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The whold thing is very reminiscent of the old Disneyland Astro Jets; the lighted center column is especially cool.
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Friday, July 19, 2019
Knoebels Roto-Jet
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The whold thing is very reminiscent of the old Disneyland Astro Jets; the lighted center column is especially cool.
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I had no idea this particular Roto-jet was from Freedomland U.S.A. Very cool fact. The lights on the ride vehicles and centerpiece and the red and yellow paint scheme are wonderful. Thanks, Andrew.
I didn't know either until I looked it up!
Hooray - a Freedomland survivor in the 21st Century! The two I knew at Cedar Point - San Francisco Earthquake and Buccaneer (which was creatively-renamed "The Pirate Ride") - were removed in 1985 and 1996.
Yes! The third of the Freedomland darkrides, called Earthquake, was at my hometown park, Kennywood, until the late 1960s. It then went to a park in New York, where it operated until 2002.
Starship America at Hershey was once like this, they updated it sometime in the 1980's to its current ride vehicles.
The ride was added to Freedomland in 1964 the last year of the park when some “thrill” rides were added.
It is unfair to call Freedomland a flop, or failure as the park was one of the best theme parks ever built that millions went to and still have fond memories of. It’s demise was planned, the land before Freedomland was a worthless swamp that became worth 25 million when it was time to build Co-op City, which also went bankrupt and was bailed out by NY Taxpayers.
Bob Mangels
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