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Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:09):
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Speaker 3 (00:13):
Well, hey there, welcome to this week's very special episode
of The Silverwood Show podcast. And I know I say
it's always special, but like this one is golden monumental,
gold and monumental. And we are celebrating Corkscrew's fiftieth birthday
this episode, and today we're actually dropping this episode a
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day early just for Corkscrew.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Yeahau, it's fiftieth birthday.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Today, today is the day, and we're so excited about that.
So we've got two very special guests this episode because
we're going to make this all about Corkscrew. We've got
a lovely woman who was lucky enough to basically be
there since day one, and we have a man who
literally knows everything there is to know about Corkscrew and
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what makes it it's true special. So I'm really excited
for this episode. But before we do that, let's head
into the park Pulse real quick. Park, all right, so
let's talk about what's been going on here at the park.
We just finished Kids Weekend and that was a lot
of fun. I wish we had a little bit better
plear weather, don't we all always always, But that was
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a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
And now the stars as well.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Oh yes, we had nine of the stars as well,
and that was two nights of just yeah, joy and
magic and I honestly that many smiles.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
I don't know that I've ever seen that many smells
at the park, so.
Speaker 5 (01:34):
No, and it was It was awesome because this was
the first year that we did the two nights, and
really is because the event has become so popular that
we wanted to make sure that everyone who was coming
was having a great time and having what it's meant
to be. It was just for the stars out there,
and so all I heard was nothing but great things.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
I think it was a success.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
Oh yeah, me too, especially when we when we split
it and then the weather wasn't great, but we had
people who are able to just walk on the rinds
and I talked to this this boy that had the
best time. Best time I got. I got a bracelet
from someone. They gave me a bracelet when I was
helping load the train. Got lots of hugs.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Was how many people said, you're the guy from the
podcast just one?
Speaker 4 (02:19):
It's just one, okay, Well.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
And you were there for that one.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
So we're going to get Jordan's some autographs he can
pass out. But yeah, it's fantastic. But to everyone who
helped out with Night of the Stars, all of our volunteers,
it was a lovely event, so huge tip, thank you.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
And now we kind of know how to streamline things
in the future, so that's gonna be great.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
But we head into Heroes Weekend this weekend, so tell
us about that.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
Heroes Weekend is Memorial Day weekend every year and it
is where all police, firefighter, military veterans at ems get
into the park for free and then their family, their
immediate family gets a special discount when they when they
purchase at the gate. And so it's a really special
weekend because it's the also the launch of Boulder Beach,
and so Boulder Beach kicks off this weekend and looks
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like the weather is going to be awesome, well like.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Eighty something we're recording, so let's cross our fingers.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Hopefully that stays.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
But it's it's really kind of the unofficial start of
summer for us. Yeah, so and so with especially last year,
we opened a little later because we were getting mbled
for US ready and so now that that is ready.
We're going to start off just like we always do
with Memorial Day weekend and so come out and have
have a blast in some nice weather. Don't forget the
sunscreen because all of us from North idoh.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Do that, and we're going to look like lobsters.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
There's a lot of lobsters walking around at work on Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
It's actually a great tip inside soup, inside Zoo. So
anything else you want to talk about in the park,
pols or should we uh, oh, well, let's talk about
what's happening tonight.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
Yeah, obviously of course episode.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
So we're celebrating the birthday and tell us about what
we're doing that's special.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Yeah, so.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
We actually it's actually started last year when uh we
have our end of season get together for our cast
and crew and one person asked, what are we gonna
do for the fiftieth birthday of Corkscrew? And that started
getting our our mind working And it wasn't until probably
a month and a half ago that we had this
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idea of like what if we celebrated Corkscrew's fiftieth birthday
with everybody who was also celebrating a birthday that day,
And we're like, could we get enough people to fill
a train, and we have thirty five people sign ready
to go, and so they're gonna come out tonight. We
have the engineers, they're gonna sing some songs. We're gonna
sing Happy Birthday to Corkscrew and everybody else out there,
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and they'll have exclusive ride time for an hour, and
then we'll have cupcakes and each person gets a birthday present.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Great, And what they don't know is in this birthday
present is not only Corkscrew swag a season past to Silverwood.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
For this year.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
I didn't even know that.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
That, so they get open a season pass.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Am I going to have goosebumps this whole episode?
Speaker 7 (05:08):
Will?
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (05:09):
That just that made me so happy. That's so crazy.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
It's a special, special little gift that they're going to
get from us.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So if they're listening, you just ruin the surprise.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Well, hopefully let's not launch this where they're definitely listening.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah, we're fine.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Well, I think that's a great reason then to head
right into our big drop and start talking about what
makes Corkscrew And it's fiftieth such a very very big
milestone here at silver Woods, So let's do it. And
we are back to kind of kick off our big
celebration with a very special guest who got to experience
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something that most of us can't say we experienced.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
We have gotten none of us well, especially in the room.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
But we've got Tammy Martinez here, and Tammy is I'm
going to call you a corkscrew bustie because you've been
there since day one. But before we get into the
corkscrew thing, let's just learn a little bit about you.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Tell us about your.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Background, all of that and Silverwood favorites maybe.
Speaker 8 (06:13):
Sure, Yeah, Well, I have lived in North Side House
since nineteen ninety four, but prior to that, I've moved
forty seven times.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Oh my Atlanta.
Speaker 8 (06:25):
My dad was in the produce industry on a national level,
and that's kind of how oh we got the opportunity
to get into some of the stories here. But okay, well,
my favorite silver I guess the first time I came
to Silverwood, because I grew up and spent so much
time at Notsbery Farm was the comparison.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
It just felt like home. So that was super exciting.
Speaker 8 (06:48):
And I've always been so impressed with the grounds, how
beautiful it is, how friendly it is. But I have
to say my favorite ride is after Shock.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
Okay, okay, a good one.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Why after that?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Well, that's kind of a there's a purpose to that.
