Just found this, it was just put up Apr. 29th. It has ALL the ol'-school favorites!
Enjoy!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLpaJOVCykg
wow..sad..but great memories. i have one forever. i got that face hanging above the orient express entrance tattoo on my leg. first coaster i ever rode and was hooked. thanks for the post
nice find how-do. I havnet been to WOF literally for over 20 years I bet. ( oops theres that age thing again)>> I remember almost everything in the video.. funny how it all comes back!
I made one trip to WOF around 1990. It was fun, but I'm partial to SDC. Have not been to Six Flags St. Louis for many years, either, probably since 1997. Again, Six Flags has always been fun, but I'm a SDC guy!
i'm with ya junior, NOTHIN' beats SDC!! when i was growing up we had passes to WOF, but our 1-2 trips a year to SDC were priceless. i remember going back to school on monday & STILL having the flooded mine song stuck in my head!! ;D
I have never been to WOF, I have lived in StL my whole life, and didn't even make it to Six Flags StL until I was 12, BUT we always made it to SDC atleast twice a year every year since 1980!
We went to WOF a couple of years ago and was saddened to see how they have started ignoring the original "World" theme of the park. A 50's sock hop diner in Africa? Come on.
The only other time I've been there was around 1987 or so on a band trip in high school. It was raining that day and the Orient Express got stuck on one of the upside down loops. We were like that for probably 15-20 minutes. Talk about a headache when we finally came down. I also remember riding the EXP which was one of the first stand up coasters if I'm not mistaken. It also got stuck, but not for very long or upside down.
yeah, afew really bad things have happened out there in the past.. last time we went ( 2 yrs ago ) was ok, but we still e-mailed them & told them to live'n up their employees....
That was a great video! Anyone have pictures of the boats during the removal process? Where they taken out in large sections or scrapped in place? Did they (debris) go to the landfill or were they sold? Is the front gate still closed? What happened to plans for new front gate? Anyone with insider info? Is there a lack of theming there?
Quotewow..sad..but great memories. i have one forever. i got that face hanging above the orient express entrance tattoo on my leg. first coaster i ever rode and was hooked. thanks for the post
Oh,so that's where your name comes from (just kidding) ;D