Bob Dylan. At the time the park closed, the themed areas were: WaterWorld Oriental Village (originally Oriental Corner) Mexicana (originally Plaza de Fiesta; included Children's World, which was removed to install XLR-8 in 1984) Nottingham Village (1972 expansion initially named Country Fair; renamed in 1981) Western Junction Americana Square European Village (originally included Alpine Valley) USA (originally Mod Ville; Coney Island expansion (featuring Texas Cyclone) added in 1976; later renamed International Plaza in 1977) Ride history The Alpine Sleigh Ride, Astrowheel, and Mill Pond were among the park's original sixteen rides. The Alpine Sleigh Ride "[took] passengers in roller coasters fashion over a mountain and through snow storms and waterfalls". Its opening was delayed by three weeks after the park's opening day. The water skimmer ride Mill Pond was not operational on opening day for mechanical reasons as well as the late arrival of two "water bug" cars. The Black Dragon debuted within the first year. To compensate for the humidity in Houston, the park included more than 2,400 tons of cooling with vents in the shaded areas of the park, which AstroWorld called "the largest outdoor air conditioning system in the world" at its opening. Additional air conditioning systems were fitted to the Alpine Sleighs, blowing gusts of refrigerated air over guests at . The "610 Limited" was the park's perimeter railroad, originally operating two steam locomotives, each -scale 4-4-0, which were built by Bob Harpur. Each original train had an engine, tender, and four cars for a capacity of 250 passengers, carrying them at speeds up to over of track. The No. 2 train was sold for scrap to Gary Norton in 1986 and served at Silverwood Theme Park briefly before the engine was sold to private owners and restored in Georgetown, California; the coaches remain in service at Silverwood. No. 1 remained in limited operation after diesel locomotives were relocated from Six Flags Magic Mountain; after AstroWorld closed, No. 1 was sold in January 2006, restored, and returned to service on the Pacific Coast Railroad at Santa Margarita Ranch in April as Caroline. In addition, Harper Goff designed a custom railcar for Judge Hofheinz, named the Astrodoma, designed to run on the same tracks; it was stored alongside its locomotive in 1976 after the park was sold to Six Flags, and remained undisturbed before it was sold in 2018. Bamboo Shoot (a log flume later named Ozarka