29yrswithaGApass Posted October 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 I am not sure of an exact date but the trailer (at least the portion with the tires) was removed prior to 1985. We use to store dustpans and brooms in the center of the Carousel for cleaning the ride and I know there weren't any tires when I worked at the ride in 1985. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Year 2 - Photo #14 - November 5, 2013: June 6, 1979 Like the proud father of newborn twins, Six Flags Great Adventure general manager Larry Cochran watches as the first two trains of the brand new Rolling Thunderracing roller coaster ascend the lift hill for the inaugural lap around the 3200 foot track circuits. Note the five car trains which were an original feature of the ridewhen it opened on June 6, 1979 at 11 a.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC98 Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Wow, it looks much bigger for some reason with only trees in the background and no coaster next to it! Why was the fifth car removed though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 ^ The fifth car was removed from each train to improve performance on the ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Year 2 - Photo #15 - November 15, 2013: April 1974 Great Adventure's Traffic Jam bumper cars was one of the first installations in the Enchanted Forest theme park. Long before most buildings wereconstructed or the concrete walkways poured, the portable ride was erected in the park's Strawberry Fair section near the base of the Giant Wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Year 2 - Photo #16 - November 30, 2013: May 2001 Often in theme parks merchandise and snack locations are renamed and relocated to take advantage of the latest trends or changes in traffic flowaround the park. In 2001, Nitro Ride Gear made its debut just outside of the entrance to the new B&M coaster Nitro. Previously, this stand had beenused as Batman Collectibles when the Batman Stunt Show premiered and most recently as a security booth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted December 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Year 2 - Photo #17 - December 22, 2013: December 1987 Even though the holidays may seem to have us all running around in circles, we wanted to stop and take a moment to wish all ourGreatAdventureHistory.com family a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #18 - January 3, 2014: June 1984 The Sarajevo Bobsled ride was installed in 1984 and named as a tribute to that year's Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Theride was removed towards the end of the 1988 season and was replaced by the Great American Scream Machine. Initial renderingsfor the new Arrow looper featured the Bobsled's station incorporated into the new ride's queue house, however the station was leveled when the Bobsled was removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #19 - January 29, 2014: June 1980 Great Adventure has always been a place that stays on top of the latest trends, fads, and entertainment offerings. Starting in the summer of 1980 the park featured a photo-op kiosk themed to Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back which opened in May of that year. While the replicas of Darth Vader and C-3PO were far from accurate, the photo stand which allowed guests to have their picture taken in a set from a galaxy far, far, away proved to be very popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I'm surprised they didn't get in trouble for using those characters for pictures, unless they purposely made them different looking from the real characters so they could get away with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Darth Vader looks more like a Sleestak from Land of the Lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #20 - February 7, 2014: July 1989 As the world celebrates the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, we look back to a time when Great Adventure played host to theStars of the U.S.S.R. - a variety show that featured the "singing and dancing and beautiful, vibrant native costumes, rich in Russian culture." The show was presented in the park's Showcase Theatre from July 8th to August 20, 1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #21 - February 17, 2014: May 1974 To a guest watching a performance at Great Adventure's aqua arena the pool may appear to be a simple semi-circle. However, it is actually a perfect circlewith a diameter of 80 feet. The performing platform is located just short of center stage with several holding pens behind it in the rear portion. The largepens were needed in the early years to hold ten dolphins while diving shows were performed in the front section of the pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc12192 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 So cool to see the pool of my 'home' empty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #22 - March 10, 2014: September 1993 When Batman The Ride was introduced in 1993 it featured the most extensively themed queue line to date at Great Adventure.The waiting area, Gotham City Park, included over 42,000 square feet of sod, over 950 trees and shrubs, and 300 tons of decorativestone. The wrecked police car which appeared to have plowed into a fire hydrant was the real deal formerly serving the city of Orlando,Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #23 - March 23, 2014: May 1974 In the spring of 1974 a helicopter assisted in stringing the first set of cables across the park for the Sky Ride. The cables foreach side of this dual ride, which first premiered at the New York World's Fair in 1964, stretched over 4500 feet. With adiameter of one inch, the cables were initially supported by six towers which reached upwards of 104 feet into the clouds. The Sky Ride celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #24 - March 26, 2014: August 1979 Great Adventure's Safari Park was once home to tall trees and lush foliage that filled its many sections. Most of the trees withinthe animal reserve have fallen victim to severe weather or to the animals which call these acres home. Many different attemptswere made over the years to protect the trees including cages around the tree trunks or barriers to keep the animals away,however, nature finds a way - especially when it involves some tasty leaves or crunchy tree bark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #25 - April 22, 2014: October 1977 Fifty years since its debut at the New York World's Fair, Great Adventure's Skyride is still going strong. Imported from Flushing Meadows, New York, the parts of the attraction that originated at the Fairinclude the equipment found in the ride's two stations - the powered drive unit and tension assemblies, as well as the original fleet of 112 four passenger gondolas. The ride's six support towers are froman aerial ride once found in the now defunct Freedomland USA in the Bronx, NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Interesting to see 5 or 6 people in the car compared to now where they only allow up to 4 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 ^Yes, isn't that something! And they don't appear to be small people either. The worker looks like she is struggling to stop the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #26 - May 7, 2014: May 1974 The Super Teepee was one of Great Adventure's most unique structures and an example of how Warner LeRoy imagined the Enchanted Forest to be filledwith oversized structures that made guests feel as if they were in a land of fantasy. Constructed long before the days of treated timber, the huge logs were importedfrom the Yukon Territory and unfortunately rotted over time. The Super Teepee operated as the Best of the West's primary merchandise location through the endof the 2006 season, remained standing but not open in 2007, and was removed in the spring of 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 That's a cool picture to see how it was constructed. It's too bad they couldn't find a way to save it since it was always neat to see it in the park and walk inside the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #27 - May 24, 2014: January 2000 Six Flags Great Adventure officially opened its third gated park on May 27, 2000 when Hurricane Harbor premiered on a 45 acre site situated along Route 537. An in-depth storyline and a ton of tropical theming transported guests to an imaginary hideaway first discovered by factiousinventor and explorer Copernicus T. Potter. From the originally planned ticket booths (pictured above) to thrilling water slides, guests wereimmersed in an oasis of watery excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I think of Hurricane Harbor each time I walk into Islands of Adventure! It is amazing how much they borrowed from IOA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted May 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Year 2 - Photo #28 - May 29, 2014: May 1974 Behind their fancy columns and beneath their colorful awnings Great Adventure's original food stands were very basic box-likestructures. The one story facilities were made to look twice as tall with the installation of a false wall around the perimeter of thebuilding's roof. On the outside, cloth tarps were draped to form a protective cover over the serving counters positioned around thebuilding, while on the inside the false walls hid the ventilation and utility ducts up on the roof tops. Eat! Eat!, which later became MamaFlora's near the Big Wheel, is pictured under construction above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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