Posted October 13, 2008 Author Posted October 13, 2008 That's awesome. I never knew there was a Children's World at AstroWorld. What a great entrance to it! Where in the park was it located?
restoca Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 That's awesome. I never knew there was a Children's World at AstroWorld. What a great entrance to it! Where in the park was it located? The Children's World section was located at the rear and left of the park in relation to the main entrance (SE corner) in the space that would later be occupied by the dolphin show and part of XLR-8. While on the subject of AstroWorld: In the haunting image below, a glowing Texas Cyclone sits in what appears to be a deserted ghost town of a park.
thrillerman1 Posted October 15, 2008 Author Posted October 15, 2008 That's probably the best night view I've ever seen of Texas Cyclone. R.I.P.
restoca Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 This photo is so bad it's scary... Historic, nonetheless. According to rcdb, there are only four remaining Arrow launched loop (shuttle) coasters in operation, with Blackpool Pleasure Beach's unique cantilevered model being the only one still in its original location. ...yeah, so popular it was removed prior to the Six Flags branding of Riverside.
thrillerman1 Posted October 16, 2008 Author Posted October 16, 2008 Love the font used for the Black Widow logo signage. It's just so innocuously 1950's martini lounge looking to me and not at all what I would normally associate with a deadly poisonous spider. Was the sign neon or did it light up somehow?
montezooma Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Well I am out of scary postcards so I have to get a little creative to continue posting... Here is the "Ghost of Shockwave"
restoca Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 ^ Yes Shane, I'm gonna have to get creative soon as well. This one features what is arguably the most classic of coaster logos on the front, but my favorite thing about it is the layout of this massive ride on the back. I adjusted the sharpness post-scan to make it more apparent, but it's still not so great.
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