chickenbowl Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 (edited) SPRING HILL, Fla. – Busch Gardens and Walt Disney World are can expect to face even more competition for tourists’ dollars beginning in 2013 as Six Flags announced on Monday its plans to build a theme park on U.S. 19 in Hernando County. Construction will begin in late 2011 on a 218-acre parcel of land on U.S. 19 immedeately north of its intersection with U.S. Highway 50 and Weeki Wachee Springs, company executives announced Monday at the bi-monthly meeting of the Hernando County Tourist Procurement Plan Commission. The theme park company has been floating out rumors of purchasing the land for years and, after some favorable buzz and costly market research, decided to finally take action. “This is a plan probably 20 years in the making,” said Steve Gershaw, the Six Flags director of development for the Southeast. “Our marketing company began putting out feelers for this plan in the community, and I don’t think a lot of people believed it. But after all these years, it’s coming true. Spring Hill is getting a theme park.” Gershaw said the trial balloons began being sent out in the early 1990s, when marketing operatives would go to malls and volunteer at elementary schools to tell women and children — those Gershaw said are most likely to spread untrue and sometimes simply unbelievable rumors — that the theme park would be built locally. The only thing Six Flags was unsure about was where to build. But when some two decades later it appeared the Spring Hill rumor was far more popular than the one first floated about razing Gulf View Square Mall and building there. “Most people would really be amazed at the amount of data we collected simply based on the rumors,” Gersawh said. “We tried to keep our motives mostly under wraps for obvious reasons, but in fact, our campaign was so successful it spawned an entirely new form or market research.” A small crowd of theme-park enthusiasts were present at the meeting, and none appeared more excited about the decision than 8-year-old Joshua Hinton. Hinton said he and his classmates at Challenger K-8 have spent countless lunches discussing their love for rides and even heard many rumblings about the park long before it was announced. “Me and my friends talked about it because but, like, nothing was real,” Hinton said. “But this is awesome because we talked about it, and there’s rollercoasters there. We’re going to go there, and it is going to be crazy.” Other Six Flags parks often incorporate local themes into their design and rides, and the Spring Hill park will be no different, Gershaw said. According to him, the Spring Hill location will have a mermaid-themed log flume ride in which the riders’ feet dangle in water and an inverted rollercoaster where the riders narrowly miss hitting live bears along a stretch of track modeled after Osowaw Boulevard. Six Flags has already begun an aggressive marketing campaign. On Monday, commission members and reporters present were given brochures that not only describe the advantages of Six Flags parks but explicitly discrediting its competition. The brochures handed out at Monday’s meeting depict Busch Gardens’ theme as “based on the racist myth of African savages and perpetuating stereotypes about everything from the way other cultures live to how alligators mate to how beer is made.” The Mouse didn’t get off any easier as one handout described Walt Disney as “Nazi sympathizer who brainwashed millions with his anti-American scribblings and who had himself frozen after his death in hopes of returning after the successful takeover by the a master race.” http://springhillcourier.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/202/ EDIT: This was just a satirical article Edited May 4, 2011 by chickenbowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatle11 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 (edited) The brochures handed out at Monday’s meeting depict Busch Gardens’ theme as “based on the racist myth of African savages and perpetuating stereotypes about everything from the way other cultures live to how alligators mate to how beer is made.” The Mouse didn’t get off any easier as one handout described Walt Disney as “Nazi sympathizer who brainwashed millions with his anti-American scribblings and who had himself frozen after his death in hopes of returning after the successful takeover by the a master race." http://springhillcourier.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/202/ Okay, if this is actually happening, someone needs a freaking punch to the throat. I find it hard to believe that they would be that stupid. Edit: I don't think this article is true. springhillcourier@gmail.com is listed as the writers email address. That doesn't make any sense. Edited May 4, 2011 by beatle11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce532 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 (edited) ^yeah, after reading that I'm starting to think this is just some publicity stunt that Spring Hill is doing. But I don't know what they are trying to get from it by saying that. Edited May 4, 2011 by gforce532 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavethewhales Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 (edited) Can we find a better source? This doesn't look or sound reputable at all. It's just a crappy wordpress site, and you can tell the guy writing it is no professional. Edited May 4, 2011 by Shavethewhales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 May I be the first to say it: SixFlags over Swampland. Please, SixFlags. Get with the program. Invest in the parks you're already neglecting, THEN build a new park. "New for 2014: GATOR BITE: THE RIDE!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatle11 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 This is definitely sounding like crap. Someone should check with Six Flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paiging_jen Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 From the homepage Despite actively searching for pornography, you managed to find the online home of the Spring Hill Courier. We are the leading source of news and information for Florida's Nature Coast and its residents. If you thought this was the a$$hole of the state, read a bit and you will begin to see the Nature Coast as the slightly congested yet livable area a short drive north of the part of Florida that looks like a peni$. This is satire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavethewhales Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Yup, satire. Nothing on Six Flags' press release site: http://www.sixflagsink.com/index.php?s=264 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 Sorry guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I've lived in Florida ever since I was one year old. I've heard so many rumors about Six Flags coming to Florida. Here's another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatle11 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 From the homepage Despite actively searching for pornography, you managed to find the online home of the Spring Hill Courier. We are the leading source of news and information for Florida's Nature Coast and its residents. If you thought this was the a$$hole of the state, read a bit and you will begin to see the Nature Coast as the slightly congested yet livable area a short drive north of the part of Florida that looks like a peni$. This is satire. Never noticed that. So that confirms it. I'm sure Six Flags will be getting some interesting emails/phone calls about this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce532 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Sorry guys! Don't worry. It gave some us twenty seconds of excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.B Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I thought this was fake the first moment I seen it. Although I thought it was funny how everyone on chat was like what the crap, Six flags Spring Hill. Oh well I wish this was real though I guess tht would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebecca06261 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 As a Spring Hill resident, I can tell you this is 100% false. When Weeki Wachee Springs was privately owned (now owned by the FL State Parks) there were brief negotiations with SF although it never went anywhere. I'd love a park closer to home, but it would fail miserably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwgator Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I guess they ran out of things to make up.....posted earlier today: six-flags-confirms-plans-for-spring-hill-park-to-open-in-2018 Even rcdb fell for it as I saw them post it on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Sounds like something from Uncyclopedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 If you didn't believe it already. The CEO wants to burn down politicians house's http://springhillcourier.com/2014/05/30/six-flags-ceo-nothing-can-stop-us-from-coming-to-spring-hill/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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