Oh dear… I guess that means the ride won’t be coming back, or not coming back in its original form, at least. At least no one was hurt, though; that’s the main relief here.
Blue Streak is a big loss, though… any coaster, especially one as historic is this, is definitely a huge loss to the industry. While I admittedly don’t know how it rode, it’ll be missed, for sure.
I said this on Reddit already, but I highly doubt this is an accident. Todd wanted this coasters gone, and by god he saw it was gone.
Todd, I know you like to read things online, so read this. No one likes you. You are cowardly piece of **** who gets mad people love things you hate. I hope the state finds everyway to charge you for destroying the ride.
As for whether the park owner burned this down on purpose… I’m extremely doubtful that that would be the case, personally. Even if they weren’t the most fond of the coaster, I think starting a fire to get rid of it is a very extreme course of action to take, and an incredibly risky way of eliminating it.
I’m admittedly unsure of what policies surrounding historic structures are like in America, but surely they could have just filed permits to demolish it, or if that would generate enough uproar for people to chain themselves to it or go to other lengths to save it, then maybe they could even have torn it down in secret like Blackpool did with the Mouse a few years back? Burning it down carries all kinds of risks; the fire could spread to other areas and cause more damage, it could hurt people, it would cost a huge amount to clean up when it’s put out, and the owner could even be charged with arson and thrown in prison, potentially for life if the fire harmed anyone or caused significant harm beyond its intended scope… would they really have hated the coaster enough to take those risks over keeping it standing?
I don’t really know, to be honest, but I’m just saying; there are many less risky and less extreme ways of getting rid of a coaster you don’t like than burning it down, so I highly doubt that the park owner burned Blue Streak down intentionally. My personal belief is that this was almost certainly a tragic accident; I’m pretty certain that regardless of their opinion of the ride, the park owner would have attempted many, many other courses of action to get rid of Blue Streak before resorting to burning it down if they wanted to get rid of it so badly.
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