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Bring Back the Mill Run

Remember when we used to go to Waldameer when we were kids for school picnics and the like? Remember how gigantic it was and how the distance from the Wacky Shack to the Paratrooper seemed like 100 miles?

Now, as I walk my own sons around the park, it feels so tiny. To get from the bumper cars to the skyride takes a minute. Funny. I am also finding now that I'm over 30, I can't do the spinny rides. Evan and I rode the merry-go-round and I got it off and thought I was going to die. Self, avoid the Scrambler.

I miss the old stuff that was there when we were kids. Even stuff that I thought was lame like the Mill Run - I think that type of ride would suit my old-ass self. Remember the bumper boats? There's a baby roller coaster now in that pool now. Didn't you need an extra ticket (even with your ride-a-rama) to do the bumper boats?

Where the semi-trucks ride is, there used to a water pond there as well, and my memory's foggy, but wasn't there some sort of remote control boats or something there you could do?

I remember where the Wipeout is now, was a ride that basically just went around in a circle with a big ramp. The Whip or The Bump - I can't remember the name.

Other then the Ravine Flyer I, what else used to be at Waldameer that's no longer there?