old favorite classics

[Mr. Coastermania]

I miss rides like the rotor or dark ride haunted houses where you crash through the doors and everything jumps out at you.

Wild mouse coasters or even the walk through mazes like glass houses.what are your favorites?

[DaveStroem]

Hmmm, I have been on dark rides that have things jumping out at you & Wild Mouses (3 different ones at that) in the last 2 weeks. Mirrored mazes last year at the haunts. So I guess I don't really miss them at all.

I do miss the walk through fun house at Cedar Point that had a twisting slide at the end.

[RD Reynolds]

I miss rides like the rotor or dark ride haunted houses where you crash through the doors and everything jumps out at you.

Wild mouse coasters or even the walk through mazes like glass houses.what are your favorites?

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RD

[count_of_tuscany]

I miss The Pirate Ride at Cedar Point over any other ride (even more than Phantom Theatre!).

[Mr. Coastermania]

I miss rides like the rotor or dark ride haunted houses where you crash through the doors and everything jumps out at you.

Wild mouse coasters or even the walk through mazes like glass houses.what are your favorites?

I love it.I wonder if ther is a park out there somewhere that still has one?Time for me to research.

See my Avatar! lol

RD

[CedarPointer]

Isn't Finnish Fling at Worlds of Fun a Rotor? I love that thing! If only they'd run it at full speed... even Paris Hilton couldn't stick to the wall at the speed they run it now!*

*this is an exaggeration, duh.

[The Interpreter]

Yes, it is. There's also one at COSI. Until very recently, Great Adventure also had one.

See also:

http://www.search.com/reference/Rotor_%28ride%29

[Coney Islander]

^

I visit Cosi once every summer, on a week day, and it has never been operating. If the Rotor operates, its only on weekends. Unless, of course, the ride has been broken down during every one of my visits.

[thunderbeast1968]

I loved the Bayern curve. It was a ride that got me ready for coasters. High speed, g-force, and a little elevation change. I rode KW'S bayern curve about 10 yrs ago, the ride op left us on what seemed to be 2-3 ride cycles. Most fun on a flat ride ever.

[westcoaster]

what was the pirate ride like at the point, I assume you rode?

Also that would be a great addition for the point!

[The Interpreter]

About the Pirate ride:

http://www.pointfans.com/news_item-139.html

I have to agree...by the time I got there in 1989, Pirate was nothing special. But it WAS a dark ride, something Cedar Fair back then didn't care for...and soon removed...after the '96 season...

http://www.thepointol.com/cponle/lostrides/index.html

[Coney Islander]

Is there any plausible reason to why Seasonal Amusement Parks have been removing their 'fun for the whole family rides', only to replace them with high intensity thrill rides geared mainly towards teenagers and young adults?

Seriously... There are many more family members than teenagers and young adults combined. Why market to the smaller group?

Edit= Just to add something to the mix, My whole family (grandparents, cousins, aunts, etc.) used to have a annual trip to Kings Island. Two years after Phantom Theater was removed, we stopped. We haven't had a big family trip ever since. My sister can not even remember Kings Island, and she's 11...

[PREMiERdrum]

Is there any plausible reason to why Seasonal Amusement Parks have been removing their 'fun for the whole family rides', only to replace them with high intensity thrill rides geared mainly towards teenagers and young adults?

Because it's hard to market "Family-Friendliest". Tallest, Longest, Fastest were much easier to use as "hooks."

Seriously... There are many more family members than teenagers and young adults combined. Why market to the smaller group?

They're getting there, finally. The ads the last few years have been very family focused. TTD/Kinga Ka were at the pinnacle of the Coaster Wars and I think both comapnies saw that the battle was unsustainable. They also noticed that, while easy to advertise, the new monster coasters weren't accessible to a large portion of their customers.

[The Interpreter]

Really? Please explain Intimidator 305.

Thanks.

[PREMiERdrum]

Really? Please explain Intimidator 305.

Thanks.

Parks still need big scream machines (Behemoth, DB, the Intimidators), that's a given. They didn't however, set out to reclaim the "tallest" or "fastest" record now, did they? They are but an ingredient in a successful park.

[The Interpreter]

That is not of what I speak. By virtually all descriptions of enthusiasts, the ride causes blackouts, gray outs and intense experiences. Why would you purposely add such a ride to a park in this day and age if you had learned the Kingda Ka/Top Thrill Dragster "lesson?"

The ride may not be the tallest or fastest anything, but it is certainly the most intense built in many a year....

[PREMiERdrum]

That is not of what I speak. By virtually all descriptions of enthusiasts, the ride causes blackouts, gray outs and intense experiences. Why would you purposely add such a ride to a park in this day and age if you had learned the Kingda Ka/Top Thrill Dragster "lesson?"

The ride may not be the tallest or fastest anything, but it is certainly the most intense built in many a year....

I think it's another case of CF putting too much trust in IntaRide for the effects on rider. This is a lesson that should have been learned after Maverick;s last minute "alterations."

[The Interpreter]

It will be interesting to see if it, too, gets modifications...this time after it opened....

[PREMiERdrum]

It will be interesting to see if it, too, gets modifications...this time after it opened....

I would almost bet on it. The question is if they will come before or after a lawsuit is filed.

[count_of_tuscany]

what was the pirate ride like at the point, I assume you rode?

Also that would be a great addition for the point!

Perhaps it was my youth that made the ride stand out for me, or the fact that my ridemates (i.e., my parents lol) always made the ride scarier by adding their own unexpected screams and grabs during the ride, but I thoroughly enjoyed Pirate Ride up until it closed, especially the rooms with the big octopus and the guy getting hanged (or hung, whichever tense is more proper). I was devastated when it closed. As long as the building remains standing I'll at least have some physical reminder of it!