RIDE on the Coaster at Riverview Park, Iowa

[dextroart]

Awesome! I remember riding this, although I was probably only 11 or 12 at the time.

[iagrl]

I think this is the G-force coaster.

[delosdmi]

A very good likeness of the Riverview Roller Coaster. I used to ride on this coaster as a kid. I miss Riverview Park.

[jkack53]

I have wonderful memories of Riverview Park. We used to walk from Beaverdale, cross the train trestle over the Des Moines River and go in the back way.

[afroman142005]

that was my firrst and last roller coaster my cousin and brother made me ride with them i wason their laps and got the shit scared out of me as for riverview park i do miss it even we got adventureland riverview has alot of memories

thanks

[wendyXpeggyXpancho]

well i never got to go there cuz they tor it down but im still 11 and i wish they DIDNT tare it down!!! i live REALY REALY close to it and my bro works there

[xtremespeed128]

Wow, that's a screwed up lift hill!

[austinjb555]

Tip:

click on every vertex and press Control+G.

Then, click all of the sections that are SUPPOSED to be straight, hit I.

All better! :P

[kbar8]

A Good tip Austin...but we prefer the imperfections. We actually walked and maintained the real track and even placed/replaced the actual 20 foot strips of quarter inch top steel, ( "hammered" into non perfect curves by hand. The real coaster this represents didn't have "perfect computer curves". Try creating a replica of a real old wood coaster of years ago and duplicating it's true, real life imperfections...Now there is a challenge for you...

[austinjb555]

haha sorry. I didn't know it was actually like that!

[kuldadski]

Thanks much to whoever did his. Sure brings back good memories. I workrd there in the 50's on the coaster. Remember the "clank, clank, clank" as it went up the lift? Frank K

[anapuni808]

@kuldadski I wonder if you were one of the cute boys who gave us free rides back then? if you were - Thank You!!!

[borndreamer555]

Riverview is one of my very best childhood memories. So much better than Adventureland. This is fun.

[supercellcoaster]

Not great as an NL coaster goes, but good job picking up all the info.

[gmadsm2]

thanks fore the memories

[mullahaliackbar]

Hey, have you done the "Wild Mouse"?

[OlderMusicGeek]

thank you so much! that was so awesome! brought back some childhood memories!

[shermanhillbilly]

that was just the coolest thing i have seen in quite some time... thanks for the memories! now on to the wild mouse! thanks again!

[cactusblue60]

I wish you could recreate the Wild Mouse. :-)

[kbar8]

You got it! We have posted a recreation of the Riverview Wild Mouse on YouTube now.

[daveypot]

ya, it was my very first coaster ride. around 1969ish.

[bakerbikes42]

riverview was old people were getting hurt on rides..they just didnt have the money to keep things going

[YouMayCallMeMrsYork]

Brilliant! My boys loved it!

[NR92CP]

great work bringing it all together