Unnofficial FIRSTish get together this Friday @ 6 Flags New England!

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

Are you going to IRI?

Umm.. no... why? Is that sitting in a field in Indiana or something??

[Christina]

I remember going to Six Flags New England and it was a FIRSTer get together. Wow, that was a long time ago. I had gone to Battlecry in 2001. Michael and I stayed at Patrick Dingle's place. All in all, it had been Patrick (on 630 at the time), Michael & I (271, I believe), Lora Knepper (don't remember her team), and Caitlin (126). It was a lot of fun and reading this post brought back those memories. I wish I could go...but I've relocated to San Diego, CA. Have fun and ride a roller coaster for me!

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Umm.. no... why? Is that sitting in a field in Indiana or something??

It's currently at 'Indiana Beach', an abandoned amusement park that acts as a boneyard for all Six Flags parks. There are a lot of rides stored there, left out in the elements. Most of them cannot be fully saved.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

It's currently at 'Indiana Beach', an abandoned amusement park that acts as a boneyard for all Six Flags parks. There are a lot of rides stored there, left out in the elements. Most of them cannot be fully saved.

I bet a bunch of FIRSTers could put them all back together into one extremely fun and very dangerous ride. They could even break it down so it could be taken the Chamionship and assembled there for the afterparty! I think someone should write a letter to 'Indiana Beach' asking permission to FIRSTers to "have at it" to make these rides rise from the ashes!

[DCA Fan]

Originally Posted by ahecht

Really? From the name, I would've assumed California Adventure would be your first choice.

Haha yea it would, considering I do have a year pass there, but hey, I'll take any amusement park of decent worth

/coaster enthusiast

[Greg Marra]

Oh noes! I am at the Frontiers program at WPI.

Sadly, I will not be able to partake in the festivities.

[Kevin Kolodziej]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

It's currently at 'Indiana Beach', an abandoned amusement park that acts as a boneyard for all Six Flags parks. There are a lot of rides stored there, left out in the elements. Most of them cannot be fully saved.

Not exactly...

Indiana Beach is an amusement park in Monticello, Indiana, and believe me, it is quite operational. The tiny park is crammed full of boardwalk fun and 5 coasters litterally stacked on top of one another. You should check it out sometime.

The Six Flags boneyard used to be at a place called Old Indiana, just outside of Indianapolis. There were several coasters being held there until 2003. At the time, Six Flags sold the park to some guy that has turned it into a wildlife area for hunting. One coaster was rebuilt, two were saved, and the rest, including Black Widow, were scrapped. You can read all about Old Indiana here .

I agree with Katie about moving the get together to Wisconsin...say Mt. Olympus Theme Park? 17 go-kart tracks and 5 coasters, including Hades =)

And just for the record, Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, is the best small park in America - free Pepsi products and soon to be three top 10 wooden coasters! I do want to visit Lake Compounce someday though...

Kev