However, since it made no sense to built two nearly identical coasters in the same park, they decided to combine elements of one coaster into the layout of the other.
The Redmans hired Vekoma to refurbish and rebuild the coasters. The coasters were sold to them for a very low price, since they were to be scrapped anyway. So what they found were a pair of Arrow coasters from two defunct parks. But due to budget constraints, they could not afford a modern new coaster such as a B&M or Intamin. In my back story The Redman brothers when planning their park wanted a signature ride to grace the front of the park. What was accidentally omitted was why this ride had the layout it has. My original back story would have been a couple pages long so I had to shorten it a bit. What happened was I was going to have a more detailed explanation about that. Thanks for bringing the Arrow Looper to my attention. Sassy Sadies a dining mainstay in this new western park. Sidewinder the parks signature coaster at the front of the park. Let's check out a few photos of this dream come true for the Redman family and Ocala.īarnstormer a topspin ride with nice themeing.īlazing Saddles a wooden beast with the thrill of a stampede. The original park closed due to low attendance and location, despite its proximity to Silver Springs up the road.Ĭonstruction went as planned and by September 1999 Six Gun Territory was once again a part of the Ocala landscape. As news got out around the area of this park local support grew by leaps and bounds.
The hope was to start by the end of 1998 and open the park by mid to late 1999. This process took a few months but the name was aquired and the next step is construction. Next was the task of securing the rights to the name Six Gun Territory. The property was once a large horse farm that had gone into foreclosure and was just right for a large project of this scale. The Redmans searched for a suitable piece of property and found one, with man-made lakes and close to the interstate just off State Road 200. He figured the location may give this park a better chance of success over the old park. Steve decided he wanted to build an all new Six Gun park closer to the I-75 interstate running right through Ocala.
The Redmans grew up going to this park (as well as nearby Silver Springs) and had fond memories of all the fun they had. The park also had a small area with familiar carnival rides and games. Or if you preferred, a skyride carried you to the town instead of the train. There was an old fashioned steam train which took you from the parking lot into the town itself.
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Six Gun Territory had a full scale western town with saloons, trading posts, gun fights through out the day. It reminded them of a park once located in Ocala called Six GunTerritory which had a wild west theme and ran from the mid 1960's to the mid 1980's. In 1997 while visiting Walt Disney World, the Redmans were inspired by the Frontierland section of the park.
The Redmans own a small chain of family fun parks in Florida and Georgia consisting of putt putt golf and a few small rides. Jim and Steve Redman are two Florida boys who grew up in Ocala, Florida and had a big love for the theme parks and all things fun. I hope you like the story and the views so let's get started. Hello, this is my first project since switching over to RCT3 from RCT2.