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      Tim Courtney wrote: 
 
> > PS, ValleyFair! was great. I got to be on the last public ride of Wild 
> > Thing (their big steelie) of the last year that starts with 19 (ducks 
> > the "last ride of the millenium" thing)... 
>  
> What's that? 
 
What's what? 
 
ValleyFair! - an amusement park located in Shakopee MN, owned by Cedar 
Fair who also owns Cedar Point (hence the company name) Dorney Park and 
I think Knotts. 
 
Wild Thing - A pretty big non looping steelie, nice air time, nice first 
drop. 
 
Steelie - a roller coaster. tubular steel track. Top, bottom and inside 
wheels Steelie refers to the track, not the superstructure (Gemini is a 
wooden superstructure Steelie, although some people say it's just a 
giant "mine train". but Mine Trains are steelies, IMHO) Contrast with 
"woodie" which uses stacked wood planks with steel top and inside straps 
for track. A woodie COULD be built with a steel superstructure but I 
don't know of any. 
 
The millenium - Dunno. Some Christian Era thing. 
 
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