Coaster/Amusement Park Trivia Thread

[Whizzer Whiz Kid]

There were multiple answers. Iron Wolf, you got it first so you are up.

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

In 1980, Great America received a third train, but it was just stored by Marriott and never used. It remained on the property for many years before finally being sold.

What year was it built in and what park does it currently operate at?

[RollingCoasting]

Can you give us a hint?

[Guy_With_A_Stick]

I think the park is Cedar Point, but I'm bust on the year. I'm taking a wild guess of 1947.

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[RollingCoasting]

I think the park is Cedar Point, but I'm bust on the year. I'm taking a wild guess of 1947.

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How could they have gotten it in 1947 if our park and the ride didn't exist at that time?

[Guy_With_A_Stick]

I think the park is Cedar Point, but I'm bust on the year. I'm taking a wild guess of 1947.

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How could they have gotten it in 1947 if our park and the ride didn't exist at that time?

He said when was it BUILT. If it was when it was received, then it would've been 1980.

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[RollingCoasting]

I thought he meant what year did the train open at where it currently operates

[RollingCoasting]

If you mean when the actual train was built, then it was 1927 and it currently operates at Cedar Point

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

If you mean when the actual train was built, then it was 1927 and it currently operates at Cedar Point

You are correct. I believe that it acutaly operates at Knott's Berry Farm.

Here's a little bit about it if you want to read.

"In 1999, the CP&LE acquired its latest locomotive, a 2-4-4T. As yet unused and un-named, it is stored in the CP&LE enginehouse for possible future use. It started as a Davenport 0-4-0T (construction number 2081) which was built in July 1927 for the N&S Coal Company in Pittsburg, Kansas. At an unknown date, the engine was sold to the Mackie Clemens Fuel Company in Mulberry, Kansas, who numbered the engine #55. Since Mulberry is a very small village only eight miles from Pittsburg, it is likely that Mulberry had a Pittsburg mailing address in 1927 and the whole N&S company was sold to Mackie Clemens, so the engine probably never moved from its original home. In 1977, the engine was acquired by the Keystone Light Railway Company in Hermanie, Pennsylvania, and it was restored as a 2-4-4T for Marriott's Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois. Keystone's work was normally done at Harliss Industries in Irwin, PA, but it is possible that at least some of the work on this engine was done at Buckeye Boiler on East First Street in Dayton, Ohio, where the engine is believed to have been seen indoors through dirty windows in the mid 1970s. Buckeye Boiler was associated with International Amusement, a firm formed when George Roose’s son Bill acquired National Amusement Device in Dayton about the time George Roose retired from Cedar Point (around 1975).

The engine was delivered to Great America in Gurnee in 1980, but Marriott stored it behind their enginehouse still in its shipping crate and never used it. Around 1983, it was offered for sale for $90,000, but it apparently did not sell as it was still on the property when the park was sold to Six Flags in May 1984. By 1991, the engine had been sent to Shop Services and was restored for Bill Norred who was planning a Victorian village in southern California. In 1996 (already having two other engines), Mr. Norred traded the engine to Disney for five of the original (1955) Disneyland closed coaches which had been out of service for nearly twenty years. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Norred passed away before having the chance to build his dream. The Davenport proved too big for the Disneyland Railroad, and was sent to Florida to be used on the Walt Disney World Railroad. There, it was named the "Ward Kimball" after the famous animator who had developed Jiminy Cricket. It was tested for a brief period of time beginning on March 1, 1997, but proved too small for regular use with the larger trains and grades in Orlando. It was then placed on display for a while at Epcot before being traded to Cedar Point for the CP&LE's original engine "Maud L." in 1999.

This engine is 30'-5" long, weighs 48,439 lbs. in working order, has a 42" boiler with 165 PSI boiler pressure, 11" x 16" cylinders, 28" drive wheels, and 18" pilot wheels. The tank holds 675 gallons of water, and at Walt Disney World carried 300 gallons of fuel oil. As a footnote, a sister Mackie Clemens Davenport 0-4-0 was rebuilt as a diesel for Opryland in Nashville and named Elizabeth, leading to a misunderstanding that the engine at Cedar Point was named Elizabeth.

The Locomotive now resides at Knott's Berry Farm getting ready to return to operable service."

[RollingCoasting]

Marriott originally planned a third Great America park. Which city and state was it supposed to be in and why was it not built?

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

A third park in the Washington, DC metropolitan area was also to have opened in 1976. Local opposition, however, at two proposed sites prevented the third park from becoming a reality.

[RollingCoasting]

Actually, I read somewhere that it was in the Washington DC Area, but not in Maryland. It was supposed to be in Manassas, Virginia. Close enough, though. You're up

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

What ride was built inside of the Traffique Jam course?

[RollingCoasting]

Davey Jone's Dinghies?

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

Correct. You're up.

[RollingCoasting]

In 2004, a Six Flags park was going to receive an SLC. Which park was it and where does the SLC currently operate at?

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

The Vekoma SLC was originally built for Jazzland/Six Flags New Orleans. That sale was never completed so Magic Springs ended up with the roller coaster and it is named Gauntlet.

[RollingCoasting]

You're turn Iron Wolf

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

What was the name of the seafood restaurant from the Marriott days that is now the pizza restaurant in Yankee Harbor in between the Picnic Grove exit and Yankee Clipper's entrance?

[RollingCoasting]

Captain Morgan's Seafood

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

You're up Rolling Coasting

[RollingCoasting]

Name every Six Flags park that has had a Hrubetz Round Up at some point (Even when they weren't a Six Flags park)

[Guy_With_A_Stick]

Six flags Great Adventure, Magic Mountain, and America.

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[RollingCoasting]

Not quite there yet

[Coaster Justin]

Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags America
Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure