Boardwalk Lobby Roller Coaster

[sambres8]

Has anyone ever seen the model 20s-style roller coaster on display in the Boardwalk lobby in motion?

This is the one:

 

[disneysince71]

Yes its amazing!

 

[sambres8]

Seriously?? I can't believe it runs! If someone has a video that'd be swell...

 

[bethymouse]

That's cool.

 

[DManRightHere]

We stayed at boardwalk last time. I enjoyed seeing the old penny machines (would be much better if they worked!) and old photos and such. They have a photograph of a gigantic elephant hotel too. It would have been cool to see in person!

 

[SkipperButler]

Seriously?? I can't believe it runs! If someone has a video that'd be swell...

It's a static figure. I remember visiting the hotel right after it opened and this was one of the most memorable details for me and I remember it not moving.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

We stayed at boardwalk last time. I enjoyed seeing the old penny machines (would be much better if they worked!) and old photos and such. They have a photograph of a gigantic elephant hotel too. It would have been cool to see in person!

I visited that elephant hotel last summer in margate nj!! She even survived hurricane sandy !

 

[lego606]

Wasn't that the model of the the roller coaster Boardwalk was originally supposed to have?

 

[luv]

I don't think I ever saw it running.

 

[DisneyDebNJ]

I visited that elephant hotel last summer in margate nj!! She even survived hurricane sandy !

Yes she did Lucy is up and thriving. She had minor damage, but will be all painted pretty for the summer

 

[olinecoach61]

Looks really cool, too bad it doesn't run.

 

[sambres8]

Wasn't that the model of the the roller coaster Boardwalk was originally supposed to have?

@lego606 where did you hear that?

 

[lego606]

@lego606 where did you hear that?

I remember seeing it on one of those Disney blogs/sites. Possibly Yesterland or one of the Imagineering ones

 

[Rob562]

The model is strictly a static model. The "lifthill" doesn't have a chain or any other kind of propulsion. The "track" is just HO-scale model railroad track.

As for what it's a model of, it wasn't supposed to be built at the Boardwalk, it's a model of the infamous Flip-Flap roller coaster, one of the first true roller-coasters in the U.S.

Edit to add:
http://io9.com/5937413/the-worlds-first-looping-roller-coasters-were-basically-torture-devices

The miniature carousel on the other end of the lobby *does* move, though. Every once in a while it'll start up. The music it plays is actually a carousel organ version of the final version of the "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks soundtrack before Wishes was introduced.

-Rob

 

[sambres8]

Thanks Rob, I've definitely come across that article before somehow.