Demon at Gurnee's Glory Days are BACK!!!!!!Fright Fest Only!

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:30 pm

I was wondering when the SC Demon got its track painted black with red rails? Was it originally like that when it openned or was it like the Gurnee Demon, all black, and then later the rails were painted red?

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:18 am

Good question, I've been wondering why the rocks have been removed.

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:18 am

Yeah I was wondering that too, do you think it happened because of the "tone down" of the ride?

segerken · Post by **segerken** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:23 pm

COuld it also have been that they had decayed enough (i.e. pieces starting to fall off) that they were no longer safe?

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:45 pm

Then why isn't the rock face gone? And if it started to decay and they saved it why didn't they save the rest of it?

jonrev · Post by **jonrev** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:03 pm

They would'nt of decayed anyway because if they did Gurnee's rocks would be gone too. It probably was because of the toning down.

m11stephen2 · Post by **m11stephen2** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:09 pm

I like the rails painted red. Its a nice touch.

PGA ROCKS · Post by **PGA ROCKS** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:55 pm

that_guy wrote:Yeah I was wondering that too, do you think it happened because of the "tone down" of the ride?

What the heck is the "tone down" of the ride?

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:59 pm

You know, when they had to tone down the "devilish" theme for church groups or some crap like that (stupid, its a ride!!!)

jonrev · Post by **jonrev** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:32 pm

People need to get a life. That was a really stupid thing for Marriott to be forced to take the stuff down.

RLAiello · Post by **RLAiello** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:11 pm

jonrev wrote:People need to get a life. That was a really stupid thing for Marriott to be forced to take the stuff down.

Marriott didn't take it down... that all happened after Marriott sold the parks. SC still had most of the original Demon theming intact when I visited in 1990. Gurnee lost a lot of it after Six Flags took over. But it IS nice to see them bring as much of it back as they can for Fright Fest. Way to go SFGAm for that!

RLAiello · Post by **RLAiello** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:13 pm

jonrev wrote:They would'nt of decayed anyway because if they did Gurnee's rocks would be gone too. It probably was because of the toning down.

The Gurnee rocks were different from the SC rocks. The Gurnee rocks look more like sandstone, while the SC rocks look more like lava rocks or something. Probably more accurate to the areas they were in. But Gurnee still has all of their rocks (I sense a joke here somewhere)...

retlawfan · Post by **retlawfan** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:43 am

Thanks for the pictures of the Sky Whirl cabins.

The strangest (and best) one I think is the picture of the floor of the cabin. That really brings back memories of riding up there.

SFGAmfreak4life · Post by **SFGAmfreak4life** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:11 pm

I didnt know that you could sit in the cabins. If the cabins are out next year I'll definetly sit in them.

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:03 pm

I was looking at the Demon commercial, AGAIN (as usual, lol) and I was wondering, why do you think they didn't have red water coming out of the waterfall?