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From: agarde@nyx.cs.du.edu (Snark)
Subject: Best Coasters in the UK?
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 02:26:33 GMT

(Even though this is being posted from an American account, this
is actually coming from England ;-)

On a couple of recent visits to America, I kind of got bit by
the coaster bug. So, any of you out there who know anything about
English coasters, can you advise me as to what are the best in
this country. I don't just want to know the fastest, most scary
coaster, just anyones favourites, or any comments at all about
what to see and what to avoid.  

Please reply by email, and I may summarise later.

Alan
From: rhb@ucs.usl.edu (Bird Rendell H.)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: SFMM
Date: 24 Jan 93 04:32:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette

Steve Klingsporn writes...
>>The boardwalk in Santa Cruz (I've been many times) is very cool.
>>Their blue metal coaster is quite wimpy, but the wooden one there
>>(name escapes me) is pretty cool! :)

Buck responds:
>You think the SDC Hurricane is wimpy?!?  They are not wimpy rides,
>but maybe after all the re-profiling and brakes SCBB added to the 
>damn thing...

Take it from somebody who has ridden the two SDC Hurricane's instaled
in this country -- they were close enough to identical not to matter,
*and* neither of them is particularly wimpy, especially in that
one certain little swoop drop...

I remember I have told everybody that I cracked a rib on the one
on Long Island...did I remember to mention that the owner of the
park was standing on the platform when I got off the ride holding my side?!?
He looked very concerned and ask 'Are you alright?'
I recovered quickly and said 'It's an old football injury. It acts-up
from time to time'.

*whew*   He bought it.

Rendell

p.s. I heartily encourage people to go to Adventureland on Long Island.
The owner of the park is one of the nicest persons I have ever met in
all of my coaster travels. His park deserves to be patronized (sp).
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From: cheri@decoy.uucp (24481-stead)
Subject: SDC Hurricane (was Re: SFMM)
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 05:46:29 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.043207.27470@usl.edu> rhb@ucs.usl.edu (Bird Rendell H.) writes:
>Steve Klingsporn writes...
>>>The boardwalk in Santa Cruz (I've been many times) is very cool.
>>>Their blue metal coaster is quite wimpy, but the wooden one there
>>>(name escapes me) is pretty cool! :)
>
>Buck responds:
>>You think the SDC Hurricane is wimpy?!?  They are not wimpy rides,
>>but maybe after all the re-profiling and brakes SCBB added to the 
>>damn thing...
>
And then Rendell joins in:
>Take it from somebody who has ridden the two SDC Hurricane's instaled
>in this country -- they were close enough to identical not to matter,
>*and* neither of them is particularly wimpy, especially in that
>one certain little swoop drop...
>
>I remember I have told everybody that I cracked a rib on the one
>on Long Island...did I remember to mention that the owner of the
>park was standing on the platform when I got off the ride holding my side?!?
>He looked very concerned and ask 'Are you alright?'
>I recovered quickly and said 'It's an old football injury. It acts-up
>from time to time'.
>
>*whew*   He bought it.
>
>Rendell
>
>p.s. I heartily encourage people to go to Adventureland on Long Island.
>The owner of the park is one of the nicest persons I have ever met in
>all of my coaster travels. His park deserves to be patronized (sp).

My first ride on the Adventureland Hurricane was last summer.  We basically
walked onto the ride, so I hadn't studied it at all, and on the ride I started
watching the people in front of me cower instead of watching what was coming 
up, so I was completing unprepared for that turn!!  It certainly taught me a 
lesson about underestimating "small" coasters!

-- Cheri
From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: New Coasters for 1993 (revised)
Summary: Cedar Point is NOT getting the Pipeline!
Keywords: New, Coasters, Pipeline
Date: 24 Jan 93 15:25:30 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Howdy folks,

*Sorry* to make you read through these next two posts AGAIN, but
with my current news reader, I just found out it is impossible to
delete a posted entry.  So, with that aside, allow me to re-post
my New-4-93 (& 94) notes with a few Arrow dittes I forgot yesterday
(heaven forbid!).
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Since the question about New Coasters for next year contunes
to be asked (esp. since there were bogus rumors about Cedar
Point installing Arrow's Pipeline roller coaster there in 1993),
I have decided to post a list of confirmed coaster contracts
for next year.  Below is what WILL be going in next year!!  

