Ark Encounter sets July for opening date

I'm only interested if there's a unicorn involved :-)

"I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know." Noggin- You always make me think of this.

"Then we smoked some meat. There wasn't a cigar store for miles. "

Always happy to spread the Groucho love. :-)

"I refuse to join any club that would have me for a member. Well, except CoasterBuzz Club, of course."

(I added that last part)

RC, you beat me to it! That was my next one! "You take the blonde, I'll take the one with the turban." Um no, sort of, yes.

RCMAC said:

What will it cost to park at the Ark?

$6.66

Another favorite: "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it."

It's kind of a shame. I'd like to see this just to SEE it, and kids would probably love it, but I'd never ever ever EVER give this guy or this group money. Great idea for entertainment purposes, but the agenda behind it...well, that's another story.

Yeah. There's probably going to be special lines for the rides just for gay people that makes the wait LONGER! LOL

Tommytheduck said:

RCMAC said:

What will it cost to park at the Ark?

$6.66

Too bad. Anything over 3 bucks? I turn around at the gate.

slithernoggin said:

there's not a lot there to appeal to a flaming liberal gay atheist

I'm a staunchly conservative straight Christian, and it doesn't really appeal to me, either.

Nor, I suspect, to most conservative straight Christians.

Orlando's Holy Land Experience is adding "Trin-I-Tee" miniature golf. I'm sure the folks at Ark HQ are kicking themselves.

slithernoggin said:

"Trin-I-Tee" miniature golf.

A chance to pelt biblical characters with golf balls?

Now that's a money maker!

I am generally a fairly open minded Christian, but there's something incongruous about putting images of the Lord and Savior around a fake putting green...though now that I think about it, I'm sure he's received many a prayer from a fairway or teebox before.

I refuse to even consider setting foot in the Holy Land (okay, maybe if you paid me a considerable sum I would), but if the mini-golf course is outside the gates I may consider it just to see how ridiculous and not good it is. To be clear, my issue with Holy Land is more the group behind it than the idea of the park itself.

EDIT: I decided to actually read the article after posting, and never mind, since the thing is inside the gates.

ApolloAndy said:

...I am generally a fairly open minded Christian, but there's something incongruous about putting images of the Lord and Savior around a fake putting green...

I'm a generally open minded atheist, but when I read the article, the whole idea just seemed not quite right to me. Then again, as a generally open minded atheist, I still get slightly annoyed by people who show up to church in sweatpants and a T-shirt. That's how you respect your God? Maybe putt putt golf is the way to reach some people....

Is it true that Holy Land Experience gets away with being a non-profit because they open for free one day per year? Was it here that I read that?

That's true, and I believe they expanded to twice a year (maybe even 3 or 4) recently.

It should be the 7th day of every week...or something.