Speaker 8 (07:04):
So I was a little bit roller coaster shy, as
you know, in my age, and I came out here
with River City Leadership Academy and we had two chiropractors
and they said, out of all of the roller coasters,
they love after Shock the best.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well because it resets their spine.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
So perfect for your spine.
Speaker 8 (07:21):
So I'm like, my man, interesting, Yeah, they said, it's
just occurs you in just a perfect way. So I thought, okay,
I'm going to give it a shot and loved it.
So I've spent a lot of time doing that once.
My husband's favorite too, well, actually, stunt pilots favor.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, that's a good one.
Speaker 8 (07:38):
Sun Pilot was one and done for me. I loved it,
one and done.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
That's so interesting. So we have a new advertising campaign.
It's come out and get your spine corrected on.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
But I mean, I'm interested. Immediately my ears were like,
that's what I need. That's exactly what I need. So okay,
I'm gonna go right after a shock this weekend. But
and you kind of mentioned and that you might have
a special someone that works here.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
I do.
Speaker 8 (08:03):
My grandson. He has had goal passes for the last
several seasons and just couldn't wait till he was fourteen
and applied. It was kind of cute. He showed up
in a suit and tie. Everyone else was like, and
he came out he was I got the job. It
was the strangest interview. He just asked me two questions
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and went, you're hired.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
I'm pretty sure I'm walking in.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
We were like, you're not going, you're hired.
Speaker 8 (08:31):
Pressed, That's that's just him. But yeah, he works in
the pavilion. He had his first full weekend last weekend
and he shucked many cases.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Of corn and loved it.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
He's good.
Speaker 8 (08:41):
Yeah, he just loves the job, loves being out here.
As excited to meet new new friends, and we're excited
for him to be on this side of things. So
impressed with silver Wood and the way you train up
and and deal with your cast members. It's just a
beautiful thing.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
Training right here.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
So you did mention that somebody told you what their
favorite food was here, and I just want to mention
it because it's also Jordan's.
Speaker 8 (09:10):
Well, yeah, yes, we were talking about what my favorite
food is and and I'm one of those who brings
a picnic in. But my grandson Gage shout out to him.
Anything on the Lindy menu is him. I mean he
he would come out here with friends again in a
student tie sometimes and just go to Lindy's then change
to go you know, playing Boulder Beach and ride the train.
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And yeah, he's an interesting character.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
That's awesome the picture of him. So let's kind of
go back. Let's go back to Nott's very Farm fifty
years ago.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yeah, corkscrew, it is just hitting the streets, I guess
you could say, and and you were there, right.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
So my father, he mentioned that he was in the
produce industry, so he was one of the He was
the broker vendor for Disney and Disneyland and not Spurry Farm.
So as a family, we were pretty fortunate. We had
free passes all the time anytime. My mom was just
my mom's ninety and she still has some of the
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original Disney and some of the not Sperry Farm passes,
which is pretty cool. And we were talking about about
this anniversary coming up, but she said, yes, she was
like in her twenties and she'd pack a picnic lunch
and her and her friends would take the babies and
write a couple of rides at Disneyland or not spvery
farm and then go home, right because we lived down
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there in Yeah so so, And I remember when we
moved to Wisconsin, my third grade teacher called my mom
and because she said I was exaggerating in class, and
my mom was like, why was she exaggerating at because
she said she's been to Disneyland one hundred times And
my Mom's like, probably.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
More than she's under it.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Yeah, exactly, so and nuts too.
Speaker 8 (11:03):
Oh and I love the cars that you have here
because those are my earliest memories and not it's very
farm being five and feeling like I could drive that car.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Anti cars.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
Yeah. But anyway to the Corkscrew, I think we were
living up in Portland, Oregon area and going to school
and then my dad was invited to come to the
VIP night, which was the night before corks grew up
into the public, and they did a private ribbon cutting.
So I got out of school early that year and
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we went down to California. And you know, I mean,
I'm sixty two, so there's a whole lot of memories
to get to, but I just remember them cutting the
ribbon and my brother and his friend just running to
the front, and our friend's sister, which was my friend,
She's like, I'm not one of them get in the
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first cart. So actually my brother and his friend were
in the very front cart right behind them, and uh, yeah,
that was crazy.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
It was. It was totally crazy.
Speaker 8 (12:06):
I was as soon as it went up to the
top and you could see down, I thought, what am
I doing?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
But it was it.
Speaker 8 (12:15):
Was insane and I just remember really honestly. I mean
it was the first thing of its kind that I'd
ever been on. So there was a little bit of fear.
Am I going to stay in here? Am I gonna
you know, fall out? But of course after you get down,
the rush is likest do it again, you know, So
it was super, super exciting.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
How many times did you write it that day?
Speaker 7 (12:35):
You know?
Speaker 8 (12:35):
I don't remember off hand. We were kind of shuffled
around to lots of other party event things that were
that were happening that day, but I can remember twice
I wrote on the back end the second time and
I seem to enjoy that, so but the first yeah,
I just I don't know, it's fun to see everyone's
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arms flying up.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
You feel less invested, like, oh my gosh, we're gonna go.
How it is different.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
What was the like the vibe of that night?
Speaker 8 (13:08):
Oh my goodness. So yeah, again I wish I had,
you know, all the answers. I think just being twelve,
I was twelve at the time, my brother I think
was fifteen or sixteen. We were just we were just
excited to be part of of, you know something. Most
of it I think was just like, come on, let's
just do some you know, rides and things. I again
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remember riding the antique cars that night too, so that
was really fun.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
But yeah, it was pretty exciting.
Speaker 8 (13:35):
It was the first real major roller coaster that that
was kind of down in that area besides Matta Horn
things like that, but this was this was groundbreaking for
nots Erry Farm, you know, And so I just I
just remember the excitement as a as a kid, just
being able to be the first right to write that.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
So that was pretty and.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
The first coaster that's going.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
On going on, right.
