Spa-musement Park will feature hot spring roller coasters

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Spa-musement Park will feature hot spring roller coasters

It’s a spa. It’s a theme park. It’s a SPA-MUSEMENT PARK.

The mayor of Beppu, Japan posted this bizarre video online, featuring a concept for a new theme park / spa. It would have roller coasters with trains full of spa water. Riders would hop in the car wearing their spa towels. As the trains travel around the tracks, the warm water splashes on other visitors below.

The mayor said if the video received a million views, they would move forward with this concept. According to reports, officials have announced that they are indeed moving ahead with the project and they are asking designers to submit ideas of attractions. Take a look at the video….

How do you go about filling the roller coaster trains with the water? Will it be treated “spa water” or natural hot spring water? How will you get it into the station and refill it, assuming that much of it splashes out of the train during the ride? How do you heat it? These are all questions that need to be answered – by me – when my boss sends me to Japan to cover this very important story!

Behind the scenes of the WGN Morning News Food Drive

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Behind the scenes of the WGN Morning News Food Drive

Today was our third annual WGN Morning News Food Drive. From 5-10 am, so many of our viewers came out to drop off canned goods for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. 1 in 6 people in Cook County turn to their food pantries every year. Over the past few weeks, I’ve learned quite a bit about the Food Depository and how serious of an issue hunger is in our community. It was great to see some many WGN viewers and sponsors turn out. Here are some of the photos and videos I took throughout the morning.

When I took this photo, about 8 thousand pounds of food had been collected. Each one of these bins holds about 1,000 pounds of food!
When I took this photo, about 8 thousand pounds of food had been collected. Each one of these bins holds about 1,000 pounds of food!

Love working with this crew every day.
Love working with this crew every day.
With Ana Belaval and Around Town producer Tom Barnas.
With Ana Belaval and Around Town producer Tom Barnas.
The audio crew does their best to keep all of our microphones organized. Have to make sure we're all on the right channels!
The audio crew does their best to keep all of our microphones organized. Have to make sure we’re all on the right channels!
Spunky Dunkers....the BEST name in donuts!
Spunky Dunkers….the BEST name in donuts!
Love working with this crew every day.
Love working with this crew every day.

Anchor advises viewers to “check your panties”

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Anchor advises viewers to “check your panties”

You spend enough time reading the news on television, something like this is going to happen.

WWBT anchor Eric Phillips was doing his duty reading the TelePrompTer when a story came up about a rice cooker recall. Of course, the standard TV VO would advise the audience to check their pantries, but in a mistake of excellent proportions, another word was there instead.

Enjoy. 😂😂

https://youtu.be/y0xtvNF4Ihk

First look at the new TWIN PEAKS!

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First look at the new TWIN PEAKS!

We haven’t learned much about what is going to happen in the upcoming “Twin Peaks” revival. But today, we got our first look.

Sort of.

Showtime released a new featurette with cast members describing what it was like to get the phone call from producers that this thing was really happening….and just how great of an experience working on the show has been. Absent are Mark Frost and David Lynch, further adding to the mystery. And yes….Jim Belushi is really a part of this thing!

Enjoy.

The Muppets band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem performed LIVE and it was amazing

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The Muppets band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem performed LIVE and it was amazing

It was a groundbreaking moment. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem made their LIVE festival debut over the weekend.

You may know them as the Muppets band. I know them as the creators of that song I listened to over and over and over as a kid. I’m not sure if you can ruin a vinyl record by over-listening, but I put that to the test with “Can You Picture That” from “The Muppet Movie” soundtrack.

Anyways, it took long enough, but the band finally put on a live show at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco. I hope this leads to a bigger tour. Watch the full set below!

Baby elephant meets a kiddie pool for the first time

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Baby elephant meets a kiddie pool for the first time

And now, a baby elephant in a baby pool.

The Dallas Zoo posted this video of its two month-old baby elephant taking its first dip into a kiddie pool. The elephant calf was born to its Mom Mlilo on May 14th. ENJOY…..

