Le Scoot

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Yes, let's send more traffic Gavin's way. He clearly has the time to fix all the current problems around the site; why not have him work on some more wiki stuff.
 
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I was told recently the log flume is nearing 50 years old, and it was bought from a park in California. Pretty interesting stuff there.
 
I find that truly hard to believe, I stick to what I've been told because the source I've talked to really knows the log flume inside and out.
 
First log flume built in California was Timber Mountain Log Ride at Knott's Berry Farm in 1968, so either the ride in question is not as old as you say or some park REALLY didn't like their log flume and got ride of it within 6 years.
 
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I believe the rumor that it was purchased from another park has been disproven.
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I worked there many years ago and one of the "insider tips" they used to give us to give to the guests during training was that the Flume was the oldest ride in the park and was actually older than the park itself.

It did come from somewhere else, I just can't recall where they said it came from.
 
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The log flume will be approximately nearing 50 years old, some sources say it could be one from a state fair but reworked for the park, while other sources state it came from another park in California; but it was not from the failed Busch Gardens. Take that with what it is worth, the log flume is not original to this park. The terrain was designed for this ride. Also regarding the funky supports, there was a drop there that the logs could would get stuck at and from what I heard the drop there was reduced to half of what it was, so imagine what is there now and then double it.
 
It's worth noting that the drop you're talking about is the one over the lift. There's evidence of that around the internet somewhere. I'll have to try to find it again.
 
Arrow Flumes pre-dating 1980 used to have drops into a hill like this:

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As to why they were removed, I think it was because of stress on the bottom part of the drop. Great Adventure never had a log get stuck, but I think Le Scoot could have had some sort of issue.
 
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Hey what Kind of lift do you think they are going to replace it with? one that has a chain maybe, or one that can take a lot more "logs" at a time than the belts could. Well if they put a chain in than they would have to put connectors on the bottom of the log in order for it to work.
 
I wandered by Le Scoot while getting on the train today and it looks like they were doing some adjustments on one of the pump today.

Edit: Just found my spelling mistake this morning. Is my face Red.
 
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