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THE AREAS
I.
THE ENCHANTED FOREST
Outside Rides (a sampling)
1. The
Flume a water roller coaster. A log ride in swirling,
churning waters through the forest, past Fantasies, cascading down
hills.
2. The
Runaway Train a high speed roller coaster through the forest into
tunnels, past the Land of the Dwarfs, The Cave of the Goblins, The House
of the Trolls, through fire, water, fog, into the mouth of The Dragon,
and back to sunshine and safety.
3. The
Flying Saucer a gravity defying saucer, spinning and rising to a 70
degree angle, bringing on the appearance of Martians and other space
travelers.
4. The
Land of Peter Pan a ride through space at the ends of a giant pole
with Peter, Wendy and the pirates.
5. Spinning Sombreros sit in a sombrero and spin
through the forest.
6. The
Dumbo Ferris Wheel a 14-story high Ferris wheel. A ride
with Dumbo and his friends into the sky.
7. The
Grand Prix drive your own racing go-cart through a thrilling grand
prix auto circuit.
8. The
Bumper drive yourself; bump into everyone.
9. The
Totem Pole ride wild mustangs into the sky around a 6-story high totem
pole.
Dark Rides these are rides which take place,
for the most part, inside (a sampling)
1. The
Transylvania Haunted Castle a ride through the rooms and chambers of
an enormous haunted castle with ghosts, goblins, Dracula, Frankenstein,
the Monkeys of Oz, Witches, Sorcerers, Leprechauns, and all manner of
fantastic apparitions.
2. Man,
Time and Space the creation of the world, the evolution of man, and on
to the outer limits of the universe stars, planets, reflections,
lasers, sound waves an incredible trip into space.
3.
Keystone Cops a mile-a-minute chase through the streets of New York,
into buildings, through walls, crashing, smashing turning, laughing,
falling, jumping with the Keystone Cops.
4. The
Land of Oz a ride into the Emerald City , using magic and a score of
new film techniques.
5. The
Arabian Knights a beautiful trip into the land of genies, harems,
treasure caves and jeweled cities.
6. Down
the Wishing Well a ride with Alice into the Wonderland and the Mad
Hatters tea party, the castle of the Queen of Hearts, the forest of the
Cheshire cat and a party with Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood,
The Three Pigs and others.
Other
Attractions
1.
Arcade all manner of marvelous games.
2.
Walk-In Clock a huge clock with a fantastic movement.
3. The
Cave of the Oracle through an echo chamber, a gravity defying room, to
the Oracle and your fortune.
4. A
Motion Picture Theatre with a screen 60 x 80, showing spectacular and
special short films.
5.
Transportation climb over, around and in trains, boats, airplanes and
cars of the past, present and future. Ride a double decker
bus, a stage coach, a horse-drawn carriage, antique cars, fire engines
and a steam engine.
Water and
Flowers
Besides the extraordinary
beauty of the land and the lakes, there will be many fountains, some
more than 100 in diameter, some shooting 500 into the sky.
Also a profusion of flowering trees, wild flowers and beds of daffodils,
anemones, hydrangeas and other magnificent flowers.
Performances
1.
Puppet Show famous childrens stories such as Madeline, Babar and
Pinocchio.
2. Wild
West Saloon a restaurant and show involving singers, dancers, ropers,
trick riders and gun fights.
3. Crazy
Show a spiral theatre with insanity taking place in the aisles; pie
throwing, water fights, vaudeville jokes, pretty girls and all manner of
wildness.
4.
Jousts outside the Transylvanian Castle King Arthur and his Knights
fight for their fair ones.
5.
Lakeside Theatre for bands, beauty parades, fantasy pantomimes,
musical shows, and other entertainment.
6.
Fireworks from a large lake into the sky at night.
7.
Performers throughout the Enchanted Forest there are many performers
dressed in fantasy costumes and costumes of famous fairy tale characters
such as: Winnie the Pooh high wire walkers, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs acrobats, Snoopy trampolines, Peter Rabbit pole climbers,
Superman strong men, Peter Pan flying troops, and many fantasy and fairy
tale characters just walking and talking.
8.
Musical Groups throughout the Enchanted Forest steel bands, drum and
bugle corps, rock groups, dixie land band, organ grinder, fiddlers and
bagpipers.
Restaurants
1.
Revolving a 150 ft. restaurant turning past water, forest and rides.
2. The
Chinese Junk serving Chinese food.
3. The
Candy Castle candy, cookies, cakes, sweets, ice cream and snacks.
4.
Spaghetti a restaurant made out of spaghetti, serving Italian food.
5. Tree
House platforms built into the trees serving sandwiches and other
snacks.
6. The
Emerald Bridge to the Land of Oz food served on a bridge across the
water.
7. The
Transylvania Banquet Hall a medieval hall by waters edge for large
banquets and parties.
8. The
Wild West chuck wagon and barbequed food in a rip-roaring western
saloon.
9.
Stands serving hamburgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, fruit juices, ice
cream, pancakes, french fries, cotton candy, popcorn, caramel apples,
health foods, shish kebabs, corn on the cob, frozen bananas, doughnuts,
pizzas, fruits, coffee, chicken, bagels, snowflakes, tacos, fudge.
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Overview of The Enchanted Forest. This was proposed for the
area now occupied by Congo Rapids and Nitro.

Details of The Enchanted Forest.
This area is now occupied by Nitro with the Hammerhead element
approximately where the Transylvania Castle
is shown.

More detail of The Enchanted Forest
and some of its proposed fantastic attractions.

Another detail rendering of The Enchanted Forest
featuring The Land of Oz.
Also featured are a couple of attractions which made it
into the park like the Conestoga (Chuck) Wagon and the Log Flume.
An interesting note is they picture the flume with an inline dual
loading station instead of the turntable platform that the flumes ended
up being built with.

Another detailed view showing a couple of the attractions that actually
made it into the park that would eventually be built including the Giant
Wheel, Runaway Train and Western Saloon.
Notes:
The
Enchanted Forest
ended up being one of the two areas of the park actually built, though
never to the scale and scope proposed. The dark rides never
came to pass and the rides like the Flume and Runaway Train never had
the theme elements added.
The Enchanted Forest which
ended up being built was really an amalgam of elements of
The Enchanted Forest,
Over The Rainbow,
Neptune's Kingdom and Dream
Street.
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