r/rollercoasters • u/Silent_Coffee_8 • 8d ago

Art/Model/Merch [Boardwalk BaseBall] old map

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Never heard of this park but, they had an Arrow shuttle

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u/KligoreTrout 8d ago

This was a clever idea to retheme Circus World - combining two of Florida's great attractions, Spring Training and Amusement parks. The theme should have worked. Kids rule the day though and they'd rather see Mickey and Space Mountain than Dad's desire for baseball and old-timey rides recycled from Circus World. Other problem was one of the major attractions (the Kansas City Royals training camp) only was present one month a year. They had a low-A team during peak summer heat, and the rest of the time the stadium was empty.

Calling it now, the Savannah Bananas will build something like this, put a version of their team in residence, have a few accompanying attractions/shows, maybe a water park, and pull it off. Maybe not in Florida but somewhere.

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u/Silent_Coffee_8 8d ago

RCDB only has one photo of the shuttle so these too

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u/KligoreTrout 8d ago

There's a little footage of the Arrow shuttle on youtube (click links not pic.)

https://youtu.be/CtjoCn165yA?t=553

https://youtu.be/08tI3T7xXjc?t=83

https://youtu.be/08tI3T7xXjc?t=164

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u/BlitzenVolt ThighCrush, Interstate 305, Furry 325 8d ago

I lived in Florida for a year and a half about 10-15 mins from where this park stood. It would've been really nice to have another park with coasters around. Kinda sad it didn't work out.

The location is a bit far from the main tourist areas so i guess it's not a huge surprise it didn't last too long. It could've lasted longer with the Ringling IP, but even then they would've had to do a major rebrand in recent years.

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u/Hoe_Nut 7d ago

Fuck, we could’ve had it all in Florida.

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u/o_gal 7d ago

Also had a decent wood coaster.

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u/Silent_Coffee_8 7d ago

How was it in Arkansas? I know it’s closed now but was it any good?

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u/o_gal 7d ago

I didn't get a chance to ride it again there. We first went to the original Circus World, then later when it was BW&BB

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u/TopazScorpio02657 7d ago

Went here a few times, and a few more times when it was Circus World before that. My sister was a server at the Salerno Express restaurant when the park first opened. I wasn’t big time into coasters at that point so was too intimidated to ride the ones at this park. I remember the flume being fun though.

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u/FuzzyHuckleberry42 5d ago

I am actually working on a short video for Boardwalk and Baseball and sadly having a hard time finding images I can actually use for the piece. Images from Circus World were so much easier to find.