Kawana Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Does anyone know when and why the tunnel was removed from The Beastie? (I refuse to call it by any other name) I rode it this year, and was disappointed by the lack of the tunnel. Was it a safety issue? Thanks for the time. WHOOHOO 100 Posts. No longer a tourist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacksonPKI Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Fairly Odd Parents in, Beastie out. Car Design, Orange catwalks, tunnel the whole shibang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Does anyone know when and why the tunnel was removed from The Beastie? (I refuse to call it by any other name) In that case, I will refuse to call it by any other name than Scooby Doo! But seriously, Jackson is correct, the tunnel was removed when it became Fairly Oddcoaster. I guess since it was no longer in The Beast family they decided to remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dvo Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Yep. But that tunnel always scared me. I'm a really tall person (6'6"), and even when I was about 13 years old I'm pretty sure that I could have easily hit my hands on the top of the tunnel if I held them straight up. And with the blistering speed of Beastie, I wouldn't want that to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Fairly Odd Parents in, Beastie out. Car Design, Orange catwalks, tunnel the whole shibang. The car "design" was unchanged from when it was The Beastie, same old PTC junior coaster cars with the buzz bars. They just repainted the outside panels of the cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Fairly Odd Parents in, Beastie out. Car Design, Orange catwalks, tunnel the whole shibang. I realize all that, but Gator answered my question. I'm a "person of exceptional size*" as CF puts it, and when I rode it, I had to have my own car, and I had to sit all the way to the left and have my legs to the right. Things have changed since I rode it 13 times in a row back in the day. *6'5" 300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I am 6'2" and 200 lbs, and have the exact same issue. Butt to one side, knees to the other. Obviously I rarely put myself through that agony ;-) Shaggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawana Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 I am 6'2" and 200 lbs, and have the exact same issue. Butt to one side, knees to the other. Obviously I rarely put myself through that agony ;-) Shaggy Yeah, that sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaCeR Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I remember when I was around 4 or 5 I would get scared before the first drop on beastie and shove my head in my moms stomach.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacksonPKI Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Oh, I remember years ago, The Beastie used to thrill me. I am very small, half because I'm a kid and Half because that's the way it is, but the tunnel scared me to death, the darkness and all. I can still remember my very first coaster, Goofy's Barnstormer, Memories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor Man Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 OK- not calling it Fairly Odd Coaster, Beastie, Scooby Doo, etc... Here's a Q. and not necessarily to the topic, but when the Nic license runs out.... then what is it called? Back to Beastie or some other new name we won't call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 OK- not calling it Fairly Odd Coaster, Beastie, Scooby Doo, etc... Here's a Q. and not necessarily to the topic, but when the Nic license runs out.... then what is it called? Back to Beastie or some other new name we won't call it. Flight Deck Jr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Nah...Beaver Land Mine Ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Nah...Beaver Land Mine Ride Beaver Land Mine Ride II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Nah... Son of Beaver Land Mine Ride II (SOB LMR II) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkifreakhogg Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 That's funny. It really does need to have the tunnel back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaCeR Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 does anyone know what color The Beastie was when it was called scooby-doo?(was it the same purple color)And what year did they name it The Beastie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Scooby Doo was yellow. It became Beastie in 1980. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaCeR Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Really???Because I could have sworn i remember getting off The Beastie and there were scooby-doo characters around a little place where you get a photo that they took of you on The Beastie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Scooby Doo was in the park as a character for many, many years....and did not leave the park just because the ride was renamed....and continues to be in Scooby and the Haunted Castle, under separate agreement through Sally, one of the ride's providers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Nah... Son of Beaver Land Mine Ride II (SOB LMR II) Fairly Odd Son of Beaver Land Mine Scooby Coaster II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Nah... Son of Beaver Land Mine Ride II (SOB LMR II) Fairly Odd Son of Beaver Land Mine Scooby Coaster II Don't you have a claim to deny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I am very small, half because I'm a kid and Half because that's the way it is Comments like that will not get you a girlfriend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ya know, they could enclose the entire ride - it's small enough - and it would be the 1st enclosed wooden coaster anywhere! THEN it could be "Flight of Fear Jr.". Even though I too am 6' 4" and 280 lbs., I nvere miss this ride. It was the VERY FIRST coaster I ever filmed while riding - back in 1975 - with an 8mm movie camera. And it was yellow back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ya know, they could enclose the entire ride - it's small enough - and it would be the 1st enclosed wooden coaster anywhere! THEN it could be "Flight of Fear Jr.". Even though I too am 6' 4" and 280 lbs., I nvere miss this ride. It was the VERY FIRST coaster I ever filmed while riding - back in 1975 - with an 8mm movie camera. And it was yellow back then! Too late. http://www.rcdb.com/id3397.htm (1897) http://www.rcdb.com/id2089.htm (1911) http://www.rcdb.com/id3399.htm (1925 or earlier) http://www.rcdb.com/id2038.htm (1926) http://www.rcdb.com/ig215.htm?picture=3 http://www.rcdb.com/id460.htm All enclosed wooden coasters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 ^ Well I'll be a sonofabi***!!!! OK - but it would still be a first for a Cedar Fair park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Yep, the first modern wooden enclosed was Underground at Adventureland in Iowa. It's a tame carriage device for what amounts to a dark ride. Then Indiana Beach converted their old near-scenic railway to Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain, putting in an elevator lift to make unnecessary powering the cars. There is nothing tame about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odettekitrigisele Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Does anyone know when and why the tunnel was removed from The Beastie? (I refuse to call it by any other name) In that case, I will refuse to call it by any other name than Scooby Doo! But seriously, Jackson is correct, the tunnel was removed when it became Fairly Oddcoaster. I guess since it was no longer in The Beast family they decided to remove it. It will always be the "Scooby Doo to me! I loved that when I was little. Then it turned to The Beastie...... same coaster, new tunnel, different name.......I liked it. But now they removed the tunnel? End of an era. Sigh BTW....What was the original color of the Scooby Doo? Was it yellow? I want to say it was, however I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odettekitrigisele Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ya know, they could enclose the entire ride - it's small enough - and it would be the 1st enclosed wooden coaster anywhere! THEN it could be "Flight of Fear Jr.". Even though I too am 6' 4" and 280 lbs., I nvere miss this ride. It was the VERY FIRST coaster I ever filmed while riding - back in 1975 - with an 8mm movie camera. And it was yellow back then! Oops. I missed what you wrote. It was yellow then, sorry I asked what color it originally was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Well, I was not aware that they removed the tunnel on Scooby Doo (Fairly Odd Coaster). Now I know and knowing is half the battle.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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