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I would love to see that picture. Being so long ago I have very few memories of my trip to Opryland.Scan it and upload it to photobucket or some other host. I think I figured it out. This was probably around 1985-86. I'm the short little guy in the front.

Wabash Cannonball, Opryland USA. I have a picture of me coming down the first drop that my parents took, but have yet to figure out how to upload.

I live in the East end, too and haven't seen advertising out here either. However yesterday I was in another part of town near the intersection of Breckinridge Ln and Taylorsville Rd. and I saw a rather strange billboard. It looked like the one pictured here in terms of the blank background with the strange font, but it said something along the lines of "New steel coming....." and gave the park's url. I'm not sure if it actually had the word "coaster" in it. Regardless, I saw one and it was odd.

I might faint. ;-)

Rock n' Roller Coaster, Opryland USA, 1986. Quickly followed by the Wabash Cannonball.

Yeah there is quite a bit of local politics involved in this deal. While it is risky for anyone, I'm glad to see Hart give it a go over the Koch family -that is a whole other can of worms. The writing will be on the wall soon enough, but in the meantime I sincerely wish Hart and his group success.

Long time lurker here, first post. I usually enjoy your posts Terp as you have great contributions to the forum. I just don't get all the KK negativity. Hart ran a seemingly successful park in the 90s, including the installation of a record breaking B&M, had impressive attendance numbers and ultimately sold to Premier/Six Flags. They ran the park into the ground. While it may be a long shot, I certainly wish Mr. Hart all the best and hope to see him have success again here in Louisville.