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Amusement Park Fun

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CALGARY (CP) — John
McAfee. gazed around his
$25-million amusement
park, showing all the pride
ofa father towards Ms new-
born baby,

The official opening | near
_Calgary.of Calaway. Park,
“albert’s answer -.to
Disneyland, WAS, acheduled
for Sat., June 26 and McAfes
frowned, adding:

totally turned. of by this
facility."

There are a few who don't
" goin for rollercoasters,’ log
slides, haunted hotsés and
garishly-painted -Fred

Filntstone villages amack
up against thé scenic Rocky
_ develop so they: hide what

Mountain foothills. -

One of them is Mary Luzi,
who first lost a battle to stop
_ the amusement . park

altogether and -then lost in.
~~her bid to ban _MaAfee’s 31-
’ metre-+high “rollercoaster. 7
certainly - an

"It's
eyesore,". Lusi gaid in a
telephone Interview. “Our

. back windows look’ right at.
it. ih

MeAfee, a former. Red
Deer, Alta.,. lawyer, ad-
mitted “if Llived a half mile -

7 “Fun at Calaway Amusément Park. -

“Some.
people. are: going to “be

away from thissite ... and 1
was sitting there looking at
this corks¢rew roller-
coaster, rd be unhappy

- too.”

“He has. palnted the . §3-
milion. structure, including
its two upside-down loops, in
brown earth tones to blend
in with the foothills, .

Lunt is grateful but can't

“help: asking: | “What. does

that do when there are still
purple and.red roofs, along

"with oranges, ‘yellows and

a blues?" -
 MeAfee has urged, her to
~ be patient; to walt until the

thousands of dollars worth

‘ of trees, bushes and land--

acaping have e chance to

she doesn't like..

' There were. “other
residents, he said, who
believed: his development

‘plang called for nothing
‘more than “taking a field,

paving.a strip and sticking a

‘midway in there.” -
'; But McAfee sald most -
. have been- won over since

then bythe ponds,. water-
falls, suapension bridges
and inlaid-brick walkways
on the 2+-hectare site.

. Vvestors

“Yes, there are unhappy
people, And yes, I'll never
be able to make all of them
happy. -But I think @ lot of

_them are resigned to the

factit's here and they are ai
feast pleased. with. the
quality _ of the develop-
ment,” *

Mcafee suid the quality of =

about 400 large-scale

amusement parks in: the:

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United’ States, . plus
Canada’s Wonderland north
of Toronto have helped.
them achieve success as all- .
round, family aitractions.

“They're alot more than.
hast a midway: anda few:

rides." .

McAfee and ‘15 othe® | in’ —
from Alberta,
‘British Columbia

ago by paying: Hanna- .
Productions ~

Barbara
$500,000 for the rights to

Fred Flintstone and’ other -

Bedrock City cartoon
characters, or.

The characters provide -

one of two: themes for
everything at Calaway. The

other facilities concentrate :
on a Victorian motif.

$11.95 to get into the: park, ‘
almost

attractions. The one-price- ©

_for-all. system -has. eeved :

‘See

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ts free |.
except. for food outlets,.. ff
games where prizes can be. -

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