Negative-G The Great Escape 2009 Page Ten

The Great Escape
Lake George, New York
August 2, 2009
Page Ten

The Alpine Bobsled rollercoaster at The Great Escape, Lake George, New York

From full monsoon level rain in a short while to this. Living in the Midwest I'm used to the weather changing quickly but not this quick especially when the forecast was non stop rain all night long was a surprise. Oh, the coaster to the right of this photo is the Alpine Bobsled.

The Alpine Bobsled rollercoaster at The Great Escape, Lake George, New York

Alpine Bobsled has been around. It originally opened at Six Flags Great Adventure in 1984 as the Sarajevo Bobsled. In 1989 it was moved to Six Flags Great America and became Rolling Thunder before finally moving to The Great Escape in 1998. I don't think it's going to go to any more parks as there are no more parks in the chain with "great" in their name. Sadly for the rest of the guys it was not up and running so we were off to the main reason for our visit...

The Comet Rollercoaster at The Great Escape, Lake George, New York

...the Crystal Beach Comet, or The Comet as it's known as at The Great Escape.

The Comet Rollercoaster at The Great Escape, Lake George, New York

The Comet is a legendary and storied coaster in the annals of coasterdom. Yes it looks like a fantastic out and back coaster with plenty of airtime but it is so much more than that.