Installed in 1975 and debuted when the park opened that summer, Adventureland's Log Ride was one of only two of that model made. Like a heart, the beating excitement of games, fried, gooey foods, roller coasters and the Adventure Bay water park emanate from around the water ride. The Log Ride sits smack in the middle of the Altoona park. 'You get wet without even having to go to the water park and it's fun to see our pictures at the end because they are always really funny.'ĭodger Fox, 3, agreed: 'I love getting wet and having fun.' His father, Mike, concurred. 'It's one of my favorite rides,' said Taylor Suntken, 16. Friends giggle as they determine who got the wettest and belly laugh looking at their candid photos, faces caught at the moment they descended the ride's biggest drop. On a hot summer day, it's hard to escape the bright smiles walking down the Log Ride's exit ramp. 'We didn't choose to take it away and put a roller coaster in its place, it was just ready to be retired.' 'It can't be fixed or moved,' Vincent said. The final log will go on one last trip this Labor Day.

All the park-goers I spoke with on a recent Friday said they wished the park would keep the log flume.ĭespite their advocacy, there's no saving or relocating the old ride, said Molly Vincent, Adventureland's spokeswoman. Adventureland's recent announcement that the treasured Log Ride will be replaced by a new ' Monster' roller coaster next season has caused some uproar among the attraction's fans.Ī Save the Log Ride Facebook page has garnered over 10,000 likes since news broke, and a Register poll found more than 96 percent of respondents were sad to see the ride mothballed.

Funny log flume photos