All about the rides at Marriott's GREAT AMERICA and post-Marriott rides, too
Greezed Lightening
Gulf Coaster
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by Greezed Lightening » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:55 pm
What years did the ride photo booths disappear at PGA for Top Gun, Invertigo, Vortex and the Demon?
imdaman
Willard's Whizzer
Posts: 101 Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:47 pm
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by imdaman » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:08 pm
Hi, when I visited the park last fall (Oct and Nov), the vortex ride photos were still available, the top gun photo booth was closed, and I don't remember any Demon or Invertigo photo boots either.
that_guy
Tidal Wave
Posts: 482 Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:10 pm
Location: Pacific Grove, California
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by that_guy » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:42 pm
^Does the Top Gun Photo Booth ever operate anymore?
It's always closed when I'm there...
Question:
When did photos on the Demon start, and where was the camera?
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jonrev
Tidal Wave
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Location: Grayslake, Illinois
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by jonrev » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:37 am
IF it had an on-ride photo thing it would have probably been in that small straight piece of track between the loops.
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dpxtreme
Tidal Wave
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Location: Bay Area
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by dpxtreme » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:07 pm
Top Gun stopped doing pictures last season, although the booth is still there. Vortex and Psycho Mouse are the only rides that still do an on-ride photo. All the coasters used to do it, (I'm not sure about Grizzly though).
Greezed Lightening
Gulf Coaster
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by Greezed Lightening » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:39 pm
The Top Gun booth has been closed for a long time. For the Demon I think the camera was after the corkscrew. I know the Demon had a photo booth because I have an old faded ride picture from the Demon from 1992 or 1993.
eight10
Gulf Coaster
Posts: 16 Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:53 pm
Location: San Jose
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by eight10 » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:28 am
Top Gun 2001-2002
Demon-2000
Invertigo 2000-2001
Vortex-Still there
eight10
Gulf Coaster
Posts: 16 Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:53 pm
Location: San Jose
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by eight10 » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:28 am
Top Gun 2001-2002
Demon-2000
Invertigo 2000-2001
Vortex-Still there
Greezed Lightening
Gulf Coaster
Posts: 43 Joined: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:40 pm
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by Greezed Lightening » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:40 am
Your off on Top Gun because I have a ride picture from 1997. Invertigo probabably had their ride pictures when it opened in 1998.
eight10
Gulf Coaster
Posts: 16 Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:53 pm
Location: San Jose
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by eight10 » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:59 pm
Those were the years I believe each photo booth closed. I know that Top Gun had ride photos in 97 and Invertigo had it during it's opening season.
retlawfan
Yankee Clipper
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Location: Gilroy, CA
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by retlawfan » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:00 pm
I think the dates above were when the photo systems closed down.
BTW, how many of you acyually buy those over priced things? I never did, except for when a kid had their first ride on something.
Great America Security
Santa Clara
1989-1992
eight10
Gulf Coaster
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Location: San Jose
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by eight10 » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:17 pm
I never buy them but those booths got extremely busy after a celebrity rode each ride.
dpxtreme
Tidal Wave
Posts: 323 Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:03 pm
Location: Bay Area
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by dpxtreme » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:26 pm
The only on-ride photo booths left are Vortex, Taxi Jam, Logger's Run, Psycho Mouse, and Top Gun now does on-ride videos (a really awesome feature).
PGA ROCKS
Tidal Wave
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by PGA ROCKS » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:48 pm
Yeah, I saw the Top Gun Onride videos. It's funny to see people's reactions to the entire ride, and not just a split second of it.
I miss Tidal Wave