Windjammer was my first looping coaster!

[coaster1]

ya pyclone sfmm it probly worse.

 

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[roller coaster fanatic]

didnt xcelerator replace WindJammer?

[ShoubraStreet74]

^Yup.

[timetrial3141592]

I never rode WJ... I'll make up for it by shelling out 15 bucks to torture myself on the red thing on NY,NY hotel and casino. (No, I will not name the red thing, because it puts in extra pain for those who name it.)

[Chris Benvenuto]

I never rode WJ... I'll make up for it by shelling out 15 bucks to torture myself on the red thing on NY,NY hotel and casino. (No, I will not name the red thing, because it puts in extra pain for those who name it.)

 

What do you mean?? Manhattan Express?

 

BTW, Nice reference from Eragon in your sig.

[Goliath513]

Sorry to bring back an old topic, but I am yet another one of those people who rode Windjammer as their first roller coaster. I rode the red track when I was there in 1998. They had only one train running that day (yes I was 7 and can remember that), and the shade over the station was nice for the hot day it was! I don't remember it being as bad as people have said it was, but my mom didn't like it because she remembers it being slow and rough.

 

R.I.P. Windjammer

 

Also, can someone who as a Windjammer T-shirt post a picture of it on here? I'd like to see what that looks like.

 

-Sam "I'll admit Xcelerator is better" Johnson

[Angry_Gumball]

Windjammer was somewhat special as it was my first looper. I guess I never realized the headbanging or slowness.

[RIP Psyclone]

Ah, Windjammer. I don't think I ever rode it, so it will always be a missed credit (actually 2). It was closed every time (might have even been only one visit) I went to Knott's while it was standing. In retrospect, it would have been better to let the less thrilling but more fun Wacky Soap Box Racers have a few more years before Xcelerator. The way they shoehorn in new coasters there now, they probably didn't even have to remove it.

[kraxleRIDAH]

Windjammer was somewhat special as it was my first looper. I guess I never realized the headbanging or slowness.

 

Haha! Same here. My very first looper and I was scared to death of roller coasters at that time. I vividly remember when it first came out in 1997 -- I was in fifth grade, about 10 or 11 years old.

 

I'm glad to say I was one of a very select few that actually liked the ride. It was the ride that made me become an enthusiast -- it's true no matter how ridiculous that may sound. I was a bit sad when they finally took it down in 2000. Lots of memories with that one. Just wish it was better designed then it wouldn't have had all those maintenance issues...

 

I still have a Windjammer keychain around here somewhere and a bunch of disposable camera photos I took of it (YES! RACING BOTH SIDES!). Some of my pictures of the ride are up on Duane's site (RCDB).

[ghost007jas]

I was too scared to ride it when I visited in..1998, was it? Than when I finally mustered up the courage to ride it later that day it was closed, ah well. That's life!

[Goliath513]

^Yay

 

I remember being disappointed that the yellow track was not operating. Though I do recall seeing a mechanic working on one of the yellow trains when I was up in the station.

 

I was also sad when they took it down. Especially after seeing the method of destruction they used.

[kraxleRIDAH]

Yup, the one thing that nobody could argue is that Windjammer was a pretty ride and very well themed. Especially the amount of effort put into the theming around it really showed how the Knott's family did things as opposed to the Cedar Fair way after it was bought out a few months after WJ's opening.

 

I clearly remember the stamped boardwalk walkways around the ride; all the beach sand underneath the ride with the beach props like umbrellas, sandbuckets/shovels; the faux-yacht that served as the on-ride photo sales booth; the large lagoon under the coaster where you could drive remote control boats; and the ride operator booth that was themed as a lifeguard tower.

[Goliath513]

Wait, where on the ride was the on ride photo section?

 

I also remember lush theming along the stairs up to the loading platform. Ah, thanks for the memories Windjammer.