Speaker 8 (13:59):
Yeah, And you know, over the years you read a
lot about you know, the angles of it, you know,
the the velocity, that type of thing too, and and
it's just kind of one of those things that's like
I was part of history.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's amazing because, like you said, you
were like second row, second row of one of the
very first runs of that ride to the public, right.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Well, actually it was a private night, so public.
Speaker 8 (14:30):
Yeah, the employees wrote it stuff before, but you know,
they did two ribbon cuttings, one that night and then
the next day.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
I do remember us going to the park, but.
Speaker 8 (14:40):
We probably went to Disneyland too, so as we were
down there, you know, So I.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Have I was just thinking about that. That's that's huge.
That was such a cool thing to be It's such
an experience.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
Like I mean, insanely monumental attraction in the coaster industry,
and for you to be able to be there is amazing.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
But it doesn't stop there doesn't know.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
It's craziest thing.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Yeah, So continue forward, So.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
I you have.
Speaker 8 (15:07):
So that was I think what nineteen seventy five, because
I'm thinking that was the summer.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Yeah, fifty the area. What year was it here ninety.
Speaker 8 (15:13):
Ninety Okay, oh gosh, no, I guess I moved here
before nineteen ninety yeah, because I was here, so I
was working with a church and their their youth group,
and we decided to do this fun thing and you know,
take our video cams and go into their bedrooms at
five am in the morning and wake them up and
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kidnap them. So the parents were involved with all of that,
you know, pack their bags and stuff, and we threw
them all on the van. There's probably about twenty or so.
And then we had there was a family that lived
near here, and we did a big breakfast and they
got ready and then this big surprise was going to Silverwood.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Well it turned out it was the day you guys
were doing your ripping cutting on the corkscrew.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Like, oh my god, the chances.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Yeah, it was crazy.
Speaker 8 (15:59):
So I ended up telling several of the kids the
story that I just told you, and one of them
ran up to one of the staff members and I
could see you're pointing at me and you know talking.
And so you guys did your thing and the ribbon cutting,
and then they asked me if I would come up front.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
I didn't write in the very.
Speaker 8 (16:19):
Front, but I got to write it again on this Yeah,
the ribbon cutting that you guys had that day, and
that was, you know, pretty exciting. I will tell you though,
it's very different experience when you're you know, twelve, and
then when you're you know, thirty, yeah, and then it's
very different when you're sixty.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (16:42):
So yeah, roller coasters have become smoother and you know.
But but yeah, that was pretty exciting, and I will
tell you I do remember this ride much more, and
that was I don't remember my head going like this.
I don't remember that feeling, you know, So it was
a whole new experience being an adult doing it. But
what a treat, I mean, what an incredible yeah treat
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that was.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
So that'solutely amazing.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
And then how many times do you think you've written
it since then?
Speaker 8 (17:11):
Oh, well, it's conservative, so I'm going to say probably
no more than ten. Yeah, I mean, because you come
and it's like, it feels like that's my roller coaster,
so you have to I mean, especially if the lines
were like completely you know, lower that day, it'd be
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like okay, And then you know, every time I write it, well,
I have to say I pretty much close my eyes
through the loop.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Of that one. Now. But yeah, I mean, what a
what a fun full circle story.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
Absolutely, yeah, Jordan, we're making it more full circle right,
she's got to be invited.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
She's yeah, yes, birthday because got to be there.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Corkscrew would be really upset at us if we invite her.
So yeah, so you're just going to have to comment
and celebrate with us a big milestone.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
I'm just thinking you're probably you're you not probably.
Speaker 5 (18:10):
You are the only person in the entire world that
wrote it at nons Very Farm after ribbon cutting and
at silver after a bit.
Speaker 8 (18:18):
It's crazy. Yeah, I mean, if there's someone else out there,
I loved, let us know. But yeah, it just you know,
it was a real it was a real benefit in
my in my father's industry. So we got to do
a lot of first and you know, so that was
kind of fun. And yeah, we even I mean, I'm
segueing off, so you can stop me.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
No problem.
Speaker 8 (18:40):
Remember when we lived in Wisconsin, a gentleman was trying
to pitch my dad for his agricultural product and he
invited him to the house for dinner and he said, now,
I don't want any of you guys making fun of him.
He has a different voice and the addresses kind of
a little bit different, but you guys will be very polite.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
And it was orfle Reden Box.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (18:59):
We had cases of glass popcorn, you know, in our
in our basement there, and I think for you know,
I don't know, we had popcorn balls forever, how.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
We you know, all of that stuff.
Speaker 8 (19:12):
So, so, you know, there was some real fun, unique opportunities.
Although we were raised just kind of like a normal family,
you know, I mean the same as anyone else, we
just had these additional opportunities that that, you know, because
of how respected he was in the agriculture industry, industry
and stuff. So we got invited to a lot of things,
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and it was not very farming. The Corse Crew was
just one of those things that was worth him pulling
us out of school and we got to go down
to celebrate that.
Speaker 5 (19:43):
Did you ever think that fifty years down the road
would be like this you have to finish?
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Yeah? Yeah, no, not at all. I mean it was great.
Speaker 8 (19:53):
And I kept thinking that day when you guys were
cutting the ribbon, I'm like, this can't be the same
roller coaster, but sure enough, there's a Notts Very Farm
logo on it. I just I was so I hadn't
been up on the news that you guys had purchased
it and you know, was unaware of that. So the
feeling I had that day was was almost in awe
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and surreal, right, it just really was.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
So that was kind of exciting, but it.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Was meant to be moments kidding well and then for
us to come upon you, you know, and Jordan to
be talking to you and find out all of this
right before our fiftyth.
Speaker 8 (20:30):
And that's funny because Jordan and I know each other
from another organization that we both volunteer with, and I
can't remember. I think we were talking about that and
my husband said, have you ever.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Told him the corkscrew story? And I go, I think
I have. I'm thinking that I have, and he goes,
you need to tell him.
