Wanna buy a roller coaster?

Six Flags Astroworld in Houston closed back in October. Six Flags held on to some of the rides and equipment, presumably to move to their other parks, but they're auctioning off a lot this weekend. Included in the auction are three roller coasters (Greezed Lightnin' is pictured above, in a photo by Joe Schwartz of joyrides.com) and a "Looping Starship" ride, which is like one of those swinging pirate ships, except that it swings all the way around (and doesn't look like a pirate ship). (By the way, how did pirate ships become the standard theming for that ride? Why not a viking ship? Or a cruise ship? Or heck, why even a boat? It isn't on water).


On a related note, I've heard that the Adventure City kiddie amusement park in Orange County will be closing down sometime later this year. I used to work just a couple miles from this place, and they've got a handful of attractions I'd be interested in (two small coasters and a petting zoo), but I never visited mostly because in a place so geared toward kids, a 32-year-old man hanging out by himself would look really creepy. Anyway, I hope their rides can find a good home when they close instead of ending up on a scrap heap. I've heard that their wild mouse coaster is pretty fun (photo above by Ric Turner, found on www.rcdb.com). And maybe I can find somebody with kids to go there with and not look like a pervert.