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Is the original Elitch's still standing?

― M. V. (M.V.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link

The original Elitch's was bulldozed in 1999 and replaced with condos. There was a lot of work to try and move the Twister, as it was a classic of a ride, but the large footprint, the increasingly dilapidated structure as years passed without maintenance, and the fact that it intertwined with the parks other wood coaster, the Wildcat, basically doomed it. Another attempt at rebuilding the Twister was put up at Knoebels, a family run park in PA that's become legendary for being a halfway house of sorts for some of the best rides ever built once their mother parks close down. However, the third attempt, while better than the Twister II that stands in downtown, doesn't match the original. It has a strong first half, but peters out after going through the signature double helix and doesn't do a whole lot of anything.

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link

The old Elitch's stood for a while and I wish I coulda seen it one last time before it got bulldozed. As for Cedar Point... I don't know. When I went there the lines were sooo long, and it was sooo hot/humid, and the people were sooo "Ohio" (I lived in Ohio for two years and don't know how I can describe them except to say "Ohio", which basically means they seemed culture-less, driftless, bland as oatmeal, and had a slightly trashy tinge). Plus when we were driving back on I-80 some freakazoid tornado or massive lake gale or something just about blew my car off the road and it sort of tainted the whole experience. Obviously Cedar Point is a superior park, but it just doesn't have the sentimental value of the old Elitch's for me.

And I still haven't been to Lakeside.

― not sure about pickles (Jacqui Pickles), Saturday, 10 September 2005 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link

My parents tell me that they have fond memories of Elitch's Gardens, but given that the last time we visited the Gardens as a family was in 1956, a return trip would likely prove disappointing to them. We are going to see a movie about penguins instead.

I don't remember Elitch's from 1956, when I was two, in fact remember nothing about Denver 1956 except for ICE CREAM!

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Saturday, 10 September 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Huh. The penguins were playing last week at Landmark Chez Artiste on Colorado Blvd., where we saw "Grizzly Man" with our daughter.

(Apparently it was Lakeside we drove past at one point, btw, but it was at midday, and it look pretty dilapidated.)

― M. V. (M.V.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link

"...looked..."

― M. V. (M.V.), Saturday, 10 September 2005 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Lakeside and Elitch's were fairly close together, but were entirely different parks. By close together, I mean like a 5-10 minute drive.

More like a 5-10 minute walk, they were about 10 blocks apart.

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Saturday, 10 September 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link

>(Apparently it was Lakeside we drove past at one point, btw, but it was at midday, and it look pretty dilapidated.)<

Like I said above: Lakeside during the day is sad. Lakeside at night is a more attractive park than Tivoli Gardens at night. Which is to say, its really, really, really nice looking. The art deco with neon looks outstanding.

(for those reading in the northeast, a similar, albiet far more expensive and more visited/better maintained example of a similar facility would be Rye Playland, just outside NYC)

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Saturday, 10 September 2005 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Home of the DRAGON COASTER and formerly, the MONSTER MOUSE!

My heart broke when I was too short to ride the Dragon Coaster.

― Hunter (Hunter), Saturday, 10 September 2005 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3066/dragoncoaster75nq.jpg

― Hunter (Hunter), Saturday, 10 September 2005 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link

I wanna ride that dragon!

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Sunday, 11 September 2005 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Great dragon. And penguins are cool, they just waddle around, looking for fish I guess, cute but not too cute. What's this penguin movie everybody's talking about??

― don, Sunday, 11 September 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link

I dont know, these penguins MARCH or something.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Sunday, 11 September 2005 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link

please identify these animals.

― M. V. (M.V.), Sunday, 11 September 2005 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link

but cedar point has those great, disgusting cheese fries to make you puke when you ride all of the roller coasters. also parts edge of seventeen were shot there weren't they?

in high school we had physics day at cedar point. on th ebus ride down there was an argument over who was better skid row or guns'n'roses.

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 11 September 2005 16:03 (nineteen years ago) link

WOW, the Denver thread really took off while I was without internet access.

Chenille, post more pics of THE JERK!

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Sunday, 11 September 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link

my parents are visiting denver next week. my dad will only want to golf. who knows good golf courses?

― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 12 September 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link

there is one over in louisville that's pretty nice, but it cost $800 for me and 4 of my co-workers to golf there, so it's probably too expensive.

park hill? city park? those two places will be not to bad, price wise, although i don't know if the city park course is very awesome.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 12 September 2005 00:41 (nineteen years ago) link

If you want to knock his eyes out, go to Arrowhead, one of the 100 best public courses in USA. Not cheap.

http://image.hospitalityonline.com/e/2016/201637_2.jpg

― Hunter (Hunter), Monday, 12 September 2005 02:36 (nineteen years ago) link

those flatirons sure are pretty.

