Vintage Cars in Fantasy World
Vintage Car Ride in
Land of Make Believe
What could be more fun
then to take to the open roads before you're even allowed to take your
driving test? Well the Vintage Car Ride put youngsters behind the
wheel of their very own Model T Ford and let them meet some of the
friendliest neighbours on Cred Street.
To put parents' minds
at ease the cars were kept on the roads by a guide rail preventing
any mishaps, though the Vintage Cars' very own bearchanic was on hand
to put any motor problems right. As there was no need for a navigator,
it meant both front seats got their very own steering wheel, and the
horn just added to the fun as youngsters headed round the track toward
the Gingerbread House.
Ride
History
When the Vintage Cars originally opened in 1983, it was located up
above Dinosaur Land in Fantasy World. For many years it sat
juxtaposed to the neighbouring space-based Blackhole, until 1993
when it found a much more fitting setting behind the Towers in the
Land of Make Believe. Even today the Vintage Cars have left their
mark on what is now the X Sector, as the overflow queue of the
Blackhole follows the old route of the ride, having been built
directly on top of its track.
The classic cars gently trundled their way through the conversion
of Land of Make Believe into Cred Street and operated right through
to the 2004 season when a mysterious fence was constructed across
Cred Street and the Vintage Cars spent the season Standing But Not
Operating alongside the neighbouring Cred Street Carousel. Rumour was rife about the potential redevelopment of the
area but defying the odds the rides re-opened for 2005.
However after its
season SBNO it was clear the ride was on borrowed time and at the
end of the 2005 season the Vintage Car Ride closed for good to be replaced by
the Driving School during the summer of 2006. The legacy of the
Vintage Car Ride still lives on though, as the Gingerbread House can
still be seen today, now masquerading as the Driving School's Car
Wash.
