SlimCoasterRider Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Check out the link for the full story. http://rjr10036.typepad.com/proceed_at_your_own_risk/2006/04/the_utopiaasia_.html "MALAYSIA TO HOST FIRST ALL GAY THEME PARK The Utopia-Asia Gay News Service reports that plans to open Tongziland, the world's first homosexual theme park, have been given the green light by Malaysian authorities. Scheduled to open in 2009, the adults-only amusement park will rise in Johor Bahru, in view of neighboring Singapore. Spokesperson Tang En Chee of Same Joy PTE, Ltd., the Malaysian/Hong Kong joint venture which is funding the project, says that government licensing has been granted to transform a 120,000 square meter area of landfill into a full-featured, world class recreation and entertainment tourist attraction. Local businesses hope the park will attract the lucrative pink dollar from affluent gay travelers from around the region and Australia. Malaysian tourism spokesman, Datuk Ibrahim Ali, citing the success of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras which has become Australia's leading tourist attraction, said, "We are excited and already planning to offer a special shuttle service from Singapore for tourists who would enjoy spending the day at the gay park and an evening or two in our gay-friendly hotels here in Johor Bahru." Organizers have been working closely with the government to revise Malaysia's colonial-era anti-sodomy laws to permit homosexual social interaction within the park's boundaries. A Malaysian Health Ministry "Safer Sex Tourism Kit" with a map of Malaysia's other gay attractions will be developed to emphasize that the nation has "a lot more than just a gay theme park" to offer homosexuals on a daily basis. Preliminary designs for the park call for an authentic Chinese dynastic palace throne room populated by animatronic figures of famous gay Emperors and their favorites, a branch of Osaka's Takarazaku all-female theatrical extravaganza, a Thai-themed sports complex with transgender kick-boxing arena and Iron Ladies volleyball court, Cinderfella's Enchanted Castle sauna, an Old West themed Lesbian Round-up, and the 10-story tall Tower of Pride with rotating disco and high-powered lasers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCoasterny Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Check out the link for the full story. http://rjr10036.typepad.com/proceed_at_your_own_risk/2006/04/the_utopiaasia_.html "MALAYSIA TO HOST FIRST ALL GAY THEME PARK [blah...blah...blah...] Nice April Fools Joke... Just like the one where a 13 roller coaster amusement park coming to Wiscosin. I knew it was a joke when it said the park would take up 780 square feet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Wow. There's only one word that comes to mind. Overkill. Or is that two words. I don't care. It's overkill no matter how you spin it. -De"proud homo, but not that proud"ejay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mboy81 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Wow, my friends and I TOTALLY had this idea when we were in Vegas. It would be attached to a gay-themed hotel. I do admit, it is QUITE over-the-top. The "Tower of Pride" cracks me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imhotep Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 ....the 10-story tall Tower of Pride with rotating disco and high-powered lasers." Hmmm.. I was thinking a Tower of Terror Clone, except instead of elevators there is closets.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J man Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 That sounds kinda... gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 That sounds kinda.... suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 If San Francisco had the room (Alcatraz?!?!?), that would be the ideal place for a homo park! It's already ghey mecca, would be a huge hit with all the local mo's and tourist alike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxo Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Photoshop contest!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougr Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Photoshop contest!! Got this one from Southparkstudios.com Big gay Al's Big Gay Boatride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Man, hate to be all serious but I'm wondering how exactly a gay theme park would even work. A park catered to such a small proportion of the population? Where's the money in that? If such a park opened, I'd bet more than half the people there would be straight. Hell, I'd go just for the credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklingscribe Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 If San Francisco had the room (Alcatraz?!?!?), that would be the ideal place for a homo park! It's already ghey mecca, would be a huge hit with all the local mo's and tourist alike! Treasure Island is the part of SF that Would be most likely made into an amusement park. I think Disney once looked at it to see if it would be possible but decided against it (the Bay Bridge already has huge traffic problems as it is without the help of a Theme park). http://maps.google.com/?ll=37.82026,-122.366323&spn=0.026951,0.040212&t=k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulosthejackal Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Do you think they will have a 'Camp' ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leekak Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Thats a Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mboy81 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I'm sure you wouldn't HAVE to be gay to go there, and it's not like you wouldn't understand what the place was all about if you weren't gay. It's kinda along the lines of a Dollywood or Silver Dollar City: celebrating a way of life, with their struggles and triumphs. Think about the hundreds of thousands (probably close to over a million or so) of people that attend pride celebrations around the globe. I would think of it as an extended Pride festival. Hopefully, with rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Would definitely have to have a Shaft of Terror and a Tower of Power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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