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Postby Chitown on June 7th, 2008, 12:18 pm
Steve has updated his site with pics of Eagles Flight and Delta Flyer. You can also see Southern Cross which was only at the Gurnee park.

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/images ... 151&page=1
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Postby bigb7965 on June 7th, 2008, 3:31 pm
so thats what it looked like back then

i like how there was actually some themeing in yankee harbor
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Postby Demon_07 on June 7th, 2008, 11:27 pm
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Postby Freakdaddy on June 8th, 2008, 11:16 pm
Why was this ride removed?
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Postby cycamps on June 8th, 2008, 11:18 pm
Great Find! I've always wanted to see pictures of that ride.
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Postby Demon_07 on June 9th, 2008, 10:44 am
Freakdaddy wrote:Why was this ride removed?


Don't know. A lot of skyrides disappeared.
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Postby forddude1416 on June 9th, 2008, 2:24 pm
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM TO SEE THIS! Ever since I first started going to the park, I noticed that the funnel cake foundry always looked so different. Why the height elevation, why the queue line looking like table pathway? I am so amazed I finally get to see it after all these years wow.
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Postby Demon_07 on June 9th, 2008, 3:03 pm
You can see the edges where it used to be cut out.
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Postby FParker185 on June 9th, 2008, 5:12 pm
Southern Cross was removed partially because if it became stuck, it was so tall the nearest ladder trucks that were tall enough to get people down were located in Chicago, and that in fact happened at least once in it's short existence. Also at other parks cars had dropped from the wire, Six Flags just didn't care for the liability.

With proper maintenance and guest behavior SkyRides are entirely safe. Really wish they were still here at SFGAm. Southern Cross actually lasted for a shorter time than Deja Vu did.
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Postby Demon_07 on June 9th, 2008, 5:24 pm
I guess they thought the train and sky tower was enough to see the whole park.
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Postby CoasterEscape on June 9th, 2008, 6:09 pm
The thing is, SFGAm isn't that big of a park. I don't really need to see any other type of transportation other than the train.
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Postby Demon_07 on June 9th, 2008, 6:38 pm
I'd take Delta/Eagle over the train though.
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Postby jm2775 on June 9th, 2008, 9:22 pm
Its not about transportation for these kinds of attractions...its seeing an view from above. Relaxing for a few minutes and taking in the sights, like Sky Trek Tower.

I used to love the Skyway at WDW. The line for it was always long. And if you wanted it for transportation, you could easily walk from Fantasyland to Tommorowland quicker than waiting in line.

I remember the station in County Fair (the Funnel Cake Factory now), but where was the other station?
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Postby BrianPlencner on June 9th, 2008, 9:29 pm
^ The other station was in Orleans Place, where Condor now stands.

In between Condor and the Sky ride, the park placed their Banyan Curve there, and named it, of all things "Delta Flyer".

Then, they took that out when Condor came in 1991. Not sure what the park did with the Banyan Curve after 1991.

And a bit more history....the Banyan Curve first opened at the park in 1976 as "Yukon Yahoo".

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Postby jm2775 on June 10th, 2008, 9:03 am
^ Thanks for the info.
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Postby sfgam1 on June 10th, 2008, 10:18 am
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Postby CoasterEscape on June 10th, 2008, 2:16 pm
But that's what I'm saying. We already have a train and an observation tower. We don't need another transportation/take-in-the-sights ride.
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