EUROPE GETS HOLLYWOOD PARK.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer As Hollywood tourism continues to slump due largely to a drop in European visitors, a new theme park touting its Tinseltown magic happens to be opening today in Europe. Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Movie World Madrid is operated and co-owned by Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see . Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags. Inc., operators of Six Flags Magic Mountain Six Flags Magic Mountain is an amusement park located just west of the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 29, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company,[1] in Valencia. It is also partly-owned by Warner Bros. and features not only the studios' movie icons and cartoon characters but also a recreation of the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. ``It's a full family entertainment experience,'' said Deborah Nauser, Six Flags Inc. vice president of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . ``Obviously, we are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. people from Madrid but are hoping to lure the huge tourist market that comes into Madrid from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Netherlands.'' The 625-acre movie theme park includes such rides and attractions as five world-class roller coasters While there have been hundreds of different roller coasters built, there have been just a few that were notable for specific reasons. Some reasons include:
The park is divided into five entertainment themed areas: --Warner Bros. Studios: Designed to give guests the feeling of being on the streets of the real Warner Bros. studio lot with reproductions of sound stages, buildings and facades. It also features shows that are inspired by Warner Bros. films such as ``Lethal Weapon'' and ``Police Academy.'' --Hollywood Boulevard: Represents the well-known street with reproductions of famous Hollywood icons and an exact copy of Grauman's Chinese Theatre  The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. . --Cartoon Village: Guests are made to feel as if they are part of a real cartoon. They will find the famous Looney Tunes and Cartoon Network characters and can visit the homes of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester and Granny. --Super Heroes World: Comic book lovers will be able to walk through Metropolis and Gotham City, the homes of DC Comics superheroes Superheroes are fictional heroes who possess abilities beyond those of normal human beings. Superheroes may also refer to:
--Old West Territory: Designed for fans of old western movies. Six Flags, Inc., runs a total of 38 parks in North America, Europe and Latin America including Six Flags California in Valencia. Six Flags is licensed to use Warner Bros. characters in its parks. There are now three Warner Bros. Movie World theme parks around the world including parks in Australia and in Germany. Nauser said Bugs Bunny and other trademark characters have not been a tough sell in foreign lands. ``It's an appeal that crosses pretty much all boundaries,'' she said. ``They know the characters and they know the movie stars.'' |
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