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Fantastic old coaster footage/pics

Ok, this isn't quite as old as most of the stuff in here, but it's still worth posting. It's a video of Dreamland, Margate from 1989:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnpj3FAdbjo&feature=g-vrec[/youtube]

Love the oversized Paratrooper!
 
Here's some rather retro footage to relive the memories...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCf9ImF3O8k[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIjHrDT3X1M[/youtube]

New/alton beast, thuderlooper behind the scenes and nemesis as dirt!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7oy07xtub8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCAW22i2PoA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3xaWO0Bus[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKJKF4o9438[/youtube]

Some more dreamland margate...
 
That Alton video is fantastic! My first ever visit was in 1993 which must be somewhere around the time that was filmed. Also loving the minimal Health & Safety <3
 
Bit of a silly question, but was Magnum Force named because of it's Magnum sponsorship or did Magnum decide to sponsors it because their ice cream name happened to match that of the ride? As in which came first?
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnsLbjQOvs[/youtube]
This Cedar Point documentary showing footage of some of the older rides is quite interesting

Theres some really old footage of Puritas Springs here too.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5g1LnOO-3g[/youtube]
 
OK, not coasters, but not worthy of its own topic, and this seemed like a vaguely logical place to put it.

We were sorting through Nan's photos at the weekend, and found the ones from her Cali/Vegas trip. I can't remember exactly when she went, but I was still quite little, so some time in the late 80s probably. I've scanned in the park related ones I found. They're all dreadful quality, but amused me nonetheless, so thought I'd share :)

There's a couple of Jungle Cruise:
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Some of the Mark Twain:
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Loads of the parade:
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One or two from Universal:
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My favourite thing I found though was the notebook from her trip, featuring her Disney ride count <3
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You should be able to see the whole album here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 6ed86bbdd5
 
That's epic. I'd love see KITT at a theme park, or Cyclons :)

What an awesome Nan too.
 
Researching Great Yarmouth Pleasure beach for the guide I'm writing and came across these.

I know that Scenic Railways are slow and plodding, but there was a reason for it and this image shows why:
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The things were originally like a modern dark ride, or Expedition Everest, type of thing. So you went slowly around scenes and then would drop suddenly (if slowly by today's standards) into a new scene area.

I'd have loved to have seen one of these things in their glory days.

And speaking of Great Yarmouth, obviously there's this footage from 1982 from when Stone Cold visited (the park is featured later in the video):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ2X9SANsME[/youtube]
 
It's a standard Figure 8 "Toboggan". There were huge numbers of these around, and they even had travelling versions of them. I think most seaside towns that once had a Switchback upgraded to these - they were more numerous than our current seaside Pinfari kiddy coasters :)
 
SilverArrow said:
Bit of a silly question, but was Magnum Force named because of it's Magnum sponsorship or did Magnum decide to sponsors it because their ice cream name happened to match that of the ride? As in which came first?

I know this is from a couple of months ago, but I only tend to check in this topic every so often.

The ride was originally supposed to be called Mach 3 - it was on the construction boards the previous season - but actually opened as Magnum Force, complete with the sponsorship. I don't know the details, but it would be safe to assume that during the closed season a sponsor was found and a change of name made to go with it. The name and the sponsorship happened at the same time: when the ride first opened.
 
here are a few shots of the "Comet" coaster that used to be at an old park here in St. Louis called the Highlands
 

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here are a few scans I did from my old Six Flags over Mid America (SFSTL) guide book of the "B" side of the Runaway Mine train, the best of the 2. it was sold to make room for the Ninja coaster..
 

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These might not be "old" pics but here are some of Alton Towers' old rides. Taken about 1994/5. Try to spot me!

Thunder Looper
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Beast
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Energizer
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I can't believe they replaced the old Energizer/Bone Shaker with the equally as **** Submission...


Anyway, I love this:
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The ride apparently opened with a gap in the track after the cannon barrel. The idea was that you shot from the cannon and launched over the air and landed on the track.

It was tested with sandbags and worked properly.

Then they tried it with real people... It kept missing due to the weight differences of real people :lol:

I think the designers went on to work for Gerstlauer ;)

More infos and some more great old Coney Island coasters here:
http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/art ... erlist.htm
 
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