Defunctland: The History of World's of Fun's Orient Express

[007]

Felt this was a nice trip down memory lane.

[srvy]

Ron McNabb he was my boss till he went into electrical contacting. I took over after he left untill I left.

[Flying High D]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

I love the seat on the Orient- 1 long seat so the girls we picked up walking around- could sit in front and we could cop a feel during the ride. Worked every time.

orient express must of made quite an impression on you. Orient Express / log ride what hell is the difference? 1 long seat on the express pretty sure the injuries would be a tad bit higher.

[Marcellus]

Pretty cool stroll down memory lane there.

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by loochy

I'll never forget the smell of the hot parking lot pavement mixed with the faint smell of propane from the parking lot trams.

pavement smell yes takes me back right to that

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Speaking of the Scream Roller, I vaguely recall them changing the name of the ride and/or converting it to some kind of stand up coaster in the late 80's early 90's?

exp then someone fell out and they made it sit down. It was the first sit down roller coaster I did upside down BTW

I wanted to sing ALASKIN FUR ALASKIN FUR while watching this

[Pitt Gorilla]

I watched this very video a few months ago. I love the Orient AND defunctland.

[Redbled]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Great video, thanks for sharing.

I grew up in Iowa and used to think the Tornado at Adventureland was terrifying. Then I graduated to Worlds of Fun and remember my heart racing when we would drive down 435 past and I would just SEE the Orient Express...

I remember summers where my cheap family made us go back out to the car for lunch that we packed in coolers, and the pavement was mushy under our feet because it was so hot.

My other favorite thing to do at WOF was the pitching game where you would guess your last throw and win a batting helmet of your choice if you got it right. I collected a crap ton of helmets, some of which are still in my parents' house.

Great memories.

Loved the pitching game.

[Redbled]

The Zulu was the best though for spending time with the ladies.

[Deberg_1990]

That Dolphin show would never fly in today’s era.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by burt

Bet you remember the Soligo brothers. I vividly remember the twin girls in groundskeeping, Karen and Sharon. One would, one wouldn't....

Oh yes the twins remember well. The Twin Cotton Blossom girls from NY were hot. Debbie W the balloon girl hubba hubba.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

exp then someone fell out and they made it sit down. It was the first sit down roller coaster I did upside down BTW

I wanted to sing ALASKIN FUR ALASKIN FUR while watching this

It went back to sit down because of the stress it put on the track, it wasn't engineered to be a stand up coaster.

[007]

Originally Posted by Redbled

The Zulu was the best though for spending time with the ladies.

[FlorentinePogen]

some collections of old photos of the defunct WOF attractions here:

http://www.worldsoffun.org/history/d...tractions.html
(click on the attraction name for more photos)

[GloucesterChief]

If you want to ride something similar the Loch Ness Monster at BGW also has interlocking loops.

[Simply Red]

this is interesting - Thanks for sharing