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Boardwalk Lobby Roller Coaster
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disneysince71
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Yes its amazing! 
bethymouse
Well-Known Member
That's cool.
DManRightHere
Well-Known Member
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
Active Member
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
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I visited that elephant hotel last summer in margate nj!! She even survived hurricane sandy !
DisneyDebNJ
Well-Known Member
Yes she did
Lucy is up and thriving. She had minor damage, but will be all painted pretty for the summer 
olinecoach61
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Looks really cool, too bad it doesn't run.
@lego606 where did you hear that?
lego606
MagicBandit
I remember seeing it on one of those Disney blogs/sites. Possibly Yesterland or one of the Imagineering ones
Rob562
Well-Known Member
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
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