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La Casona de la Abuela (Six Flags Mexico)

Ride in Mexico
La Casona de la Abuela
Six Flags Mexico
Location Mexico City, Mexico
Section El Circo de Bugs Bunny
Status Defunct
Operated 2006 to 2018
Six Flags AstroWorld
Name Foghorn's Freeway
Location Houston, Texas, USA
Park section Looney Tunes Town
Operated 1984 or earlier to 30 October 2005
Statistics
Manufacturer W.F. Mangels Company
Product Kiddie Whip
Type
Capacity 16 per cycle

La Casona de la Abuela was a Junior Whip built by US manufacturer W.F. Mangels Company previously located at Six Flags Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

History

The ride originally opened at Six Flags AstroWorld in Houston, Texas, USA around 1984 or earlier. It was located in the recently opened Enchanted Kingdom children area and was believed to be first known as Yosemite Sam Dry Gulch Pass after the character Yosemite Sam at some point around 1985 when the Marvel McFey characters were replaced by the Looney Tunes characters following Six Flags acquisition of the rights from Marriott upon acquiring Six Flags Great America in 1984.[1][2]

By 1995, the Enchanted Kingdom area was renamed to Bugs Bunny World and Yosemite Sam Dry Gulch Pass was renamed to The King's Treasure Carriage.[3]

In 1996, Bugs Bunny World was renamed to Looney Tunes Town and the ride was renamed to Foghorn's Freeway after the character Foghorn Leghorn.[4][5]

It would continue to operate until Six Flags AstroWorld closed permanently on 30 October 2005.[6]

Six Flags would relocate many of the park's rides to other properties, including the children's rides in Looney Tunes Town. Foghorn's Freeway was relocated to Six Flags Mexico in 2006. It was installed in the El Circo de Bugs Bunny (Bugs Bunny's Circus) children area and was renamed La Casona de la Abuela (Granny's House), being located inside a building.[7][8] It would operate there until 2018 when it and majority of the rides in the area were removed as part of the area's retheme into Bugs Bunny Boomtown and the addition of another children's area known as DC Super Friends. It was then scrapped.[9]

External Links

Image of the ride at Six Flags AstroWorld

Image of the ride at Six Flags AstroWorld

References

  1. "Timeline". Six Flags Houston.
  2. "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
  3. "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
  4. "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
  5. "Shane's Amusement Attic". Theme Park Review.
  6. ""For AstroWorld, the ride is over"". Chron.
  7. "2013 Park Map". Theme Park Review.
  8. "Kids Rides". Six Flags Mexico. Archived from the original on 2016-11-06.
  9. ""New Kids Areas Coming to Frontier City and Six Flags Mexico"". Coaster 101.