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The Astroworld version was a flywheel launch version, while the two Great America versions featured the weight-drop launch. There were probably variations in the rides besides the propulsion method, so using the identical twin for parts made more sense than using a "close but not quite the same...

Magic Mountain had one too, but with a twist (the arms had arms that spun too):

I would hang one either from a frame or under a proch roof, so it was like a porch swing.

I am SO jealous!

redfishpaw wrote:Looks like that plate sold for only 3 bucks

Yep, and it's on its way to me!

Yes, you do, because I want to see those outfits!

I was a walkaround at SFGAdv, and we had a basic black tux, the red white and blue tux with matching tophat, a one-off space suit (used just for the opening of Shockwave), and of course "nude" Bugs.

I still haven't been able to find the pic I have of the Great America logo cars in the maintenance yard, but I did just post a bunch of pics of the Gurnee cars as they are today at Great Adventure: http://amusementpics.com/Skyride.htm They were modified after they were put into service, with additio...

I'd love to see the photo you have of them sitting at their new home still displaying the GREAT AMERICA logos. How many were sent? If SFGAd got all of them from both Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight and Southern Cross, that would have been eighty-four cabins. How many does SFGAd have today? Steven I am...

Nice pics Steve. Does anyone know why the Gurnee DF/EF get torn down? I'm not sure why they were removed, but I know the cars were relocated to SFGAdv. Somewhere I have a picture of the cars sitting in the maintenance yard with the Great America logos still on them. They're still in operation thoug...

I think it did. And of course the Srajevo Bobsled came to Gurnee as Rolling Thunder.

Yes, that season was particluarly bad for SFGAdv, starting with really bad crowds on Easter Sunday and Labor Day (people with guns and knives), which resulted in the metal detectors being installed at the Front Gate. After that, the Lightning Loops accident (19 year old jumped onto a train that had ...