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Thursday, July 26, 2007

 

I recently remembered a cave ride at Six Flags over Texas, and did a little online investigation. It turns out that the ride (which I remember from the mid 1980's) was one of the last dark (black light) rides... Spee-Lunkers Cave.

I was mainly drawn to the cave because it was cold inside (nice to get out of the dry heat). The animatronic characters and music had an eerie charm about them. We would always visit Casa Magnetica, and any and all shooting galleries as well... appropriate for Texas kids.

Spee-Lunkers Cave has been replaced with a Looney Tunes themed ride, which I personally think is rather weak. I guess all commercial theme parks have to be tied to other big franchises... so sad.




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iburkard.worklog

Thursday, July 26, 2007

 

I recently remembered a cave ride at Six Flags over Texas, and did a little online investigation. It turns out that the ride (which I remember from the mid 1980's) was one of the last dark (black light) rides... Spee-Lunkers Cave.

I was mainly drawn to the cave because it was cold inside (nice to get out of the dry heat). The animatronic characters and music had an eerie charm about them. We would always visit Casa Magnetica, and any and all shooting galleries as well... appropriate for Texas kids.

Spee-Lunkers Cave has been replaced with a Looney Tunes themed ride, which I personally think is rather weak. I guess all commercial theme parks have to be tied to other big franchises... so sad.




posted by Ian  # Thursday, July 26, 2007 2 Comments
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Is that you in the top picture? I like your blog. It makes me feel like I don't know nearly enough and that I should be more intellectually productive like you. :)
# posted by Blogger jane jane : 10/14/2007 9:07 PM
 
Yep! That's me, my mom and my dog in the top photo. My family was in Texas at the time. Check out that awesome hand-me-down bike. What a sweet ride!

I can barely retain a fairytale, so I'd have to say that I don't feel intellectually productive most of the time. Ask me a geography question, and I'm sure to be stumped. Ask me to do some calculus or trigonometry, and I'll blow a fuse. Language questions, I can handle those.

I have a pretty limited mind - only interested in my strange special interests.
# posted by Blogger Ian : 10/14/2007 10:15 PM
 
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