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		<title>American Adventures posts closure notice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Adventures, the Atlanta area small amusement park in Marietta, GA, recently announced its closure via the park&#8217;s website. &#8220;Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will be closed until further notice. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.&#8221; The park was built as an addition to Six Flags White Water. Starting in May 2008 Zuma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky Kingdom lease rejected, Park to close</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Six Flags announced as it is moving through its restructuring process that it will reject the lease of Kentucky Kingdom from the Kentucky State Fair Board and that the park will close immediately.

In recent weeks, Six Flags presented new lease terms to the Fair Board but those offers were rejected. Six Flags believed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carowinds&#8217; Intimidator takes its first lap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news out of Charlotte has been somewhat hard to come by these days.  With the financial fallout of Bank of America and Wachovia, which were both headquartered in the Queen City until Wells Fargo stepped in and bought Wachovia, the city has been reeling from the effects of numerous layoffs and cutbacks by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elvis favorite Zippin Pippin meets its end</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday crews began dismantling the Zippin Pippin rollercoaster at the former Libertyland amusement park in Memphis, TN. Work crews are clearing the land for redevelopment. Libertyland closed in October 2005. Zippin Pippin stood without maintenance exposed to the elements since then, rotting away. In November crews removed a small portion of the coaster ride [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Six set to dance into Magic Mountain</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3492/mr-six-set-to-dance-into-magic-mountain.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several years the Coaster Wars raged between Cedar Point and Six Flags Magic Mountain.  One park would always try to top the other in the design of their new ride and on top of that try and take the coveted title of the park with the most coasters in the world.  Well, I guess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come and join us in the 2010 Coaster Draft</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/site-announcements/3484/come-and-join-us-in-the-2010-coaster-draft.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling all ThrillNetwork members! We are looking for participants for the 2010 Coaster Draft!

What is the coaster draft? It’s like the NFL draft but with roller coasters as the players.
You get 10 picks to be used throughout 10 rounds.  When the draft is over, you can make your very own dream park to advertise to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coney Island amusement operator named by city</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday New York City officials chose an operator for the amusements section of Coney Island.
The US subsidiary of the Italian rides firm Zamperla was chosen as the new amusement park operator. Zamperla USA was among several bidders for the project, others being Ripley&#8217;s Believe  It or Not and the Steel Pier of Atlantic City, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cypress Gardens to transform into Legoland</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3440/cypress-gardens-to-transform-into-legoland.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merlin Entertainment, the new owner of Cypress Gardens have announced that the park will be changed into a Legoland like it&#8217;s sister parks in California and England.
The park is not scheduled to open until the end of 2011. It will have about 40-50 attractions added into the park and has shaved years off of developing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merlin buys Cypress Gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3433/merlin-buys-cypress-gardens.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Merlin Entertainments Group, owners of the Legoland parks, Madame Tussaud’s wax museums and the London Eye has purchased Cypress Gardens.

A spokeswoman for Merlin said Friday the purchase includes the current Cypress Gardens theme park, the Splash Island water park and the adjacent botanical gardens.
The sale closed Jan. 7. The price was not immediately disclosed.
Details are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratosphere to debut SkyJump, 855 free fall experience</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3428/stratosphere-to-debut-skyjump-855-free-fall-experience.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamblers in Las Vegas will soon have the ability to take the fall off the 1,149-foot Stratosphere tower and hotel. The hotel that has made its name offering an observation tower with unique over the top thrill rides will add a 855 foot freefall experience called SkyJump Las Vegas. Thrill seekers will be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legoland California to open water park</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3426/legoland-california-to-open-water-park.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents of southern California will soon have a new water park in their backyard.  The world&#8217;s first Lego water park will open at Legoland California this June.
The park will be situated on five and a half acres in the northern part of the park between the Adventurers&#8217; Club and the Lego Factory Tour.

The water park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bizarro, Voyage top Mitch Hawker&#8217;s coaster polls</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3422/bizarro-voyage-top-mitch-hawkers-coaster-polls.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the sixth consecutive year, Bizarro, formerly Superman Ride of Steel, at Six Flags New England took the top spot in Mitch Hawker&#8217;s annual steel coaster poll. Voyage reclaimed the No. 1 position after being bumped to No. 2 last year by T Express at Everland in South Korea.

In the steel poll, Eagle&#8217;s Fortress at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney to open new &#8216;magical&#8217; store in New York</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3417/disney-to-open-new-magical-store-in-new-york.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move to try and bring some of their magic to the retail shopping experience, Disney has recently announced plans they will be transforming an old retail space in Times Square into a new interactive store.
With hopes to attract young shoppers and their parents to the store, Disney will include an interactive princess castle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back at the 00&#8217;s: industry bankruptcies, changes, and consolidations</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/special-features/3414/industry-bankruptcies-changes-consolidations.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we begin to close out 2009 and the decade, we look back at all the things that have occurred in a three-part series&#8230;

General happenings and ThrillNetwork
What happened with thrill rides &#8212; what&#8217;s new and what      departed us
The seemingly dwindling Biz of Fun

In this part, ThrillNetwork&#8217;s Leo C. talks about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back at the 00&#8217;s: the ups and downs of roller coasters and thrill rides</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/special-features/3405/ups-and-downs-of-coasters-and-thrill-rides.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we begin to close out 2009 and the decade, we look back at all the things that have occurred in a three-part series&#8230;

General happenings and ThrillNetwork
What happened with thrill rides &#8212; what&#8217;s new and what      departed us
The seemingly dwindling Biz of Fun

