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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Tom_-_Obszanski
- From: Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: Knoebels trades in JET STAR! 8^(
- Message-ID: <69957@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 08:22:47 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Nov17.183150.28661@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Lines: 37
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- >It's just been announced that the Schwarzkopf JET STAR
- >steel coaster is currently being dismantled from
- >Knoebels Amusement Resort!! Appartenly, Dick Knoebel
- >has used the ride as a "Trade in" with Vekoma.
- >
- >Knoebels will debut the Vekoma WHIRLWIND (std corkscrew
- >model steel coaster) in place of the JET STAR in 1993!
- >The WHIRLWIND was sold back to Vekoma from Rye Playland
- >to make room for a new attraction at that park.
- >
- >Funny, Dick Knoebel mentioned being interested in that
- >stupid Vekoma corkscrew over a year ago, and many
- >coaster enthusiasts told him it would be a bad investment,
- >since the ride is SUCH a dog!! For $2 million, an SDC
- >WINDSTORM coaster was suggested as an alternative. I guess
- >the price tag is what sold Dick on the WHIRLWIND.
- >
- >
- >8^(
- >
- >Excuse me while I retch...
- >
- >
- >B.
-
- Buck,
-
- I'll join you in retching! The Jet Star was a great little coaster,
- bested only by the Jet Star at Casino Pier, Seaside Heights, NJ! I was
- really hoping that Dick would see the light and consider another small
- Schwarzkopf coaster to replace the Jet Star.
-
- BTW, I'll be heading out to Knoebels the weekend after Thanksgiving to
- do a bit of shopping there, since several of the shops will be open for
- the Christmas buying season. I'll shed a tear...
-
- Tom
-