29yrswithaGApass Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Click here to see the wholeSpotlight! Comments and discussions are welcomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 When I worked at the park in the mid 80's and the Parachute ride was closed for high winds we would be sentenced to Bugs Bunny hell. I recall working this slide a few times, mostly helping the kids who would chicken out half way up the net. We would assist them to the hut at the top and then slide down after the kids made it back to ground level. For whatever reason, the material they used to make our uniform pants built up extreme amounts of static electricity going down the slides and would make big sparks when they passed over the bolt heads mounted from the bottom inside the tube. It actually hurt a little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanrobinchiller Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 When I worked at the park in the mid 80's and the Parachute ride was closed for high winds we would be sentenced to Bugs Bunny hell. I recall working this slide a few times, mostly helping the kids who would chicken out half way up the net. We would assist them to the hut at the top and then slide down after the kids made it back to ground level. For whatever reason, the material they used to make our uniform pants built up extreme amounts of static electricity going down the slides and would make big sparks when they passed over the bolt heads mounted from the bottom inside the tube. It actually hurt a little! I'm so sorry Harry! lol I'm so glad I've been at coasters for the past two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 I'm so sorry Harry! lol I'm so glad I've been at coasters for the past two years. We had a coaster in the area too back in my day but that was the Sarajevo Bobsled - it also closed whenever anyone sneezed and got the track wet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanrobinchiller Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 We had a coaster in the area too back in my day but that was the Sarajevo Bobsled - it also closed whenever anyone sneezed and got the track wet! hahaha! Oh boy. That mus have been so much fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 I don't know if I ever got to go to this attraction or not (I remember the net climb at Sesame Place but maybe I did go to the one at Great Adventure too), but it looks like it was a lot of fun for kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 The biggest problem I remember was that the "house" at the top would get hot as hell. I think they installed an air conditioner which was just a standard wall unit and it didn't last long because people kept playing with the controls and broke it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 The Looney Tunes crew invades the rear net climb in Looney Tunes Land circa 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Characters at play on the Net Climb! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I spent many hours on those climbing nets back as a kid. I recall only the right side net was open most of the time. Kids who were too small to ride GASM used to watch it drop from the open platfom at the top of the nets. Bigger kids used to climb on the punching bag things inside the cabin. Eventually the punching bags got pretty ratty and were removed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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