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Postby shockwave guy mark on July 3rd, 2004, 11:49 am
I saw all of the old rides beleive it or not! It was hard to see and I wish I brought my camera. They are stored near shockwave and near IRON WOLF and ROARING RAPIDS :!: They include HAYBALER, SKY WHIRL (The Cars Were Very Rusty For it) and I think POWER DIVE and the puker CAJUN' CLIFFHANGER.

If you see any more sightings of old rides please reply! :wink:
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Postby Bradley Papas on July 3rd, 2004, 12:18 pm
Yeah, so?
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Postby coasterdude12 on July 3rd, 2004, 12:52 pm
Perhaps they'll be new 4 2005!
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Postby tyster22 on July 3rd, 2004, 12:54 pm
one time this off-season I went to take pictures in the staff parking lot and I saw RC being built. I also saw some strange old rides that looked familiar like what you're saying. Plus I think I may have seen Southern Cross Sky Ride's cars in the storage garage! But it was weird looking at power dive because I sighed and thought "I wish I got the chance to go on it" :cry:
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Postby planea380 on July 3rd, 2004, 12:59 pm
I took the Pace Buss and it goes through that parking lot, Shockwave brought a tear to my eye.
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Postby tyster22 on July 3rd, 2004, 1:49 pm
That's a sad story, but looking at shockwave like that creeps me out because I was on it. It gives me the feeling of what if it fell apart when I was on it.
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Postby playerplex on July 3rd, 2004, 1:53 pm
Those rides were fun but they are gone now. So be glad you got to ride or even see them.
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Postby tyster22 on July 3rd, 2004, 2:01 pm
what were they like to ride them


Hey I saw that episode of Chapelle's Show!
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Postby rctfan1556 on July 3rd, 2004, 2:05 pm
planea380 wrote:I took the Pace Buss and it goes through that parking lot, Shockwave brought a tear to my eye.
RIP Shockwave. :cry:
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Postby playerplex on July 3rd, 2004, 2:15 pm
Power Dive Hurt bad, but it was fun. Sky whirl was fun for a while until you were in the air forever and couldn't get out. Haybler was really fun. The best flat ride ever. Shockwave ruled, but some people didn't seem to like cause it hurt sometimes too, but there was no line. Rolling Thunder was like whizzer funwise.
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Postby coasterdude12 on July 3rd, 2004, 2:18 pm
tyster22 wrote:what were they like to ride them


Hey I saw that episode of Chapelle's Show!




That was FUNNY!

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Postby tyster22 on July 3rd, 2004, 2:18 pm
power dive was the only one I never went on
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Postby coasterdude12 on July 3rd, 2004, 2:23 pm
Ah, the old rides. Power Dive sucked, Sky Whirl was actually a "Sky whirl"
you'd go on it, and i'd whirl :lol:
Shockwave- better than most coasters but not the best


And why do I want 'em back :?:
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on July 3rd, 2004, 2:55 pm
I think a lot of people know about how to see the old rides being in the lot. All you have to do is look to your left while on the train. Also back there are those little rides that used to be in Hometown Park.

tyster22 wrote:Plus I think I may have seen Southern Cross Sky Ride's cars in the storage garage! :cry:


I think you mistaked the Southern Cross seats as Sky Whirls buckets.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on July 3rd, 2004, 3:02 pm
Where exactly is Haybailer and Cajun Cliffhanger? I've seen before Power Dive, Sky Whirl cars, and when Tidal Wave was taken down, it was there. (It is now gone, so please don't ask if it's still there.)
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Postby w00dland on July 3rd, 2004, 3:06 pm
Probably in a warehouse, they have a few of them.
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Postby Timmy179 on July 3rd, 2004, 3:52 pm
There are warehouses off property that Sf stores supplies and rides in.
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Postby planea380 on July 3rd, 2004, 3:57 pm
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Postby Mr. SFGAm on July 3rd, 2004, 4:16 pm
I think that Cajun Cliffhanger went to the scrap yard with Sky Whirl.
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Postby SfGaMownz on July 3rd, 2004, 5:58 pm
There might have been parts of CC in the employee parking lot or somewhere there backstage, but I doubt you would be able to distinguish them as CC parts because if it is there it is all taken apart.
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Postby greatamerica2003 on July 3rd, 2004, 7:51 pm
shockwave guy mark wrote:I saw all of the old rides beleive it or not! It was hard to see and I wish I brought my camera. They are stored near shockwave and near IRON WOLF and ROARING RAPIDS :!: They include HAYBALER, SKY WHIRL (The Cars Were Very Rusty For it) and I think POWER DIVE and the puker CAJUN' CLIFFHANGER.


Sky Whirl- The cages are the only thing left.
Haybaler- Gone. Its not back there.
Cajun- Gone as well. Scrapped under the welders torch. Not back there.
Power Dive- Still there, stored
AGR- Loaded into large storage containers. Visible from the Superman lift. You go right over them.

Other than that, there are no other rides stored in the backlot other than Power Dive, AGR and Sky Whirl cages.
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Postby tyster22 on July 3rd, 2004, 8:02 pm
I swear I saw box shaped cars that looked like the Southern Cross Sky Ride.
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Postby shockwave guy mark on July 3rd, 2004, 8:15 pm
Mark Here! Also did I miss any past rides? Are there other places where the old rides are?
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Postby FParker185 on July 4th, 2004, 12:33 am
all that's left from Sky Whirl are the buckets, rest of the ride was sent to the Cleveland Corp in Waukegon and by now is foreign auto chassis and soda cans. :(

Also most of the rest of whats back there is incomplete, Power Dive and SW are the only complete rides in storage there. Haybaler's sturcture was destroyed during removal (though pieces are back there), Cliffhangers Barrel was taken off site a long time ago, probably sold for scrap.

Also if interest (possibly) the hometown kiddies are still in the park, at least one of them is being stored under Batman. You can get a quick glimpse as you hit the final brakes on BTR.
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Postby dylan727 on July 4th, 2004, 12:40 am
I also saw some pieces from some old parade floats. :D
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