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| Manufacturer | Zamperla | ||||||||||
| Product | Midi Tea Cup | ||||||||||
| Capacity | 24 per cycle | ||||||||||
Woodstock's Whirlybirds is a Junior Teacups ride built by Italian manufacturer Zamperla currently located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. The ride originally operated at Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, Ohio.
History
The ride was new to Six Flags Ohio in 2000. It was located in the Looney Tunes BoomTown area and was known as Taz's Twister,[1] themed after the Looney Tunes character Tasmanian Devil. It featured a figure of Tasmanian Devil in the shape of a twisted whirlwind on top of the ride platform. It also featured a themed backdrop.[2]
When Six Flags sold the park (later further rebranded to Six Flags Worlds of Adventure) to Cedar Fair in March 2004, the attraction was stripped of its Looney Tunes theming and was renamed to simply Mad Whirl due to the loss of the Looney Tunes and DC Comics licenses by Six Flags, now located in the rethemed Kidworks Playzone area when the park was rebranded back to Geauga Lake. The Tasmanian Devil Figure and the themed backdrop were removed,[3] with the Tasmanian Devil figure being returned back to Six Flags. It was eventually sent to Six Flags St. Louis and reused for Taz's Twisters, which opened in 2006 as part of the new Bugs Bunny National Park area.
In September 2007, Geauga Lake was permanently closed by Cedar Fair, who subsequently distributed the park's rides to other parks. All of the rides in the Kidworks Playzone area including Mad Whirl were relocated to Cedar Point as part of the brand new Planet Snoopy area.[4] As part of the move, the ride was given an Peanuts theme and was renamed to Woodstock's Whirlybirds, themed after the Peanuts character, Woodstock the Bird. It opened on May 12, 2008.
External links
- Photograph of the ride at Geauga Lake
References
- ↑ Bloom, Connie (2000-06-01). "Kids will go bonkers over BoomTown". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 76. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ↑ "Zamperla to Debut Seven Family Rides at Six Flags Ohio". Zamperla. 12 April 2000. Archived from the original on 25 April 2001. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "Mad Mad Whirl". Geauga Lake Today. Archived from the original on 2005-02-17.
- ↑ "Cedar Point gets Geauga Lake rides". The Plain Dealer. 2008-01-12. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
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