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News: Hurricane meets its final demise

Posted at 9:44 AM EDT (1344 GMT)

Mar. 23rd, 2007 -- This morning the final piece of roller coaster history at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion came crashing down with the final section of the coaster.

Lowcountry Wrecking pulled the final piece, the coaster’s lift hill, down to the ground shortly after 9 a.m.

Since beginning demolition in December, the crew has used excavators, claws and even an occasional chainsaw to pull apart the six-year-old coaster built by Custom Coasters International, Inc.

No one wanted the Haunted Hotel dark ride or the coaster, so the owners decided to scrap both of them.

For more information visit The Sun News.

Also visit Sun News for a video of the lift coming down.

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Wes Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 11378 View Park/Ride Count	Well the deed is done. I guess we can move on now. Still will be sad driving down 17 and not seeing it, even if it wasn't a great coaster. It was a great one to look at.
3/23/2007 9:48 AM
Johnny Upsidedown Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1889 View Park/Ride Count	That video is both amazing and so sad. Wish I could have seen that come down.
3/23/2007 12:36 PM
coasterman1234 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1470 View Park/Ride Count	Only six years old... I bet it was a sad site to see over the past couple weeks. :(
3/23/2007 1:34 PM
PANTSFREE Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1428 View Park/Ride Count	:-( That sucks. I was hoping someone would buy it and get some new trains for it. All it needed was some TLC and new trains and it would be a pretty awesome coaster.
3/23/2007 1:47 PM
addict2sobe728 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 486 View Park/Ride Count	Wow. A tear just came to my eye. They should've left the coaster up and some new place could've brought it. That was a waste of money.
3/23/2007 2:52 PM
coasterdave Joined: May 2001 Posts: 199 View Park/Ride Count	Best clip that you will ever see of that coaster.
3/23/2007 4:27 PM
bk2004 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7743 View Park/Ride Count	Wow...that was amazing. Just listening to the sound of it as it came down....it was crying.
3/23/2007 9:06 PM
CHILLERLC1 Joined: May 2001 Posts: 8430 View Park/Ride Count	What a sight to see the metal lift just tip over like that.
3/25/2007 2:00 AM
coasterqueen Joined: May 2001 Posts: 240 View Park/Ride Count	What an amazing video. WOW! I never got to ride it but I heard the horror stories.
3/27/2007 5:34 AM
momooveez Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1 View Park/Ride Count	I'm sad to hear this. I didn't hear about the closing day last Sept, and I last rode this ride back in August of 2005. I'm going to miss seeing the park whenever I drive on 17 in Myrtle Beach.
3/27/2007 11:59 AM

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