Posts Tagged ‘retired rides’

The Blue Streak is back in the running at Pepsi Refresh, vote through August! August 1, 2010 No Comments

I got an update on Conneaut Lake’s Blue Streak today from my fellow amusement park fan Lisa. 
She wrote, “The Trustees of Conneaut Lake Park, Lisko Entertainment, Park Restoration, and Structural Technologies Inc. (STI) wish to thank all of the supporters of the Pepsi Refresh Project in July and donors to the Blue Streak Restoration Fund.  Our [...]

New article on Knoebel’s Black Diamond July 27, 2010 No Comments

Seems everyone wants to get a story on Knoebel’s new Black Diamond, but nobody gets a whole lot of details out about it.  The lastest article to surface is in the times-tribune.com here. 
This article states as others has that the track and trains will be the same, but the theme will move from gold country [...]

Hersheypark: Canyon River Rapids Goodbye Sign August 19, 2008 No Comments

Went to see if I could catch some last pictures of Canyon River Rapids, alas, I was too late. Here is a photo of Hershey’s message to the park goers.

If you are a Hersheypark buff, make sure to keep a copy of this year’s brochure. It has two special things about it:

It is the first [...]

Hersheypark: Canyon River Rapids last day – August 17 August 17, 2008 No Comments

Here it is, the last day for the classic river ride Canyon River Rapids at Hersheypark. If you don’t ride it today you never will.

Hersheypark: Canyon River Rapids to close August 2008 July 12, 2008 No Comments

On July 1st Hersheypark announced their new attraction for 2009, The Boardwalk: The SEAquel. I’ll mention more about this in another post (or you can check it out here: http://www.hersheypark.com/boardwalk/seaquel/index.php?wss_cid=&attr=The+Boardwalk%253a+The+SEAquel%5e%5eCYGNUSk.com/boardwalk/seaquel/index.php?wss_cid=&attr=The+Boardwalk%253a+The+SEAquel%5e%5eCYGNUS )
But the big news for me is that the park will be removing the Canyon River Rapids attraction to create the new section of the [...]