Flying School

This picture was taken just as Cypress Gardens was closing its amusement park area.  Nearly every ride was soon up for sale.  In the lower right is a Zamperla "Disk-O" that sold for $460,000.  The swinging Chance "Pirate Ship" sold for $300,000.  Swamp Thing, the Vekoma "Suspended Family Coaster" seen in the middle, listed for $1,200,000.  There were reports that it had been sold to the DippieDoe Familiepark in Eindhoven, Netherlands, but the coaster never left Florida, so that agreement must have had problems.  The coaster was eventually renamed, rethemed, and repainted, and continues to operate in this same location.

©2021 Joel A. Rogers.