29yrswithaGApass Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 I think I have discovered the first photo I have run across that shows a guest going down the center front stairs of the Fort while exiting the Sky Ride! (left side of the picture) The picture was taken in the spring of 1978. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkRider Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Very interesting, I wonder if there were multiple points to enter/exit at one point in time. Underneath the station back where the door is in that photo, there is an area about 15 feet back that looks like it may have been an alternate pathway into the fort at one point in time, but it has since been covered up. Kind of like the walkways that are above the station, but with boarding covering it from the outside. Is it possible that is was once open to guests, or maybe was considered as an entrance but closed off before opening? If it was ever used as an entrance or exit, it would have lead to the garden area underneath the Mine Train, adjacent to the current exit stairway. Edited April 29, 2020 by ThemeParkRider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 As far back as I can remember the entrance is as it is now. Maybe utilized differently and it had those additional railings in the fort but you always entered in the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted July 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 The first Skyride tower is up! Looks strange with only one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Krabs Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Hey guys does anyone have a downloadable skyway theme? And is the song copyrighted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbone112499 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Eugene Krabs said: Hey guys does anyone have a downloadable skyway theme? And is the song copyrighted? I don't have downloadable versions, but the songs are the theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in the Dream Street station and the theme from A Million Ways to Die in the West in the Frontier Adventures station. Here's the YouTube links: Frontier Adventures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzzj2_7qMsY Dream Street: https://youtu.be/b5Edkb2Qo9c 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted March 6, 2021 Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Some bad news and some good news to share... The bad news, Six Flags Over Georgia has officially removed their skyride, meaning Great Adventure has the last remaining skyride of all the Six Flags parks. The good news is any salvageable parts are coming to GA to help keep our Skyride running. The BEST news, I just got confirmation from one of the techs who worked on it that Great Adventure's Skyride just got finished being re-cabled yesterday! That means it should be fairly safe from removal for another few years!!! Here's the picture he posted on Facebook: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Correction/update- just the one side was re-cabled this year, the other side was re-cabled more recently and was just re-spliced to adjust for the stretch. Apparently they are re-cabled on different schedules. Also learned that SFOG supposedly had 36 gondolas. I hope they're being shipped to GA as replacements or at least for parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyc98 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 I know most ride removals are inevitable due to eventually reaching the end of their life cycle, but lord do I really hope we never lose the Skyride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Ladies and Gentlemen, the earliest photo yet of the Dream Street Skyride station from May 1974! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 If you look back in this topic, an ongoing investigation of mine is whether or not the Skyride's exit was once down the front staircase between the two cables, across the low walkway and out the front doors of the Fort's righthand tower. Well the plot thickens. Check out this photo of guests lining up and going IN the Fort's front right doors!??? More investigating is definitely needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted February 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 I believe the photo below is from this off-season since it is the first winter with the blacktop walkway near the old Grandstands location. If so, it looks like the Sky Ride is getting some TLC with the guidewheels removed from the leftmost tower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 When Time Warner came in and revamped the park even their pockets weren't deep enough to cover the costs of all of the ideas in their wish book. Here is a remodel of the Dream Street Cable Station that didn't get funded. Existing: Proposed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkRider Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 On 8/23/2021 at 5:20 PM, 29yrswithaGApass said: If you look back in this topic, an ongoing investigation of mine is whether or not the Skyride's exit was once down the front staircase between the two cables, across the low walkway and out the front doors of the Fort's righthand tower. Well the plot thickens. Check out this photo of guests lining up and going IN the Fort's front right doors!??? More investigating is definitely needed. It has been four years since I've operated this ride and I still lose sleep over this. This one at least makes some sense to me - it is logical to load from that direction as well since that takes you directly between the two launchers. But it definitely adds to the confusion overall with the switchbacks in the upper level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daved Thomson Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 I think I may have mentioned this before somewhere, but I know I have waited in the cue to board the western sky ride on the two levels and have exited through the front doors. Other than the video showing people lined up to enter through those doors, I have never seen people lined up to take the ride to the Dream Street station. The only possibility of boarding through these front doors (and this is simply a guess), would be if these doors also connected to the lower level cue on this side of the station which contained about three switchbacks inside. That cue has long been closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted May 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 The Skyride has been removed from the park’s app and website. It sucked when Shapiro removed so many rides but at least those were mostly kiddie ones and not historical and unique attractions. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 27, 2023 Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) Sadly I am not surprised by this move. I am kind of surprised they didn't announced thevskyride is closed for good along with the parachutes, but it may be coming. Hate to say it but this has been a poor year so far. Edited May 28, 2023 by The Master 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daved Thomson Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 This company, or its leader, has the strangest definition of what constitutes a "premium experience." In fact, I think he may be the only person using such a definition to sell tickets. He doesn't seem to understand that you NEVER want to over promise while under delivering. The word of mouth opinion of people who purchase tickets/passes expecting a premium experience and receiving just the opposite when they visit, will destroy the company. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted May 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 Unless there is an issue with a component of both sides (like a tower) I would think they could cannibalize one side to keep the other operating for a few additional years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASM Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 I really don’t care for this pattern of ride removals not being announced until someone asks on social media. Losing the Skyride is sad enough, but for it to just be quietly removed from the site and signage is just heartbreaking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 With the parachutes gone and the Skyride possibly removed, It's getting to the point where there are very few tame rides for almost anyone that aren't kiddie rides. All that is left is Justice League, Carousel, Big Wheel and maybe 1 or 2 other rides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daved Thomson Posted May 29, 2023 Report Share Posted May 29, 2023 I consider the log flume and the rapids to be family/tame rides. But, just because they have not been earmarked for removal, like the sky ride, apparently their signs, lists, and other communications don't seem to hold much water these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 29, 2023 Report Share Posted May 29, 2023 On 5/27/2023 at 9:26 PM, Daved Thomson said: This company, or its leader, has the strangest definition of what constitutes a "premium experience." In fact, I think he may be the only person using such a definition to sell tickets. He doesn't seem to understand that you NEVER want to over promise while under delivering. The word of mouth opinion of people who purchase tickets/passes expecting a premium experience and receiving just the opposite when they visit, will destroy the company. Its classic doublespeak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 I don't think I ever noticed this before. Why is this Skyride worker having a hard time stopping this car? Maybe because there are six adult riders! (Photo from 1977) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daved Thomson Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 I've seen this photo before, but I never noticed the number of passengers inside. Just a guess, but was the photo taken during either the 1976 or 1977 season? Is it at all possible that she is launching the car rather than stopping it? I guess that would depend on whether the bull wheels are capable of spinning in both directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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