Christian or Racing Themed Park

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ARROW GUY said:
I'm surprised no one has thought of this.....
a Slingshot ride themed and called David and Goliath!!!!!

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LOL!  That is awesome.  Why can't I be that witty?

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It's easy....the world is full of things to fill a park with! I also forgot:

A "Perilous Pluge"- type ride called The Red Sea, A boat ride called Jonah & the Whale (with appropriate huge whale mouth as an entrance, and a food stand shaped like a tree that sold apples (though it would have a bad reputation for something....maybe price)!!! :)
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How about "Bobsled to Hell"? ;)
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Would that REALLY have a long line???? :)
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The remarks here have been very good. Alot of you have quite the creativity

I jokingly thought up of a Weather/Storm Chasing Theme(since I am into weather and storm chasing and storms that we have here in Central Indiana Tonight)

Imagine this a wooden Twister named El~Nino(cause it changes is course so many times:)

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Just now remembered to change my signature of the new park name, since I am going with the racing theme now
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Here's an idea. Couldn't you try to do both as separate areas? I think most people here would agree that with very few exceptions, parks must be created with multiple themes involved. Disney has several types just in the original park design alone. (ie Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, etc)

As a non-Christian, I wouldn't be terribly interested in the Christian themed park if it's labelled clearly as such, but what about a slightly less strict interpretation of it, say a Biblical themed one? This would be likely to keep hostilities to a minimum and would make it less of a target. This option would give you the advantage of some flexibility in theming and would get people from non-Christian religions to give it a closer look without the immediate thought of "I'm going to be preached to".

That said, the possibilities for ride themes in a Biblical themed area seems like a good one. Thrill rides have been discussed to death (it's a rollercoaster group after all), but that Haunted House (maybe both a walkthrough and a ride through) has plenty of imaginative scenes without even trying, and it would be entertaining for Christians and non-Christians alike.

If you people working on these ideas work on building the foundations of a good park first (multiple types of rides, differently themed areas within the park), and then find a good way of trying to spread the belief and ideals you want while making sure not to offend or turn away the people who will never change their views to yours, I think you'll come out a real winner. :)

If you want to see whether a Christian theme park is viable, contact the folks down at Holy Land in Orlando and see how they're doing (probably not as well as they'd like, but I don't really know). 

I might visit such a place if it was kitschy and hokey enough.  I'm not a religious guy, but if it was well done and the rides were fun I'd still check it out.  If it takes itself too seriously then it'd be pretty unpleasant in my opinion.

A racing park would be neat - if you build lots of racing rides!  Racing woodie a la Lightning Racer, racing Carousel like they've got at Cedar Point, etc.  Tying it too closely to one kind of racing like NASCAR is dull though, I really like the chariot Ben-Hur idea someone proposed. 

I know that there is talk of building a Christian theme park here in Washington State.  Renton, I believe.  Perhaps you could find out some info on www.king5.com or some other television site here in Seattle.  It would give you some more info...

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How about a section called Satan's Playhouse. All the kids are left at Hell's gate or in the other part of the park while the adults go into an adult park filled with dancing girls, gambling and alcohol.
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My intent as well is to give parkgoers a unique one-of-a-kind experience. Not just another, been there, done that. I have been too many parks like that myself, and it tends to get very old after a while, so I am always looking for a new type of park to goto. This is something I think Six Flags fails in HORRIBLY!

Half of a wild or even mild ride is the theming!!

But I am also wondering how large or small this park should be to start with.  I obviously don't want overkill but then again I don't want to have "almost nothing to do" Tough balance.

But if succesful, room for expansion will always be there.

How about this: What type of admission appeals most to you guys. One flat admission, pay by attraction, or pay by certain blocks of time?"

Good discussion guys. Anyone know anyone rich and into theme parks? :)

For a racing park, you should have a flight of fear type ride to simulate the experience of being in a big wreak.

I am Christian, but I can't see a christiam themed park succeeding.  For one, The atmosphere would be ruined by the usual stuff that goes on in most amusement parks.  im talking about stuff like smoking in line, (Many parks forbid this but most people do it anyway), drinking, swearing, and couples making out in the park.  These types of things would undermine the intention of the park operators, and people would see the park as a hipocracy.  By the way, even if the park didn't sell alchohol, that wouldn't prevent people from coming to the park drunk.  Thats just my opinion.   I don't see it working out.
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Ok I have the best ride Idea !  Anyone into street racing like me ?  Well a TA2k themed to street racing !  Put some rims on those trains, neon lights, sweet decals, and maybe a lil NOS lol.   Get two of them and then do two S turns so the tracks are right next to each other.  Then Have lights and such and a guy in the middle of the two tracks with a flag or something launch the two up hills and at the end announce the winner of the drag race !   I got alot of ideas for street racing themed coasters if you need more Michael so e-mail me.

The TA2k idea is sweet I like it:)
I also thought of a good name for a "Christian" area of the park. Abundant Graceland:)(no Elvis:)
The multiple themed areas is a direction that I intend to go with as well. As I said earlier, don't want to be a victim of overkill
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The TA2k idea is sweet I like it:)
I also thought of a good name for a "Christian" area of the park. Abundant Graceland:)(no Elvis:)
The multiple themed areas is a direction that I intend to go with as well. As I said earlier, don't want to be a victim of overkill
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