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- From: mac18@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael A. Cornell)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: Top Gun at King's Island
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 22:53:27 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: mac18@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael A. Cornell)
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- In a previous article, pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) says:
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- >
- >In a previous article, rdorocke@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (rob lawrence dorocke) says:
- >
- >>KI had a ride like this called the Bat about 8-10 years ago, but they had
- >>a lot of troubles with it. The cars kept falling off and people got
- >>killed often. SO, Needless to say, they took it out. Does anyone
- >>remember it??
- >
- >Urban Legend time again. Yes, the Bat was removed but the cars didn't fall off
- >and no one was killed on the coaster.
- >
- >--
- >Pete Babic - pab@po.cwru.edu ///
- >LIVE TO PARTY, SKI TO DIE!!! /// /\
- >Member of ACE \\\ /// /--\MIGA
- >(American Coaster Enthusiasts) \\\/// MS-DOS or a Mac? What's that?
- >
- If this is the case, then WHY was it removed. My friend tells me that
- the cars had problems. He told me that the cars swung in four directions
- not two, here they moved forwards and backwards. Is this true? Is it
- the RISK of someone dying was too great? He told me that the ride was
- shut down 5 or 6 months into the season, and then it was torn down?
- Could SOMEONE tell the ENTIRE REAL STORY!
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- Mike "dazed and confused" Cornell
- mac18@po.cwru.edu
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