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Here's Magic Harbor in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which according to RCDB had an Arrow Corkscrew coaster in 1975 that later moved to the Myrtle Beach Pavilion and is now operating in Colombia.

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Jolly Jolly

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Shout outs to the Brit Crew!

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King Charles' Pub...well at least they themed one thing

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Magic Mountain East Coast style?

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Magic Springs circa 1981...I still haven't made it to this park. One day?

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Oh no look out dancers...ROARING TORNADO ON FIRE!

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There's that Sky Hook ride again that we've seen at Dollywood and SFOG earlier in this thread. Is it the same one?

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Hey Elitch Gardens

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To wrap up March Magic Week, I'll conclude with Magic Mountain in 1978! Thanks for checking out my thread.

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Love the wizard and trolls, and notice the Colossus stamp...new for '78!

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Thank you to the 1978 MM publicity department if you happen to ever see this.

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I love this retro art.

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View of the plaza before it got cluttered.

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Revolution in all its early glory.

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Check out the Colossus model!

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I need a bigger scanner.

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I love the little troll. Revolution minus OTSR'S!!!

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Said it before and say it again...more parks need to bring back cable car rides.

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Spillikin Corners sounds a bit like Dollywood's Craftsman's Valley now.

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Japan is absolutely tops in the most amazing places I've ever visited with Robb and Elissa, & friends, and here's a postcard from my first ever TPR trip back in '07. Thanks again Robb, Elissa, and friends I made on this trip. I'm quite envious of all you current TPR Japan trip participants!

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Mind that red button, Chuck!

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^ You had to remind him, huh?

 

Wish you were coming along with us, Mark!

 

And maybe - in just a few years - it happens again - be on it!

 

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There we are! You, Adam and moi in that ice house (one of many we went into) at Park Espana, Sept.2007.

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I have been slacking on my updates, but here is a bit of nostalgia from my one and only visit to Cedar Point back in August 2003, exactly 10 years ago this week. Top Thrill Dragster had just opened that year - can't believe it's been 10 years already or that I waited over 3 hours to ride it (boooo to all the breakdowns it used to have)! So here are some TTD postcards I bought on that trip plus an old 1982 CP brochure from my vault...and an extra bonus at the end.

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^ Danke Thri!!er. Glad you enjoyed this update.

 

I have seen a lot of people comment that Kingda Ka is not as good as TTD, but since KK was regretfully broken down on my one visit to SFGAdv, I would love to know why some people prefer TTD over KK.

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Continuing with my previous post, here's more of the Merry-Go-Round Museum near Cedar Point in downtown Sandusky. I actually don't think I knew this place existed when I started my trip but just happened to drive by it on the way to CP, so I had to check it out. It was a nice break from CP, and their Allen Herschell carousel is gorgeous (although I still think Toshimaen's Dorado is THE most beautiful of all). Anyway I digress...Check it out when in the area!

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Raise your hand if you love a good merry-go-round ride!

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The difference between a merry-go-round and a carousel is...well apparently debatable: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=743058#p743058

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Let's joust!

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Happy 2014 TPR!!! I'll be the first to admit I've been a major slacker with updates to my thread. To remedy this I have set a goal. I want to share with the world from A-Z my amusement and theme park nostalgia collected over many years...hopefully weekly. It's really not right to hold all this collected stuff hostage in boxes in my closet, and though I'm sure there'll be several flubs, I want to do better with my thread, so....kicking off the new year and first up is Adventure City, a small but nice park just a bit down the street from Knott's Berry Farm. I really liked how Freeway Coaster leaped over that one tree branch...too cool! I'm not sure any other coasters do that. Anyway and as always, I hope you enjoy my updates, and be sure to support Robb and Elissa with TPR as well as post comments to keep me going until I eventually maybe someday get to park Z.

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This came in the mail back in 2006

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Glad you're back, and Happy New Year Mark!

 

I forgot you had posted that TDL 2007 postcard.

I got the same design in the t-shirt....and a coffee mug!

But they took Scary Teddy off the main design, and put

him on the handle of the mug.

 

I will be showing it in my One Month of Mugs thread, end of this week.

 

And Adventure City was a nice little park to enjoy, even

without big thrills and huge attractions. Tree Top Racers

were pretty good back then, when we visited.

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This design looks great on a black t-shirt.

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Here's a retro look at Alton Towers for your perusement. I only visited AT once in 1986 and don't remember much at all of this park, but I *think* there was a crazy flume jump ramp ride. Maybe my mind deceives me. Am I crazy or did it exist? I survived the Arrow Corkscrew (according to my coffee mug I still have). I can't believe I kept that sugar packet all these years. Shout outs to the TPR Brit Crew!

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