29yrswithaGApass Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Did Shockwave really only have two trains? I was watching a POV of it (at Astroworld) on TPR's Coasters In the Raw, and it really looked like there was three. I screen captured the part. It looks to have one in the station, one that the camera man is on, and one on the transfer. http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream Edit: Here's a slightly better one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/79973644@N03/7331540276/in/photostream/ It had three, and the Shockwave had three trains when it was at Great Adventure too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideOfSteel Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Wow. I shouldn't have believed wikipedia. RCDB has it listed as two trains too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Wow. I shouldn't have believed wikipedia. RCDB has it listed as two trains too. Yeah, there are several pieces of inaccuarate info on rcdb about Great Adventure. We emailed to them several corrections which hopefully they will update soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 With the ride so much shorter than Green Lantern, was there a lot of stacking with 3 trains? Maybe it wasn't as bad though since there were less rows per train and no seatbelts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Here are a few postcards of Great Adventure's first stand-up coaster, ShockWave, when it was at Magic Mounain (1986-1988) prior to being moved to NJ: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Just ran across pictures of the coaster rusting away at Darien Lake: http://coastertalknobszone.blogspot.com/2014/08/astroworld-batman-intamin-stand-up.html?m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Here is a postcard of ShockWave after it left Great Adventure and operated at AstroWorld as Batman The Escape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 You think they would have touched up the picture for the postcard. The gum/bird crap on the front looks awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Maybe those are bullet holes taken when Batman was escaping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 There's a new article about Shockwave sitting at Darien Lake: http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/bdn05/roller-coaster-remains-mothballed-at-darien-lake-20170504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrummer Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 how did Shockwave compare to the Green Lantern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 I don't remember much about Shock Wave but I kind or remember thinking it was kind of slow but I think I enjoyed it. It seems that I'm one of the few that enjoy Green Lantern. Oh, I don't have the same "this is kind of slow" thoughts about Green Lantern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBOK Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Shockwave was small compared to GL. For its time, it seemed huge. I remember the commercial for it with everyone wearing the same black sunglasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericthewanderer Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Shockwave was small compared to GL. For its time, it seemed huge. I remember the commercial for it with everyone wearing the same black sunglasses. Are you sure you're not thinking about KD's Shockwave commercial?That one had people in military-style jumpsuits and dark sunglasses being strapped in a stand-up coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 This commercial (from Magic Mountain)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBOK Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Brings back good memories. They must of copied the same video for GA or vice versa. Was definitely played here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrummer Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 This commercial (from Magic Mountain)? looks clearly to me that this was a Terminator theme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Have No Name Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Interesting how the Intamin & TOGO stand ups used a lap restraint instead of the "bicycle seats" for their stand ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 On 7/14/2020 at 4:34 PM, I Have No Name said: Interesting how the Intamin & TOGO stand ups used a lap restraint instead of the "bicycle seats" for their stand ups. Shockwave had bicycle seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Click here to see the whole Spotlight! Samples below. Comments and discussions are welcomed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daved Thomson Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) What an incredibly thorough spotlight and update. I never rode Shockwave at Great Adventure, but did get to ride it at Magic Mountain. The novelty of standup coasters, for me, is probably their strongest asset. Personally, I find standups to be uncomfortable and noticeably slower than their counterparts with seats. Still a great ride, especially as a part of the ride rotation program. Interesting note regarding Ray Williams, who appears in a number of the photos. After leaving Great Adventure, he briefly went to Six Flags' corporate office in Piscataway, directly under Larry Cochran. After leaving Six Flags, he briefly went to work for Arrow Dynamics. He was among the earliest of the Six Flags park Vice Presidents/General Managers, going all the way back to the company's ownership under the Great Southwest Corporation. Edited October 13, 2022 by Daved Thomson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Thanks. It is mind boggling that the original spotlight was over 15 years old! It is also unbelievable that we have been building this site for 15+ years. We still have tons of new stuff to share and just as much to update and enhance. Plenty of great things ahead! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyroger Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 23 hours ago, 29yrswithaGApass said: Thanks. It is mind boggling that the original spotlight was over 15 years old! It is also unbelievable that we have been building this site for 15+ years. We still have tons of new stuff to share and just as much to update and enhance. Plenty of great things ahead! I have to say this site has the most detailed history of any amusement park I've seen, it's easy to navigate and find the history on almost anything the park has had, it's more in depth than any site about Disney parks. So, I really appreciate the dedication that went into building this site. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 I always find it frustrating other parks don't have similar sites (aside from the Disney parks) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Have No Name Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 What I've found interesting about Shockwave was that it was in a roundabout way .... a B&M Coaster. Well .... Walter Bolliger & Claude Mabillard did design it; Giovanola built it and Intamin installed it. Which does lead to a great "what if" .... what if Walter & Claude stayed with Giovanola or went to work directly for Intamin? Anyhow, from looking at where Shockwave was relative to the current Great Adventure layout; the queue line went roughly where Dare Devil Dive is to where the entrance is for the Go Karts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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