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 The Matterhorn was a Mack ride found in many amusement parks, theme parks and fairs throughout the world in the 70's and 80's. The ride style was popular with families and offered an exciting yet tame ride which featured high speeds over hills and valleys. |
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 As one of the parks original flat rides, it appears the Matterhorn was something of an afterthought, not being included on the park map, though it was pictured in the souvenir guidebook. The ride is clearly seen under construction in the weeks before the park opened in the picture on the left, and it did open with the park on July 1, 1974. Matterhorn was relocated for the 1975 season as part of the Fun Fair expansion of the park. The ride was then moved again to its third and final location just across from its second location, where it took the place of the Wild Rider (Troika). The ride's original modern looking cars were replaced with sleigh style cars for the 1982 season. The picture of the incomplete ride to the right is from a 1982 winter walk-thru tour, and shows the ride awaiting the new cars. At the end of the 1986 season, the Matterhorn was removed to make way for construction of the Splashwater Falls ride for 1987. The Matterhorn was moved to Six Flags Atlantis waterpark, and opened there along with several other flats including a Buccaneer ride in effort to round out their entertainment offerings. Six Flags sold off Atlantis in 1989, and the new owners ended up closing it after being damaged by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The fate of the Matterhorn after the closure and demolition of Atlantis is unknown. Today the final site the Matterhorn occupied is now the location of the Justice League Headquarters shop in Movie Town. |
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