http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2008/06/01/fire-destroys-king-kong-and-the-bttf-town-square/ Sat, 05 May 2012 18:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2008/06/01/fire-destroys-king-kong-and-the-bttf-town-square/comment-page-1/#comment-3007 Eros Welker Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:11:48 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=366#comment-3007 <p>They should turn Kong into a Cloverfield ride.  That’d be awesome! </p> They should turn Kong into a Cloverfield ride.  That’d be awesome!

]]> http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2008/06/01/fire-destroys-king-kong-and-the-bttf-town-square/comment-page-1/#comment-3006 junktape Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:59:02 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=366#comment-3006 <p>I was totally ignorant of this yesterday - woke up to the news when my mom called me.  Yes, bergy - most people aren’t saying so, but the original clock tower DID burn down back in the early 90s.  Since then tour guides have never mentioned it.  Over time, they stopped mentioning BTTF at all, and the clock face was removed long ago - I think they propped it up next to the gargoyles in a little photo op section at the end of the tour.  Supposedly the Kong ride was damaged (Good, they should rebuild it entirely - so dated and lame) as well. </p> I was totally ignorant of this yesterday – woke up to the news when my mom called me.  Yes, bergy – most people aren’t saying so, but the original clock tower DID burn down back in the early 90s.  Since then tour guides have never mentioned it.  Over time, they stopped mentioning BTTF at all, and the clock face was removed long ago – I think they propped it up next to the gargoyles in a little photo op section at the end of the tour.  Supposedly the Kong ride was damaged (Good, they should rebuild it entirely – so dated and lame) as well.

]]> http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2008/06/01/fire-destroys-king-kong-and-the-bttf-town-square/comment-page-1/#comment-3005 cybergosh Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:40:38 +0000 http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/test/?p=366#comment-3005 <p>That is so suckish!  BUT - didnt the BTTF courthouse sqaure burn down a while back?  The one that burned yesterday was a rebuild of the original.  So i suppose they will rebuild again for the tour?  King Kong, RIP!  He will be missed.  I say - bring back the old Vintage battlestar tunnel with live cylons!! </p> That is so suckish!  BUT – didnt the BTTF courthouse sqaure burn down a while back?  The one that burned yesterday was a rebuild of the original.  So i suppose they will rebuild again for the tour?  King Kong, RIP!  He will be missed.  I say – bring back the old Vintage battlestar tunnel with live cylons!!

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