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Date Posted: 10:33:43 04/18/01 Wed
Author: Kirby
Subject: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT

Hi All!
My name is Kirby. I own the website woodencoaster.com. I am holding a petition to save the beautiful Idora Park Jackrabbit. This petition can be viewed at http://www.woodencoaster.com/petition . We can save the Jackrabbit! Don't let them fool you, it's NOT a lost cause!

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[> Re: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT -- Long Time Idora Fan, 18:14:34 04/21/01 Sat

First all all the information on your web site is flawed. The Jack Rabbit is not the second oldest coaster in the world. It's 1924 constuction date doesn't even put it in the top ten. (The 1910 date was for the Dip The Dips, not the supposed reconstruction into the Jack Rabbit.)

Second of all, a petition will do nothing. People with better resources tried (and failed) to save the ballroom which could have potentially produce revenue. I know this will upset a lot of people that want to "save the park", but the time to "save the park" was before the auction in 1984.

If you have taken the time to actually visit the park you would know that the only thing salvagable on the coaster is the flywheel and a few other lift hill parts. The rest is beyond salvage, short of building a NEW coaster in its place.

We ALL have to face reality. The park is GONE and has been for a long time. Wishing it was still there cannot restore what was lost to appathy. The simple fact is few people cared about the park untill it was too late to "save" it.

No one remembers WHY the park went under in the first place.
It wasn't the fire that ended the parks life. It just brought the parks death a few years early. Remember, the park was for sale for a Million and a half before the fire.

Idora died, cherish the memories, but face reality, it is not coming back.

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[> [> Re: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT -- Agree, 19:16:03 04/22/01 Sun

I agree. In Ref: A petition to save the Jack Rabbit. I have spend alot of time at Idora as a child, but its gone and I have recently visited the site. The Jack Rabbit is so bad the wood is in such bad condition that it could not be saved. Thats all I have to say.

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[> [> [> Re: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT -- Also Agree, 04:57:08 04/27/01 Fri

I also agree, while Idora will be missed, the recent ballroom fire in many ways gives closure to a park that died many years ago. Idora is dead. Long live Idora!

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[> [> [> [> Re: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT -- Milltime, 00:44:18 05/01/01 Tue

I grudgingly agree with the others here. The only thing that can be done...is to rebuild them from scratch using steel supports. And with everyone building high tech coasters lately....it looks even less likely. I'd love to be able to ride the Wildcat and Jackrabbit again....but if that is to happen...it'll be at another park! Plans to rescue these coasters fell through...including one last year also! And while I haven't seen the coasters since Idora was still in existence....I agree that just sitting there isn't helping. And with no park wanting these rides...they will continue to sit there till someone dozes them! I know your heart's in the right place...but a miracle is needed to save these Idora coasters. And miracles are in short supply in this town!

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[> Re: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT -- PHILIP M. MIKLAS, 22:32:10 05/11/01 Fri

I USED TO SPEND MY SUMMERS WITH MY GRANPARENTS OUT ON SALT SPRINGS RD.COMING UP AS A KID.IT SEEMS TO ME WE WOULD GET TO GO TO IDORA ABOUT ONCE A WEEK BACK THEN.I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME IN THE PENNYARCADE.MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD ALWAYS SAVE TWO BOXES OF PENNIES FOR MY BROTHER AND I.WE WOULD RIDE THE RIDES FIRST THEN SPEND A GOOD HOUR IN THE ARCADE.THEN WE WOULD GET SOME OF THOSE FAMOUS FRENCHFRIES,RIDE THE TRAIN AND THEN GO HOME.THOSE WERE THE DAYS!ITS LIKE PART OF ME DIED INSIDE WHEN MY GRANDPARENTS CALLED AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE END.I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SUCH A HARD TIME TRYING TO FIND INTEREST IN SAVING THE LAST THING WORTH SAVING THE MEMERIOES OF SO MANY PEOPLE OF THE JACK RABBIT.YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MY SUPPORT.PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED.OH,ONE MORE THING. I STILL HAVE A BOX OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE USED TO GET OUT OF THOSE TWO CENT PENNY MACHINES WITH THE CLAWS.I STILL GET THEM OUT ONCE IN AWHILE AND DRIFT BACK IN TIME AND THEN GET SADDENED WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT TODAY.HOPE TO HERE FROM YOU SOON. PHIL MIKLAS
PO BOX 27
CHARLESTOWN MD.21914

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[> Re: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT -- Chris K, 20:03:14 07/31/01 Tue

The Jackrabbit has been demolished as of July 26, 2001.

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[> Re: A PETITION TO SAVE THE JACKRABBIT -- Chris K, 20:05:02 07/31/01 Tue

The Jackrabbit has been demolished as of July 26, 2001.

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