GAcoaster Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Click here for the whole Spotlight! This was the park's first childrens' area. All discussion here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Obviously don't remember this section of the park as it was a good 9 years before i was even a thought, but I used to love these types of rides when I was younger. Especially the ones with the horn buzzers because I would get to just lay it on until the ride was over knowing it annoyed people I can definitely see this part of the park being popular and am glad to see some of the rides remained in the park for so long. Too bad there aren't still places for them because in my opinion these are the rides every kid should get to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnerleroy Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 great spotlight.. but how exactly does this fit in with Dreams and Nightmares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 It was one of the attractions on DREAM Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CablesEric Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Those cars are classics, I remember riding the same type at fairs, carnivals and GA, laying on the horn annoying people. I've since learned that Karma does exist and what goes around comes around, as I have put in a number of shifts at BBL working the Cars when they where short staffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 I remember when they were in Looney Tunes Land the first two seasons I worked at the park, and when you came in through Gate 2 it was hard to say which was worse, the smell of the Pet-A-Pet area or the constant sounds of those cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Oh I'm sure us kids and our cars weren't that annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkridedan Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 (edited) The operator of the car rides could turn off the horns by leaving the lights out. I used to leave them out during the Looney Tunes show until about the 50th time I watched the show. Then I left them on to drown out the noise of the show. It looked like the large cars (Beep Beep Buggies) was the most popular ride in BBL...or perhaps after the train. I would open a small kiddie area in the Old Country with the large cars, small cars (Daffy Duck's Magical Motorcade,) the little bumper cars, the little ferris wheel and a new speedtrap. Screw BBNP! Edited October 1, 2008 by darkridedan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I forgot all about this area, but I do very vaguely remember the Helicopter Ride (I was 6 in 76'). Does this mean no Houdini or Carousel Spotlight? I'm looking forward to both of those. Great as always with the Spotlight, and the list of completed Spotlight's is getting really impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Nice spotlight! I loved those old car rides when I was little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Does this mean no Houdini or Carousel Spotlight? I'm looking forward to both of those. Great as always with the Spotlight, and the list of completed Spotlight's is getting really impressive. The Dreams and Nightmares feature will run up through the end of Fright Fest. There is still time to possibly see Houdini or the Carousel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4Sing Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I remember the Helicopter ride! That was my favorite when I was 3 or 4 years old. (at other parks, before Great Adventure's time) Wow, completely forgot about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 I don't remember the Helicopters. I was 7 years old in 1974 and my sister was 14 so I don't think we spent much time in this section of the park. I do recall the Moonbounce. The girl working on that 'ride' just kept yelling "stay away from the side walls" to the bouncing kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 My favorite of that genre of ride was probably the motorcycles that would have a little ramp thing they would "jump" off of into the air and then another where the wheels would touch and come back down again. I didn't see it in the pictures from the park, so it's too bad they didn't seem to have one in there (unless I still managed to miss it after looking through the spotlight some more). Though I would have been a demon child on those cars and the helicopter believe it or not I probably would have been slightly scared of because it went that high (I hated heights lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 ^ One of the vehicles on Ridearama's Combination Cars (Beep Beep Buggies in BBL) was a pair of motorcycles but those didn't "jump a ramp". Wildwood has a version of the ride that you are referring to, pictured below. (Morey's Pier 2006) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 The twin ones would have been cool since my parents always wanted my brother and I to ride together whenever possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Those were the days, unless you were the parents then you would be bored sitting on the side lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Thanks to all the great information that our members and readers share with us, we continue to learn more and more about the park each day. With the 1975 Park Guide pamphlet submitted by jerzijack (see below), we have finally been able to identify the five attractions of Ridearama by their real names. The names we used when we made the Ridearama Spotlight were simply the manufacturer's model names because up until now we hadn't seen any literature with the real names of the attractions. Here are the original names of Great Adventure's first children's attractions: Flying Copters: Roundabout Boats: Cars!Cars!: Dune Buggies: Moon Bounce: Looks like we have been able to put together a few more pieces of the Great Adventure history puzzle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Click above to see our first children's area to be fully-Spotlighted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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