In this part, ThrillNetwork&#8217;s Chip looks at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back at the 00&#8217;s: a rocky decade and a rocky community</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/special-features/3389/rocky-decade-rocky-community.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we begin to close out 2009 and the decade, we look back at all the things that have occurred in a three-part series&#8230;

General happenings and ThrillNetwork
What happened with thrill rides &#8212; what&#8217;s new and what      departed us
The seemingly dwindling Biz of Fun

In this part, ThrillNetwork&#8217;s Steven Heicher looks back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revolution 360 will open at Seabreeze in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3392/revolution-360-will-open-at-seabreeze-in-2010.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seabreeze located in Rochester, New York will be adding a Disk-O for their 2010 season. The 24 seat ride will travel along 140 feet of track with multiple 360 degree revolutions. The ride, made by Zamperela has arrived on site and has been partially assembled. The disk part of the ride will be assembled closer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captain EO to return to DisneyLand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Disneyland announced it will be bringing back Michael Jackson&#8217;s character Captain EO in February, 23 years after the attraction debuted at the park. The film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas, will now be in 3-D.

Other Disney parks had opened identical attractions but had closed them all in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wes takes an intimidating construction tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 17 ThrillNetwork given a sneak peek at Carowinds’ newest coaster, Intimidator.]]></description>
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		<title>Cedar Fair sale in the works</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3367/cedar-fair-sale-in-the-works.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Cedar Fair, L.P. announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, a leading global alternative asset manager.

Under the terms of the agreement, Cedar Fair unitholders would receive $11.50 in cash for each limited partnership unit they hold.  The transaction is valued at approximately $2.4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cedar Fair sues Santa Clara</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3364/cedar-fair-sues-santa-clara.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Cedar Fair filed suit against the city of Santa Clara, saying an agreement between the city and the San Francisco 49ers is illegal.
The lawsuit filed December 7, says the city should have approved an environmental impact report for the stadium before reaching an agreement with the team in June.

City Manager Jennifer Sparacino says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walt Disney&#8217;s nephew, Roy, passes away</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3362/walt-disneys-nephew-roy-passes-away.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roy E. Disney passed away at the age of 79 after a year long battle with stomach cancer. Roy was the biggest behind the scenes to oust Michael Eisner out of his CEO spot in the Disney company.  Bob Iger, currect CEO said in a statement today,&#8221;Roy&#8217;s commitment to the art of animation was unparalleled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idlewild Park announces return of The Royal Hanneford Circus</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3357/idlewild-park-announces-return-of-the-royal-hanneford-circus-2.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Hanneford Circus is returning to Idlewild and Soak Zone. The circus was last in the park in 1997. From many guests saying to bring it back, they finally have for the 2010 season. The circus will be located near Mr. Rogers Neighborhood of Make Believe.

The circus is family owned and operated and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Miracle Strip will return to Panama City Beach</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3351/the-miracle-strip-will-return-to-panama-city-beach.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2010 the old Miracle Strip Amusement Park will return to Panama City Beach, FL. It will come back to life in a much smaller location in the town&#8217;s Pier Park. In 2004 the original park in town shut its doors. The Starliner wooden rollercoaster was saved and relocated to the now closed Cypress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sure to be Afternoon Delight: &#8220;Sky Rocket&#8221; to launch at Kennywood</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3338/sure-to-be-afternoon-delight-sky-rocket-to-launch-at-kennywood.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kennywood Park officials today confirmed the name of their new launch coaster to debut during the 2010 season will be Sky Rocket.

The 95 ft tall coaster will launch within three seconds  from zero to 50 mph through a course featuring a 90 degree drop, twists, flips, and high G force moments.
Among the key elements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busch Entertainment ceases to exist, Comcast enters industry</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3328/busch-entertainment-ceases-to-exist-comcast-enters-industry.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week major ownership changes in the amusement industry came into effect and were realized. Earlier in the week The Blackstone Group completed its acquisition of the Busch Entertainment Corporation from Anheuser-Busch InBev for over $2.3 billion. The newly merged Anheuser-Busch InBev had seeked throughout the year for a suitable buyer for its Busch Entertainment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting opens for annual poll</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3326/voting-opens-for-annual-poll.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitch Hawker’s poll has become an annual event that many coaster enthusiasts seem to wait for with anticipation as much as waiting to ride a new coaster.  That may be a stretch, but many do wait every year for the new poll to be announced.  And now it has.

Both the wooden and steel polls are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiddieland auctions rides, Six Flags buys Little Dipper</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3318/kiddieland-auctions-rides-six-flags-buys-little-dipper.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago&#8217;s Kiddieland amusement park opened one last time this morning for an auction of the park&#8217;s ride inventory. The parking lot of the park was filled with amusements enthusiasts and long time patrons of Kiddieland. The auction was necessary as plans to sell the rides to a person interested in moving the rides to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Flags White Water Wiggles into 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.thrillnetwork.com/news/3315/six-flags-white-water-wiggles-into-2010.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Flags White Water Atlanta, announced plans for 2010 that will include North America’s first Wiggles Water World, themed to The Wiggles,  the world’s #1 preschool entertainers.

Wiggles Water World will boast five interactive sections spread over 40,000 square feet. The biggest adventure of all can be found at the center of Wiggles Water World on board The S.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renovation of The Texas Giant begins with demolition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the demolition of the Texas Giant at Six Flags over Texas began, a process to start the year long renovation of the ride that is.

At the order of Bugs Bunny, a bulldozer at the park began pulling at the Texas Giant structure, bringing down a section of support structure beams.
A $10 million renovation of [...]]]></description>
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