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August 12th-27th
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| Freefall is back up and
running after it was designated as "Closed for the year" weeks
ago |
Best of the West now only
serves beer after 6:00 PM |
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| A banner for Fright Fest
is now up on the entrance road |
Several of the
Main Street shop windows have been decorated for Fright Fest |
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| A blast from the past |
The Dolphin Discovery sign
has been broken |
Lights have been added to
the Bandstand to help light Bugs Bunny National Park |
A photo cart has been
added to Dream Street |
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| It looks like some of the
Skyride cars have been removed for rehab in the off-season |
A new sign |
The waterfall is still in
pieces |
The Animal Ambassadors
finally got a sign |
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| A closed Best of the West
on Sunday the 27th |
Bugs Bunny pops are now
available in several locations |
The empty Guess Your
Weight booth now has an Italian Ice cart setup in it |
Some new plantings out by
the bridge |
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| Two
restaurants closed for "minor mechanical repairs" |
New signs up on the Nitro
test seat |
An ad for Great Escape
Lodge as you exit the park |
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| It looks like this game is
closed for the season, and the claw machines will stay for the rest of the
season |
Sunday was "Hero
Appreciation Day" the the FDNY |
They brought
down two of their classic engines |
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| FDNY Merchandise was being sold throughout the park to raise funds |
The FDNY Calendar was available and the featured firemen were autographing them |
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| FDNY T-shirts |
The Color Guard led the
parade |
The pipers in their kilts |
The great old fire engine |
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August 11th
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| The list of rides
"closed for the year" has grown to four |
Another sign for Fright
Fest |
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| The scrolling signs are
back |
El Toro's late openings
seem to be semi-permanent |
Koala Canyon is closed
(after not opening all season) |
This picture from 2004
shows the kind of sign any ride "Closed for the year" should
have instead of the temporary signs |
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| The now deserted
show facilities that were the former homes of "Welcome to the
60's" and "Runaway Country" |
Some of the games and food
stands were closed |
The Teacups are closed for
the year after having maintenance issues for some time |
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| Flash Pass is even posting
the closed rides list |
Apparently people were not
noticing the arcade |
Just after the new signs
went up they had to be changed since the 9:00 Parade was cut |
ErUPtion has FINALLY
re-opened after being down for weeks |
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| The Justice League got a
background banner for their photo spot at Superman Ultimate Flight |
Nothing going on in the
Fort with BOTH the Skyride and Runaway Mine Train closed today |
The Festival Stage has
been set up with some new props |
More smoking areas have
been added all around the park over the course of the season |
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August 4th
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| The new "Anniversary
Pass" |
Finally a sign telling
people there is no more in park stop for the Safari Tour Bus! |
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| Freefall &
Riptide are officially closed for the year |
Another morning show is
coming to broadcast from the park |
The Parade route is now
marked |
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| Closed |
Daffy's Diver has been
down for a while now |
The Justice League got
some shade for the hot days |
The signs will have to be
changed now the night Parade is cancelled |
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| New signs for
sale in El Mercado |
One of the last days for
some of these guys |
New Kingda Ka shirts |
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| It's a big
weekend for events in the park |
The first signs for Fright
Fest have gone up |
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| One of the last days for
the Party Patrol |
For some reason there are
Christmas lights on the rapids shack |
The Jonas
Brothers performed Friday night |
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| Good job Party Patrol and
all the Streetmosphere characters...we'll miss you. |
A
great sunset on Friday night |
The fountain/waterfall
seems to be undergoing some repairs |
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July 14th
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| The cake looks really
great |
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| This weekend is Gospel
Jamboree |
There are A LOT of events
for Gospel Jamboree! |
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| The events are using both
the Arena and Festival Stage |
Portable bleachers have
been brought to the Festival area |
The crowd enjoys the great
music |
Club Kidz Bop is running
in Showcase Theatre next week |
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| New flags on the
Grandstand |
The Antique
Photorium is back in it's old location! |
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| Great new signs for La
Cocina |
Nice detail and more great
work from the park's sign shop! |
Apparently there's not
enough lights on the newly opened path |
These cool reflective
umbrellas have shown up on all the uncovered operator panels |
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| New black tank top with
shiny gold bull head |
Looks like some new wiring
around the bridge (maybe new lights or more likely speakers) |
Frontier Adventures is
full of vendors for Gospel Jamboree |
New signs on the La Cocina
patio |
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| The vendors
really clutter the area, and are selling some dubious merchandise like
T-shirts with ripoffs of corporate logos and cheap home made CDs |
The slot machines are gone
and a new game has taken their place |
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| A year after the Golden
Kingdom opened and it looks better and better as everything grows in |
New landscaping and sod
inside the Tiger's area |
The scrolling LED signs
are gone, with paper lists of closed rides now in the ticket booth windows |
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Check
back this week for the
new El Toro ride page and
new pages of the great 2006 lineup
of Shows, Streetmosphere Characters,
and the 45th Anniversary Parade! |
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Bobby &
Ty are two of the Streetmosphere characters (and brothers) and they are
now going to be performing with a really cool sideshow act here in the
Golden Kingdom, where the Animal Ambassadors used to be. They
are juggling knives, eating fire, doing straightjacket escapes and walking
on glass as part of their great new show.
The Animal Ambassadors are moving to the Festival Stage, and the Dolphin
Shows begin this weekend! |