Yankee Clipper's glory days are BACK!!!!!! For the big 30!

ghostrider455 · Post by **ghostrider455** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:07 pm

Ahh it looks much more complete now and looks better than without the oval sign.

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:09 pm

jonrev wrote:
ghostrider455 wrote:Well one of the reasons that the sign does not look right is because it is not finished. It was shown on the nbc preview that there will be a oval shaped nautical themed painting above the words yankee clipper in that empty spot.
You are right.

Thats looks very good indeed.. I actually like that one better than the original sign now

SFGAmfreak4life · Post by **SFGAmfreak4life** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:07 am

The sign does look better but I still like the old one more.

Mr. D.T. · Post by **Mr. D.T.** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:49 am

Would anyone happen to have pics of the old one so we can compare signs?

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:07 am

The original sign is in the photo album under the "Yankee Clipper" section of the rides.

If we're talking about the two "towers" that the original sign hangs from , I can see that it would be impossible to put those in because of V2. This sign looks better when you consider just the sign portion.

BTW I wonder if they could embark on some retheming, now that it appears that they are heading in that direction. However, what would we rename V2? (Although it very closely resembles it I'm really HOPING they don't decide to call it "Tidal Wave"

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BrianPlencner · Post by **BrianPlencner** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:39 pm

I believe the sign in the photo gallery is from the Santa Clara Park

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/rid ... per001.jpg

If you look at this picture, which is the Gurnee Park, you can see the back of the sign in the middle left side of the picture.

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/rid ... per008.jpg

I do agree that while it is not the orginial sign, with the added ship in the center, it does look really good.

I am going to look to see if I have a picture of the sign from Gurnee. If I come across it, I'll post it.

--Brian

Druzik · Post by **Druzik** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:21 pm

As a former Yankee Clipper lead at Santa Clara, it's great news to hear that name return in Gurnee. Sadly, Paramount removed the Yankee Clipper many years ago.