robbalvey Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 I thought this was a pretty funny entry by Lance on Screamscape: http://www.screamscape.com/html/smaller_parks.htm#DutchWonderland DUTCH WONDERLAND (Pennsylvania)Owned by Hersheypark Park News - (3/30/07) Confirming the rumor we heard last year, Dutch Wonderland has renamed the Sky Princess as the Kingdom Coaster on their website. So does this qualify as the world’s first roller coaster sex change? Strike up the Crying Game theme song… the Princess is now a Prince.
YoshiFan Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 This is just another thing to add to the list of things I am not happy with what Hershey has done with Dutch Wonderland since they bought the park. First they got rid of Old Engine 99 which was one of my favorite rides when I was a kid. They lowered the maximum height limit on some kiddie rides (doesn't matter to me personally but I would be annoyed if I was a kid that was now not allowed to go on a ride that I used to be able to enjoy), they took the train ride tunnel with the scenes of the kids playing in all 4 weather seasons and replaced it with a generic mining scene. The new paint job on Sky Princess is one of the worst I have ever seen and this name change just makes it worse. It's only a name but Kingdom Coaster sounds so dull and plain.
Airtime&Gravity Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 Wow weird and funny, but it is probably true. Airtime-What about Willards Whizzer...never mind-&Gravity
Guest Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 So can we count this as the first ever Tranny-coaster? Now that is an awesome credit!
Dailey Enterprizes Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 Hmmm... this sounds as bad as Garfield's Nightmare. This is stupid and it's a waste of money imo.
dandaman Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 As long as they don't take out the infamous "sad and pathetic" ship, I think anything's OK. (That was Dutch Wonderland, right?)
BarryH Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 RIP Sky Princess (at last the name). But if they change the name of the Lady Gay tugboat, I'm protesting!
Nrthwnd Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 ^ Better than that... Throw a big ole' HISSY FIT!
jackskellington101 Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 The princess became a kingdom. It's not as much as a sex change than a weight gain!
bulldogmom Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 I always thought "Sky Princess" was the worst name ever for a coaster. However, "Kingdom Coaster" is not much better. It seems like whoever names these doesn't have very much imagination or vocabulary.
thrillerman1 Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Sky Princess was a much better name. DuWo should have at least gone with a "Dutch" theme for the name change. Still, it's my fav junior/kiddie/family woodie!
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