🎢 Wooden Roller Coasters are the Best!!! Classic fun at the PNE!🎢
🍁 The Oldest Operating Rollercoaster in Canada🍁
This ride has been ridden by four generations quite possibly five of my family. It has always been a favourite of mine I can still remember riding it with my Grandma!
Unfortunately my little one wasn't ready for it maybe next year.
Entrance to Good Times!
The always popular ride has a big lineup!
This ride has been designated a heritage landmark the ACE. Here are the stats with a quick history.
Coaster Landmark Award
Coaster: Wooden Roller Coaster
Park: Playland at the PNE - Vancouver, British Columbia
Date awarded: 7/11/2009
Plaque Text
American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) recognizes Playland Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, a designation reserved for rides of historic significance.
Designed by Carl Phare, who once worked for roller coaster design pioneer La Marcus Thompson, Playland Wooden Roller Coaster is the last existing example of Phare’s work that is still operating today. It is also Canada’s oldest operating roller coaster. Built in 1958 by Walker LeRoy as part of the construction of Playland Amusement Park at the PNE fairgrounds, it instantly became the landmark attraction for both the park and the PNE. It features a classic wooden coaster design which includes a 23-meter (75-foot) first drop with a top speed of 72 kph (45 mph), numerous airtime-producing hills, strong lateral G-force turns, and a classic fan curve along its 866-meter (2,840-foot) course. The coaster’s three trains, also designed by Phare, utilize eight open-front, single-bench, flange-wheeled cars that make the ride unique among today’s wooden coasters.
Playland Wooden Roller Coaster continues to operate today as well as it did when it first opened in 1958. ACE salutes Playland at the PNE, which does an excellent job maintaining this Canadian treasure in the manner that offers classic wooden roller coaster thrills for all to enjoy.
Presented by American Coaster Enthusiasts
July 11, 2009
http://www.aceonline.org/CoasterAwards/details.aspx?id=71
Next Up for Old Time Thrills!
Up, Up and Away!
I hope you enjoyed this blast from the past in my next post I'll go modern and show you the Hellevator!
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Ah I've got some great memories at the PNE!! The first time I rode that was with my cousin. It scared her witless to the point where her face was beat red and her hair was frazzled. Which is fair considering, it's a pretty rickety ride.
Just last week, I got an e-mail from my brother telling me my two young nephews got to try it for their first time this summer. They loved it. Glad this is still providing memories for the new generation.
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Interesting!!!! ^^ Haven't tried riding any roller coaster yet.. be it wooden or not!!! <3 <3 <3
I hope you can try one!
awww.. Thank you! ^_^