U2Rox Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Hey everybody!! Hope everyone is doing great!! Just wanted to post some photos from my last visit of my home park: Western Playland. Western Playland was in a different location from where it is now and holds a bit of a nostalgic feeling if you talk to people who went to the park then. I had great times growing up as a kid at Playland. This is what the park looks like now with a new location and plenty of room for expansion, now if only I won the lottery, I'd be a big invester in this park!! Lots of pics of rides and ride signs for our Awesome Overlord Index Larry!! Park Map-Notice the future attractions, YAY!! Rides!! Open Space for More Rides!! Tsunami: Playlands new attraction for 09. No new attractions for 2010!! Straight ahead is Sunland Park Casino! This one reminds me of Adam!! Hey friend! El Bandito with the sun. Carousel from above!! Had alot of good runs on that one! Time to Eat!! Pizza and Fries. So these smiley faces are the parks fries. I thought they were cute!! The Round Up!! Great Ride! Smiley Fry and Round Up!! A bit blurry. Round Up POV We always called these Bumper Cars, but it's actually Auto Skooters! Yup, Auto Skooters!! Oooo.. One of my favorites!! This used to go backwards!! Ride Sign!! More Himalaya!! Stay tuned. More to come... Thanks for reading!! Park Entrance and West Side El Paso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 (edited) thank you Roxy The slim chance I had to make it the New Mexico this year is diminishing Edited September 19, 2010 by larrygator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2Rox Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Your Very Welcome Larry!! Glad I can help out!! If you ever you do make it out here let me know and maybe there will be an added ride to the list, Maybe... There's lot's of pics and I'm determined to get this trip report complete by the end of this week.. Right now, however, I'd been online and was ready to add a bunch more photos and I mean ALOT more photos, when all of a sudden the internet went down. So apologies, but you guys will have to wait for the next episode!! Till then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2Rox Posted September 19, 2010 Author Share Posted September 19, 2010 YAy!! Finally have time to get to this Report!! The next set of photos will feature the El Bandito!! Back in the day this coaster had a real cool ride side, as seen here, thanks to rcdb :http://www.rcdb.com/370.htm?p=8897 Here's what it looks like today. The ride sign was really the most memorable for me. It really lit up the midway. Here's the sign now: El Bandito is a 1974 Pinfari and is the only coaster in the South West Texas New Mexico area. It holds a special place in many of hearts. Mine included... Red Car Blue Car View from the que. The Parks gaming area. Let's go for a ride!! The Lift Looking back at Bandito from the lift! Getting to the top! View off the first turn... Ready??... Here we Goooo...... View off the second turn... El Bandito in all it's glory!! Smiley Fry and Bandito!! Next up, the Miner Coaster: Miner Coaster Train Station! Ride Sign! The Lift!! Random Dippin' Dots The next section of this trip report will feature Western Playlands' Kiddie Section.... Thanks for checking out Western Playland, Stay Tuned!! Bandito from afar!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 This one reminds me of Adam!! Hey friend! El Bandito with the sun. Not sure how I missed this one before, but I approve! As for the sun shot, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Looks like a cool little park, but honestly it looks like something straight out of RCT. I mean even down to the generic ride names. Reminds me of LeSourdsville Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Thanks for posting about a park I have never heard of before. So is U2 going to add a date next time at Western Playland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Thank you for finally posting pictures of the coasters at your home park. I really wanted to make it to Western Playland and Cliffs next weekend, but it just wasn't meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Hey Roxy. Just discovered this thread while searching for your U2-themeparks thread (watch that thread btw. Gonna post something in there very soon) Good sheet, your TR Bandito looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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