Geoff, me thinks this list, and well as the 1994 list, which I
will post after this, should both be added ASAP to our FAQ!

*************

CONFIRMED (In no specific order):

COASTER		TYPE		DESIGNER	PARK		LOCATION
=======		====		========	====		========

(1) TOP GUN 	S, Suspended 	Arrow Dynamics	Paramount's	Cincinatti, OH
						King's Island

(2) THUNDERATION S, Mine Train 	Arrow Dynamics  Silver Dollar	Branson, MO
						City

(3) "unnamed"	S, 4-Looper	Arrow Dynamics	Grand Slam	Las Vegas, NV
						Canyon

(4) "unnamed"	S, ?-Looper	Arrow Dynamics	Yang San	Korea 

(5) TOP GUN	S, Inverted	Bollinger and	Paramount's	Santa Clara, CA
				Mabillard	Great America

(6) BATMAN	S, Inverted	Bollinger and	Six Flags 	Jackson, NJ
				Mabillard	Great Adventure

(7) KUMBA	S, 7-Looper	Bollinger and	Busch Gardens	Tampa, FL
				Mabillard	Tampa

(8) WINDSTORM	S, Twister	SDC		Fun Forest	Seattle, WA

(9) WILD MOUSE	S, Wild Mouse	Vekoma		Idlewild	Ligonier, PA

(10) ROLLER SKATER S, Junior	Vekoma		Kentucky	Louisville, KY
						Kingdom

(11) "unnamed"	S, Inverted	Vekoma		Kentucky	Louisville, KY
						Kingdom

(12) "unnamed"	S, Corkscrew	Vekoma		Knoebels	Elysburg, PA

(13) BATMAN-THE	S, Stand-up	Intamin		Six Flags	Houston, TX
     ESCAPE					Astroworld

(14) BATMAN	S, Shuttle	Intamin		Six Flags over	St Louis, MO
						Mid-America

(15) BATMAN	S, Bobsled	Intamin		Six Flags over	Atlanta, GA
						Georgia

(16) "unnamed"	S, (???)	Intamin		Grand Slam	Las Vegas, NV
						Canyon

(17) "unnamed"	S, Junior	(undecided)	Perinorte	Mexico City,
						Centro		Mexico

(18) OUTLAW	W, Twiser	CCI		Adventureland	Des Moines, IA

(19) "unnamed"	W, Dbl out/back	CCI		Gulliver's	Warrington, 
						World		England (UK)

(20) "unnamed"	W, Twister	RCCA/TOGO	(Not		Japan
 						 announced)

(21) "unnamed"	S, Junior	Pinfari		Worlds of Fun	Kansas City, MO
From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: Any place as nice as Busch G., Wburg.?
Date: 22 Jan 93 12:57:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Mark J. Christmann (yes, two n's) writes...

>When a nature-freak marries a city-girl, where_to_go for vacations can be a
>real problem.  For our first vacation (1992), we decided on Virginia,
>including 2 days at Busch Gardens.  
> 
>If there are other parks in the country (wouldn't it be great if they were
>close to Massachusetts) that can match the total experience (great coasters,
>food, woodsy atmosphere) of Busch Gardens, I sure would like to hear about it.


I would suggest Kennywood near Pittsburg, PA for the atmosphere you described
above.  In the Northeast area -- hmmm, not much.  Possibly try Rye Playland in
Rye, NY, or Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH ... both are very woodsy and 
atmospheric.  Other noteworthy parks of this ilk are Worlds of Fun in Kansas
City, MO, and Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX.  Lagoon in Salt Lake City, UT 
has a great view of the mountains!


