Posted | Contributed by Jeff
Not all politicians are stupid when it comes to roller coasters. Missouri's governor Bob Holden got three laps on Silver Dollar City's new Wildfire, a B&M looper, and said it was "fantastic." The governor used the opportunity to talk about the importance of tourism and a good highway system.
Read the whole story from The Springfield News Leader.
Actually, us Whigs have the most fun :)
This doesnt surprise me because we have been seeing commercials here in the Chicago area for tourism in Missouri. Most of the commercial shows footage of rollercoasters. Personally I think its great because amusement parks do attract tourists and the fact that this state(Missouri) is geographically the center of the country only makes sense to promote it. Ohio, move over, their is a new sheriff in town(JUST JOKING!!!!!!)
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"SAVING THE WORLD BEFORE BEDTIME" Powerpuff girls
Actually Missouri has a pretty good selection of coasters.
WOF (5)
Orient Express
Timber Wolf
Mamba
Wacky Worm
Boomerang
SFSTL (7)
Batman:The Ride
Ninja
River King Mine Train
Screamin' Eagle
The Boss
Mr. Freeze
ACME Gravity Powered Roller Ride
SDC (5)
Thunderation!
Fire-in-the-Hole
Runaway Ore Cart
BuzzSaw Falls
WILDFIRE
Branson USA (3)
Zyklon
Firestorm
Dragon Wagon
Miner Mike's and Buster's (1)
Runaway Mine Train
That's a total of 21 coasters and I think I'm missing a few that I can't think of right off hand. Missouri is the coaster destination in the Great Plains (oh wait the other states don't really have any coasters.) :)
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Scorching the Competition in 2001
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I saw a clip of wildfire running on the news last night and I live in so. cal!! It looks pretty cool though!
Greens all the way! Back on topic, it is nice to see a coaster built in the past year open on time!
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2001- the year of flight!
Ah yes Disney. I'm still having a hard time putting them and high-tech thrills together. 2Hostyl what I meant was that it was nice to see a picture of a 2001 operating coaster. To the best of my knowledge, no one has reported seeing Hypersonic XLC operating yet.
To Dustijn Hollon:
Where is Miner Mike's and Buster's? I've never heard of that. Is the mine train a good mine train or is it a kiddie ride. I see that you listed ACME Powered Roller Ride. I wouldn't really consider that a coaster in Missouri to ride because...well...I can't. Anyway, I was going to try and ride every roller coaster that I could in Missouri, but have never heard of this Runaway Mine Train. More info please. Thanks.
