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Alter Bridge Dream Theater or Queensryche?

Swiss Rolls Nirvana or Foo Fighters?

Darth Maul The Force Awakens or Rouge One?

Bugs Bunny Yes or Emerson, Lake & Palmer?

Shea Stadium (only because of the Billy Joel show I saw) Giants Stadium or Metlife Stadium?

BJs Vinyl, CD, or mp3?

Real sugar David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar?

Mets Metallica or Megadeth?

Automatic Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins?

Technically I would say The Stones, but The Beatles have much more historical value. Santana or Journey?

Leather Oasis or The Black Crowes?

Lord Humungus Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, or Ritchie Blackmore?

Daisy Duke The Sopranos or Boardwalk Empire?

We should bring this game back from the dead. It's been five years too long. To start things off again: Bon Jovi or Bruce Springsteen

Speaking of Dorney. As we all know, Hydra The Revenge was built on the spot where the Hercules wooden coaster used to be. In Greek mythology, one task that Hercules was sent to do was to slay the eight headed beast known as Hydra. When Dorney Park announced the ride, they added a backstory that expanded on the original myth.

While I'm bummed that the opening has been delayed, if Harry's pictures are anything to go by, the wait will definitely be worth it.

Aside from Orlando and Chicago, additional DisneyQuest locations were planned to be built in Philadelphia, New York City, Toronto, and Anaheim. The California version of Muppet Vision 3D was planned in two unique locations in Disneyland. At first, it was going to be built in an early version of Toontown in a cartoonish variant of the Main Street Opera House (aka. Greatest Moments with Mr. Lincoln). Speaking of which, the second potential location WAS the Main Street Opera House. But after protests from the local Republican party of Orange County, coupled with Disney's issues with the Henson family, the plans were nixed. A wooden roller coaster was planned to be built at the Dinoland USA section of Disney's Animal Kingdom. The Coney Island Cyclone was planned to be moved to AstroWorld back in the mid 70s. When park management discovered that it would be cheaper to build a clone rather than transport the original, the idea was scrapped.

Is upgrading daily admission to a pass still offered?

Great report Harry. But where is the new Season Pass Processing located?

Also, The Beach Boys, Monkees, and Cheap Trick have played at the park.

The launch horn on Kingda Ka was deactivated after its first season. Also, the lift on El Toro slows down at the top after the first season.

While they both feature Aerosmith, the theming and storylines of Orlando and Paris' versions of Rock n Roller Caster are radically different. Orlando focuses on an Aerosmith concert and the trains are designed as stretch limos, whereas Paris is based around an Aerosmith music video and the trains are called "Soundtrackers" There was a version of Rock n Roller Coaster planned for DCA. But instead of Aerosmith, it would have had the music of No Doubt, a band based in Anaheim Florida's Star Tours was originally going to be build in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom. But at the last minute, it was decided to build the clone at the then new Disney-MGM Studios in 1989. As a result, the ride ended up opening seven months after that park's grand opening. An early version of Rex in Star Tours had him characterized as a psychotic "Vietnam vet" droid. It was decided early on to tone him down as merely an inexperienced pilot. Many of the same technical crew who worked on The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera at Universal Studios Florida also worked on its replacement ride, Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast A Mr. Freeze clone was also going to be built at Six Flags Great America. Plans were scrapped when the Texas and St. Louis rides had major mechanical issues. Raging Bull was never intended to be built at all. A Medusa clone was originally going to be built at Great America before park management ordered the B&M Hyper without corporate's knowledge. A third Marriott's Great America park was intended to open alongside the Santa Clara and Gurnee locations in 1976. This park would have been located in Virginia, near Washington D.C. Local opposition to the park ultimately played a major role in the cancellation of the plans.

Overrated: Superman Underrated: Dark Knight/Skull Mountain. Though I often ride the latter far more than the former.

Monster's Inc Laugh Floor is technically capable of reverting back to Circle Vision 360, since all nine screens are intact, despite being covered by theming. With the exception of Iron Wolf, every B&M coaster built at a Six Flags park until 1999 was themed to Batman (BTR and Riddler's Revenge) Superman The Escape/Superman: Escape from Krypton was originally going to be built with an original theme and be named Velocetron. When Time Warner started planning the ill fated Superman Lives film project, it was opted to theme the ride after Superman. The Beast at Kings Island was originally going to be named The Champion, in reference to the records that the ride set in 1979. Several of the overhead track from Kongfrontation is still in place. The three major rides of Universal Studios Florida (Jaws, Earthquake, Kongfrontation) in 1990 were all lifted from the Studio Tour in Universal Studios Hollywood

Post some random facts you know about theme parks and roller coasters. Who knows, we might all learn something new everyday! I'll start us off. The Steel Phantom/Phantom's Revenge received the layout that it has because there wasn't enough room in Kennywood for a 200 ft lift. Apparently, the idea of putting the 200 ft drop in the middle of the ride came about in a dream. Even before Star Tours 2 was officially announced, there were plans of replacing the original film earlier on with a ride based on the pod racing scene from The Phantom Menace Jurassic Park the Ride (aka. Jurassic Park River Adventure) was originally going to be built at Universal Studio Florida, next to Back to the Future the Ride. This plan was scrapped when it was decided to make an entire section of Islands of Adventure themed to the movie. In its early planning stages, Islands of Adventure had lands and rides based on DC Super Heroes, The Simpsons, and Looney Tunes amongst others. The music for Mission Space is composed by Trevor Rabin, former guitarist for the progressive rock band Yes. The Sunset Blvd section of Disney's Hollywood Studios almost had rides based on the movies Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Dick Tracy, and The Rocketeer Epcot almost received an entirely different take on Disneyland's legendary Matterhorn Bobsleds. Alien Encounter was originally going to be based on the film franchise of the same name. The late Greg Lake came up with the lyrics for the Emerson, Lake & Palmer song "Pirates" by repeatedly riding Pirates of the Caribbean.