Shenandoah Lumber Company
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Geo, you apparently have found yourself a cache of Knoebels pictures. This would be the log flume from that park.
mtpelepele said:
Thanks, MtPelepele! This is a mystery to me as it is a scan of an actual photo in my collection and I have never been to Knoebels.
Some pictures of the updated Shenandoah Lumber Co. queue:
New lantern-shaped lights.
Props when entering the station building.
Note the saws and tools hanging across the walls.
My personal favorite touch. The lumberjack outfits hung on the walls lend a great touch to the logging theme.
New lantern-shaped lights.
Props when entering the station building.
Note the saws and tools hanging across the walls.
My personal favorite touch. The lumberjack outfits hung on the walls lend a great touch to the logging theme.
Since I seem to be the forum's most odor-sensitive member, I'd like to add my observation that this ride had a very peculiar smell. It wasn't horrible like the Diamond Falls stench, but it was... distinctive— a combination of a bilge-like, mildewed smell, and the scent of freshly-cut, damp pine lumber. I'll forever think that sawmills smell like that because of this ride. Anyone notice a scent anymore?
I love log flume rides, but one thing that has always bothered me is that almost all of them have bright blue or blue-green colored water channels- this is the color of swimming pools, not riverbeds or a sawmill sluice! The next time KD overhauls the fiberglass sluice of SLC, and the last time I rode, it really certainly needed an overhaul, they should use brown or wood-colored resin to coat the channel. It would look so much more natural and thematically appropriate, and it would also blend more beautifully into the woodsy setting of the ride.
I love log flume rides, but one thing that has always bothered me is that almost all of them have bright blue or blue-green colored water channels- this is the color of swimming pools, not riverbeds or a sawmill sluice! The next time KD overhauls the fiberglass sluice of SLC, and the last time I rode, it really certainly needed an overhaul, they should use brown or wood-colored resin to coat the channel. It would look so much more natural and thematically appropriate, and it would also blend more beautifully into the woodsy setting of the ride.
I've always thought they paint it bright so the guest won't think the waters dirty.
This ride is in desperate need of the type of refurbishments Busch is doing to Le Scoot. This ride is in really rough shape and I've heard multiple rumors over the years about it being removed. Clearly they don't intend on doing that since they fixed the water wheel & added a bunch of props. Maybe we'll see some sort of major renovation as a part of the 40th anniversary celebration in 2015.
I was surprised to see this running yesterday. There was a short line as well. October for the win!
Yesterday at ACE's Fall Thrillfest, Gary Chadwick emphasized that he considers log flumes to be important parts of a park's collection. In fact, he promised to fight to protect Shenandoah Lumber Company, if Cedar Fair corporate ever moves to take it down.
Nicole said:
Log flumes in parks represent Americana and are an homage to the 1800s lumber industry in the USA. It's great that he recognizes this.
Two random shots of what it looks like down under the station when it’s drained.
You should ride it! The wooded setting and the way the ride meanders through the forest make it superior to Le Scoot in my opinion.
All log flumes that go up a lift hill and immediately drop into the splashdown are poorly designed. Change my mind.
