Busch Gardens Tampa has taken delivery on more than 500 tons of steel for the 335-foot main tower of its new drop ride, Falcon's Fury, which will debut next spring. The pieces shipped across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain before arriving at the park last week. Falcon's Fury will be the tallest freestanding drop tower in North America when it opens. If you're curious about that "freestanding" qualifier, that's because Six Flags will have taller drop rides, but they're attached to the sides of other attractions.
Disney's found another use for its facade projection system. The latest digital projection show for the It's a Small World facade at Disneyland will be a short presentation every 15 minutes during the Small World Holiday overlay, where the entire facade will become a massive clockwork. Here's a preview:
Until Disney's managers give the greenlight for a new Marvel-themed attraction at the Disneyland Resort, it appears that the Innoventions facility in Disneyland's Tomorrowland will continue to serve as the de facto Marvel outpost in the park. This week, the park debuted its new Thor exhibit and meet-and-greet, to support the new movie coming to theaters next month. Earlier this year, Iron Man got the spotlight at Innoventions. Let the countdown begin for the Captain America exhibit next spring.
Disney this week has been installing new Coca-Cola-brand soft drink flavors from around the world at Epcot's Club Cool. Despite so many the old flavors going away to make way for the new tastes, Disney continues to troll us all by still serving Beverly. Yay?
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Last time I was there, after a few "surprise" drinks I found the perfect discription of the beverage. It's like drinking a glass of pomello peel.
Like James Koehl, I also suggest that you don't read Jeff's columns if they bother you, but better yet, why don't you try writing an article every now and then? (seriously!) If you don't like the snarkiness of Jeff's column, perhaps you could write about one of your theme park interests in a positive tone. Robert is always looking for well-written materials to post on the site, and you seem to have a lot of enthusiasm for theme parks coupled with some strong opinions, so maybe you should give it a shot. You never know, you might find yourself as a regular contributor.
Just in case anyone was really interested...I have a 20 month old son, a full time 55 hr a week job, am the assistant director of a college pep band, and I am trying to devote my writing skills to finishing my novel, which is quickly ballooning to what will probably be a 500+ page novel...
So my time is at a bit of a premium right now.....
Hopefully I will get back to this soon, but no promises for the time being...
...now that I said that, I can go back to playing my video games...
Jeff
Seriously, though, I hope they actually put some effort in it. Give it new paint to match the old Bat and make it look as accurate as possible. The old school logo for it would be awesome but I guess they don't want to make it too similar, the new logo is orange and black.
Regardless, it's a good improvement that breathes a little new life into an old, forgotten coaster.
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