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Imagine the tallest... fastest...meanest...double-loop roller coaster in the WOOOOOOORLD
Posted on 10/1/24 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 10/1/24 at 4:45 pm
which of my 1970s baws remember when this was built and salivating at the chance to visit?
i can still recite/sing this commercial word for word nearly 50 years later.
our summer church trips concluded with the Holy Grail - Monroe to Six Flags Dallas
for a poor kid from NELA, this was willy wonka and disneyworld all rolled up into one.
eta sears candy counter, mall with arcade and orange julius and the once a year trip to six flags and i was a HAPPY HAPPY boy.
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Posted on 10/1/24 at 4:50 pm to CAD703X
It was Astroworld for Southern Louisiana. So many great memories as a kid. So exciting seeing the rides from the interstate.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 4:50 pm to CAD703X
I don’t remember the commercial, but we went to that Six Flags park in that very year, 1978. I was 10 years old and it was indeed absolutely magical!!
Posted on 10/1/24 at 4:52 pm to Union Jefferson
My uncle said he would buy me Jurassic Park on VHS if I rode the Texas cyclone in 94
Mission accomplished
Mission accomplished
This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:09 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:14 pm to CAD703X
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summer church trips concluded with the Holy Grail - Monroe to Six Flags Dallas
You’re lucky. The highlight of my summer church trips was the Pecanland Mall in Monroe.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:17 pm to CAD703X
I rode that mother with one of my best friends. She, like me, enjoyed the big coasters. I was addicted to the Big Zephyr (after working up the courage to ride it for the first time, that is).
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:31 pm to liquid rabbit
We used to go to AstroWorld all the time from Louisiana.
I was always scared of the roller coasters but my older brother got me on the ride that went straight up like an elevator then ease out then dropped. Can’t remember the name. He told me come on it’s not that bad. Then right when we were about to drop he said. This is the scariest ride here.
I remember he would put a penny on his knee and it would raise off his knee on the drop. Anyway I loved it and rode every ride there. My favorite was the Ultra Twister.
I was always scared of the roller coasters but my older brother got me on the ride that went straight up like an elevator then ease out then dropped. Can’t remember the name. He told me come on it’s not that bad. Then right when we were about to drop he said. This is the scariest ride here.
I remember he would put a penny on his knee and it would raise off his knee on the drop. Anyway I loved it and rode every ride there. My favorite was the Ultra Twister.
This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:49 pm to CAD703X
Took the kids to Six Flags over Texas this summer and we rode Shockwave multiple times. No lines and the kids loved it. Still a thriller
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:56 pm to Sun God
That was a bad arse wooden roller coaster. Fast and furious and beat the hell out of you. Loved every second 
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:59 pm to STigers
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my older brother got me on the ride that went straight up like an elevator then ease out then dropped. Can’t remember the name
The Dungeon Drop
Posted on 10/1/24 at 5:59 pm to STigers
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Can’t remember the name. He told me come on it’s not that bad. Then right when we were about to drop he said. This is the scariest ride here.
Sky Screamer. That thing was intense!
Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:17 pm to Union Jefferson
Get to go on all the rides and then go to an Astros game where the ball would bounce over fielder's heads bc that ground was so hard.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 7:19 pm to STigers
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I remember he would put a penny on his knee and it would raise off his knee on the drop.
I did that every time with the penny
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:11 pm to CAD703X
Cedar Point says hold my beer and still rockin and Rollin coasters. Best roller coaster park in the world…then and now.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:43 pm to Union Jefferson
quote:Not New Orleans. Six flags it was
It was Astroworld for Southern Louisiana.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:47 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 10/1/24 at 8:50 pm to CAD703X
quote:Then I discovered poontang.
for a poor kid from NELA, this was willy wonka and disneyworld all rolled up into one.
Posted on 10/1/24 at 9:18 pm to Ghost of Colby
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Pecanland Mall
Do they still have the umbrella things over the food court?
Posted on 10/1/24 at 10:01 pm to CAD703X
I remember that one. My kid brother tossed up his lunch on it.
This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 10:02 pm
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