Cabel SasserAug 23, 2023

🌟 In 2006, Imagineering started work on how to improve/fix Disney California Adventure.

Today, you can one one of the first people on the planet to look at NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCEPT ART for an idea that didn't make it! A re-theme of California Screamin' that would combine a funhouse with… well, you'll see:

https://cabel.com/2023/08/19/paradise-lost-06/

(A.K.A. spending my retirement on unnecessary auctions again)

Paradise Lost ’06

If you know me, you know I’m easily obsessed with ideas that never made it. Well, great, now I’ve got a new one. When it opened, Disney’s California Adventure was a good theme par…

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Show threadCabel SasserAug 23, 2023

PS: for you higher-level Disney nerds, check out Page 12 of the document in the post! It breaks down all of the ride systems at Paradise Pier, who manufactured them, capacities, etc.

(Trivia: the Maliboomer was made by "S&S Sports Power Inc.")

https://archive.org/details/paradise-pier-dca-scope/page/n11/mode/1up

Disney's California Adventure: Paradise Pier/Boardwalk Scope Definition : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A Walt Disney Imagineering document, purchased via public auction, that describes the full scope of work necessary to improve Paradise Pier as part of a $1...

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Show threadgormsterAug 23, 2023
@cabel S&S are big players in the roller coaster game - they manufactured Do-dodonpa, the fastest accelerating coaster with the tallest vertical loop. They’re also behind most of the air powered vertical launch rides you’ve seen.
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@gormster @cabel sports power
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Show threadgormsterAug 24, 2023
@louie @cabel to the tune of https://youtu.be/M59NqwDQeW0?si=pIovRvFiGUmkRHjy
The Chemical Brothers - Horse Power (Official Music Video)

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