HowieP Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 Here is my second park I posted here called Maple Lake Amusement Park. The park dates back to the early 1920s. There were some rides and coasters that used to be here but demolished because of lack of popularity and accidents. Here's the current coaster lineup: SCR1.BMP Overview of Maple Lake Amusement Park SCR2.BMP The oldest coaster in the park is American Patriot. It's a John Allen-designed out and back wooden coaster which opened in 1974. SCR3.BMP Plenty of airtime on these hills! SCR4.BMP All of A.P.'s layout. It has decreased in popularity because of bigger coasters in the park. SCR5.BMP Next is the second oldest coaster, Vampyre. It's a custom Arrow 4-Looper coaster that opened in 1980. However, it's NOT the original looping coaster in the park. The now-defunct Python, a Schwarzkopf shuttle loop which originally opened in 1977. It closed in 1997 after maintenance became too expensive, making Vampyre the oldest looping coaster. SCR6.BMP Exiting the second Vertical Loop and about to both take a picture and go through Skull Tunnel, SCR7.BMP Going through the corkscrews. This coaster also decreased in popularity and has gotten rougher with age. Only die-hard fans ride Vampyre these days. SCR8.BMP Next is the Mack-built Winter Bobs which opened in 1987. This for a while was a popular coaster, but has also lowered in popularity in recent years. SCR9.BMP Going through one of the many helices. SCR10.BMP Next is Kamikaze, an Arrow hyper coaster that opened in 1990. This one still has a lot of fans riding it to this day. Topping at 200 feet even, it was the tallest coaster in Maple Lake, until Bronco, but we'll get to that later. SCR11.BMP Going through the butterfly turnaround and taking a picture in the process. SCR12.BMP Going over one of the many hills on this tall coaster. SCR13.BMP Finishing the ride and back to the station. Kamikaze goes nearly through the middle of the entire park and along Maple Lake itself. SCR14.BMP Giving the park its first kiddie coaster is, well, Kid's Coaster, a Zierer Tivioli coaster which came to the Kidway Midway area of the park in 1993. SCR15.BMP In 1995, Maple Lake got its second wooden coaster in Sasquatch. Built by Custom Coasters International, Sasquatch is like an out and back mixed with a twister. SCR16.BMP Airtime found on this as well. SCR18.BMP In the helix. Sasquatch has decreased in popularity, too, but not to the extent of American Patriot. SCR17.BMP The swooping S-Curve. SCR19.BMP In 1998, Maple Lake went inverted with Blood Falcon, a B&M Inverted Coaster with 4 inversions. SCR20.BMP The first inversion; this giant vertical loop. SCR21.BMP More of Blood Falcon's layout. The other three inversions is a barrel roll, another smaller vertical loop, and a flat spin (corkscrew). Falcon sits on the plot where the afore-mentioned Python once sat, explaining its narrow footprint. SCR22.BMP A year after Blood Falcon opened, Maple Lake added a coaster for those too small to ride it. Originally named Lil' Blood Falcon (after its larger namesake) Marty's Flight is a Vekoma Family Suspended Coaster aimed at younger riders and those who aren't quite ready for the more intense Blood Falcon. It was renamed to Marty's Flight (after one of the mascots Marty the Tiger) to avoid any confusion between the two coasters. Also located in Kidway Midway. SCR23.BMP Next up is Flip'd Out, a Vekoma Boomerang coaster that opened in 2002, making it Maple Lake's first coaster of the new Millennium. Nothing too spectacular, you go through three inversions and then do it again in reverse. You know the routine. SCR24.BMP Through the Boomerang... SCR25.BMP ...and up the spike. SCR26.BMP In 2007, B&M returned with Reaper, a floorless coaster. SCR27.BMP Down the first drop. SCR28.BMP Into the first of five inversions, the Immelman which leads to the giant vertical loop. The other three inversions include a cobra roll (2 inversions) and a barrel roll. SCR29.BMP 2009 saw Maple Lake get its third wooden coaster. Wooden Predator was built by Great Coasters International. Like many GCI coasters, it has a twisted layout. SCR30.BMP First drop fun. SCR31.BMP Twisted goodness. SCR32.BMP Wooden Predator sits alongside Maple Lake. SCR33.BMP Wooden Predator is currently the most popular wooden coaster at the park. SCR34.BMP In 2012, Lightning opened. Built by Premier Rides, it was the park's second launched coaster to open in the park's history. SCR35.BMP The coaster has two inversions, an Immelman and a barrel roll. SCR36.BMP There are also two airtime hills. SCR37.BMP In 2013 the new Frontier Town opened. Maple Lake re-added previously closed rides they kept in storage. In 2014, they also added a new coaster, a modified wild mouse called Wild Carts. It became a popular ride. SCR38.BMP In 2015, the park's most recent coaster and biggest investment to date opened. Bronco, and Intamin Giga Coaster, opened with fanfare. Topping 300 feet, it is now the tallest coaster in the park, even towering over the previous tallest, Kamikaze. SCR39.BMP The coaster just towers over the other coasters. Look how the airtime hills dwarf American Patriot. SCR40.BMP The train flies over these little hills. SCR41.BMP The first drop out of station gets things started. SCR42.BMP Then some bunny hills to get things going. SCR43.BMP Then the lift hill. SCR44.BMP Going over one of the airtime hills.
historyfreak92 Posted November 20, 2016 Posted November 20, 2016 this was pretty nice kamikaze was my favorite!
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