Bible theme park to open in the year 2012, where?

[mcctatas]

Germany:wtf:

"The centrepiece will be what the organisers call an "original size" Noah's Ark which is 150 metres (490 feet) long and surrounded by water.

Other attractions will include two roller coasters -- one giving an idea of the Great Flood and another on the theme of heaven and hell -- a miniature version of Biblical-era Israel and a Roman amphitheatre."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080604/ennew_afp/germanyswitzerlandreligionoffbeat_080604162941;_ylt=AruDBKsu8d4b7qtd5b2yIzTKOrgF

I don't think I would get on a ride that was supposed to give an idea of the great flood....

[TygrBright]

1. I'd suggest somewhere in the MidEast? Maybe in the Gaza Strip?

helpfully,
Bright

[ColbertWatcher]

6. They already have Dubailand.

[oberliner]

2. What happened to the one in Tennessee?

Bible Park USA is a one-of-a-kind themed story park that brings the Bible to life through well-loved, familiar stories and ancient historical experiences.

http://www.bibleparkusa.com/facts.html

[mithnanthy]

45. Don't forget The Holy Land Experience in Orlando..

....presenting the blue eyed blond Jesus everyday of the week.

[rwenos]

3. TEXAS *n/t

[AlCzervik]

4. this part here just made me laugh--

" and a mock-up of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus -- also the location for the main shopping mall."


"We would like to transmit the story and the message of the Bible in an active and exciting way, so that many people in our society may have the opportunity to experience up close the most wonderful and fantastic love story of all, the love story of our Creator and Jesus Christ"


Ok what better way to get the transmittal other than shopping! Nothing says Jesus H. Christ more than a retail excursion.

[Fridays Child]

10. Will an actor be hired to periodically throw the money changers out of the mall?

You know, sort of like how those actors stage the shootout at the OK Corral, a couple of times a day, down in Tombstone.

[AlCzervik]

12. Lol!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Monk06]

35. I vote for Mr T. During his Chicago bouncer days he was a champion midget tosser.

[DCKit]

14. In order to make it relevent to their Xian patrons....

The temple will be a WalMart superstore.

[gateley]

5. Aren't they supposed to measure it in cubits? nt

[MrSlayer]

7. If done right, this sort of thing could be cool.

But my bet is that it will not be done right. Man I wish I had the Billions needed to build a great theme resort.

[mcctatas]

9. I would make a life sized smurf village and resort if someone

just gave me the cash;)

[MrSlayer]

15. I was thinking of doing an opposite of Disney.

Focusing on the storybook and historical villians. Like my anti-EPCOT would feature Caligula's Rome, Nazi Germany, Vlad the Impaler's Romania and so on and so forth. Like an entire Horror theme park or resort. Pirateland, Mafialand, Cripville, authentic Deadwood, Heavy Metal Land and Post Nuclear War Land. There is so much dark side stuff that people would pay a bundle to get into. Anyone can do bubblegum and rainbows, I'd like to do the opposite.

[mcctatas]

17. Remind me not to let you build it next to my smurf village...

or all the little smurfs might end up kabobed ala Vlad the Impaler :scared:

[AlCzervik]

24. and you think we wouldn't pay to see that? Please, that's your headliner right there!

[mcctatas]

26. You are a sick and tortured soul....

I like that in a person;)

[oedura]

29. Can the Caligula section have...

...whorehouses? That'd be real neat! :woohoo:

[MrSlayer]

32. Yes, mine would be an "adult" park.

There are more than enough kiddie attractions out there. For the right amount, you too could bang a senator's wife. Heh.

All Hail the great Incitatus!

[LeftishBrit]

41. You have a good business mind!

After all, the most popular exhibition at Madame Tussaud's is the Chamber of Horrors.

[AlCzervik]

11. oh yes, tasteful and theme park often go hand and hand. In the arcade area, and you know

they'll be one, do you think the fill up the balloon with the water gun, will be a balloon holder be a replica of Jesus hand post crucification?

[MrSlayer]

16. Well my idea of "done right" does not necessarily mean tasteful.

I'm sure a whole lot of people would be offended with what I would like to do. But it would be kickass.

