29yrswithaGApass Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Click here to see the whole Spotlight! Comments and discussions welcomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Sorry, can't resist..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Nice spotlight as usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkRider Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Wow. I learned so much. Good job with the spotlight, as always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 We overlooked these her when we put together the Buccaneer Spotlight. Actually, we didn't have any photos of the figurehead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up_Up_and_Away Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 We overlooked these her when we put together the Buccaneer Spotlight. Actually, we didn't have any photos of the figurehead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkRider Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Wow, okay then. To much information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulieGBones Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I love this ride so much. I am just a big kid when I get on this. Great spotlight..... again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 are those HUGE boobs still on the ride today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioSonic94 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Yes. I saw them when I went to the park on saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 are those HUGE boobs still on the ride today? Yep...they've always been kind of hidden, first by the Adventure Theater and now by Blackbeard's. Usually the only time you see that figure head is when you're waiting to board and watching the ride from up at the gate. At the point where the boat swings highest she faces right into the pit with her boobs pointing at the drive wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 You got to give the "Lady of the Buccaneer" a lot of credit. Almost 30 years later, her boobs look as good as the day she was installed. (I hope this is not too risque for the forum.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 They must put a bra on her during the off-season to keep them perky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkRider Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Is it me, or did this conversation just flip to a PG-13 level? All it takes is one picture! wow okay then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted May 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Six Flags Over Mid America also received a Buccaneer ride in 1980 just like Great Adventure. Although they had a better pamphlet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 As we know, sometimes before a ride is actually built a park often uses footage of a similar attraction at another park. The swing ship ride in the 1980 Great Adventure commercial obvious is not our park's ride. The park also used the photo below to promote the ride before the Buccaneer opened in 1980. The photo was taken in August 1979. Does anyone recognize what park or pier this might have been. I see a skyway in the background so I am thinking something like Seaside, NJ or Santa Cruz, CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 It's not Seaside, the "Skyride" there runs along the Boardwalk, not on a ride pier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted August 11, 2010 Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 wildwood, didnt they have one back in the day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanrobinchiller Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 The swinging ship is a stable in every park! I llove when I ride Blackbeard's Train and you feel like your going to hit the swinging ship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 my older sister said one day that tey used to have seats above the back row. can someone tell me if that is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 No, not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasmspiritblue Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) Yea i have never seen a pic of it so no. Edited September 19, 2011 by gasmspiritblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 ok thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) Some members here, including me think the Buccaneer used to swing higher than it does now. SFA in MD has the same model that GADV has, and their Buccaneer swings up much higher than GADV's does now. So your sister could be thinking of that? Edited September 19, 2011 by The Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 i do thimnk we can qualify the buccanners pit as a possible basement? it is under the ground level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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