Speaker 8 (20:49):
So we're here today because Jean was like, you better
text him that story.
Speaker 5 (20:53):
So it's crazy because we were looking for someone that like, man,
wouldn't be so cool if we had someone that was
there both times, but not even both times?
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Now we have someone there and here both times.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
Crazy And I had no idea that you guys were
even looking for that. It was just one of those
you know moments where my husband, you know, it was like,
I mean, we're standing in the kitchen and he's like,
did you tell this?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
You tell him this?
Speaker 8 (21:18):
And and so when I texted to you and you
said that, I was like, Okay, look at the can
of worms you just opened.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
I still.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
I love the story. I love stories like this.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
So you know, this is what really encompasses what Silverwood
is all about so many theme parks, you know, is
to be able to make those memories and you know, to.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Continue to live them.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (21:41):
Yeah, well that's the crazy part. Well, that's part I
was nervous about. Like if I come to this party.
Speaker 4 (21:49):
Again, you can watch just having you there would be
such a blessing.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
So yeah, we love that.
Speaker 8 (21:56):
You know, I wrote it last year, so I mean,
like I said, it's I know, that's another year.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
I mean really so true.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Yeah, I definitely put you on after Shock.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Yeah, well we're yeah, we'll correct your spine at the
same time.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
I'll go with you because I'd like to experience this.
It's been a while for me.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
So that's so awesome.
Speaker 4 (22:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Well and then yeah, so our birthday were you know,
we're celebrating the fiftieth and because it is such a
monumental coaster in the industry, cupcakes and people who are
celebrating their birthday on the same day are coming out,
and so we have I think thirty five people are
celebrating their birthday and going to celebrate it with Quarksfou
on that day.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
Cool.
Speaker 5 (22:38):
Yeah, so we need to have the person who is
there at day one there as well.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
Is that crazy?
Speaker 8 (22:43):
Yeah, it's just it's just yeah, kind of like I said,
I was down in southern Oregon visiting with my mom.
My brother lives there, and he would have been all
about being up here.
Speaker 7 (22:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
Yeah, that would have been awesome.
Speaker 8 (22:56):
So yeah, but you have senior citizens not I guess even.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
If I can do it, anyone can do it.
Speaker 8 (23:04):
Right.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
You're only as old as you make yourself, and you
are still very young at heart. So yeah, yeah, yeah.
Do you have any other questions for I'm just overhearing
my feelings.
Speaker 5 (23:16):
I know, I think I mean all of that. We'll
just wrap it up with this, with all of your
memories with Coarse Crew from day one to year fifty,
what's your favorite.
Speaker 8 (23:30):
Surviving No, I you know, I have to say it
really comes down to the fact that it does feel like, hey,
I know this roller coaster inside and out. It's not necessarily.
Like I said, I love Aftershock. You know, my my
(23:50):
granddaughters love the wooden roller coasters, and I just you know,
we've just kind of grew up around amusement parks our
whole life.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
So I love it all.
Speaker 8 (23:57):
But the Corkscrew, I guess my favorite memory that it's
just part of me, right, It's just part of of
who I am and experiences that I was privileged enough
to experience. But as far as the ride goes, I mean,
you know, I'm sixty, so shaking my head.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
That's my stempile. It's so smooth.
Speaker 8 (24:16):
I mean, that is just a really you know, a
smooth one. But I think I guess my recommendation is
do the core screw and then do stop pilots and
just see how exciting the technology has. As you know,
we're how farts come and how silverwood has kind of
led the way and all of that. You just have
great history and yeah, and.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Have encompassed everything. Yeah that, Oh thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Tim, Like, yeah, I'm over here just like because I
don't know why I've I've Workscrew has become an emotional
thing for me as I've been learning all of these
stories and and it's just it's so much more than
just a roller coaster, and thank you for helping explain
that to our audience so that they can kind of
understand why this is so so s it is.
Speaker 8 (25:00):
And I'm looking forward to hearing about all of that,
you know, installation, all of the other pieces, because you know,
when you're a kid, you're just like, let me on that, right, Yeah,
that's about all your you're thinking about too, But thank
you for thank you for letting me tell the story.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
And it's just kind of an ironic way how it
came about.
Speaker 5 (25:19):
Yeah, well it's such a cool story and to let
it live on, you know for those who you know
wish they were there or you know, would weren't even
born yet either time, you know, all right, and so
like to be able to hear from someone who is
there is such a cool moment in history for for
us to share with everybody as well. So thank you
for coming up absolutely and sharing the story with me
(25:40):
so we can get you on here exactly.
Speaker 8 (25:43):
I did think of one thing, and yeah, so when
the teen, the gal from our youth group apparent ran over,
my first thought was dread, hope, please don't tell them
they're going to make me get on there and write it, right,
But what a cool thing. So I'm super glad that,
you know. I was a little embarrassed, I think first,
but then it was like, who gets.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
A chance to do that?
Speaker 9 (26:05):
So exactly, yea very bringing it to North Idaho, and
and thank you for I mean, everything silver War does
is just is just christine.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
And so great.
Speaker 8 (26:18):
And I guess my plug with my grandson is that
your kids need a job in this summer. I cannot
think of a better training ground, a better support system,
and just people that are so excited about their job
that just really kind of you know, just embed into
them that that work is important and it's fun, and
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you can't.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
You just have such a great culture here.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
So thank you, well, thank you so much, so much growth.
So hopefully he will grow with us and we'll see
him and.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Looking at Scary Wood in a couple of years.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Okay him, Well, all right, and that's a great segue
into our next guest, who is going to tell us
a little bit more about the.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
Technicalities of corkscrew. So that'll be coming up next at.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Silverwood Theme Park.