― sgs (sgs), Monday, 12 September 2005 11:00 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah they ARE! i was noting that as i drove into boulder this morning

RUMOR HAS IT: me and some people in DENVER are going to eat at P.F. Chang's in DENVER! TONIGHT!

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Lettuce wraps?

― M. V. (M.V.), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link

i wish i could move back to colorado. I lived in Boulder last year, came back this past May. Living in Richmond, VA again and missing the flatirons, canyon, eldo, sanitas, etc.

― Benjamin H (BillMartini), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:16 (nineteen years ago) link

What is the deal with PF Chang's? One just opened up in my town, and the lines go out the door.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link

eew, boulder?? you're not serious

P.P. people love PF changs - even though its not any better than just a regular, run-of-the-mill chinese restaurant

i dont know why, exactly.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:49 (nineteen years ago) link

xpost"these penguins march or something": so, I deduce it is---March Of The Penguins, which has just started at my local:"Emperor penguins overcome daunting obstacles in order to return to their breeding grounds." Sounds good.

― don, Saturday, 17 September 2005 01:24 (nineteen years ago) link

PF Changs is ok, but we got 65 dollars worth of free stuff, and that part was REALLY SWEET. I think, really, I'm just not the biggest chinese food fan. I'm always UNSATISFIED after I eat it. Pizza is the same way. Maybe if I tried that CHEESBURGER PIZZA I'd change my mind -- but probably, I'd just vomit.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Sunday, 18 September 2005 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link

PF Changs has one mighty tasty mongolian beef dish, i must say.

― lemin (lemin), Sunday, 18 September 2005 04:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Penguin movie amazing to look at, and told a straightforward story without too much gooey goo; but I was a bit dissappointed. I wanted it to be more about evolution, I guess, about how/why these behaviors developed, not just about the incredible behaviors themselves. Maybe I just wanted more detail. 100 mins would have been better than 80.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Monday, 19 September 2005 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Still, I would recommend it to anyone who likes movies about penguins in Antarctica.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Monday, 19 September 2005 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link

discovery had a two hour documentary on them a few years back, did everyone miss it then? or is it the same thing?

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link

xypost:
I remember Elitch's fondly as the place Uncle Bob used to take us young 'uns.
Going to Denver next week to attend Granddad's funeral.
:(

― Old School (sexyDancer), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link

:( :( :( :(

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

first snow of the year, if we get 7 inches or more i am sunk.

― keyth (keyth), Sunday, 9 October 2005 19:18 (nineteen years ago) link

It hasn't snowed yet on Grant and Third.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 9 October 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link

No snow in Littlefun yet.

― Hunter (Hunter), Sunday, 9 October 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link

hasn't snowed on 17th and monroe yet, either

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Sunday, 9 October 2005 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link

marty coniglio now says he thinks mainly rain but some other guy says 5-10 inches

― keyth (keyth), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link

NWS still has:

Columbus day. Snow. Much colder. Snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Monday night. Cloudy with snow likely. Storm total snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches. Heaviest near the foothills. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of snow 70 percent.

― Hunter (Hunter), Monday, 10 October 2005 01:43 (nineteen years ago) link

marty coniglio is such a prat

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 10 October 2005 02:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Real Columbus Day is Wednesday, but it was moved because he didn't want to sail on Yom Kippur.

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Monday, 10 October 2005 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link

http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/324/oct2005web5sz.th.jpg

― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link

WHAT A PATHETIC STORM!!

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:37 (nineteen years ago) link

teletunes and gia? was that her name? 1980 ish? perhaps i shall google?

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:38 (nineteen years ago) link

like it was hosted by someone cool and then lame gia took over and she was a poser? (this is what we thought as pubescents, circa 1980?)
is anyone actually from denver, old, and remembers this sweet music video show [pre?]MTV?

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link

i used to watch teletunes all the time

but i dont remember the video presenter at all! WAIT I KINDA DO... GAHHH ITS LIKE, ON THE EDGE OF MY BRAIN

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link

hi denver. fascinations or FASHION NATION? YOUR PICK.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Friday, 21 October 2005 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

BOTH

HI DERE

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link

www.housewithbride.com

― bingo (Chris V), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link

we were on a roll there, for a while.

there hasn't been much snow here. it's cold now!

updates from denver folks, please.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 05:58 (nineteen years ago) link

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