Virtual reality roller coasters coming to Six Flags

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Virtual reality roller coasters coming to Six Flags

Yep, that’s right. Six Flags is launching nine virtual reality roller coasters this season.

Coaster riders will put on a virtual reality headset and be transported to “The New Revolution” – a futuristic battle to save Earth from an alien invasion – all while riding an actual coaster. I’ve talked with people who have tried these VR coaster experiences in Europe and they say they are amazing. This will be the first time they’ve been brought to the public in North America. 

Here’s a preview:

Six Flags launches virtual reality roller coasters!Six Flags is launching VIRTUAL REALITY ROLLER COASTERS this season! Excited to try it? Coaster riders will put on a virtual reality headset and be transported to “The New Revolution” – a futuristic battle to save Earth from an alien invasion – all while riding an actual coaster. I’ve talked with people who have tried these VR coaster experiences in Europe and they say they are amazing. This will be the first time they’ve been brought to the public in North America.So where can you try it? Here are a list of parks offering the VR roller coasters this season:- Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, opening March 10 to Season Pass Holders as a special sneak preview- Dare Devil Dive at Six Flags Over Georgia outside of Atlanta, opening March 12 to Season Pass Holders as a special sneak preview- The New Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles, opening March 26 to Season Pass Holders as a special sneak preview- Ninja at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka- Steamin’ Demon at The Great Escape in Lake George, New York- Goliath at La Ronde in MontrealThere will also be three Superman themed VR coasters that will take you through Metropolis. They include… – SUPERMAN Krypton Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio- SUPERMAN The Ride at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts- SUPERMAN Ride of Steel at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, MarylandIt seems like a great way to make an older roller coaster feel like a brand new experience again. As long as it isn’t a nauseating experience. I can’t wait to find out for myself.

Posted by Marcus Leshock on Thursday, March 3, 2016

 

So where can you try it? Here are a list of parks offering the VR roller coasters this season:

– Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, opening March 10 to Season Pass Holders as a special sneak preview
– Dare Devil Dive at Six Flags Over Georgia outside of Atlanta, opening March 12 to Season Pass Holders as a special sneak preview
– The New Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles, opening March 26 to Season Pass Holders as a special sneak preview
– Ninja at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka
– Steamin’ Demon at The Great Escape in Lake George, New York
– Goliath at La Ronde in Montreal

There will also be three Superman themed VR coasters that will take you through Metropolis. They include…

– SUPERMAN Krypton Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio
– SUPERMAN The Ride at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts
– SUPERMAN Ride of Steel at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

It seems like a great way to make an older roller coaster feel like a brand new experience again. As long as it isn’t a nauseating experience – but again, from what I hear that isn’t the case. I can’t wait to find out for myself. More information can be found HERE.

Watch the first Ghostbusters trailer here

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Watch the first Ghostbusters trailer here

It’s been rumored for years. We’ve been teased for months. And now, we finally have a Ghostbusters trailer.

Director Paul Feig unveiled the first look at his reboot with the first full-length Ghostbusters trailer. If you’ve been away from the planet Earth for the past few years, the new film features an all-female Ghostbusting crew, starring Kristin Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

My first instinct is pretty “meh,” but I’ve loved all of Feig’s work and am a big fan of this cast, so hopefully they’re saving the best stuff for the movie. Watch…

LED water slide is the trippiest water park attraction yet

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LED water slide is the trippiest water park attraction yet

I’ve been on all kinds of water slides. Tube slides, drop slides, slides where the floor drops out, tornado slides, giant tube slides that fit what seems like 100 people – but an LED water slide?

I’ve never been on anything like this.

This is the “Black Hole” water slide in Bremerhaven, Germany. Back in 2012, they replaced their old tube slide and added a ton of LED lighting, creating one of the trippiest experiences you are likely to have at a water park anywhere in the world. Take a look…

You can check out more water slide video at tubeslides.de and on their YouTube channel at TubeRides1.

I would say the new cat is making himself right at home

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I would say the new cat is making himself right at home

I would say the new cat is making himself right at home.

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