Dania Beach wooden roller coaster shuts down

Dania Beach wooden roller coaster shuts down

The wooden roller-coaster in Dania Beach visible from the Interstate-95 since its opening 11 years ago has closed, according to Boomers, the entertainment company that shared the property with the ride.

The click-clack of the Hurricane Roller Coaster stopped Tuesday after business hours, said Joe Tortorella, the general manager at Boomers in Dania Beach. He said owners informed him ??????a couple of days?????? earlier about plans to halt operations of what was billed as the tallest wooden coaster in Florida.

The up-and-down ride to a 100-foot peak is sure to be missed by some visitors including couple Richie Kearns, 40, and Sherry Blais, 39, who were married there on Valentine??????s Day this year in the fifth wedding on the ride since its debut, according to coaster managers.

Still, Tortorella said he did not expect the coaster??????s shutdown to hurt business at Boomers, which operates an indoor arcade and 12 rides of its own.

??????We were here first,?????? Tortorella said, ??????and they were an add-on later.??????

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/south-flo ... huts-down/

[Metazoanhaddock]

its always a shame to see perfectly good coasters have to shut down, especially if it's due to something like the tough economy as opposed to damage to the track etc...

Oh yes, what a shame... I hope some other park buys it so it can get the recognition it deserves. I've always enjoyed the look of it being surrounded by palm trees, though... pity I'll probably never get to ride it.

o love me ...
and this was the last one made by coaster works too
why are shutting a wood coaster down
sell it to lego land or soething then i dont have to drive 120-200min to ride this