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Coaster · April 13, 2008, 12:50:55 PM

I figured this would fit in here in this thread.

Whenever I was on this lift hill on Wildfire I noticed that to the right of you (in the direction of American Plunge and the old Jim Owen's Float Trip) you can see a water channel and a rock formation with water coming out of it. Now this water channel is not part of American Plunge (I'm fairly certain). It looks like it could be part of Jim Owen's. Anyone know anything else about this?

shavethewhales · April 13, 2008, 01:23:33 PM

^Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was Jim Owen's, it runs around the Wildfire over-flow and under the bridge just before the gift shop.

Coaster · April 13, 2008, 01:58:26 PM

^Yeah that's what I thought. I had just never noticed it before.

Also if you look to the right whenever your on the lift hill of ThuNderaTion you can see a tent and guy sitting on a log next to a campfire. It was something else I had never noticed before.

Old Guy · April 13, 2008, 03:42:36 PM

Just for anyone who wants to know, Jim Owens was a real person. He was a famous float trip guide on the White River before Tablerock lake was formed. Before Shepherd Show and SDC, the river was the draw for Hollywood celebs to get away from the crowds. Chalton Heston was on an vacation trip in Branson when word arrived that he got the part to play Moses in The Ten Commandments. The Ozark flat bottom "John Boats" were Jims craft of preference ."If you're to busy to fish, then you're too busy" was Jim's tag line.

Coaster · April 13, 2008, 03:46:57 PM

They have a picture of him at Bass Pro at The Landing. That was the first time I knew he was real.

sdcforever · April 14, 2008, 01:58:35 PM

Quote from: Coaster on April 13, 2008, 03:46:57 PM
They have a picture of him at Bass Pro at The Landing. That was the first time I knew he was real.

That's right! I remember seeing that picture! I didn't know who Jim Owens was at the time I saw it; and when I found out about the Float Trip ride I had forgotten all about the picture. Now everything has come together. It's awesome when this happens!

sdcforever · April 14, 2008, 02:03:56 PM

Quote from: Coaster on April 13, 2008, 01:58:26 PM
^Yeah that's what I thought. I had just never noticed it before.

Also if you look to the right whenever your on the lift hill of ThuNderaTion you can see a tent and guy sitting on a log next to a campfire. It was something else I had never noticed before.

According to Copper in the "Rides and Attractions Changing Names" thread that's the remnant of the Gumbo gang. The Gumbo gang is part of the little known background story of ThuNderaTion. You can read Copper's post here:
http://sdcfans.com/forums/index.php?topic=160.15

Coaster · April 14, 2008, 07:15:45 PM

^They really need to try and push the baskstory on the ride more. It really annoys me how over the years it's just kind of fell apart.

ThuNderaTion and The Lost River of the Ozarks really need to have their backstories thrown out there or push it to us more on the ride.

Old Guy · April 28, 2008, 03:25:19 PM

More Trivia! Yea!!!
My photo is of me. taken 35 years ago and is in fact an origanal SDC tintype. When the shop first opened they took real tintypes but that took posing for 30 seconds without moving and a long development prossess. Dosn't work for kids and resulted in lots of blurry photos and angry guests. They tried franchising the setup but it never went anywhere. They swiched to a company called metalphoto which put the image on aluminum with a more traditional prossessing soon after.
drop that in casual conversation.

Joy · April 28, 2008, 04:07:27 PM

Ah, okay. So what we've got is a metalphoto, not a *real* tintype. I can definitely understand the reason they changed that... It's hard enough getting kids to sit still long enough even for a regular photo.

~ "Becky" Joy ~

sdcforever · April 28, 2008, 04:09:37 PM

^^Great trivia as always, Old Guy.

I thought the processing was a little too fast for a real tintype. My suspicion has been warranted. I will be sure to drop this little tidbit in casual conversation. You look great in the photo, by the way.

Old Guy · April 28, 2008, 04:14:40 PM

Thanks though it was a bad hair day. I'm risking revealing my secret identity to anyone who can make out what I looked like then using a program that will blow up the photo, extrapolate the missing pixels, and age me 35 years. But I'll risk it.

Coaster · April 28, 2008, 08:48:41 PM

^Lol. That is interesting. I can barely make out the picture as it is anyway. It would still be really cool to have a real tintype though, simply because it is the real thing.

Coaster · May 04, 2008, 09:05:59 AM

Quote from: Coaster on April 13, 2008, 12:50:55 PM
I figured this would fit in here in this thread.

Whenever I was on this lift hill on Wildfire I noticed that to the right of you (in the direction of American Plunge and the old Jim Owen's Float Trip) you can see a water channel and a rock formation with water coming out of it. Now this water channel is not part of American Plunge (I'm fairly certain). It looks like it could be part of Jim Owen's. Anyone know anything else about this?

http://flickr.com/photos/skinnytie/35695731/in/set-790011/

^There's a picture of what I saw from Wildfire. (Thanks to Joy for the gallery links)

Old Guy · May 09, 2008, 03:28:50 PM

It once had a sign on it during the float trip years calling it "the worlds smallest natural bridge." The water from it is a more recent addition.

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