The Edge

JW65 · Post by **JW65** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:45 pm

Steven,

What in the world have you done with three of the Sky Whirl's cabins from SC? I'd love to come to one of your dinner parties....I bet you have quite the collection too!

Jeff

BrianPlencner · Post by **BrianPlencner** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:01 pm

steven wrote:Brian,

Do you know where on Sky Whirl that bolt was used?

Steven

I'm not really sure. My guess would be it was one of the bolts that held the tower itself together, or maybe on that held the tower to the base.

I know the ends of the bolts were cut off of wherever they were on the ride, if that helps any.

Post by **steven** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:50 pm

JW65 wrote:What in the world have you done with three of the Sky Whirl's cabins from SC?

Hi, Jeff,

Well, it was such an "adventure", that I've been thinking of writing it up as a feature article on the site. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, the photo above shows a part of the story. Behind the cabin in the photo is the central pylon of the Sky Whirl / Triple Wheel.

Steven

SFGAmLover · Post by **SFGAmLover** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:18 am

Wow. I can't believe they went from asking for so much $$ to just scrapping the ride and letting people take things for free. Wish I had been there at the time... with a Ryder truck, of course!

JW65 · Post by **JW65** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:51 am

Steven,

Cut to the chase... (LOL) What have you done/will be doing with these cabins? Did you get them for free if you were willing to haul them away?

I am curious! Jeff

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:03 am

Was is the status of the Gurnee Sky Whirl? Was it scrapped as well?

Tanya · Post by **Tanya** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:04 am

If they were giving them away I wish I had known. I would have sent my Dad over there with a crew to grab whatever they could have.

Steven, next time this happens, ya gotta let me know!

Post by **steven** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:47 pm

Jeff: Wait for the story to come out! (Hint: They are currently in storage.)

Redfishpaw: Gurnee Sky Whirl was also scrapped.

Tanya: Sure! But, they have no more Sky Whirls lying around to scrap anymore.

Steven

Tanya · Post by **Tanya** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:49 pm

Nah Steven, I'm talking about ANYTHING!

I, too, am curious what you will do with them.

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:29 am

steven wrote: Redfishpaw: Gurnee Sky Whirl was also scrapped.

Steven

It's hard to believe some other park wouldn't want a sky whirl. I would think that Six flags could have easily put it in one of their other parks. It was never a favorite of mine (It was my mom's favorite), but I think that it was a great family ride that another park could have benefit from.

Shockwavegirl · Post by **Shockwavegirl** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:22 pm

While I worked at the Gurnee park in '96 I knew someone who worked there, part of the reason they got rid of it and didn't relocate other than it was an old ride that wasn't getting ridden much, had to do the the "unsavory" buisness going on in those cages and the employees ended up picking up the "evidence'. I will leave it to your own imagination as to what it is about.

SFGAmLover · Post by **SFGAmLover** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:42 pm

The nerve of people. Kind of disturbing.

JW65 · Post by **JW65** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:57 am

FYI

Getting back to the original topic of this thread......I just won an ebay auction for an orginal Gurnee MGA "I went over the" Edge pin from 1984.

Also, Steven, we are all waiting to hear what you'll be doing with your cabins from Sky Whirl....Tell us the full story!

Jeff

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:33 pm

JW65 wrote:FYI

Getting back to the original topic of this thread......I just won an ebay auction for an orginal Gurnee MGA "I went over the" Edge pin from 1984.

Jeff

I saw that auction the other day. At the time, I think it was only 25cents plus shipping. Congrats!

Post by **steven** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:52 pm

JW65 wrote:Also, Steven, we are all waiting to hear what you'll be doing with your cabins from Sky Whirl....Tell us the full story!

Jeff,

Patience!

Steven