Cheers,
Buck
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From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Subject: New Coasters for 1993!
Summary: Cedar Point is NOT getting the Pipeline!!!
Keywords: New, Coasters, Pipeline
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:43:50 GMT


Since the question about New Coasters for next year contunes
to be asked (esp. since there were bogus rumors about Cedar
Point installing Arrow's Pipeline roller coaster there in 1993),
I have decided to post a list of confirmed coaster contracts
for next year.  Below is what WILL be going in next year!!  

Geoff, me thinks this list, and well as the 1994 list, which I
will post after this, should both be added ASAP to our FAQ!

*************

CONFIRMED (In no specific order):

COASTER		TYPE		DESIGNER	PARK		LOCATION
=======		====		========	====		========

(1) TOP GUN 	S, Suspended 	Arrow Dynamics	Paramount's	Cincinatti, OH
						King's Island

(2) THUNDERATION S, Mine Train 	Arrow Dynamics  Silver Dollar	Branson, MO
						City

(3) "unnamed"	S, 4-Looper	Arrow Dynamics	Grand Slam	Las Vegas, NV
						Canyon

(4) TOP GUN	S, Inverted	Bollinger and	Paramount's	Santa Clara, CA
				Mabillard	Great America

(5) BATMAN	S, Inverted	Bollinger and	Six Flags 	Jackson, NJ
				Mabillard	Great Adventure

(6) KUMBA	S, 7-Looper	Bollinger and	Busch Gardens	Tampa, FL
				Mabillard	Tampa

(7) WINDSTORM	S, Twister	SDC		Fun Forest	Seattle, WA

(8) WILD MOUSE	S, Wild Mouse	Vekoma		Idlewild	Ligonier, PA

(9) ROLLER SKATER S, Junior	Vekoma		Kentucky	Louisville, KY
						Kingdom

(10) "unnamed"	S, Inverted	Vekoma		Kentucky	Louisville, KY
						Kingdom

(11) "unnamed"	S, Corkscrew	Vekoma		Knoebels	Elysburg, PA

(12) BATMAN-THE	S, Stand-up	Intamin		Six Flags	Houston, TX
     ESCAPE					Astroworld

(13) BATMAN	S, Shuttle	Intamin		Six Flags over	St Louis, MO
						Mid-America

(14) BATMAN	S, Bobsled	Intamin		Six Flags over	Atlanta, GA
						Georgia

(15) "unnamed"	S, (???)	Intamin		Grand Slam	Las Vegas, NV
						Canyon

(16) "unnamed"	S, Junior	(undecided)	Perinorte	Mexico City,
						Centro		Mexico

(17) OUTLAW	W, Twiser	CCI		Adventureland	Des Moines, IA

(18) "unnamed"	W, Dbl out/back	CCI		Gulliver's	Warrington, 
						World		England (UK)

(19) "unnamed"	W, Twister	RCCA/TOGO	(Not		Japan
 						 announced)

(20) "unnamed"	S, Junior	Pinfari		Worlds of Fun	Kansas City, MO
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From: wjf@controls.ccd.harris.com (Bill Figie)
Subject: Re: Safety of Rattler???
Originator: wjf@rs2
Organization: Harris Controls
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:19:10 GMT


In article <1993Jan15.182845.2921@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>,
 foo@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (Pine View Alumni '80) writes:
|> 
|> My sister worked at Fiesta Texas this summer and I was surprised to
|> find out that according to what SHE told me.. there had been alot
|> of whiplash incidents on the ride.  (The cars are more old fashioned.
|> with really no neck support and only ONE crossbar to hold you in,
|> so most people get very rattled indeed).
|> 
|> I personally LOVED the ride.. but am concerned that if there *IS*
|> an issue about the injuries that these people are receiving.. why
|> Fiesta Texas does not do anything... According to my sister.. the
|> employees are told that if any visitors complain.. they are to say
|> NOTHING.. and call a supervisor.  From what she said.. it seems
|> that it was the BIG buzz word going around the park (the safety of
|> the Rattler).  Anyone heard anything else on this??
|> 

When I was at the park about 4 months ago and rode the Rattler, I
noticed several spots where the very quick transitions were a little
too much for my liking.  They didn't seem as bad in the front seats of
each car so I rode most of my rides there.  I think they could be taken
out very easily and with little or no loss in ride quality.  If done
right it might even make the ride faster and more enjoyable.

