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- Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:34 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Tidal Wave Memories (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 30
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Are you saying you started to rub off the logo and then waxed it to keep it from coming off? Or that the logo was coming off and you waxed it and it stayed on longer? I'm kinda confused ? The logo was not a sticker, it was painted on. The rubing compound started rubibng off the logo. When I saw thi...
- Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:09 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Tidal Wave Memories (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 42328
Here is some Santa Clara Title Wave trivia: 1) I was part of the crew that waxed the train on the morning that it opened to the public the first time. Trying to get it perfect, I used a little rubbing compound on the logo on the first car. The Title Wave logo was painted on, and as you would guess, ...
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:11 pm
- Forum: Questions, Suggestions, and Site Updates
- Topic: Home Page Picture
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11272
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:46 pm
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: BUGS BUNNY MONEY
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19055
Re: BUGS BUNNY MONEY
This was suppose to make people spend more. Actually, the intent of this type of money is to spend more money on something that was worthless. They cost the park a ~penny and if they sell them for $1.00 each, the park makes 99 cents for each one not used. That sure is a nice mark up. Why would they...
- Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:48 am
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Sky Whirl downside
- Replies: 29
- Views: 46744
- Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:06 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Sky Whirl downside
- Replies: 29
- Views: 46744
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:49 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: The Fate of the Gulf Coaster (Gurnee)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14461
The Santa Clara one had a habit of derailing. I was trained to operate it in '78 or '79 and was told that it had a habit of derailing and what to do when it did. I only operated it a couple of days and on one of those days it did derail. What I mean was that only one set of wheels came off. not the ...
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:49 pm
- Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
- Topic: Logger's Run/ Yankee Clipper
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5579
TOC Ride defect fix
I like the following two pictures because they show the fix for the TOC design flw. About half way through the first season an axle on one of the trains on the Santa Clara TOC broke as the train was coming out of the cork screw. A week or so later an axle on one of the other trains also broke as the...
Does anyone know whether or not the original Turn of the Century coaster cars were rethemed and used as the cars for the Demon? If so, are those same cars still being used on the Demon now? When the Demon opened, the cars were the same cars used on the TOC. I do not know what cars that they are usi...
- Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:44 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Cajun Cliffhanger came from Riverview?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 34713
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:39 am
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Cajun Cliffhanger came from Riverview?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 34713
What was the Cajun Cliffhanger
Being from California and never been to Gurnee, other then driving by it on the toll road, what was the Cajun Cliffhanger/Rotor?
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:38 am
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: What's Better, TOTC or The Demon?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 64967
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:22 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: The Life of Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight / Southern Cross
- Replies: 62
- Views: 101431
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:58 pm
- Forum: Santa Clara
- Topic: SC sunrise photos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6021