The original DEMON!

[jbujwit10]

As most of you know,

Demon used to have 2 hills after the 1st drop. However, it was later changed to 2 loops, which is still on it now. I was wondering if anyone knows where you can find a video of the original Demon w/ 2 hills after the 1st one?

THANKS!

[Bethania22x]

Try Youtube!
ROLL ON!!!

[[jonrev]]

"The Original Demon" as you call it was called Turn of the Century, it was rethemed to Demon when the loops were added.

There isn't really any good footage of Century (it was only around for 3 seasons; and that was over 30 years ago) other than its brief appearances in commercials. Look on GREATAMERICAparks for those. SFGAm's YouTube page has some footage of the corkscrews but not the bunny hills:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCicA7SUbyw

There used to be some footage from 1978 posted to YouTube but it looks like it's been pulled. Century also makes a brief appearance in the 30th Anniversary segment that was on WMAQ 3 years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTyfnAzK1eg

(EDIT: 3, not 2 years. I'm tired...)

[jbujwit10]

"The Original Demon" as you call it was called Turn of the Century, it was rethemed to Demon when the loops were added.

There isn't really any good footage of Century (it was only around for two years; and that was over 30 years ago) other than its brief appearances in commercials. Look on GREATAMERICAparks for those. SFGAm's YouTube page has some footage of the corkscrews but not the bunny hills:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCicA7SUbyw

There used to be some footage from 1978 posted to YouTube but it looks like it's been pulled. Century also makes a brief appearance in the 30th Anniversary segment that was on WMAQ 3 years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTyfnAzK1eg

Thanks man for the videos, that was pretty cool!

[demonbulleagle]

^^ Hey Jon, Century was there for 4 years not 2, 1976-1979

[Chitown]

^Where in Jon's post does he say Turn of the Century was only there for 2 years?

[Danhockey04]

/\ It did earlier when I read it as well, he probably changed it as he noticed the error.

[[jonrev]]

Yes I had a brain fart and was thinking 1978 for some reason...

[Demon_07]

'76, '77, '78, and '79=4 seasons unless I'm wrong and it was closed in '79.

[coasterbone]

Demon opened in '80 so TOC had 4 seasons. Some park maps out there including Demon say 1979 on them for some reason.

[hgonzo]

Here is a video on youtube that has great footage of the Turn of the Century, Williards Whizzer, and the Tidal Wave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAPeBSFSTc

[forddude1416]

^ I don't know who you are but i need to buy you a beer after finding that footage.

[hgonzo]

Glad I could contribute something to the forum!!

[BrianPlencner]

I agree! I need to buy you a drink as well. Thanks for posting such a great video!

The video does have a mix of both the CA and IL parks. I know most (if not all) of the Tidal Wave footage is from Gurnee, as you can see the Southern Cross supports in the background (Southern Cross was only at Gurnee). However, if you look at some of the Whizzer and ToC footage, Sky Trek Tower is missing the flag pole, which is a dead giveaway for the park in CA. You can also see some red track on ToC in the corkscrews, which I think was also only on the CA version, and not the IL one. But, there may be some footage of both ToC and Whizzer from Gurnee as well.

Also of note is that I believe (and this is a guess) that the place the kid is standing doing the interview with the 2 girls for Whizzer, the boy for ToC, and the boy for Tidal Wave, is up on the balcony in Orleans Place just outside the executive meeting room (the one above Bugs Bunny and Co).

--Brian

[FParker185]

All of the ground footage of Whizzer is Gurnee. PGA's Whizzer has square supports. All round there.