		Bill "slammers just don't do it for me anymore" Figie
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From: kowalski@ganymede (Patty Kowalski)
Subject:  Conneaut question
Organization: Allen-Bradley Company, Inc.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:35:52 GMT

Can anyone confirm/deny that Conneaut Lake Park in
PA will run the Blue Streak again this year (after saying it was
done for)?  I think this was discussed but I missed the conversation.

Thanks, 
pk.

_______________________________________________________________________
none of this has anything to do with my employer
From: swain@phakt.usc.edu (Ronnie Swain)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: New Coasters for 1994 (revised)
Date: 25 Jan 1993 18:59:15 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: phakt.usc.edu
Keywords: New, Coasters, Pipeline



Rumor has it that it will be SFMM that will get the next Batman-The Ride (TM),
but then this is only a ruler.  I'm sure that they should be announcing where 
it will go around summer time, after we get our new ride.

Ronnie Swain
swain@scf.usc.edu
Rev Crew '93 Rules!
From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: New Coasters for 1994 (revised)
Keywords: New, Coasters, Pipeline
Date: 24 Jan 93 15:32:22 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


And here is the revised New-4-94 list:

--------------------------------------

As with my previous "New for 1993" posting, below are the confirmed
coaster contracts (to date) for 1994:

CONFIRMED (In no specific order):

COASTER		TYPE		DESIGNER	PARK		LOCATION
=======		====		========	====		========

(1) "unnamed"	S, Out/Back	Arrow Dynamics	Blackpool	Blackpool,
						Pleasure Beach	 UK

(2) "unnamed"	S, 3-Looper	Arrow Dynamics	Luna Park	Australia

(3) "unnamed"	S, ?-Looper	Arrow Dynamics	(unannounced)	Japan

(4) "unnamed"	S, ?-Looper	Arrow Dynamics	(unannounced)	Japan

(5) BATMAN	S, Inverted	Bollinger and	Six Flags ?	(CA or TX)
				Mabillard	(unannounced)

(6) "unnamed"	S, Stand-up	Intamin		Drayton Manor	England, UK

(7) GROSSLOOP-	S, 3-Looper	Schwarzkopf	Liseberg Park	Goteborg,
     INGBAHN							 Sweden
From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: Top 40 Amusement/Theme Parls -- 1992
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:50:21 GMT
Organization: Roller Coaster fanatic with no hope for a cure

buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley) writes:
>
>'90 '91 '92   PARK & LOCATION			 ATTENDANCE	% OF CHANGE
>=== === ===   ===============			 ==========	===========	
> 14  15  10   Six Flags Great America;		  3,150,000*	Up 17%
>	       Gurnee, IL

Wonder why their attendance was up so much this year? ;^)

>  9  12  13   Busch Gardens Tampa; Tampa, FL	  3,050,000*	Up 5%

Bet they see a big increase in 1993!

> 16  20  16   Siz Flags over Georgia; Atlanta, GA 2,600,000*	Up 14%

Noting like souping up your Cyclone coaster to boost attendance!

> NL  NL  22   Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX	  2,000,000	(new park)
>
> 29  25  30   Sea World of Texas; San Antonio, TX 1,500,000*	Down 23%

What do you wanna bet that the appearance of Fiesta Texas dipped into
Sea World's attendance a bit?  (Though you'd think that Sea World should
benefit from Fiesta Texas drawing folks to San Antonio.)

> NL  NL  40   Lagoon; Farmington, UT		    951,664	Up 6%

The Salt Lake area has been exploding in population recently.  (It's
been ``discovered'' as a great place to live, which means it won't be
for long.  Compare with Seattle 10 years or so ago.) They didn't do
anything special last year (and seemed to advertise less, if anything),
so I'm sure the increase is entirely to due population increases
in/around SLC.

