FLORIDA THEME PARK WON'T OPEN TWISTER.Byline: Daily News This week's ferocious fe·ro·cious adj. 1. Extremely savage; fierce. See Synonyms at cruel. 2. Marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme: ferocious heat. storms that left 39 people dead in Florida have prompted Universal Studios to postpone post·pone tr.v. post·poned, post·pon·ing, post·pones 1. To delay until a future time; put off. See Synonyms at defer1. 2. To place after in importance; subordinate. indefinitely in·def·i·nite adj. Not definite, especially: a. Unclear; vague. b. Lacking precise limits: an indefinite leave of absence. c. the opening of its Twister simulated ride at its theme park in Orlando, Fla. ``We've put it on hold out of respect for the dead and deference to the community,'' spokesman Jim Yeager said Thursday. ``It's a common-sense decision.'' Twister would have given patrons a 15-minute special-effects show with what was billed as the world's largest simulated tornado tornado, dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and where it reaches the earth causes great destruction. . The indoor attraction is designed to handle about 2,000 customers per hour. Universal owns the theme-park rights to ``Twister,'' which was a major success at movie theaters in 1996. Yeager said no specific date has been set for launching the attraction. If Twister is well-received at the Florida park, Universal Studios Hollywood likely would open a version, Yeager said. |
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