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SFGAm Photos - Very Early 2001 Season

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Postby skibum101184 on November 17th, 2014, 4:28 pm
Came across these in a box in my storage room over the weekend. Taken in very late April or very early May of 2001. V2 has yet to open to the public and was testing that day. Deja Vu was in what appears to be final phases of construction. Appears complete but cranes are still up. Also have a few other misc. shots from around the park that day.

And my apologies ahead of time on the quality of the photos. They were scanned in and originally taken on a one-time use camera.
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V2 and Vu
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Cranes are still up
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Final construction phase
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V2, from I believe near or at the entrance of Shockwave (or exit)
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Testing again
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Testing, before it was open to the public.
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Some people starting to gather around as testing started...but never did open.
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Viper....minus Hurricane Harbor
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Yes, I know, cameras on ride are frowned upon. But I was 16 and a dare devil at the time :)
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Postby RollingCoasting on November 17th, 2014, 5:45 pm
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
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Postby Sharon29060 on November 17th, 2014, 7:16 pm
Nice photos, thank you for sharing! :D
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Postby skibum101184 on November 19th, 2014, 9:10 am
Anytime. I just wish they were better quality and I had taken more photos from around the park.

I also came across this. Not sure what year it's from, but it's a 'piggy bank'.
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Postby CoasterNick3157 on November 19th, 2014, 1:33 pm
A 25th anniversary ticket I have

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Postby Muck Finnesota on November 25th, 2014, 2:04 pm
skibum101184 wrote:Came across these in a box in my storage room over the weekend. Taken in very late April or very early May of 2001. V2 has yet to open to the public and was testing that day. Deja Vu was in what appears to be final phases of construction. Appears complete but cranes are still up. Also have a few other misc. shots from around the park that day.

Thanks for posting these. The 2001 & 2002 seasons were probably the last that I absolutely loved going to this park.
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Postby Necropolis on December 8th, 2014, 10:18 pm
Wow thanks for sharing these. Now I know what I missed growing up XD. You must of gone on an extremely busy day, in one of the pics theres dozens upon literally dozens of school buses. OMG :o
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Postby Iron Wolf 90-11 on December 9th, 2014, 8:32 am
Necropolis wrote:Wow thanks for sharing these. Now I know what I missed growing up XD. You must of gone on an extremely busy day, in one of the pics theres dozens upon literally dozens of school buses. OMG :o

Back when operations were at least decent.
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Postby Necropolis on December 12th, 2014, 2:47 pm
Iron Wolf 90-11 wrote:
Necropolis wrote:Wow thanks for sharing these. Now I know what I missed growing up XD. You must of gone on an extremely busy day, in one of the pics theres dozens upon literally dozens of school buses. OMG :o

Back when operations were at least decent.


Has operations really gone under over the years? What do you blame that on? Bad management or Corporate?
How long did you have to wait for rides back then?
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