Geoff

--
Geoff Allen          \  Keep pickin' that and it'll never heal.
uunet!pmafire!geoff   \     -- Official motto of the bluegrass music
geoff@pauling.inel.gov \          mailing list
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From: cheri@decoy.uucp (24481-stead)
Subject: Re: Do You Scream?  (Was Re: RollerCoaster! Magazine)
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 05:40:12 GMT

Rendell writes:
>>>Truthfully, Buck has pointed out something many other people
>>>have told me : that I look 'serious' when I ride coasters.
>>>"You don't look like you are having a good time", they tell
>>>me. Usually, I am studying the ride, or bracing myself for some
>>>fiendish track-work ahead. I am almost NEVER scream/yell/etc
>>>when I am riding a coaster, because I am paying such attention
>>>to the ride. Do other people share this trait?
>>>
>
Then Mike:
>>I do!  I don't know what it is, but I NEVER scream or yell on a coaster,
>>unless it is at people standing watching the coaster go by.  Never a scream
>>of fright, it's more like "HEY UGLY!  WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!"  Stupid
>>stuff.  I challenge the coaster to make me scream because of fright.  
>
>
And Buck:
>I don't think I've ever screamed on a coaster -- well, maybe once...I
>remember my first ride on the Riverside Cyclone in 1983 with the PTCs,
>I remember it was FAR more coaster than I was expecting!!!  I probably
>screamed then.
>
>BATMAN--THE RIDE (the original) is such a frantic, fun ride, that after
>you come off the drop, you're so psyched, they you just naturally kind
>of go "WAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa  Yeowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww"
>for the next 38 seconds til you slam into the brake run.  That's the
>only ride in recent years that has evoked such a response from me.

Hi,

I'm usually a quiet person, and that even includes while riding coasters, so
I don't scream.  I usually have a great big grin on my face though, unless the
coaster is one of the headbanging ones and I have to concentrate.  I had
the same reaction to BATMAN as Buck did; I just had it internally!

-- Cheri
From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: Top 10 Parks? (by attendance)
Date: 21 Jan 93 13:06:37 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Joe Schwartz writes...

>>to it's current 3.2 million/year mark (making it the top
>>Six Flags park, as well as one of the Top 10 parks in the nation)!

>Buck, do you have the list of Top 10 parks by attendance?  I'm sure
>the top two are Walt Disney World and Disneyland.  

Yes, I do have thatr list.  In fact, I have the Top 40 Amusement Parks,
as ranked by attendance.  Someday when I have some time, I want to type
it in, and add it to the FAQ.  Yes, Epcot/WDW came in at #1 with a 
staggaring 30 million!  Although, Disneyland was not #2...it was further
down on the list.  I hope to post this list soon.


Buck
From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: Any place as nice as Busch G., Wburg.?
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:31:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Roller Coaster fanatic with no hope for a cure

buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley) writes:
>
>Lagoon in Salt Lake City, UT 
>has a great view of the mountains!

Well, yeah, and you can camp in the FREE National Forest campground
about 4 or 5 miles up the hill for that back-to-nature feel.  (I've done
it!)

As for Lagoon itself, well, there ain't much vegetation, and the only
thing that *naturally* grows in the area is sagebrush and an occaisonal
bit of range grass.  And it's FLAT.  Flatter than east Texas.  Flat,
flat, flat.  (The famous Bonneville Salt Flats are not too far away.)
Turn your back on the mountains and you'd never imagine that there are
10,000+ foot-high mountains right behind you.  But the coasters sure are
good (a Miller and two Schwarzkopfs).  You'll probably end up buying lots
to drink, 'cause it can get hot there.  And don't bother with the log
flume to cool off.  It's incredibly lame.  (Buck tells me the flume at
Riverside in NoChoiceOfSeats, MA is even lmer, but I find that hard to
believe.)

I was just driving by Lagoon the other day.  Sure looks lonely, with
snow piled up on everything and no one riding the rides.  April seems
like a long way off.  (And with this winter we've been having, it might
be May before they can open!)

Geoff ``I never paid much attention to the mountains. Take 'em for
	granted, I guess'' Allen

I'll include my ``nature'' sig this time....

