Photo #76 - Rotor

^I don't think the lady with her hand over her mouth must have enjoyed the ride much.

I've been on a Rotor before (COSI Columbus has a modernized one in their outdoor section), and it can be pretty intense. More forceful than a Gravitron/Starship, and that's with COSI running theirs at a lower than normal speed.

I've been on a Rotor before (COSI Columbus has a modernized one in their outdoor section), and it can be pretty intense. More forceful than a Gravitron/Starship, and that's with COSI running theirs at a lower than normal speed.

COSI's was actually removed this fall.

Photo # 75

Any UC fans here? If so, UC should have saved a bunch of money and used this instead of the new "bubble".

^I don't think the lady with her hand over her mouth must have enjoyed the ride much.

She said her friend's name is "Ralph!!"

You just HAD to throw that up?

Terp, gurgitating....

Photo #76 - Rotor

Yes! BRING BACK THE ROTOR!!!

Photo #77

Yes! BRING BACK THE ROTOR!!!

What goes around comes around. Eventually.

I've been on a Rotor before (COSI Columbus has a modernized one in their outdoor section), and it can be pretty intense. More forceful than a Gravitron/Starship, and that's with COSI running theirs at a lower than normal speed.

COSI's was actually removed this fall.

I was at COSI in January and It is sill there.

Photo #78

I didn't realize that the rainbow was still there when that ride was installed. Hard to believe it's been there for 20 years now! I also think that ride should hold a record for most theme/name changes in the shortest amount of time (4 different names/themes in its 20-year history, with the longest-lasting being Top Cat's Taxi Jam, which lasted 8 seasons from 1998 through 2005).

I've been on a Rotor before (COSI Columbus has a modernized one in their outdoor section), and it can be pretty intense. More forceful than a Gravitron/Starship, and that's with COSI running theirs at a lower than normal speed.

COSI's was actually removed this fall.

I was at COSI in January and It is sill there.

Really? That's good to hear. I went over the summer and there were signs that said they were planning on removing it over the winter, and your last chance to ride it was in the fall. Of course it was down the day I went. COSI's site still says the ride is/was scheduled to close. http://dev.cosi.org/visitors/exhibits/big-science-park/generotor/

Photo #78

LMFAO I'm in the 2nd car with the orange sunglasses....wow!

I have really got to get on here more often. I love seeing all of these pics. they are so wonderful. I always love seeing threds like this and seeing how ki looked in the past. thanks topgun for posting these!!

Photo #79

That's a very interesting picture. I think that's the only close-up of SoB's loop I've ever seen. I never rode it with the loop, but I always imagined the way the wood connected to the loop backbone would look more like RMC's topper track, for some reason.

It's so weird to not have SOB's shadow over the park, excellent and really cool picture!

To me, the loop always seemed out of place, since it somewhat stood alone.

To me, the loop always seemed out of place, since it somewhat stood alone.

You might say, it was never quite in the loop.

You might say, it was never quite in the loop.

The humor KIC'ers have is great. Haha!

Photo #80

A couple things to note in the above image. One, the pavement below the Monster was painted. Two, The Racer brake run was not enclosed like it is today. Three, the two games buildings are not connected in the back like they are today. Also, you can clearly see the last hill of The Racer that has since been removed. And you can clearly tell that Flight of Fear resides on land that used to belong to the animal habitat.

And Racer has a train sitting, not in use.

And Racer has a train sitting, not in use.

Through the first 20 years of operation, The Racer would typically open with one train on each side while maintenance worked on the second trains. The second trains were added around 11:00am each day when the line extended out to the entrance area. A train would also often be removed from each side in the evening after 7:00pm if the line was shorter than the bottom of the ramp going up into the station.

Not that it relates to the picture above, but I wish they would (could?) turn the one train back around. I've heard the reasons why they can't, I'm not sure how popular the backwards racer was/would be, but personally I enjoyed having a reason to ride each ride for the different experience it would give.

I thought I've seen an old picture of the monster, perhaps at the park's opening, where the floor was painted yellow & black? Am I imagining that, if so, when was it repainted? Would be nice to see them paint it again, not that I'll ever ride as any high spinning ride makes me want to deposit my lunch somewhere.

Try post 533

in 533, the floor looks more orange (and black) in comparision to the yellow jackets. I found an old picture in standbyme's photo thread from the winter where the floor of the monster clearly looks yellow & black.