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- From: buck@cavlry.enet.dec.com
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Mountain Park (was Re: Whalom Park -- 100 Trees for 100th Anniversary)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.142428.6195@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 14:24:28 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nntpd.1992Nov5.142428.6195
- References: <1992Nov3.220930.24136@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <Bx7n6x.2KJ@nic.umass.edu>
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- Reply-To: buck@cavlry.enet.dec.com ()
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- >Does anyone remember Mountain Park? That was the first amusement park I
- >ever went to, the first roller coaster I ever rode (a small wooden one
- >with two hills and a few camel humps at the end, nothing to write home
- >about now).
-
- I loved the woodie at Mountain Park!! It was a great John Miller
- out-and-backer, with great camel back humps which went ALL the
- way to the ground (a Miller trademark!), and great turn around,
- and traditional NAD rolling stock. I wish this coaster had been
- saved ... it was a shock when it was razed without warning in 1990.
-
-
-
- >It had a ride called the Whip, which I haven't seen elsewhere, maybe >considering it was old and smelled of engine grease (what a reassuring
- >smell) and was basically the same idea as the Zipper (a carnival ride)
- >except that the cars were on the ground.
-
- Well, why don't you plan a visit to Whalom Park in 1993 ... they
- still operate a Whip there -- actually it's a very good one!!
-
-
- Cheers,
- Buck
-