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Postby BP317 on October 15th, 2008, 8:54 am
Slideshow with pics I took at parks. Ive been tinkering around with stuff recently before stuff before taking new pics/actual video this winter. The sound effect at the end was cut off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0EXUk6Yyyw&fmt=18
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Postby jm2775 on October 15th, 2008, 9:44 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0EXUk6Yyyw&fmt=18

By adding &fmt=18 to the end of any YT video, you get the highest quality video available. Yours looks much better now!
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Postby BP317 on October 15th, 2008, 9:51 am
Thanks :).
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Postby Galvan on October 15th, 2008, 10:55 am
Great video....

Love the ending!!!
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Postby onyxhotel08 on October 18th, 2008, 10:53 pm
That was pretty cool. Good job.
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Postby BrianPlencner on October 19th, 2008, 12:02 am
I agree, that was a great video. I really like seeing the Eagle Model. To bad the park only takes it out for employee events.

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Postby BP317 on October 19th, 2008, 12:18 am
You mean employee evenT. I have not seen that model since taking those pics in I think it was January of 06. Have no idea where it is or where its been since then :lol:.
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Postby BrianPlencner on October 20th, 2008, 12:17 am
^ Yes you are correct on event (not events). As it says in my sig, I was an employee for 5 years, and never saw it at any event. I also tried to find it in the back stage areas of the park, as well as ask people about it. Most had no idea what I was talking about, some said they had heard about it, but never saw it. The last time I physically saw the model was back in the January or February of 1981 at Hawthorn Shopping Center (Vernon Hills, IL) on the lower level near Marshall Fields. It was on "tour" so to speak as a promotion for the opening in May of that year.

The other model shown in your video at 3:11 is also cool, as its a model of the whole park from like 1978 or 1979 (as Tidal Wave is on it). The park pulled that out for an employee reunion held at the park in May of 1999, so I got a few pictures of that, as well as time to check it all out.

It would be cool if there was a place in the park that they could put the Eagle model on display.

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Postby BP317 on October 20th, 2008, 4:35 am
Here are the pics. I put these up a long time ago on the Greatamericaparks.com album, so if youve seen those these are nothing new.


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Orleans Place, with the Orleans Orbit and Traffique Jam antique cars.


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County Fair Games Gallery.


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As Brian said Tidal Wave and Turn of the Century are here which means this model is from either 78 or 79.


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Turn of the Century


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Whizzer.


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Commercial from the 90s.


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Commercial from when Viper was new.

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Demon with blood red pond and Eagle being built in the background.


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This is from Delta Flyer/Eagles Flight.


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Certificate given to the opening crew of the ride. Sorry for the crappy quality my camera back then wasnt so great.


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Demon ride op costume.


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SSA ride op costume.


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Yankee Harbor employee costumes.


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Postby coasterkidd100 on October 20th, 2008, 5:47 pm
Great video! I wish that summer would never end!
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