-- 
Geoff Allen          \  That's the problem with nature. Something's always
uunet!pmafire!geoff   \  stinging you or oozing mucous on you.  Let's go
geoff@pauling.inel.gov \  watch TV. -- Calvin, speaking to Hobbes
From: buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: SFMM
Date: 21 Jan 93 12:57:48 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Steve Klingsporn writes...

>Great America, originally a Mariott park (like the one in Gurnee, IL),
>is now owned by Paramount Pictures.  Their new ride, "Top Gun" (similar,
>if not identical to SFGA's "Batman - The Ride") will open this spring.
>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>I'm not sure when Great America opens.  I'm from Illinois, and being in
>the Great America here is like Deja Vu.  They have "The Edge" (crashed
>in IL, and was torn out) still -- very cool.  Another stand-up
>coaster, identical (from what I can tell) to "Iron Wolf" in IL.
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Just for clarification -- whil Bollinger and Mabillard (B&M) built 
the BATMAN and TOP GUN inverted coasters, they are actually quite
different in layout and design from one another.  The coaster in CA
is more spread out, and has 2 less inversions than it's IL counterpart.

Same goes for the stand-up ... IRON WOLF is a much larger, longer,
and more compact (and intensly twisted) deisgn than the VORTEX
stand-up in CA, which is much shorter, while still mainaining two
inversion.


FYI -- The EDGE, Intamin FreeFall, formerly located at SFGAm in IL,
now lives on happily at Rocky Point Park in Warwick, RI.



>The boardwalk in Santa Cruz (I've been many times) is very cool.
>Their blue metal coaster is quite wimpy, but the wooden one there
>(name escapes me) is pretty cool! :)

You think the SDC Hurricane is wimpy?!?  They are not wimpy rides,
but maybe after all the re-profiling and brakes SCBB added to the 
damn thing...


Buck
From: reilley@studio.enet.dec.com (Tom Reilley)
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: PTC Carousel # 61 ?
Date: 21 Jan 93 03:32:03 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Can any carousel fans tell me what the location & status is now of
the carousel that was auctioned off at Idora Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
circa 1985?  It was Philadelphia Tobogan Co's number 61, built in 1922.
A friend back in Youngstown thought it went to "someplace in New York"
but she couldn't be specific. Can anyone tell me who owns it now (if
its still running) ??

Thanks,

Tom Reilley                               
DEC 		 	reilley@studio.enet.dec.com
30 Forbes Road
Northboro, MA 01532-2595 USA
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From: johnson@uwmfe.neep.wisc.edu
Subject: schedule for Fiesta Texas
Organization:  University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
Distribution:  world
Date: 25 JAN 93 08:57:56    

Does anybody know the operating schedule for Fiesta Texas?  I hope to 
to get "Rattler'ed" at the end of March.  Thanks.

Bob Johnson
johnson@uwmfe.neep.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 15:23:24 GMT
Organization: Roller Coaster fanatic with no hope for a cure
Subject: Re: KI Attendance/GA Cyclone (was Re: Top 40...)
Summary: 
Followup-To: 
Organization: Roller Coaster fanatic with no hope for a cure
Keywords: 

buckley@powdml.enet.dec.com (Bill Buckley) writes:

| David A. Johnson writes...
|
| >If I'm not mistaken, this makes Kings Island once again the top seasonal
| >park in North America.  (I wonder what spurred the 12% increase...  Must
| >have been the Scooby Zoom.)
| 
| Actually, it was the expansion of the "kiddie" section of the park (which
| also is cited for raising the attendace at Cedar Point!).

Strike another blow for Family Values!

;^)

Geoff ``Ducking the things being thrown'' Allen

(As long as I'm at it, I'll include my ``family values'' .sig.)

-- 
Geoff Allen          \  [If it weren't for kids,] we'd all live in a
uunet!pmafire!geoff   \  quiet house, without Big Bird or Mickey Mouse,
geoff@pauling.inel.gov \  or Kool-Aid on the couch.  Thank God for kids.
                        \             -- The Oak Ridge Boys
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