Category: Theme Parks
Bakuli – New to Holiday World
From holidayworld.com:
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Holiday World, Santa Claus, Indiana, introduces Bakuli, a new family water slide in Splashin’ Safari. Bakuli (pronounced bah-COOL-ee) is the Swahili word for “bowl” and that is exactly where this takes you—swirling round and round in a huge, colorful bowl! Start seven stories up and climb into a four-person cloverleaf raft. You’ll be launched into a very dark, very steep tunnel that’s full of surprises. You know how The Voyage has three 90-degree curves? So does Bakuli!
And you know how Zinga flings you into a huge funnel? Bakuli drops you into a gigantic purple, green and yellow bowl that measures 60 feet across! Around and around the high-banked bowl you’ll slide and then drop into one last tunnel. And where do you end up? Right in the middle of the island at Bahari River! Bakuli will (dare we say it?) bowl you over, it’s so much fun!
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom: Deluge
From sixflags.com:
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This season Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom debuts Splashwater Kingdom with the introduction of the all new thrilling water coaster, Deluge. This much anticipated cutting-edge water coaster delivers on the parks promise to be “the World leader in thrilling entertainment” for the 2007 season. Powered by exclusive “HydroMagnetic Rocket Booster” technology, this brand new water coaster will please roller coaster fanatics as well as water park enthusiasts.
Just add water and Deluge pleases all the senses of adventure. Deluge offers the worlds only 4-person HydroMagnetic rafting experience that can be shared with family and friends. Riders will experience multiple roller coaster-like plummeting drops then rocket uphill into an enclosed tunnel while getting blasted with water from all sides. The journey ends with a giant wave of excitement as riders splash into the pool and conquer Deluge.
The water coasters unique rocket propelled water mixed with the use of magnets and gravity will blast riders through a serpentine series of high bank turns, enclosed tunnels and uphill climbs at racing speeds. Deluges cutting-edge technology, designed specifically for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, is that of a traditional steel coaster but with water. The technology includes higher, faster, and longer uphill sections than any existing water coaster in America.
Petting zoos not all fun
From hfxnews.ca:
TweetPetting zoos are popular attractions for little kids drawn to cute calves, downy chicks and gamboling goats. But furry friends can play host to a swarm of nasty infections that could send the kiddies home with more than fun memories and great photos.
And the operation of petting zoos can be less than ideal when it comes to trying to minimize the risk of a chance exposure to bugs like E. coli 0157, salmonella and the diarrhea-causing parasite crytosporidium, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph surreptitiously observed 36 petting zoos across Ontario, recording a number of incidents and problems that would make most people cringe.
Hersheypark marks 100th birthday with World’s Largest Water Play Structure
From eagletribune.com:
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HERSHEY, Pa. – Chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey wasn’t all work and no play.
Hershey’s vision for the company town he built also included a “picnic and pleasure grounds” for employees and their families to enjoy in their free time. In his master plan, he set aside 150 acres of wooded farmland across the tracks from the chocolate factory he started building in 1903 for recreation.
“Our company is in the business of making memories that last a lifetime,” O’Connell said. “That is a lot about what this 100th anniversary celebration is – the memories, how the park has grown over the years.”
The marquee event of this year’s celebration was last month’s opening of The Boardwalk at Hersheypark, a $21 million expansion that combines three existing water rides with five new water-themed attractions.
The Boardwalk’s centerpiece is the East Coast Waterworks, a 70-foot tall steel water play structure billed as the world’s largest. It uses more than 54,000 gallons of water and features seven slides, two crawl tunnels and two large tipping buckets at the top that send water cascading onto bathers below. Other elements include a kiddie pool called Sandcastle Cove, a Coastline Plunge water slide complex, and Waverider, a ride that allows two people to surf on machine-made waves.
Shuttle Simulator review
From chicagotribune.com:
TweetKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Houston, we have a problem.
Several, actually.
For one thing, Im about to board the newest multi-million-dollar launch vehicle at Kennedy Space Center without matching socks, much less a space suit.
Not that my astronaut guides seem to mind. They usher me amiably up to the launch capsule over a series of TV screens along the gantry.
Space veterans like John Young and Winston Scott share anecdotes about their own shuttle launches: the endless training, the thrill of anticipation, the feeling of an “800-pound gorilla sitting on your chest” as the boosters propel you past Mach 22.
I am not wild about meeting this gorilla, nor have I had the training to do so.
Luckily, Im in good company. The woman next to me is wearing flip-flops.
In the buildup, at least, the Shuttle Launch Experience lives up to its name. The folks at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex are adamant about that name, mind you — its an “experience,” or a “simulator,” if you want to get technical. Anything but a “ride” — any undertaking affiliated with NASA must maintain an air of dignity, after all.
But you also couldnt blame any tourist attraction in Florida for distancing itself from Disney or Epcot, and KSC has more reason than most: If Epcots Mission: Space ride is a cartoon, the Shuttle Launch Experience aims to be the documentary.
Read the full review at LINK – Dr. Disney
