back in the day when astroworld was here, the
Texas Cyclone was tha bomb!! i would go to astroworld and do nothing but ride that coaster all. day. long. from open to close! sorry to see it's demise. here is a vid i stumbled across just now...
and the full ride on the cyclone:
now here's a funny story regarding another ride at astroworld. greased lightning.
rumor had it that if you dropped something from the top of the loop it would hit the person behind you. i used to chew tobacco. beechnut. wintergreen. BIG wads of the stuff. yep. it's true! i spit out my wad of tobacco at the top of the loop and it hit the person behind me. right in the face! that was totally awesome!