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Artist rendering of the new hotel.

Things are on track for this park to open on June 3. Probably going to be some training "soft opening" dates as well. I'm doing a construction tour this Sunday. They have part of their website up and running now as well. Lost Island Theme Park

Here today for an event and got an amazing behind the scenes tour of Dr Ds Cliffhanger way more pics later. But sharing a couple now

Spending this weekend in town, as is the proverbial "stay-cation" here. I keep bitching about not having many friends any more, and then a bunch of us 'old queer guys' get together every spring and just "be downtown" so to speak. Think there's nearly 8 of us left. Out of a dozen or so, "way back when." We pick a hotel, stay in town, and just be "tourists" in our own city. Easy! Eat out, see a movie together, troll the bars, lol. It's only a couple of days, but I do look forward to it every year. EDIT: (Monday) Great weekend! Just got back home. Saw "Spiderman" at a downtown theater. Five of us hadn't seen it yet! Surprise, Surprise!

I’m really excited about cast-member previews! This will be the first roller coaster I’ve had a chance to ride before the general public! The queue, the vehicles, and the theming all look amazing. It will be nice to have another unique attraction to WDW, not found in the other Disney parks. I am stoked for Tron too, but this is an original creation.

Argument? I see a panel of experts conducting a serious investigation.

I think it was locked and the light indicated that. But locked isn't enough. Compare the position for a 6ft 280lb rider vs a 5ft 95lb rider. That's on the operators to check. The ride doesn't know how thick/thin the rider is, only that the harness is locked. That said, should the harness have indicated a lock in that position? I'm having trouble picturing a rider that would be safely secured with it in that position. So it shouldn't have indicated a lock in that position and the operators shouldn't have let it go either.

I find it ironic that a morbidly obese person is complaining about circumstances being deadly, as if she hasn't looked at the deadly health consequences of her actions. The newest movement is referring to thin/fit/healthy people as entitled or privileged. #1 leading cause of death in America: Heart Disease. Talk about "deadly." Although I'm sure it's probably "someone else's fault."

That assumes that they didn't design the seatbelt to latch at the highest possible "green light lock position." It is great that B&M designs theirs a little shorter than they need to be, but a person decides every design decision.

At the very least, having a buckle between the harness and the seat would have made it more clear that he wasn't going to fit properly because the buckle would never have latched. I had to walk off Batman: The Ride in STL because the OTSR wouldn't come down far enough over my large bosom to buckle to the seat; they wouldn't have turned me away at this drop ride.

It's attitudes like this that may have prevented the park employee from limiting the victim's access. I know I would have no problem but I'm not 15 and being barraged with pop culture peer pressure. "Fatphobic"

Or maybe just ditch the confederacy theme altogether and finally move on from a horribly bloody and divisive stain on our nation's history. I mean, it's been almost 150 years since the civil war ended. Why would we want to continue to glorify it? Just a thought...

Funeral for the young man is happening today in St. Louis, it's been a major story on the local news. They are having the service at St. Louis University which is run by the Jesuits. I'm kind of assuming this was arranged as a donation through catholic charities, I know Cardinal Ritter, an elite private catholic high school here, was courting him for a possible football scholarship. He was from East St. Louis which is one of the poorest/roughest neighborhoods in the St. Louis area and his success at football would have been his way out.