Speaker 10 (27:04):
Every loop, slash and screen invite you to conquer your
fears and turn them into stories you'll tell for a lifetime,
because these aren't just rides. They're treasured memory shared around campfires,
photo albums, and dinner tables for years to come. So
gather your courage, embrace the rush, and create the tales
that will live on forever. Boulder Beach is open this weekend,
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Silverwood Theme Park where Remember One begins.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
And we are back with our second special guest of
this episode.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Yeah, we're doubling up on you guys this week.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
I've got a very special guest who uh, I mean,
he knows more about corkscrew, I think than most people.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
All of us combine.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
I'm probably probably, So I'd like to introduce to the show,
Nicholas Lashkawitz.
Speaker 4 (27:51):
Did they do it right? Okay?
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Good?
Speaker 1 (27:53):
I love at six times.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Now.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
He's got one of those names, so you can say
it just so that you can correct anywhere.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Do you go ahead and say it just? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (28:02):
Yeah, So my name is Nicholas Laskovich.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
There we go, perfect, and Nicholas, tell us about yourself. Yes,
give us a little background.
Speaker 7 (28:10):
Yeah. So I'm based in Los Angeles, California, and I
am a avid roller coaster enthusiast and historian. I am
with the American Coaster Enthusiasts. We are an all volunteer
at five oh one C three nonprofit organization who are
dedicated to the preservation of roller coasters, the enjoyment, and
most importantly in my eyes, the education of the history.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
And importance of roller coasters in our industry, which is
why he's such a perfect guest. Just for today as
there is celebrating Corkscrew's fiftieth birthday. Go ahead and just
tell us, so, how are you familiar with Corkscrew other
than just being a professional with this.
Speaker 7 (28:48):
Yeah. So, I've been with the ACE for over fifteen
years now, and one of the projects I do with
the club is I produce historical documentaries about the industry,
about roller coasters. I've done ten documentaries over the past
twelve years.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Wow.
Speaker 7 (29:02):
And one of the documentaries I did was on a
company called Arrow Development and Sharpeye fans would know that
Arrow is the company behind Corkscrew. They're the ones who
design and build Corkscrew, And so I know a ton
about the history of that ride, and I can share
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even more, I sure even more.
Speaker 6 (29:24):
Well.
Speaker 5 (29:25):
I think I think that's probably where we get started,
is so our previous guest on here, she was there
for the ribbon cutting at Notsberry Farm. She was also
here for the ribbon cutting at Silverwood just by chance.
So I want to take even further back of like,
how did we get Corkscrew? How did the world get
(29:46):
Corkscrew to be the first upside modern and steel coaster
to go upside down?
Speaker 7 (29:52):
Yeah, so Arrow Development has been around since the late
nineteen forties and they didn't build a roller coaster until
n teen fifty nine with a little known coaster called
the Matterhorn Bob sled to Disneyland. Very revolutionary force. Yeah,
I sure, it's very revolutionary for its use of tubular
steel track in roller coasters, typically referred to as the
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first tubular steel roller coaster, and that started off, you know,
a whole new genre of rides in the industry. And
so throughout the nineteen sixties, Aerow Development created what's called
a runaway mine train, and runaway mind train coasters are
found all around the world. Other manufacturers have built mine
train style coasters and come into the nineteen seventies and
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the idea to go upside down and the modern era
came about again and we hadn't seen coasters that had
done upside down at that point since the early nineteen hundreds,
and we're talking you know, small circular loops that had
really high g forces. People often got whiplash or got hurt,
and so it had been, you know, a long time
since there had been an attempt to go upside down,
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and it.
Speaker 11 (30:59):
Sounds absolutely and so the idea to go upside down
led to, you know, why don't we do something that's
maybe not necessarily a loop like we all know today
as probably one of the most iconic elements on a
coaster that go upside down, but a corkscrew, and so
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Arrow in the early.
Speaker 7 (31:20):
Nineteen seventies, let's say Aroun nineteen seventy three nineteen seventy
four began developing the concept of the corkscrew and they
did a full scale build out of the ride in
their Mountain View, California shop. So middle of Silicon Valley
where high tech was starting to boom, so was the
amusement industry. There was a lot going on in the area.
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And the cork tree that we know today, of course
at silver Wood and before that Knots, is the exact
same one they built completely in full scale in Mountain
View as well, and that's where the Notts family originally
rode the Corkscrew, and that's where they decided to buy
it for their part, but it set up there for
a long time where they did full on promotional videos.
(32:02):
Anybody who wanted to buy a ride like that could
come see it for themselves and see what a corkscrew
really was because it was the first one ever.
Speaker 5 (32:09):
That's so, how how did Knots become the first to
get this prototype? How how did that discussion happen? And
also then land there in seventy five, So interest.
Speaker 7 (32:21):
Was definitely, definitely was definitely huge when this was built,
and you know, people literally driving by their shop because
it was right along Highway wan to One, a major
throughway that people could drive on the freeway and see
this massive roller coaster on the side of the highway.
So even just local buzz was generated by just being
able to see it in public view like that, and
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as far as Knots being able to get it, and
you know, I think it landed out just being right
place at the right time. They showed the most interest
of anybody, and the Knots family was very adamant and
strong about you know, what can we do to keep
this park on the map, And you know, being a
family owned park at the time was a big deal
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for them to kind of talk as a family figure out, Okay,
what do we want to do to keep the public coming,
and the Corksrew was the next best thing for them,
and Marian Nott is the one who was the one
who visited the park or visited Arrows Facility and grew
up to ride the ride, and ultimately the decision was
made that we got to have this and they were
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the first to do it.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
It's incredible.
Speaker 5 (33:29):
Yeah, I guess now moving forward to opening day and
like kind of the build up to opening day, like
what dides construction look like, and then heading into the
excitement of how do you market a coaster that's never
been seen before for people to finally experience going upside
down and what was the response to that new coaster
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that's been installed.
