STARLINER COASTER FRONT SEAT Miracle Strip Amusement Park

My visit to the now defunct Miracle Strip Park in Aug. 1993. Update on the Starliner at Cypress Gardens. After a successful relocation of the Starliner from Panama City Beach to Cypress Gardens, the amusement park in Cypress Gardens has closed for good in late 2008 and the fate of the Starliner is unknown. It will hopefully be moved again or reopen as a free-standing attraction within the park.

Update: 10-7-10: The Starliner has been purchased by Teddy & Jenny Meeks and they plan to move the coaster back to Panama City Beach. The exact location has yet to be determined but what matters is that this baby is coming back home!

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• wooden
• roller
• coaster
• Starliner
• Panama
• City
• Beach
• Cypress
• Gardens
• Florida
• Miracle
• Strip
• Amusement
• Park

[marshalljimduncan]

classical gas? Lol!!

[swampfoxer]

@marshalljimduncan, yeh, the original music for this clip WAS Classical Gas before YT took it down for copyright violation......and then I was able to switch that song for this one without having to delete the comments, etc.

[duckperson2]

What is this song called I'm dying to know what the song in the video is called!

[swampfoxer]

the song is Classical Gas by Mason Williams. :)

[Klattu]

Hope lots of those condo snobs are losing their ass on the real estate market crash

[thechoosendude]

This ride was so much smoother and faster than it is at Cypress Gardens. Cypress has a lot of work to do.

[FantaZ4U]

The Starliner was my first coaster! And I remember taking my girlfriend on it as her first coaster. She screamed continuously from the drop to the braking at the shed. In the mid sixties we "lost" our brother for a bit there and found him continuously taking laps on the Starliner till the park closed for the night.

[boochips1]

The Starliner Front Seat! Yea Baby!

[cannibalonXthedead]

I'm so happy this has been saved and is coming home!!! i'll finally be able to get the credit!

[anymaegrrl]

I remember going to MSAP when I was a kid and I nearly cried when I went back to PCB last year and saw nothing but an empty lot next to Shipwreck Island. It's great that the old rides are being brought back. I really hope they get the Starliner up and running again! Let's save a piece of Florida history and let current and future generations enjoy the thrill of a good, old-fashioned roller coaster!

[jasondavisdotcom]

This one damn near brings a tear to my eye. The Starliner and the MSAP is burned into my brain from countless visits during my youth!

[coaster524]

Is the Starliner really returning to PCB? RCDB lists it as defunct and offers no relocation info. I would love to see it in its original (or nearby) location again. If it is brought back, I hope the tunnel is reinstated! Only took a virtual ride of the version at Cypress Gardens and, while this was never a terribly wild ride, it's obvious that much of the FUN element was lost after its relocation.

[NikkiandAnthony]

@Scioneer hopefully! that'd be soo good! they just got my favorite ride recently. I wish they'd get the musical express also. and my cousin really wants the haunted house. lol

[Scioneer]

@NikkiandAnthony

That "depressing" little version has saved the Starliner and will bring it back to PCB.

[rescuehero942]

I Was lucky i rode it at cypress gardens right before all the rides closed as well as the entire park, But the Starliner coming back to panama city beach!