In 1999, Space World (Fukuoka, Japan) introduced Twin Mercury, a double log flume. The Coaster Drop was reused by Hopkins for the larger capacity Super Flume, Monkey Falls at Ratanga Junction (Cape Town, South Africa), the Log Flume at Family Kingdom (Myrtle Beach) and the Menhir Express log flume at Parc Asterix (Plailly, France). On the Coaster Drop, the boat leaves the trough and rolls down on steel roller coaster track down a dry drop, up a hill and then splash into the water. The main innovation for this flume was the “Coaster Drop” present halfway through the ride. Hopkins was the partner of Walt Disney Imagineering who installed Splash Mountain at Disneyland (Anaheim, CA). Hopkins designed custom boats themed to floating menhirs (headstones) and each can accomodate 5 riders. You can see the small conveyor belt at the top of the drop. Part of the Menhir Express at Parc Asterix (Plailly, France) drop structure was constructed from trees that were knocked during a storm before construction. Some earlier Hopkins flumes such as the Yule Flume at Santa’s Village (Jefferson, NH) were modified to get the conveyor belt and that involved extending the loading building. It improves capacity immensely and is simpler mechanically than the Arrow turntable. It runs continually and boats are slowed to a proper slow pace so that riders can exit and enter safely. The station was extended and a long rubber conveyor belt installed. In 1983, Hopkins introduced on the Policy Pond Log Flume at Canobie Lake Park (Salem, NH) a similar loading system to what Mack had been using in Europe. The Policy Pond Log Flume at Canobie Lake Park station conveyor belt was shut down at the time this picture was taken. This is specially important when the Coaster Drop is used since boats have to go uphill on those. When the drop is not right after a lift, those smaller belts allow proper spacing and can also stop a boat in case the previous boat has not cleared the runout section. Thunder Falls at Funtown/Splashtown USA (Saco, ME) opened in 1984 and featured one of the largest flume drop in the worldĪ major safety feature for Hopkins flumes are the small conveyor belts before each drop. Located in Phoenix, AZ, this park expanded at the time with a new ride section. Hopkins sold “Splashdown” to Castles n Coasters. In 1992, in addition to two steel roller coasters, O.D. This provided a stable step for riders to exit and load. The boat was stopped and raised at each spot by two rubber covered bars. The prototype opened in 1980 and it featured a two stop loading/unloading station configuration.
They were looking at installing a new log flume at a reasonable price and Hopkins delivered. Hopkins was already a manufacturer of ski lifts and other related attractions when Paul Roads, owner of Wonderland Park (Amarillo, TX), approached them in 1979. The Wild Acadia Fun Park in Trenton, near Bar Harbor offers an aerial adventure park, water slide, climbing wall, trampoline and an 18-hole mini-golf course.O.D. Seacoast Adventurein Windham has a 100-foot long Sky Swing, a ropes course, summer hill tubing, go carts and a mini-golf course. Try its 750,000-gallon wave pool mild and wild water slides, tubing slides, bumper boats, go-karts and mini golf. Just down the road is Aquaboggan Water Park, for those who want water fun all day. The twin park has Excalibur, Maine’s only wooden roller coaster and Thunder Falls, New England’s tallest log-flume ride. Saco hosts Maine's biggest combination amusement/water park: Funtown Splashtown USA. The park has roller coasters, midway-style rides, kids' rides, water slides, carnival games and Maine's largest arcade. New England's largest beachfront amusement park is Palace Playland in Old Orchard Beach. If the voices in the backseat are crying ‘Mom, I’m bored!,’ it might be time to swing into one of Maine’s amusement parks.
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