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Author Message   Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 446 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 08:35 pm:    Just saw a show on the travel channel about Bush Gardens Orlando. They were showing a new safari-type ride and will be using Land Rovers! Apparently they will be doing water fording through the croc exhibit, and a Mundo/Maya Camel Trophy-style water crossing on an inflated raft. Looks cool. Anybody else see this?   Perrone Ford (Perroneford) Member Username: Perroneford Post Number: 147 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 09:14 pm:    This ride opened over a year ago. And they had an accident in the first week with it. Made the news here in FL. -P   Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 165 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 10:26 pm:    what kind of "accident" was this?   Jim Murphy (Murph) New Member Username: Murph Post Number: 36 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 03:08 am:    They are using extended Defenders 110s (stretched to 147). http://www.rhinorally.com They flipped one of them on to it's side, injuring two people. http://www.sptimes.com/News/062701/TampaBay/Rhino_Rally_accident_.shtml   Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 124 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 05:37 am:      Perrone Ford (Perroneford) Member Username: Perroneford Post Number: 148 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 03:18 pm:    That's just WRONG! What the article failed to mention (out of political correctness) was that the tip-over was during a weight-watchers convention at the park, and the ride was overloaded. No, I am not kidding. -P   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 644 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 03:35 pm:    are you serious??? that is funny as hell On a related note I was in a computer lab at LSU this afternoon and there was this guy a few seats down, he must have weighted 400 lbs... Anyway this guy was sitting there typing w/ two fingers and everytime he would start typing he would start breathing noticably harder like he was over exerting himself. It was quite pathetic to say the least.   Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 594 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 03:42 pm:    I start breathing hard when I see a 110 drive by...   C. Fisher (Netter) Member Username: Netter Post Number: 45 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 06:32 pm:    Alan, Easy there big fella!