Tranquil Cars?

Wasn't the Turnpike Cars two separate tracks before Raptor's opening? I believe the Cobra Roll occupies the area that was a second loading station and the remaining track was connected to create one long ride.

The thing is, my favorite layout of the three car rides is Turnpike Cars. On the other hand the cars that are my least favorite of the three. At any rate I wouldn't want to see any of those rides leave the park.

~Rob

Ok this may sound stupid seeing that i have been to cp countless times. I know where the cars are in frontiertown and under raptor. Where is the third one? I looked at a park map and i only see 2. Im probably going to get flamed but im confused.

It is right next to Cadillac Cars. The entrance is right next to Calypso.

loneranger7281, you didn't know where the 3rd set of cars were?

That's it! Release the hounds!!!! ;)

~Rob

I didnt even know that was the entrance. I have only gone back there for calypso once cause i cant handle the spinny rides well. I never would have saw that. Thanks guys.

I didn't know it was back there either. Actually I haven't been to the front of the park in ages! Besides to do the haunts I haven't been in the front of the park since probably Maverick was built. Everything good is in the back! ;)

Funny. Neither have we. We enter from the Soak City lot, and work our way around the lagoon. It was strange last week parking in the main lot, but I rode Raptor twice.

Right! We always park in Soak City and ride Magnum about 4 times and then just do a curve. No need in going to the front unless its hot, and then we hit up DT for air condition.

No the cars will stay. Each car attraction takes up little vertical space so anything can be built over them. In my opinion if CP would build a ride over these attractions it would boost ridership to the car rides.

I love the smell that comes from one of these rides. I think it's the Cadillac.

I agree. You can literally smell the efficiency.

Does anyone know the motors that are in the car rides? I've never looked and could probably tell by looking at them. I know the Turnpike cars are 7 HP motors.

What is funny to me is that both Antique and Cadillac cars both use 1909 Cadillac cars. Not really close to an actual production model (many design features are missing and the addition of a rear seat completly throws off the side profile and rear 3/4 view) but at least feature the signature grill.

HeyIsntThatRob? said:
Wasn't the Turnpike Cars two separate tracks before Raptor's opening? I believe the Cobra Roll occupies the area that was a second loading station and the remaining track was connected to create one long ride.

The thing is, my favorite layout of the three car rides is Turnpike Cars. On the other hand the cars that are my least favorite of the three. At any rate I wouldn't want to see any of those rides leave the park.

~Rob

Yes -- you got it right. There were 2 separate tracks before Raptor was built. I distinctly remember as a kid dragging my parents in line to ride the other track when I got off of one. Also I believe they reversed the direction the cars travel on the track that remains today (which is parts of the 2 tracks that were connected connected a few key places to make one track) when Raptor was built.

If my memory is serving me correctly, I remember something of kind of a final straight line stretch of the 2 tracks running side by side toward the loading platforms and then they split off in oposite directions right at the unload/loading platforms. (Which was actualy really just one very long platform with a queue line at each end for the seprate tracks.)

Looking at arial photograpy of the ride area, I don't remember exactly where the 2 platforms were located, but if you look closely at the Bing maps birds eye view of the area, you can see some areas of the newer (whiter) track, compared to the older (darker) original track. Also I think they completely rebuilt and slightly relocated the loading & maintance area and queue as I think most of it was located where Raptor's mid-course breaks and turns are today.

I remember the queue house looked like a giant jungle gym, too. Anyone have a photo of that?

~Rob