Speaker 7 (33:54):
Yeah. So one of the things that they discovered early on,
actually even prior to building the full scale out of
Corkscrew at the facility was they did a prototype test
track which had a reverse hill, if you will, where
they winched it up this hill and then they would
release the table and it would drop down and it
went through a single corkscrew just to test the idea
of if this element is even going to work. And
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not only was the sensation of seeing the world flip
upside down very you know, revolutionary for the time, but
the idea of taking shots for marketing looking down the
barrel of the corkscrew, if you will, very early on
came a quick like, Aha, this is like how we're
going to market this ride. It was so photogenic in
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the way that the ride would go through the element,
and to be able to stand and look down the
double corkscrew as they ended up ultimately building, was a
real eye catcher. And so you'll see in marketing, whether
it's TV commercials, whether it's early newspaper ads, even merchandise
like bumper stickers, all prominently featured how that iconic element looked,
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and that was definitely an eyecatcher from the very beginning
and even to this day, is a very photogenic you know,
I look at a lot of roller coasters as art
and engineering as art, and I think the corps here
is a great element of how, you know, an artistic
mind can bring an engineering idea to life. And that
was carried all throughout its marketing campaign.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
I would love to see some of those old you know,
photos and videos and everything and kind of compile those
and share them.
Speaker 5 (35:30):
And yeah, that's probably my favorite place to take pictures too.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Is looking right down that barrel of the right.
Speaker 2 (35:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
We've only been open what three weekends, and that's basically
the spot I've placed myself because it's just the best.
You get to see all the faces as they're coming
at you, and it's it's magical all in itself. And
so you kind of shared with the world a little
bit about aerow development and its legacy through your documentary
which was named the same right, the Sea of Aero Development,
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and that came out when it was in early.
Speaker 7 (36:04):
Twenty sixteen, and it's on YouTube. It's available to watch
for free. Everything we do is a free public service
sort of situation. So the organization and members fund our
documentary projects and then anybody who wants to watch them,
it's free for the world to see and learn.
Speaker 3 (36:18):
So cool, which means you were out here, right, did
you come out here?
Speaker 7 (36:22):
Yeah? So there was a small film crew of us.
There were three of us at the time. It was
I believe August of twenty fifteen, and it was all
of our first time to the park was a park
that I had always wanted to go to. I grew
up with the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk at my home park,
and so I've had a long love of family owned parks,
you know, parks like Silverwood, parks like Lagoon. I love
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family parks and I'm so glad that there's still a
great community of them around. I know all those parks
talk to each other as well and share ideas and
their families. It's very much a family within a family industry,
which is great. And one of the things that was
really great about filming at the park was we had
an opportunity to walk up the lift hill of the
log Flume and film the corkstreue from the vanish point
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from the top of their And what was really exciting
we didn't even know this at the time. It was
one of those movie magic moments that happens when you're
on production is there's a great vantage point of corkscrew
from the top of the log flume and it matched
almost identically with the photo we had had of the
ride set up at the factory in Mountain viewed almost
the exact angle, exact elevation, and so in the documentary
(37:30):
we do a match shot where we do a zoom
out from the top of the log flume and then
we transition into the shot up at the factory, just
to prove to people that yeah, this is the one,
this is the ride, and other than getting a chance
to ride a piece of history and film on ride
video of it, that revelation of like, wow, this is
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like this was meant to be. This log flume allowed
us to get the exact angle without even trying. And
that's one of my favorite shots in the film is
showing that we've had.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
A lot of those meant to be moments in this episode.
And that's what makes Corkscrew so magical. I'm not kidding,
it's just there's so much behind it. But let's see
what else I have a question.
Speaker 5 (38:13):
So yeah, so Arrow develops Quarkscrew, not buys Qrkscrew, but
then they also develop other similar rides that are basically
a cookie cutter of the Corkscrew, and those get scattered
around the country. What was the popularity of those rides
and others and can you talk to like the subtle
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differences that might be between the original that we have
and some that like the ones that was at Cedar
Point or other ones around the around the country.
Speaker 7 (38:42):
Yeah, yeah, exactly. So what they ended up doing was,
it's like a lot of car manufacturers ride manufacturers like
Aero started looking into ways they could sell a certain
model or a certain layout of a ride. You know,
it's easier to sell, you know, a certain type of
car than selling one offs. And so they decide and
based on the success of the Corkscrew that they were
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going to offer variants of it as well. That allowed
them to be more modular depending on what park one
I want. So of course there's the standard model like
you have the original with the double corkscrew, but then
park Slight, Studard Point could opt to add a vertical
loop if they wanted to, because a year later Aarroweds
then revolutionized no pun intention with creating a vertical loop,
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and it started to integrate that into their corkscrew design.
And so maybe you could have an airtime hill a
loop and then go into the corkscrew, so the layout
maybe is elongated a little bit. So there was one
part that actually could a triple corkscrew which is a
very rare thing in the industry as a whole, and
so they were able to kind of mix and match
different elements. The double corkscrew is featured on many of
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their full on custom riots as well. So for example,
if you go to six Flags Magic Mountain, they have
a very large looping code they're called Viper and that
has loops very high in the sky, but it also
has the double corkscrew at the end of the ride
much you know, much like a homage wells if you will,
to do how they all started with the Quarkscrew, and
so it's kind of cool to see how their ride's
(40:10):
changed over the years and how they went from things
that were a little more intimate. Not that the corks
are necessarily like not scary, because for our first coaster
to go upside down for a kid, that's definitely scary. Yeah,
but it's it's great to be able to have these
coasters still around that we can look back at and say, like,
this is where we came from. And I think that's
what's important about the history of this industry is I mean, yeah,
(40:33):
roller coasters are kind of an odd thing if you
think about it, but it's fun that park Slack Silver
would like you have decided to, you know, pay attention
to the history and see the importance of it, not
only an acquiring Corkscrew in the first place, but taking
the time to maintain the ride and keep it for generations.
Because now multiple generations have been able to ride Corkscrew.
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You know, some people can come to silver and say,
I wrote it in nineteen seventy five like your other gas,
and now I can write it as solar and I
can take my own kids on it, and that's worth
so much. That's worth so much.
