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^Thanks for posting that, that is awesome. Does anyone know if the PGA theming deteriorated as bad as Kings Island's.

Note that in that article there is no such thing as the F-14 Phantom, its the F-14 Tomcat that was featured in the film and at the time was the Navy's primary fighter aircraft. Them saying the "Phantom" twice makes me wonder if they really though the movie feature F-4 Phantom's considering Kings Island's Top Gun has that big image of an F-4 Phantom behind its station. (In the billboard before the queue line they have F-15 Eagles flying above an aircraft carrier, the F-15 Eagle was primarily used by the Air Force and the carrier variant version never made it past the design phases.

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^ Yeah, you are probably correct. Only a loser enthusiast would think about hacking a website just to change the name of a ride. ;)

Afterburner is a decent name. But "The All American Coaster"? I am having a hard time associating the two.

"All American Coaster" sounds like that reject from the movie "Sky High".

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Or maybe they wanted to change the name to Afterburn but maybe they already park maps, t-shirts, and ride signage already made up for Flight Deck, so instead of having to re do everything and waste money, they decided the quick and easy fix would be just rename it back to Flight Deck? I have no idea, just a thought.

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I e-mailed CGA and asked why the change in the name again. Here is there reply.

Thank you for your interest in California's Great America. The name change from Flight Deck to Afterburn on our web site was a mishaps by our web designer. The ride name Afterburn is the new name for Carowinds ' Top Gun. At all the other Top Gun parks the name will be changing to Flight Deck. We hope this information helps you and we hope to entertain you in near future.

Sincerely,

California's Great America

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.....so why does ONE park get a different name for Top Gun, while the others stick with the same Flight Deck name? If it's to make clone-ish type rides seem different from one park to the next, then they need to rename at least ONE more Top Gun from Flight Deck to something else.

Which doesn't make sense, because, as of now, there are three Backlot Stunt Coasters and two Crypts in the ex-Paramount Parks.

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I e-mailed CGA and asked why the change in the name again. Here is there reply.

Thank you for your interest in California's Great America. The name change from Flight Deck to Afterburn on our web site was a mishaps by our web designer. The ride name Afterburn is the new name for Carowinds ' Top Gun. At all the other Top Gun parks the name will be changing to Flight Deck. We hope this information helps you and we hope to entertain you in near future.

Sincerely,

California's Great America

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Meanwhile, they tell ThrillNetwork.com another version:

....Jim understood the confusion surrounding the renaming of Top Gun, but told reporter Kyle L that the park had chosen to stick with "Flight Deck" from day one. The Flight Deck/Afterburn confusion is a result of other parks trying to decide what to name their coasters previously named "Top Gun".
[punctuation as in the original]

http://www.thrillnetwork.com/stories_view....n_redecked.html

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