[AlCzervik]

20. actually your idea for a park is a good one because it's original and it's the undisney for sure.

not a fan of Disney parks mysef but your place, yeah i'd go.

My idea of a good theme park day is Lego Land.

[Bluebear]

8. Ride the Holy Roller Coaster!

:evilgrin:

[AlCzervik]

13. John The Baptist Flume ride

[Bluebear]

21. The Last Supper Food Court

[AlCzervik]

22. Pontius Pilate Peanut stand, The Virgin Mobile Mary internet cafe.

[SpiralHawk]

38. The Saint Stephen Stoner Cafe

Bong your way to bliss.

[Vickers]

25. omg

:rofl:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

47. Mind your head

n/t

[mcctatas]

23. The Garden of Eden Petting Zoo...

(watch out for the snakes....)

[Bluebear]

34. Whack-An-Apostle on the Midway

[mcctatas]

40. Parting of the red sea water ride....

(you are sooo much better at this than I am;) ) I bow before the snark-master :applause:

:toast:

[Feron]

46. Too much fun has you feeling down?

Stop by the Burning Bush Med Tent for relief.

Other Attractions include:

Savior Tunnel: the Immaculate Conception story is retold in this exicting boat ride.

Dino-walk: Ride dinosaurs just like our ancestors!

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Seriously though wasn't this already done with Heritage U.S.A.?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

48. You must be at least THIS judgemental to ride this ride.

:hi:

[Firespirit]

18. I thought they were all supposed to be gone by 2012.

Damn. :banghead:

So what is the new date for the Rapture?

[cynatnite]

19. Can we have real alcohol at the inn? I want to play with a Roman whip...

Oh, and will there be a Jonah and the big fish ride? I think wallowing around inside the guts of a fish would be fun. I almost forgot...is the Adam and Eve re-creation for kids? Nekidness skeers me.

:rofl:

[muriel_volestrangler]

37. Water first

you have to wait for a miracle to turn it into wine.

[2008]

27. I'd love to visit this place

Maybe it's because my personal view of the Bible is that most of its stories are fantasy and fairy tales, but a roller coaster ride through heaven and hell would be fun.

It seems like there was a video game that was coming out soon where you play as a "believer" and fight the non-believers. Since I don't subscribe to the futurist interpretation of the book of Revelation, pretending to be an evangelical Christian and waging a virtual war against "the damned" wouldn't seem any different than playing Dungeons and Dragons or Grand Theft Auto.

[Djinn]

28. they need to think bigger

there's so much more drama in the Bible (O & NT) why settle for tawdry old rollercoasters...yawn

I want rides that simulate the experience of preparing to kill your own child, being a citizen of Soddom and having fire rain down upon me, being sold into slavery, being offered to foreign soldiers

A real Bible World would beat any Horror Theme Park you could conceive

[newmajority]

30. A roller coaster ride through Hell??

It's gonna be air conditioned, right? Because if it is, it might be kinda fun. As long as it's not one of those log ride things that splashes down into the Lake of Fire or something like that! :evilgrin:

[WCGreen]

31. So I guess if you have too much fun....

You are denounced by one of the walking Jesus guys who roam the park like the Mouse in disney Land...

[and-justice-for-all]

33. Yeah, this is all the world needs...

what a waste of resources.

[provis99]

36. so instead of a mechanical Jaws, you'd have Jonah eaten by a whale?

ick. Though it would be fun to see an actor replicating Samson's collecting 5000 Philistine foreskins as a dowry.

[newmajority]

42. Actually, that was David, not Samson

He was marrying King Saul's daughter. Although there's considerable evidence in the scripture that he was also in a relationship with Saul's son Jonathan.

[timtom]

39. "Bible theme park to open in the year 2012"

This is so embarrassing...

[DFW]

43. They'll get more biz from visiting Americans than they will from religious Germans

It'll probably be a race between the bankruptcy judge and pissed off
Islamic residents to see who closes the place first.

[kitty1]

44. Can you imagine the souvenirs; Pope on a rope etc.....

Let's hope the place at least has reverence and dignity to it, and not the same cheesy kind of merchandise stalls you see in N.A. everywhere.

[Bluebear]

49. "Pope on a rope"

:spray:

[johnaries]

50. They already have one in Orlando.

http://www.theholylandexperience.com/