chippewa&idora4ever Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 Whats the best ride you've ever ridden that doesn't exist anymore (been torn down)? Quote
BoddaH1994 Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 I'd have to say Screachin' Eagle at LeSourdsville Lake. Not torn down, but SBNO for 5 years. Moving to "Other Parks and Industry News." This topic is more appropriate there. Quote
touchdown62 Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 There are only a handful of coasters I've been on that are no longer around, as I've only been to like 5 theme parks, but my favorite ride that is no more is Shockwave from SFGA. I think that because it's the first ride I can remember going upside-down on without closing my eyes, and I LOVED it. Quote
Beast1979 Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 A lot of rides at Geauga. I have to say my favorite coaster there was the Big Dipper. You know my Great Grandma rode that thing? There's something to say about that. It still provided a great ride, so sad to see it go. Quote
The Interpreter Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 The Blue Streak, Conneaut Lake Park...perhaps some day it may reopen, though I doubt it...and if you rode it in the last ten years, you missed the best rides...it was very sad when it was clear the end was nearing but not yet there...probably far worse than at the end...I actually cried my eyes out in that park about eight years ago, while it was still open, the place and the ride had deteriorated so much, as one of our members here well knows..perhaps the worst of all was walking by the by then closed Tumblebug (it would later briefly re-open) and then riding what had become the slow, unthrilling Blue Streak...which once had been by far my favorite wooden coaster. Quote
Beast1979 Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 Terpy, sheding tears? I did when GL closed, but Terpy? Quote
HoundDog Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 I'd have to say Screachin' Eagle at LeSourdsville Lake. Amen to that...great coaster. Plus the fact that several people died on that coaster..added to the mystique. Quote
chippewa&idora4ever Posted November 8, 2008 Author Posted November 8, 2008 The Blue Streak, Conneaut Lake Park...perhaps some day it may reopen, though I doubt it...and if you rode it in the last ten years, you missed the best rides...it was very sad when it was clear the end was nearing but not yet there...probably far worse than at the end...I actually cried my eyes out in that park about eight years ago, while it was still open, the place and the ride had deteriorated so much, as one of our members here well knows..perhaps the worst of all was walking by the by then closed Tumblebug (it would later briefly re-open) and then riding what had become the slow, unthrilling Blue Streak...which once had been by far my favorite wooden coaster. Aww, I'll be going there in a few years, when the trees start to grow through the tracks. Quote
chippewa&idora4ever Posted November 8, 2008 Author Posted November 8, 2008 The Blue Streak, Conneaut Lake Park...perhaps some day it may reopen, though I doubt it...and if you rode it in the last ten years, you missed the best rides...it was very sad when it was clear the end was nearing but not yet there...probably far worse than at the end...I actually cried my eyes out in that park about eight years ago, while it was still open, the place and the ride had deteriorated so much, as one of our members here well knows..perhaps the worst of all was walking by the by then closed Tumblebug (it would later briefly re-open) and then riding what had become the slow, unthrilling Blue Streak...which once had been by far my favorite wooden coaster. Aww, I'll be going there in a few years, when the trees start to grow through the tracks. Mine would have to be King Cobra or Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain Quote
FOFreak Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 King Cobra was on an island as I have been told, not on any magic mountain... FOFreak, who just HAD too... Quote
BavarianBeatle Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 My favorites go back to when I was a little kid. Enchanted Voyage and Bavarian Beetle (of course). I loved both of them when I was a child and I still miss them both. Quote
chippewa&idora4ever Posted November 9, 2008 Author Posted November 9, 2008 King Cobra was on an island as I have been told, not on any magic mountain... FOFreak, who just HAD too... I thought that people would have the common sense to know I meant King Cobra at Kings Island... chippewa&idora4ever, who just HAD too... Quote
PhantomTheater Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Double Loop, Raging Wolf Bob's, Villain, Rocket Ride and Gold Rusher at GL. (note the Dipper is SBNO) White Water Landing and Shwabinchin(sp?) at CP Kenton Creek Keelboat Canal, King Kobra, Phantom Theater and Flying Eagles at KI. Sorry, couldn't just name one. Quote
CoasterXtreme Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 I would have to say the first ride I ever went upside down on, The Scream-in Demon. That ride always took my stomach! Quote
Ogrmac Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 I have only ridden a couple coasters that are no longer with us, but I would have to say King Cobra. Only got to ride it once because it took me so long to work my courage up to ride it, then I came back the next season (used to go only once a year) to find that it was gone! I was so sad! Quote
The Interpreter Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Double Loop, Raging Wolf Bob's, Villain, Rocket Ride and Gold Rusher at GL. (note the Dipper is SBNO) White Water Landing and Shwabinchin(sp?) at CP Kenton Creek Keelboat Canal, King Kobra, Phantom Theater and Flying Eagles at KI. Sorry, couldn't just name one. King Kobra was at Kings Dominion...and it doesn't exist any more either... Flying Eagles swing on at Carowinds, under another name...Cedar Fair and Viacom would want me to mention the name...well, maybe just Viacom, at this point... Quote
cisco227 Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Mine would have to be Double Loop at GL. It wasn't a great coaster, I know, but it was the first coaster i got the courage to upside down on. I rode it 10 times that day and I sure felt like I had ridden it that much afterward. I left the park wanting to ride it again, but wasn't able to go back, and the next year GL was closed. Quote
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