The DoD3 http://thedod3.com/ Coasters, carnivals and more! Fri, 20 Dec 2024 02:33:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Parachute Jump at Six Flags Great Adventure http://thedod3.com/parachute-jump-at-six-flags-great-adventure/ http://thedod3.com/parachute-jump-at-six-flags-great-adventure/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:32:26 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=13298 The Parachute Jump at Six Flags Great Adventure has been a staple of the park’s skyline since 1983, standing nearly 250 feet tall (the third-tallest ride in the park up until its closure). Towards the end of the 2024 season, Great Adventure announced that it would be closing and removing multiple rides at the park, ... Parachute Jump at Six Flags Great Adventure

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]]> http://thedod3.com/parachute-jump-at-six-flags-great-adventure/feed/ 0 Space Roller Photos & Video http://thedod3.com/space-roller-photos-video/ http://thedod3.com/space-roller-photos-video/#respond Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:15:16 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=13118 Heard the other day that Space Roller, the only Mondial Top Scan ride traveling in the US, has been sold. The ride was previously owned by Jeremy Floyd (and by the Baxter’s before that) and had been in the US for around 21 years. Its buyers are Emerson Edwards & Paul Hart, a pair of ... Space Roller Photos & Video

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]]> http://thedod3.com/space-roller-photos-video/feed/ 0 Golden Nugget Farewell 2009 http://thedod3.com/golden-nugget-farewell-2009/ http://thedod3.com/golden-nugget-farewell-2009/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:18:13 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=12992 Here’s some photos to go along with the video I recently uploaded from the Golden Nugget Farewell ceremony on January 31st, 2009; exactly 12 years ago today! Golden Nugget opened in 1960 on Hunts Pier in Wildwood, NJ, and was designed by John C. Allen of Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. It was like a dark ride/roller ... Golden Nugget Farewell 2009

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]]> http://thedod3.com/golden-nugget-farewell-2009/feed/ 3 Trip Report: State Fair Meadowlands 2019 http://thedod3.com/trip-report-state-fair-meadowlands-2019/ http://thedod3.com/trip-report-state-fair-meadowlands-2019/#comments Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:49:05 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=12670 State Fair Meadowlands is the largest fair in New Jersey, no questions asked. I’ve been doing trip reports on this fair since 2005 but have gone several times before that, probably as far back as 1996 or so when I was just a youngin’. I went to the 2019 edition of the fair on two ... Trip Report: State Fair Meadowlands 2019

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]]> http://thedod3.com/trip-report-north-brunswick-youth-sports-festival-2019/feed/ 1 Trip Report: Corpus Christi Parish Carnival 2019 http://thedod3.com/trip-report-corpus-christi-parish-carnival-2019/ http://thedod3.com/trip-report-corpus-christi-parish-carnival-2019/#respond Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:55:31 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=12650 Haven’t gotten to many fairs this season so far. The Corpus Christi Carnival is only the second I’ve been to in 2019. Their fair this year went from June 6th to the 8th. I stopped by on Saturday night for about a half an hour. The rides were by Tommy’s Midway and had… Paratrooper Sizzler ... Trip Report: Corpus Christi Parish Carnival 2019

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]]> http://thedod3.com/trip-report-corpus-christi-parish-carnival-2019/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Our Lady of Peace Country Fair 2019 http://thedod3.com/trip-report-our-lady-of-peace-country-fair-2019/ http://thedod3.com/trip-report-our-lady-of-peace-country-fair-2019/#comments Thu, 16 May 2019 01:02:58 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=12623 First fair of 2019! I had planned to go to the Middlesex Fire Dept and Saint James carnivals the weeks prior but, well…that didn’t happen. First time I had missed the Middlesex fair in eight years – no good. Anyway, rides for the OLP Country Fair were once again by Blue Sky Amusements and the ... Trip Report: Our Lady of Peace Country Fair 2019

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]]> http://thedod3.com/trip-report-our-lady-of-peace-country-fair-2019/feed/ 11 Trip Report: Holiday in the Park 2018 – Six Flags Great Adventure http://thedod3.com/trip-report-holiday-in-the-park-2018-six-flags-great-adventure/ http://thedod3.com/trip-report-holiday-in-the-park-2018-six-flags-great-adventure/#respond Sat, 24 Nov 2018 02:36:25 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=12538 Updated 12/17 I went to Six Flags Great Adventure for their Holiday in the Park festivities on opening day, November 17th, 2018. This is the fourth year that the park has opened for the holiday season. Like the Fright Fest trip report, I’ll separate this one into two portions covering the attractions in 2018 with ... Trip Report: Holiday in the Park 2018 – Six Flags Great Adventure

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]]> http://thedod3.com/trip-report-holiday-in-the-park-2018-six-flags-great-adventure/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Fright Fest 2018 Six Flags Great Adventure http://thedod3.com/trip-report-fright-fest-2018-six-flags-great-adventure/ http://thedod3.com/trip-report-fright-fest-2018-six-flags-great-adventure/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:57:40 +0000 http://thedod3.com/?p=12440 Updated 11/12/18 Seems like in recent years I end up taking my first trip to Six Flags Great Adventure in September for Fright Fest. I get a season pass each year despite only going a handful of times, but it’s still worth it. I might go for the gold membership next year as it’s about ... Trip Report: Fright Fest 2018 Six Flags Great Adventure

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