Anyone for the Rectal Probe Ride?
Businesses in Roswell, N.M. have been cashing in on the UFO crowd for years, and now there’s a proposed alien theme park on the possible horizon. City officials want to take it to another level with a UFO-themed amusement park, complete with an indoor roller coaster that would take passengers on a simulated alien abduction. I suppose these folks aren’t aware that this phenomena just might actually be a real one, and that experiencers may take offense at the proposed abdustion ride.
“Nobody will be harmed and everybody will be returned, hopefully, in the same shape,” concept designer Bryan Temmer said Friday.
The park, dubbed Alien Apex Resort, could open as early as 2010. The city has received a $245,000 legislative appropriation for initial planning, but the park would be privately built and managed. Requests for proposals will be advertised next month. City Planner Zach Montgomery said the project will cost “several hundred millions of dollars,” but a more accurate figure hasn’t been determined. A roller coaster similar to the one Temmer proposed is under construction at another theme park for almost US$100 million, Montgomery said. Right now the town’s biggest tourism attraction is the International UFO Museum and Research Center, which has drawn 2.5 million visitors since opening in 1992.
May 29th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
[...] Restano da scoprire le attrazioni che riempiranno il futuro parco. Qualcuno la butta giustamente sull’ironia, mentre qualcun altro propone varianti, persino inquietanti, delle annunciate montagne russe a tema. [...]