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Random Park Musings/News

• Many people might scratch their heads, but Coaster-Net.com has launched a Save Mr. Six Petition. Personally, I think the former Six Flags ad campaign was downright creepy. If you feel the need to see an old guy break his hip while dancing to pop-techno, sign the petition here.
  
• This cracks me up. Ohio State linebacker A.J. Hawk, who won the Lombardi Trophy for being the best lineman or linebacker of college football this season, was tamed by Islands of Adventure's Spiderman ride. In his online journal documenting his travels for numerous award nominations, he wrote: "Occasionally I have a little motion sickness. For some reason on rides it is either hit or miss for me. Sometimes I can go and spend the whole day at a theme park and be fine and ride every single ride. Other days, I'll puke after one or two rides. I didn't puke today, but after the first ride - a Spider-Man thing where you sit in cars and kind of spin around and there is 3-D - that just started me off wrong. I was hurting. I was sweating and pale and white after that." Also of note, he prefers Paramount's Kings Island over Islands of Adventure because "There were a couple of good rides but nothing that really compares to Kings Island, for me at least."
• Theme Park Review has posted a POV of Supersonic Odyssey, the Intamin Looper inside of a mall in Malaysia. It's for members only, but the sign-up is free anyway. It's an interesting coaster...and guess what? It has an in-line twist before the lift! That means Hydra at Dorney Park was not the first coaster to feature this. Click here for the Theme Park Review forums, the POV is in the members only section of the forums.
  

posted by Bryan @ 11:30 PM