tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post2054998627375715906..comments2024-03-29T02:30:53.003-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Freedomland, Part 3Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-29298808958628964772010-01-09T06:24:53.973-08:002010-01-09T06:24:53.973-08:00Does anyone know if this went to Cedar Point after...Does anyone know if this went to Cedar Point after Freedomland closed? The Pirate Ride and San Francisco Earthquake Ride (which scared the living feces out of me as a little kid) both ended up there, and there is a themed area along the Cedar Point & Lake Erie R.R. called "Boneville" that uses a similar concept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-24522399824621263012007-07-23T22:08:00.000-07:002007-07-23T22:08:00.000-07:00Well, here's the story on that...It's a little com...Well, here's the story on that...<BR/><BR/>It's a little complication, so hold on for a few sentences.<BR/><BR/>This scene is part of the Northwest Fur Trappers boat ride at Freedomland. Freedomland was designed by Marco Engineering. Marco Engineering was also designing a number of other parks at the same time This scene (the western ghost town) was originally build for a park in Golden, Colorado, which basically went bankrupt during construction--for a slightly different Northwest Fur Trappers ride. It is meant to be a Western ghost town that you--as guests in the boat--stumble across while "exploring" the northwest. When the Colorado park went broke, many components of that park went off to other parks that were being designed by Marco Engineering. Which is how it strangely ended up in Freedomland, even though it doesn't fit so well in the ride.<BR/><BR/>Since someone will probably ask: Marco Engineering was a consulting company owned by C.V. Wood.<BR/><BR/>It's a cool photo. Thanks for posting it.<BR/><BR/>todd pierce<BR/>www.toddjamespierce.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542867273662753415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-86812891135624612922007-07-18T12:52:00.000-07:002007-07-18T12:52:00.000-07:00I'm kind of fascinated with this ride but can't fi...I'm kind of fascinated with this ride but can't find anything about it except for this show scene - which I guess means it was probably just about the only clever thing on the ride.FoxxFurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00443092111956989561noreply@blogger.com