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Joe said:
I would point out there is a difference between citing reasons behind the coaster's new name, and citing reasons for renaming the coaster in the first place. The park gave ACE and the coaster's opening year as reasons for choosing Racer 75 as the new name, but they gave no reason for why they saw the need to change Rebel Yell's name to begin with.

I'm not complaining or defending here- just stating my observations.
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To clear up a bit here (I think this was in response to mine and a few others that said similar things): I’m not trying to imply that ACE is why they changed the name. If they want to be vague with what lead them to change the name, I’m fine with that. They don’t need to justify something like that IMO.

It’s saying ACE and the opening year is why they chose Racer75. Personally I feel like they wanted something non-controversial to be the name. But that point, if they wanted to, couldn’t they say the point of this was to run side by side as a reaching coaster and they are bringing that back, so they wanted the name to reflect that?

Personally with the whole rethemeing of that back corner, I’m interested in how far back it goes into the old candy apple grove. In my concept plan I put separation between the grove and the new back area. If they did that, and Racers entrance stays next to Americana, the name fits to make that area more of a carnival theme. But if not, you got this nice area at the end with all this orchard themeing and names, and then Racer75 as a sore thumb (IMO).
 
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Oh, I totally agree. I'm not sure if I was clear in my earlier post.

My point was supposed to be that "We chose the name Racer 75 to honor ACE" and "We got rid of the name Rebel Yell because it is offensive/outdated/etc." are not mutually exclusive.
 
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If they are going to improve the racing (they did race it much more last year, but only part of the time tried to correct for the unmatched lifts) they could have avoided a lot of noise by going on and saying so.
 
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This is definitely the most detailed and articulate article I have found about the coaster's renaming. http://www.richmond.com/business/local/kings-dominion-renaming-iconic-rebel-yell-roller-coaster/article_5c754b18-61de-51ec-8590-a0a118b5378a.html

It also has the closest thing to an official statement from the park regarding why Rebel Yell was renamed. It's vague, but I think it's a solid and eloquent reason that gets the point across without upsetting anyone.
Richmond Times-Dispatch said:
Asked if Rebel Yell was being dropped because of sensitivities over Confederate iconography and fears of offending visitors, Sherwood said in an email Saturday:

“We’re constantly evaluating elements of the park and we plan updates in existing areas when we invest in new products in the vicinity. Our new multimillion-dollar hybrid coaster, Twisted Timbers, is the centerpiece investment in this section of the Candy Apple Grove area.”
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Richmond Times-Dispatch said:
Asked if Rebel Yell was being dropped because of sensitivities over Confederate iconography and fears of offending visitors, Sherwood said in an email Saturday:

“We’re constantly evaluating elements of the park and we plan updates in existing areas when we invest in new products in the vicinity. Our new multimillion-dollar hybrid coaster, Twisted Timbers, is the centerpiece investment in this section of the Candy Apple Grove area.”
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Yeah...
Read it again...

Finally... because Zimmy... I parsed it in my head... The following is an approximation of said internal dialog.

Okay... There has to be meat here somewhere... CF are full of themselves, but they are not dicks... except when they are... shit...
Let see....
Re-evaluating just means they are thinking about it. yeah no...
Talking about Twisted Timbers is classic redirect.
What about...
Saying it is a investment in Candy Apple Grove is a complete dodge.
Are you fraking kidding me?
That feels more like Palin answer at a debate then an actual answer. Maverick... Hockey Mom... Pew Pew..

Oh... I have blueberry pie... I like blueberry pie... Please Ziggy don't walk on the... and there he goes... oh look a row of semi-colons... What does it mean?

Yeah so this was a complete waste of my time... I really need to go study for the PMP... Fuck it... There are people on the internet that I need to help...
 
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