Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks on TV

Upcoming televisions programs related to roller coasters and amusment parks. This list is posted weekly to rec.roller-coaster and rec.parks.theme. The latest listing can be found on the web at http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/rager/coasters/tv.html

Information is from the TV section of http://washingtonpost.com and applies to Washington DC area tv stations. National show information should be accurate. Check local listings for actual date and time of syndicated shows (marked with *).

Key to stations

Note: All times Eastern

1/24 12:00am
 COM (E)
 Movie:Comedy
 National Lampoon's Vacation - The Griswolds and family head by
 station wagon for the California fun park Walley World.

1/24 6:00am*
 WJLA (SYN)
 Children:Educational
 Field Trip - "Universally Losted" Pug and Zero get lost at Universal
 Studios Hollywood.

1/25 8:00pm
 COM (E)
 Movie:Comedy
 National Lampoon's Vacation - The Griswolds and family head by
 station wagon for the California fun park Walley World.

1/26 4:00pm
 COM (E)
 Movie:Comedy
 National Lampoon's Vacation - The Griswolds and family head by
 station wagon for the California fun park Walley World.

1/26 6:05pm
 TBS
 Series:Comedy
 Family Matters - "We're Going to Disney World" The gang goes to Walt
 Disney World for an inventors contest. (Part 1 of 2)

1/26 6:35pm
 TBS
 Series:Comedy
 Family Matters - "We're Going to Disney World" Urkel's alter ego must
 tell Myra he plans to marry Laura. (Part 2 of 2)

1/27 7:00pm
 NICK (E)
 Children:Animated 
 Doug - "Doug's Halloween Adventure" Doug and Skeeter abandon
 trick-or-treat for a scary amusement-park ride.

1/28 8:00pm
 DSC (E)
 Special:Documentary
 Extreme Rides - The thrill of fear; why people pursue extreme
 experiences.

1/28 11:00pm
 DSC (E)
 Special:Documentary
 Extreme Rides - The thrill of fear; why people pursue extreme
 experiences.

1/31 9:00am
 COM (E)
 Movie:Comedy
 National Lampoon's Vacation - The Griswolds and family head by
 station wagon for the California fun park Walley World.

1/31 2:00pm
 TLC
 Special:Documentary
 Thrill Rides/Future Cars - Theme parks.

2/1 12:30pm
 TMC (E)
 Movie:Science Fiction
 Futureworld - (1976,PG) Reporters learn the director of a
 space-flight theme park plans to replace world leaders with robots.

2/1 9:00pm
 FAM (E)
 Movie:Comedy
 National Lampoon's Vacation - The Griswolds and family head by
 station wagon for the California fun park Walley World.

2/3 4:35am
 DISN (E)
 Special:Travel
 Follow Us ... to Walt Disney World - An introduction to the Magic
 Kingdom, EPCOT Center and the resort facilities of Walt Disney World
 in Orlando.

2/4 6:30pm*
 WBDC (SYN)
 Series:Comedy
 Boy Meets World - "The Happiest Show on Earth" Topanga mistakes
 Cory's reason for following her to Disney World.

*Syndicated Program: Check local listings for date, time, and station.


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