Shocking news is going around the theme park industry as Disney announced last night that Pleasure Island would be permanently closing on September 27th.  Pleasure Island is a section of Downtown Disney where 6 clubs are located: Mannequins, 8 Trax, BET Soundstage, Motion, Comedy Warehouse and The Adventure’s Club.  All will be closed and there will be a new concept added based on guest feedback.

First, let me say it is good to be back blogging on RexandtheBeast.com.  I have had a crazy beginning of Summer 2008, which has kept me from being as on top of my blogs as I would like to be. 
As the Beast mentioned, I just got back from Salt Lake City where I (along with my 9 teammates) represented Denver in the LQ West Regionals.  LQ is a laser tag game that the Beast and I got into in Nashville when we both lived there (the Beast and I played east regionals one year on the Nashville LQ team). 

I have just called Six Flags St. Louis to confirm that Robbie Knievel will be jumping on July 3rd.  Sure enough, he will be jumping on July 3rd at 1:30 pm in the parking lot.  I have also confirmed that he will be jumping 25 Dodge cars during the event.  What is a mystery is why Six Flags is not promoting the jump on their website, newsletter, etc.

I will keep you posted.

Hey guys, just letting you know that Rex is currently playing for the Denver, CO Laser Quest team at the regional tournament in Utah.  If they qualify, which they should, he will be on his way to the national tournament later this year.  You just never know what Rex and the Beast are getting themselves into!

A RexandtheBeast.com fan was nice enough to send in his own mini-review of the Dark Knight Coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure. The Dark Knight coaster is an indoor "dark ride" coaster that has had quite a bit of anticipation up to its May 15th, 2008 opening.

Mark writes to Rex and the Beast and says "It was themed ok, but the ride was a big
disappointment. For a Dark ride, you could see the ride the whole time. It
is just a lame wild mouse ride."

Rumor has it the Robbie Knievel might be planning a jump at Six Flags St. Louis for the grand opening of their new roller coast "Evel Knivel."  This would be the 3rd jump Robbie has made in a very short amount of time, jumping 24 Coke Zero Trucks at Kings Island followed by 21 Hummers at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Rest assured my friends, if Robbie Knievel is jumping at the opening of the coaster, RexandtheBeast.com will be there!  More info coming soon.

You can now view our recent trip video to Elitch Gardens by clicking right here.

Audio Journeys with Rex and the Beast podcast #10 is now available.  We discuss our recent trip to Elitch Gardens in Denver, CO.

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After what appeared to be a "moving forward" series of events for Bible Park USA in Rurtherford County, TN, the local residents voted against the park's construction.  Read all about it here.