Negative-G - Six Flags The Great Escape 2014

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From 1997 when Opryland closed until 2003 Canyon Blaster sat in what was once the Old Indiana Fun Park about an hour northwest of Indianapolis. Six Flags purchased Old Indiana when it closed with the idea of building a park for the Indianapolis area. Unfortunately for Indianapolis which is one of the few cities without a theme park of its own that never came to be.

How the Rock 'N Roller Coaster ended up in Indiana is Six Flags purchased most of Opryland's coasters and water rides for pennies on the the dollar and for a while most of them were stored in Old Indiana's parking lot. Opryland's Grizzly River Rapids after the time at Old Indiana moved down to Louisville to become Penguin's Blizzard River. The Hangman, which was Opryland's final coaster ended up at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Kong. Those rides along with Canyon Blaster were the only Opryland Rides to make it out of Old Indiana. As they years passed by the Chaos, Wabash Cannonball and Steamin' Delta Demon rusted away and were finally sold for scrap before Six Flags eventually sold the Old Indiana property and killed any chance of a park there.

Six Flags The Great Escape, Queensbury, New York

Mine Train coasters are just simple fun and that is why I have yet to meet one that I didn't like.

The Canyon Blaster rollercoaster at Six Fags The Great Escape, Queensbury, new York

As you can see Bond had a significantly better experience on Canyon Blaster than The Steamin' Demon as he has a smile on his face and he is giving the ride a big thumbs up.

Looking back at all the different coaster designs that Arrow produced from the Matterhorn at Disneyland in 1959 all the way through X at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2002 when they went bankrupt I'd have to say that the most successful of their designs when considering ride quality in 2014, the number of guests that can enjoy the ride and the longevity of the ride itself has to be their Mine Train and its bigger brother the Hypercoaster.

Alice In Wonderland at Six Flags The Great Escape, Queensbury, New York

During my previous extremely brief visit to The Great Escape I stumbled onto the exit of the Alice In Wonderland walk through attration and I was really blown away by by what I saw of it. This time I wanted to take a little time and to go the proper way through it in order to fully enjoy this bizarre but beautiful work of art.

Like in the story it all starts out by following the White Rabbit down his rabbit hole into Wonderland.