This was maden in about 1996, I remember. This is one of the fun and
interesting roller coasters with kinda dizzy i think. but one problem is
chair. the safety bar is not so tightened so I was slipped side by side as
spinning harder. Anyways now, the Space Fantasy in Universal Studio in
Japan is better.
They are suposed to inspect them often for damage, but I'm sure alot of
stuff gets missed. Wooden coasters need alot of maintenance. Treated wood
lasts a long time, but if ya miss something during the preseason
inspections and someone doesn't catch it on a walkthrough, that broken
piece of wood takes the punishment of thousands and thousands of rides
during the summer, which also puts additional strain on the pieces around
it... you can imagine what that does to that section over a few months...
That transition to the main brakes is quite terrifying. It went through
many natural disaster and theres even been rumors of a truck crashing
through it. Both damage repairs and modifications had been made but after
73 years, it closed :(
How often do they have to replace the wood on the coaster? There are some
wooden coasters now I wonder how they've lasted so long...I remember riding
the American Eagle at Six Flags Great America 30 years ago, and it's still
running!
I rode it, worked on it then helped dismantle other rides around it. I took
apart the monster( tilt a wirl) disco star the fun house airplane ride and
several other rides. All of um are in Oaks Pa rotting away
If you have the money and people to replace the track then wooden coasters
can in theory last forever. The oldest operating coaster is in Lakemont
Park in Pennsylvania and it was originally built in 1902.
You took the words right out of my mouth, lol. It looks like when it was
designed, they misjudged how much speed it would still have at the end.
That hill looks like it belongs on a kiddie coaster.
You can tell just how old this is by the evidence of it being on a tape at
the bottom of the screen. Never got to ride this, I was too little when my
family went to WG, and then the park closed :(
It is a matter of wood, wear and tear, forces, weather and quite a few
other factors. Quite a few classic woodies have propably most of their
structure already replaced.