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cstrwomann Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 282	Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:42 pm    Post subject: · Quote It looks like a great addition to the park the special effects look great. I wish they would have done that at GL. I hope to get to ride it again someday when I make it out to California.
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coastermatt Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 52 Location: Wickliffe	Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:42 pm    Post subject: · Quote I was at the waterpark today. I saw beaver being dissembled from liquid lightning. Then as   was leaving I noticed a bates amusements truck parked  in the handicapped lot. I am wondering if maybe they are buying some rides. After I left I drove around and there was a Norton truck and a few shipping containers as well as blmr track in the lot by villain.
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Skyglider Thunder Falls User is Offline Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 701	Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:27 pm    Post subject: · Quote Maybe Bates Amusements bought one or more of the flats -- would it be practical to move BLMR around from fair to fair? I guess that did happen with Geauga Lake's 76-80 Zyclon coaster which still appears at the Ohio State Fair, so maybe.   In addition to the spring IX Indoor Amusement Park in Cleveland, Bates Amusements runs alot of Fair-type events throughout Ohio, here are their upcoming 2008 events: http://www.batesamusement.com/events.htm Interesting history of their company: http://www.batesamusement.com/history.htm I know fair operations generally have a bad reputation, but I have heard mostly good things about IX Indoor Amusement Park.  Maybe not such a bad outcome for one or more rides, at least they will be in the area. _________________ "It's a very special ride. We want to make sure it has a proper home." CF Spokesperson Robin Innes about the Big Dipper. Ohio and North America have few structures that rank as high as 12th oldest in the World.  Remember the Big Dipper.
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 1549	Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:58 pm    Post subject: · Quote BLMR is indeed being disassembled and will not be part of the auction. I can not say where it is going but lets just say most of us will never see it again. _________________ Greed is what caused GL's demise and that just makes me sick. Lets do what we can to rat out Kinzel - hes a snake. In the end the truth will come out and we will then see whos laughing at who.
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carioque41 Riptide Run User is Offline Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 376	Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:50 am    Post subject: · Quote Bates Amusements is a REALLY BIG carnival type outfit from what I understand from someone who used to work for them.  Hopefully the flats will go to them and get much use and love from many people
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ChadV Splash Landing User is Offline Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 162	Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:08 am    Post subject: · Quote Coasterdad: I presume you know where it's going and just can't say, then?  Any chance you could let us know if you see it leaked elsewhere?
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dsloban Thunder Falls User is Offline Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 742	Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:02 pm    Post subject: any new pics · Quote I am curious to about the BLMR. Please keep us informed when the info comes! I hope that ride doesn't go too far. I loved that ride and so did my kids.
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cstrwomann Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 282	Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:04 pm    Post subject: · Quote Where is BLMR going? I thought CF was keeping it and going to relocate it at a CF park. Please let us know if you here any other news. Are they selling stuff that's listed in the Norton Auctioneers Guide? Hopefully most of the rides will find good homes. I will miss them all. It's not the same without GL this year. I miss the place terribly. It's depressing when you go to the water park and the rides aren't operating.
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cstrwomann Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 282	Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:12 pm    Post subject: · Quote Did anyone go by the park today? Is there anything going on? Are the trucks still there? Any pictures of BLMR?
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dsloban Thunder Falls User is Offline Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 742	Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:50 pm    Post subject: any new · Quote I know that when my family was at the park Thursday, The ride side seemed like a ghost town. We tried to see if there was any action going on, but couldn't tell from the water side. I know when I go to the park on Monday, I will try to get some pics.
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dsloban Thunder Falls User is Offline Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 742	Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:16 pm    Post subject: any new pics · Quote I took a bunch of pictures today and when I figure out how to post them. I will do it. It was a sad .
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mdmmars Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 5	Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:43 pm    Post subject: Re: any new pics · Quote dsloban wrote: I took a bunch of pictures today and when I figure out how to post them. I will do it. It was a sad . Very interested to see them. If you have a way to get them on your computer and don't know what to do from there -- www.tinypic.com or www.imageshack.us image hosting.
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rollerbones Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 20	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:20 pm    Post subject: · Quote Anybody post any pics from yesterday yet? _________________ http://www.eddytech.org/GL/Photos.html Worked at GL 1988-1992
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coasterdad Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 1549	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:51 pm    Post subject: · Quote rollerbones wrote: Anybody post any pics from yesterday yet? Gunky and I took close to 500 pictures, thats a lot of uploading. What would you like to see? _________________ Greed is what caused GL's demise and that just makes me sick. Lets do what we can to rat out Kinzel - hes a snake. In the end the truth will come out and we will then see whos laughing at who.
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GLMemories89 Splash Landing User is Offline Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 102 Location: Solon, OHIO (aurora in 2004)	Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:59 pm    Post subject: · Quote coasterdad wrote: rollerbones wrote: Anybody post any pics from yesterday yet? Gunky and I took close to 500 pictures, thats a lot of uploading. What would you like to see? ANYTHING! _________________ rewind...way before, to about 2004, and talk to Cedar fairs plans for geauga lake for the next couple of seasons and tell us what they say..
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