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[egypturnash]

This is a long shot, here.

Does anyone have any photos of the "Wild Maus" rollercoaster that was in Pontchartrain Beach? We are thinking of using it in the climax of this cartoon I'm working on, as the persistent rumors that "yeah, man, it's always closed for repairs these days 'cause some kid went flying off it and broke his skull" fit all too well with the morbid tone of the song.

Photos of the Beach are rarer than I'd imagine online, despite its place in the hearts of anyone who grew up in New Orleans before it was torn down in the eighties. I just keep finding the same ten photos from the sixties via Google. I vaguely remember it had a dense, boxy shape and some weird graphics but the Internet is failing me.

Anyone got some faded photos kicking around in a shoebox or album? Let me know!

Comments

[neogeen.livejournal.com]

http://rcdb.com/pd216.htm - No photos on the coaster database.

I don't know if my local coaster version anyway resembles it? http://rcdb.com/ig455.htm

[anaisdjuna.livejournal.com]

Stock photo sites?

[candiedmouth.livejournal.com]

It looks like it's just a standard 'Wild Mouse' style coaster (they're cookie-cutter, as I understand it) - there's one at Playland in Vancouver, Canada that's still in operation that should be easier to get photos of if you need the layout of the track and not the surrounding scenery :)