Moving a Coaster with Steve Thomas

In this episode, we meet with with Steve Thomas, Amusement Park Director at Traders Village in Grand Prairie, TX.  Traders Village saved the Prairie Screamer roller coaster when the Scandia Amusement Park in Ontario, CA closed in 2019.  Steve was part of the team that moved and refurbished the coaster, which opened at its new home in November, 2022.

 

Park link: https://tradersvillage.com/grand-prairie/rides/the-prairie-screamer-ride/

 

In this episode:

[00:45] Prairie Screamer history

[03:00] How Traders Village acquired the coaster

[12:35] Moving the coaster

[14:00] Informal media event

[19:00] Behind the scenes

 

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You can read more at Amusement Today: https://amusementtoday.com/issues/2022/202211ii