Speaker 6 (41:07):
Again.
Speaker 4 (41:08):
Yeah, for whatever reason, Quirkscrew gets me in my feelings.
Speaker 6 (41:11):
Oh yeah, so now, I mean nineteen ninety it gets
brought to Silverwood, and how is that, I guess process
getting it up here.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
But also.
Speaker 5 (41:23):
To have such an iconic coaster at a family owned
theme park, how did the roller coaster community handle just
kind of that transition.
Speaker 7 (41:33):
Yeah, you know, when I was tharning about the history
of the ride, I was actually amazed that it was
relocated at all. You typically don't see protospye coasters, because
that's certainly what this was. Necessarily relocated to another park,
not necessarily because they weren't successful or good, but because
sometimes the way they were assembled was more let's say,
(41:54):
less able to be relocated, or it was more of
a permanent installation, and Courture is a great example of that,
where that ride was welded together. Coasters more typically today
track pieces are bolted together, they sleeve into each other,
and they're more modular, if you will, so you can
more easily relocate or assemble a ride. But what's fascinating
is that Corkscrew, of course, was built in Mountain View,
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first welded together, torched apart, brought to knots, welded together,
torched a part, and then welded together again at Silverwood.
And you can see and it's not like you look
at it and you think, oh my gosh, it looks unsafe,
but you can tell that the ride has history and
it has a story to tell. And I think it's
a really you know, I get the Norton family so
(42:39):
much credit for looking at the opportunity to save a
piece of history like that, because I think it takes
a special park, in the special family to do something
like that. You know, a lot of parks are also
looking for the next big thing, the next new thing,
and the Corkscrew had already been you know, there was
over a dozen Corkscrew coasters in the country at this point,
(43:00):
and so it's great that, you know, despite the extra work,
it was able to be moved to that park, and
I think it was definitely worth it.
Speaker 5 (43:09):
And so now, what does what does corks Room mean
to the corks Through community after fifty years of operation?
What does its legacy mean to the world.
Speaker 7 (43:22):
Yeah, I mean it really shows, It really shows how
we've far we've come as an industry. You look at
how fast coasters are going now, you look at how
many inversions. I mean we're breaking over ten inversions on
some rides at some parts, which is which is unbelievable.
And the combination of creativity that we're seeing in the
industry is is really is really astonishing.
Speaker 8 (43:45):
But I.
Speaker 7 (43:47):
Still love classic rides almost just as much as new rides.
And it's it's something about charm, you know. I older
rides tend to be what more more people will call rough,
But I don't call old rides rough. I call them
that's just more charm. And I think courtship is full
of charm, and you know, I think that's what makes
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wooden coasters so special, which is so great that silver
Ward has multiple wooden coasters. You know, a lot of
people say that wooden coasters might be too shaky and
they're not safe and everything, but no, that's all part
of the feeling of a wooden coaster, and I think
the feeling of a coaster is just as important as
what the ride does. You know, there are also really
fantastic smooth coasters, and that's not a bad thing either.
So having that variety of the old and the new
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and being able to, you know, in my opinion, pay
our respects to how far we've come is really important,
and I think it gives part guests an appreciation of
the past and the way it's been integrated into the
park and cared for over many years. I think is
a testament to that ride's history.
Speaker 2 (44:47):
It's yeah, I.
Speaker 4 (44:48):
Mean, you just encompassed everything right there, there's the quote.
Speaker 3 (44:52):
I mean it it's just yeah, I'm still you talk, Okay,
you talk a good question.
Speaker 2 (44:59):
I'm over here, and my feeling, I.
Speaker 6 (45:00):
Mean that was guy like, yeah, I know, I'm like, wow,
my finale question because it means so much.
Speaker 5 (45:06):
I mean, like, I mean, the twenty first marks the
first day that the public was able to ride that
that type of roller coaster, and now fifty years later
there's it's some kids first roller coaster ever. And I
think it's such a such a tribute to just like
(45:26):
you said, how far we've come, because right down the
road you have stump pilot, you know, and you have
Aftershock and some of these bigger roller coasters that all
got their start with basically Corkscrew. Corkscrew kind of was
the one that started all. Can you touch on just
like how fast the technology grew from when that Corkscrew
(45:46):
was put onto the market and then the coaster wars
and how we got to where we're at today.
Speaker 2 (45:51):
Yeah, yeah, I mean that.
Speaker 7 (45:53):
Really was a massive kickstart because after that, in nineteen
seventy six, just a year later, we see Luke coasters begin,
and multiple manufacturers started kind of all at the same time,
unbeknownst to each other, which is an interesting part of
the history, is that multiple companies were deciding that we're
going to do a loop and it all happened that
same year, within weeks of each other, and it really
(46:17):
just started raising the bar for what a roller coaster
can be and should be. And before that it was
it was more pretty much just family thrills at that point.
You know, think about the Runaway mind train when the
matter born. We're talking thirty miles an hour, forty miles
an hour, yeah, or maybe we're doing some tight bank turns,
but we're not going down one hundred foot drops for
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not going through eighty foot tall loops. And so once
people who had the taste of what an inversion was like,
it was like, how else can we bend you know,
this track into doing some other crazy inversions? And so
we started seeing rise with three, four, five, six, seven,
eight n inversions. And then we start experiencing with launch
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coasters because in the late nineteen seventies, in nineteen seventy
seven or so, launched coasters become a thing, and again
multiple manufacturers start toying with that technology and then throwing
loops into the mix with that, and it's really it's
really exciting and amazing. Like the first decade between seventy
five and eighty five, the amount of looping coasters, launched
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coasters that exploded worldwide is as unbelievable. And the cool
thing is a lot of those early birds are still
with us today. Some of them, like corks who have
been relocated maybe once or twice, but they're still creating
memories for people globally. And I think that's again another
testament to the technology and the innovations that those rides
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left with people.
