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Industry => Industry News => Topic started by: GADVwow on January 01, 2011, 07:42:45 PM

Title: IOA Ripsaw Falls Fire
Post by: GADVwow on January 01, 2011, 07:42:45 PM

Now out...everyone safe, ride damaged, island evacuated...

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-fire-universal-ripsaw-falls-20110101,0,1864887.story (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-fire-universal-ripsaw-falls-20110101,0,1864887.story)

Title: Re: IOA Ripsaw Falls Fire
Post by: GADVwow on January 01, 2011, 10:01:32 PM

CNN says the ride is closed indefinitely...which is what I would suspect:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/01/universal.ride.fire/index.html?eref=rss_topstories (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/01/universal.ride.fire/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)

No way would NBC Universal reopen the ride until they can be sure of what happened and that the ride is safe...plus the true extent of the damage may not even yet be known.

Title: Re: IOA Ripsaw Falls Fire
Post by: nitrorox1414 on January 03, 2011, 01:18:15 AM

OMG i love this ride. this is awful!