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Launch: Tophat: Twistage: Brakes...
...Denial is an ugly thing.
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gravity: down to earth, without the sugar coating.
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cyberdman
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Superman: Ride Of Steel-
almost as good as Millennium Force
Just wait till you find out...
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CP2003 - Enthusiasts are gonna go nuts...
Don't try to guess the Banshee bit if you have no knowledge of Native American culture which involves Honor and Respect. It was a brave effort on behalf of the park officials to scrap the name so as not to offend anyone, Spirits included.
The amount of proclaimed Christians who wrote to the park complaining about Schwabinchen's cleavage speaks for itself.
Sadly, there's not much honor and respect on this message board. So many have resorted to playing self-righteous and superior. Interestingly enough, none of those individuals are executives within the industry or have produced anything worth corporate investment.
Meanwhile, enjoy the forthcoming announcement.
Jeffrey P. Stoneking
The Mantis name change had nothing to do with what you're talking about either. Read about the official reason, as stated by the park.
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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
"There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, when it's all in your mind. You gotta let go." - Ghetto, Supreme Beings of Leisure
As for the renaming, the article you linked to failed to mention the phone calls made to members of tribal council.
Your harsh tone coupled with profanity is extremely inappropriate and not representative of the family facility upon which you offer promotion of. Same goes for the some of the so-called enthusiasts who post here.
Jeffrey P. Stoneking
*** This post was edited by Jeffrey P. Stoneking 11/8/2002 11:06:03 AM ***
Schwabinchen operated for decades in far more conservative times when every 15-year old didn't show her navel and they didn't say "ass" on television. Now you're telling me all of a sudden that a big rotating woman (which isn't dirty by any means) is the reason for the ride's removal? That's stupid. If that was really the offense, they could take it off the gondola and keep operating the ride.
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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
"There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, when it's all in your mind. You gotta let go." - Ghetto, Supreme Beings of Leisure
-Doug-
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I am a Mechanical Engineering major not an english major so pardon my horrible grammer
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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com
*** This post was edited by Gemini 11/8/2002 11:44:05 AM ***
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