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Well hey, here's a throwback photo for you to help clue you in to where Once Upon a Coaster is headed next week with our brand new episode!

This was a really unusual episode to make for you, and I'm almost certain even if you think you know everything about this thrill machine we'll tell you about some new stuff too!

Episode premieres next Friday! Be sure to subscribe in your podcast player so you don't miss it!

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An image from the 1980s of a large and blue Swiss Bob Coaster with small trees planted underneath and people standing in line under part of the structure.

Went into this episode not really sure where it was gonna take us. It turned out to be one of our favorite episodes from this season. There's a great history to tell with this park and it's coasters and we can't wait for you to listen soon!

The episode is live this Friday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or catch up on old episodes at ouacpodcast.com

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An image of the entrance to Nara Dreamland.

Comet at Cascade Park in New Castle, PA is a defunct wooden roller coaster that operated from the mid-1950s until it was abandoned in 1981. The coaster was nothing flashy but was the only coaster designed by Paul Vesco, who owned the park grounds at the time the ride was built.

Cascade Park still exists today, without any rides.

📸 Eric Sakowski | c. 1981

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A view from the top of the hill of Comet, taken after the rude has been abandoned. Trees and shrubbery have started to overgrow the track.

The blueprints for Blue Streak at Conneaut Lake show the out-and-back layout that the roller coaster once boasted.

The coaster opened in 1938 and as of 2018 was one of the last operating roller coasters from designer Eddy Vettel.

Unfortunately, Blue Streak suffered damage from a fire on the park grounds in 2021 and will most likely never open again. (That's a story for another day....)

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A new episode is live in your podcast player! Come join us as we look at a failed Intamin prototype that was almost universally hated while it operated at @SixFlags parks throughout the country. The poor ride really never stood the chance.

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An image of today's episode cover featuring a grainy photo of Flashback with the title of the episode superimposed in pink neon font.

Whizzer was a Schwarzkopf extended jumbo jet model that operated at California's Great America from 1976 to 1988.

The small coaster featured the infamous electric spiral lift that was a space-saving feature these rides deployed on most of their builds.

While only reaching a height of 70 feet (21m), Whizzer did manage to top out at 42MPH.

📷 David McMaster | c. 1977

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An image of Whizzer's spiral lift hill, with a train about halfway up the hill in this photo. The photo is dark due to age, but in front of the roller coaster is an area of umbrellas/picnic tables where people are sitting, as well as some small trees and lights to illuminate the area in the evening.

Big Dipper at Geauga Lake was a John A. Miller designed wooden roller coaster that operated at the park from 1925 to the park's closure in 2007. The out-and-back coaster reached topped heights of 62 feet and top speeds of 35 MPH.

The coaster sat abandoned until it was finally torn down in 2016. It's a shame it wasn't able to be relocated.

📸 coasterimage.com | c. 2002

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A view of Big Dipper. The image shows the second hill, turn around, and bunny hills back to the station. The wood is it's natural color with red accents along the track. In the foreground is part of the Waterpark located at Geauga Lake.

Was there ever a sadder roller coaster tale than Windjammer Surf Racers at @knotts ?? Opened in 1997 as a new prototype from Togo, the coaster was plauged with so many issues and repairs that it was unceremoniously shut down only 3 years later in 2000.

The park has never recovered. /s

📷 Duane Marden | c. 1999

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An image of one of the trains on Windjammer heading through the vertical loop on the red track. Behind it, the identical yellow track can be seen, though it is train-less.

Screechin' Eagle was a wooden roller coaster that operated at LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park from 1940 until the park's closure in 2002.

Designed by the infamous John C. Allen, Screechin' Eagle was actually the second home for this roller coaster, having originally opened in 1928 at Moxahala Amusement Park.

Sad to see this roller coaster wasn't able to survive past the park's closure.

📷 Alfred Freeman | c. 1970

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A semi-grainy image of a train on Screechin' Eagle heading down a large drop on the ride. The train consists of 3 cars full of passengers. The track is painted all white. Behind the track is a lot of green foliage.

Flyer was a wooden roller coaster that operated at Canada's National Exhibition from 1953 to 1992.

For non-Canadians, the Exhibition is a fair that is held yearly outside of Toronto. For most of the year this roller coaster sat dormant, waiting for the fairgrounds to come to life.

📸 Eric Sakowski | c. 1982

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An image of the Flyer coaster in the center of the photo, with the fair spread out around it. This photo was taken from the ferris wheel.

Texas Tornado was a Schwarzkopf looping roller coaster that operated at @SixFlags Astroworld from 1998 to 2000.

