Saturday, May 17, 2008

An interview with Security Guard Whitney

While walking around the grounds we passed by a security guard. We asked him some basic questions, pretending to be concert goers who were amazed by this giant thing, zanasomethingorother. Whatever. As our exclusive interview continued, we hinted that we knew more than we originally let on but Whitney never seemed to pick it up. He did provide three pieces of information that we found useful.

1) As is posted in the the snow dome update, the temperature will be 28 degrees year round.

2) There will be and indoor lake, probably at the Cabelas, that will be stocked with fish to try out the fishing gear. We heard the rumors but its nice to get some confirmation.

3) Most importantly, Whitney told us that the delay in opening is due to the addition of an aquarium. We still have not seen an official announcement about the aquarium but this is our second unofficial confirmation (the first being in the reason for the delay in the article posted a few posts early).

Unfortunately, we are not completely sure of the reliability of Whitney. He is only a security guard. Also, he told us that the delay was only 3 months. Does he know something we don't? Did they tell us August 09 so we'd be surprised by the earlier opening? Doubtful. A 3 month delay would put the opening February 09. That doesn't make much sense. August opens Xanadu in time for back to school and then the holiday season.

So what do we take from Whitney? The snow dome being kept at 28 degrees year round makes sense to us. The snow needs to stay frozen and they wouldn't make it unbearably cold. But it is nice to have a solid number. I believe there will be an indoor lake with fish at Cabelas. I read something about that earlier and its something that a Cabelas would have. I just never was able to completely comprehend the awesomeness. And I do think that there will eventually be an aquarium, especially if the biggest obstacle is the aquarium in Camden. Seriously, Camden? However, I am most skeptical about the aquarium. Obviously, there has been no official announcement (we would have a post on it, duh), and it is possible that Whitney was just reporting on the rumor. I just can't see Camden stopping this from happening.

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