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« Office 2008 Released To Manufacturing | Main | 2008 Storm Schedule Is Out » December 13, 2007Deja Vu Coming To SilverwoodScreamscape is reporting that Silverwood Theme Park is getting a new roller coaster - namely, the Deja Vu coaster from Six Flags Great America in Chicago. This rumor has been running around for a bit; looks like it's true. Funny story about Deja Vu - when Lane and I went to Great America in May 2006, we wanted to ride Deja Vu but it was closed. I'd ridden the version at Magic Mountain - it's good stuff - and was a little disappointed that we couldn't ride it together. (Phooey.) Deja Vu seems like a strong ride for Silverwood - maybe too strong for their audience. Two of their current coasters (Timber Terror, Tremors) are straight-up woodies, with the third (Corkscrew) being a short looping coaster. Deja Vu is a pretty intense inverted coaster, with lots of loops and drops. I don't know how well it will go over with Silverwood's family market. Of course, that won't stop us from driving to Idaho to see if we can finally get on the silly thing... Posted by Gavin Shearer at December 13, 2007 7:56 AM. Posted to Cool. Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsRE: "...straight-up woodies..." Trying to get some extra search engine hits? Posted by: Richard Barrett {Laughter} Not really. Despite its connotations with, uh, adult areas of conversation, "woodie" is a legit term for a wooden roller coaster. I give you the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_roller_coaster 'cause, you know, Wikipedia is the authority on everything. ;) Posted by: Gavin Shearer Post a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)« Office 2008 Released To Manufacturing | Main | 2008 Storm Schedule Is Out » |