This coaster was a rare find in North America - these rides were mostly sold in Europe as a traveling roller coaster for fairs and carnivals.

She was moved to @sixflagsDK as Zonga until 2004 before spending her last years in Mexico at Isla San Marcos Parque Tematico. She has since been scrapped.

📷 Joe Schwartz | c. 1998

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a photo of Texas Tornado at Astroworld - The roller coaster is a large collection of colors - all the supports are painted blue, but the track in different sections is painted yellow, red, white, and black. A train is going through one of the vertical loops in this photo. Onlookers in front of the coaster watch and stand in line.

Happy Friday! Our newest episode is now live in your #podcast player. Listen as we head to @SFGrAdventure to take a look at Great American Scream Machine, their iconic Arrow looper that broke records when she opened in 1989.

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An image of a train car on GASM heading through one of three vertical loops found on the ride. The track is painted red with white supports. The car is painted blue.

Next Friday we launch a brand new episode about one of our favorite rides to hate at @SFGrAdventure - and we mean that with all the love in the world.

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A car on GASM going through one of the iconic loops in 1996.

We're back with a brand new episode!

Join us as we head to Germany to look at Super Wirbel, the first Vekoma coaster ever made. This ride was the beginning of the end for Arrow Dynamics, and we discuss it all in this episode.

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An image of a train on Super Wirbel completing the corkscrew element on the ride. The train and its passengers are facing the camera, pointed slightly to the right. The track is yellow and the cars are green and orange.

Earlier this year we hosted a #podcast episode on the infamous Scenic Railway at Luna Park. Here's Metropolis, a defunct Galaxi coaster that operated at the park from 1990 to 2012.

Galaxi SDC models are small and compact, making them the perfect fit for Luna Park.

📷 Martin Valt | c. 2012

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A view of Metropolis from an elevated viewpoint. A large section of the track is shown, with white supports. Behind the roller coaster is the rest of the park. A ferris wheel can be seen, a white domed pavillion, and parts of the Scenic Railways roller coaster.

The Zippin Pippin was a John A. Miller designed wooden roller coaster that operated from 1923 to 2005 at Libertyland in Memphis, TN. The ride was formally known as just Pippin, but was slightly rethemed in 1975 to breathe new life into her.

A sign outside the entrance to the ride stated that this was Elvis's favorite ride.

📷 Eric Sakowski | c. 2000

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A look at Zippin Pippin from a POV on the track itself. you can see where the ride crosses over itself in the image through a series of small bunny hops. Behind the coaster is a building and a small parking lot with cars.

Beach Coaster was a John A. Miller designed roller coaster that operated at Coaster Park in Jacksonville Beach Florida from 1928 to 1949. The ride featured short cars of only 6 rows to allow for better handling of the twists and turns built into the ride.

📷 Beaches Museum | c. 1940s

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A black and white image of a small parade moving past the roller coaster. Based on clothing and the small parade floats, it looks to be a spring-time parade, possibly Easter. A line of people stand on the curb watching. A small gift shop sits behind the people and obstructs the view of the lower sections of the roller coaster track.

Jumbo Jet was a Schwarzkopf Jet Star coaster that operated at @cedarpoint from 1972 to 1978. The ride featured the classical Schwarzkopf spiral lift, which saved space for amusement parks looking to pack high thrills into a smaller space.

The roller coaster was located near the lake-side of the amusement park, in the area today located between #Gatekeeper and Windseeker.

📷 Larry Wasserman | c. 1976

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A view of Jumbo Jet roller coaster can be seen in the background of this image, with a car about to descend the first drop. In the foreground is a large refreshment stand named Mattehorn with a long line that stretches into the walkways.

Toboggan was a rare toboggan styled roller coaster that operated at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in Norfolk, UK from 1993 to 2000. These older roller coasters are increasingly rare if not completely defunct and feature a vertical chain lift hill.

Have you ever ridden a toboggan roller coaster like this? I managed to snag a ride on one about eight years ago - it's a unique experience, and tons of fun.

📷 Steve Smith | c. 2009

#RollerCoasters #DefunctCoasters #Coasters #Toboggan #ThemeParks

A view of the Toboggan ride. The center support column that holds the roller coaster is situated in the middle of the frame. Around the column twists a red track with blue supports. At the bottom of the track the ride vehicles are sitting at the station but covered.

I have a theory that #rollercoasters perform better when built next to the ocean. Must be all that salt air.

Skyways was a Galaxi S.D.C. model roller coaster that operated at Clarence Pier in Portsmouth, UK from 1980 until 2017. The original plan for Skyways was to disassemble and refurbish it in time to reopen in 2020, but.....that didn't happen.

📷 Ben Case | c. 2015

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