Stargate theme park (not what you think)

[Qasim]

http://www.ameinfo.com/67833.html

Dubai-based development company, Osus, is investing $ 54.5m in Stargate, a new theme park located at Zabeel Park. Stargate is a high-tech family entertainment centre themed in the form of a spaceship, which covers an area of 260,000 sqft. Zabeel Park is being developed by Dubai Municipality.

[SierraGulf1]

Nothing to do with our favorite show?

A Stargate themed theme park would be excellent.

[Qasim]

Unfortunatlely nothing to do with SG but if you read this report (more thorough than the first one - there are some things which strike a chord) - http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/189166

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

Never been to it, but I would like to.

[N8ball88]

Nothing to do with our favorite show?

A Stargate themed theme park would be excellent.

They should at least make a Stargate ride at Universal Studios, or someplace like that.

[kirmit]

Stargate shuld really copywrite the name, it just get's confusing. Also there is already a stargate ride sumwhere tho I hear it aint that good.

[the fifth man]

Not based on "our" Stargate! I'm appalled and outraged (not too much though). If there was a "real" stargate theme park, I would definitely go there. That would be fracking sweet!!

[immhotep]

someone should try and design one of rollarcoaster tycoon or something like that, you could do a stargate shaped rollar coaster and the paths mark out the outlike of atlantis.

[Calicto]

There's a Stargate 3000 ride in which you run away from some angry Egyptian goddess.

Apparently, its crap

[Qasim]

Wheres that?

[the fifth man]

Wheres that?

Yeah, I'm curious too. Just for giggles.

[SmallTimePerson]

imagine having one of those pilot training things that does simulations of stargate space ships. Or having a PC game similar to allegiance- free, web based and has pretty good graphics/servers

[SilverRider]

Or how about flying the X-303? (virtually of course) And see how many hal'tek's you destroy

[SmallTimePerson]

Or how about flying the X-303? (virtually of course) And see how many hal'tek's you destroy

thats kinda what allegiance is.

[SilverRider]

thats kinda what allegiance is.

You mean the idea is already taken??




D'oh



*goes off to the thunk threads* Where's Major DAVIS"S!!!!!!

[Eoin]

I'd be the first one at the gate the day it opened

[knocknashee]

Wheres that?

Germany...

[Space Cadette]

The existing Stargate ride is called "Stargate SG 3000." It's a simulator type ride. A google search will tell you more about it (apparently people are not particularly impressed ). In addition to Germany, where it originally opened, Six flags opened it at several theme parks in the USA.

Six Flags Marine World (Vallejo, Calif.)
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom (Louisville, Ky.)
Six Flags Great America (Chicago)

I'd check before you run off to buy your tickets, though, to make sure the ride's still there!

[Miz_Gatez]

There's a Stargate 3000 ride in which you run away from some angry Egyptian goddess.

Apparently, its crap

It is totally crap.

It was ok for the moment, but gawd...they couldn't even get the characters right.

Aphosis had a major son and his name was Klorel, not a daughter.

(Hammond looked craptastically ugly, too).

The sound effects were awesome.

But the layout that was supposed to be the "SGC" was horrible (it didn't look anything likes the halls of the SGC, it had vines & a jungle-y look to it. Nothing remotely related).

And at the end, the pod you're supposed to be in from the viewer's POV forgot where the Stargate was and nearly got blown up half a dozen times (on SG-1 they'd have put someone near the 'Gate, right? To guard it? Seriously..).

Utterly FUBAR. Give Aphosis and Hammond new names and it could've been any unbaised SciFi thing.

[startrekempress]

There's a Stargate 3000 ride in which you run away from some angry Egyptian goddess.

Apparently, its crap

It is not. I rode it three times when our physics class went to the theme park near us. It was so cool . . . it really felt like going through a wormhole!

(That was the Six Flags in Gurnee, Illinois (Great America, the one with Raging Bull ) if anyone's interested. )

~Sarah