ive been meaning to ask some questions to the staff of the skylon tower arcade, however they are nearly impossible to find (i have managed to find staff down there a few times, but thats only when there is a problem with an arcade game, which, erm.. how do i say this, there are a lot of problems with the arcade games there)
i wrote that blurb that was posted from the canadian park's website, just in case someone was wondering
the things i know about the skylon for sure, is there were like, 3 levels to the underground amusement park (think of it as a 3 level basement), i have only personally been on the level that is currently there, the most underground one, the earliest i was at the park was 1997-1998, there is a level above the first one that you can see when you are in the basement, there is even a visible staircase to get to it, i dont know whats beyond that but i am assuming there is a staircase on the second level that would lead to the 3rd
i have heard many different things about the rides that used to be there, so i dont know which to believe, i wouldnt be the one to have all the accurate information about that part because from what i understand the park has been there since at least the 70s, maybe even 60s, and that was before i was born, the rides i know that were there because i saw them with my own eyes were the bumper cars, gokarts, kiddie carousel, and miniature golf
just to let you guys know, if you went down there around when i did, you really werent missing anything (except for the r-360!!!), the rides were in extremely poor shape, and ran horribly, and were very expensive to ride (tourist trap), i did ride those electric gokarts, and they were horrible, they barely worked at all (ahem, except for the r-360 arcade game, for the arcade buffs, that would be something you would have wanted to try if you were down there, and i STILL dont know what happened to that machine, heh)
and BillP, Please email me that picture, assuming it is scanned, send it to
iride4899@yahoo.com, thanks