Speaker 3 (47:44):
Yeah, if you want to tell everybody what kind of
happened to Arrow what after the coaster wars and everything.
Speaker 7 (47:51):
Yeah, So they went through a few struggles and in
the mid nineteen eighties they experienced their first bankruptcy and
with through multiple different ownerships where you know, maybe necessarily
innovation was stifled in lieu of we got to make
more money. And I think that can hurt a lot
of companies when they are able to be free flowing
with their ideas and what they want to do. And
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so in the mid eighties Arrow fell under their first bankruptcy.
They bankfully came out, A bunch of their employees were
able to bring the company back to life in nineteen
eighty six and it came out of that as Aerodynamics,
which was their more modern name their air development before that,
and then they existed until the early two thousands. Their
last big coaster project was the fourth Dimension Coaster X
(48:38):
two at Magic Mountain, which is an unbelievably wild ride
compared to two little Corkscrews. It's like, oh my gosh,
it's like, this can't be even a roller coaster at
this point. It's you know, they went bankrupt during the
construction of that fifty million dollar attraction. You know, back
when they Corkscrew cost around I think eight hundred thousand dollars,
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so we're talking fifty x multiple of what rides were
costing compared to when Corkscrew. It's built, and you know,
six Flags were able to finish the ride and they
were able to open it, which was great, and it's
been an iconic ride for the industry. But what's fascinating
I think about Arrow's history is that their first coaster
was the Matter Horn at Disneyland and their last was
ex Magic Mountain, and they're only an hour away from
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each other. Despite building you know, one hundred roller coasters
and rides, logs, you know, log flumes, everything you can imagine,
you know, log flumes was another innovation of theirs. So
it's sad that they're no longer around, but that's what
led us to do in this documentary project is so
much of the industry today would not exist if Arrow
had not been around. You look at the tubular steel,
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the log flums, the corkscrews, it's it's really amazing what
they were able to do, and they were just geniuses.
And again, Corkscrew is able to be a monument to
that legacy. And it's great that people can go to
the Cork to ride Corkscrew, And it's one of the
biggest reasons I want to bring my friends to Silverwood
is there's so much there that I love about Silverlwo.
(50:06):
The train ride especially, I'm a big fan of your
train ride and just the charm of the whole park
in general. But as a history buff, Corkscrew is a
big draw for me, even though it's been there for
so long, it's it's just so iconic.
Speaker 3 (50:20):
Jordan loves the train. Yeah, that's baby Jordan happy. So
so would you say that's your your favorite part? Then
are you going to come back and visit us for more?
Speaker 7 (50:31):
Oh? Absolutely, It's been far too long since I've been back,
and you know, the fact that Corkscrew is there a
decade after our I was last there is great. And
to see the park grow with rides like Stunt Pilot,
which is bringing the next generation of thrill secrets out there,
which also has a corkscrew on the ride, so you
can ride the old corkscrew and experience a new age corkscrew,
(50:52):
which which is really neat to see again the lasting
impact of that element.
Speaker 4 (50:57):
Yeah, I love it. Should we do an insight.
Speaker 2 (50:59):
Scoop with him?
Speaker 1 (51:02):
I need to get, I need to get.
Speaker 4 (51:03):
Yeah, we've got a fun sound that goes with it.
Speaker 3 (51:05):
Yes, here's the ice cream truck, because we've got a
very special ice cream hair is of what you should
try it when.
Speaker 4 (51:11):
You come here.
Speaker 3 (51:12):
So tell me share an insider tip about making the
best out of your roller coaster experience here at silver
Wood or really anywhere, and if you want to make
it corkscrew related.
Speaker 1 (51:22):
Even yeah we love that.
Speaker 7 (51:24):
Yeah, well certainly. Yeah. So someone has a great variety
of roller coasters, whether it's being able to experience history
with the corkscrew and where we come from to even
the olden age of wooden coasters built in a modern era,
but able to experience the thrills of even farther in
the past before corkscrew. So I think I think the
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best thing you can do is you can is try
everything you know you want to get a flavor of everything.
Try the new with stunt Pilot to see what a
single rail coaster is like with really tight and intense inversions.
Go back to tremors and ride what wouldn't coasters like.
That's my favorite coaster actually at Silverwoods Trevers with with
the with the consecutive tunnels and the airtime hills. I
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think there's something to really be said about the excitement
that that ride brings. And I love it with Goodwood
Coaster because again, it harkens back to where roller coaters began.
If you go back even to the beginning, you know,
it's it's where it all began. And so I think
surround out your silver Wood experience or any park experience,
you've got to try a little bit of everything, you know,
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even if you're more into the new stuff or more
into wood coasters. Sometimes I like to actually also ride
coasters in the order that they were built at a park,
and that gives you a flavor and a sense of
like how the park changed and how the industry changed,
and that can really add a whole different dynamic to
your to your park experience.
Speaker 4 (52:48):
That that was a great insight scoop.
Speaker 3 (52:52):
That's about all we've got for you, Nicholas, you have
just yeah, you said it all. We didn't even have
to ask you, so you really did help kind of explaining.
Speaker 5 (53:01):
I think there's so many people that had no idea
about like the history of Quarkscrew, and I think that's
the goal of this episode is fifty years, but it's
more than just fifty years, right, it's the incremental changes
within the industry that started with this ride and how
now we come to Stump Pilot and after Shock and
some of these more advanced rides.
Speaker 2 (53:18):
So it's the ji. It is yoji for sure.
Speaker 4 (53:22):
So Nicholas, thank you so much for joining us.
Speaker 3 (53:24):
And if you guys want to check out that documentary again,
it's on YouTube and it's the legacy of aero development
and you can learn a lot more about all those coasters.
So thanks again, and that's going to wrap up this
episode of The Silverwood Show podcast. Make sure to sign
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slash podcast, and we just might be calling you next.
Speaker 4 (53:47):
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