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Offline AyTrane

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Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« on: Apr 4, 2009, 01:32 »
We miss you lots!

I borrowed these from Shane's Amusement Attic















I thought I would post some rare shots that he took as well










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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #1 on: Apr 4, 2009, 01:54 »
Happy Birthday Express, where ever you are.

Aytrane, great finds  :thumbsup:, I have never seen the press
release or height comparisons!  Thats cool!

To add to the old stuff the 1980 brochure:

http://www.worldsoffun.org/history/1980b.html

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #2 on: Apr 4, 2009, 01:56 »
Interesting factoid... Orient Express and Prowler will be the only coasters to open to the General Public (I consider Season Passholders GP) on a Friday instead of Saturday.

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #3 on: Apr 4, 2009, 02:00 »
Is that a screamroller train the brochure, or did they actually get the Express on there?
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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #4 on: Apr 4, 2009, 02:29 »
Yeah I think that is Screamroller, doctored to look like Express.  They did the same thing with the 1976 brochure (which I don't have :()
I has the Knott's Corkscrew on the cover, you can always tell the two apart due the the corkscrew trusses.  (sorry for my spelling)

Almost every "first" photo of the new coaster at WOF has been a doctored other coaster, its kind of funny actually.

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #5 on: Apr 4, 2009, 07:02 »
I miss OE

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #6 on: Apr 4, 2009, 07:36 »
I bet chiropractors all across the metro miss OE. :)

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #7 on: Apr 4, 2009, 11:58 »
Nah, they still have TW to keep them in business. (I keed, I keed) ;)

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #8 on: Apr 5, 2009, 05:20 »
Interesting factoid... Orient Express and Prowler will be the only coasters to open to the General Public (I consider Season Passholders GP) on a Friday instead of Saturday.

Jennifer

Timber Wolf had a Friday opening as well on March 31, 1989.  It was a special preview night and you had to buy tickets and I believe they were $10.  Timber Wolf was open along with a few other attractions including Orient Express if I remember correctly.  I may still have my ticket stub to this somewhere.

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #9 on: Apr 6, 2009, 06:40 »
when did it die...we shoud celebrate that...i could barly walk after riding it....

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #10 on: Apr 6, 2009, 06:59 »
You're in a mood today.  :hiding:

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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #11 on: Apr 6, 2009, 07:56 »
...i could barly walk after riding it....

So it was a good ride then, yeah?
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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #12 on: Apr 6, 2009, 08:29 »
So it was a good ride then, yeah?

umm.. That's what she said?

Sorry...
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Re: Happy Birthday Orient Express!
« Reply #13 on: Apr 6, 2009, 09:02 »
 :laughing4: Nailed it!
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