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One other last thought...the man I'm talking about also worked on the King Kong attractions at Universal, and with parks in Europe, too. His name is Tom, and for as busy as a fellow as he is, he has been very nice to communicate with me over the last several months and discuss this project he was involved in some 35 years ago! He takes a lot of pride in the work he does and is one of the top people in his field. The SDC project came along fairly early in his career and was one of the important attractions he helped develop along with several people that worked on park at the time. I worked with a fellow "Junior" named Deleslie Koogler, we went to high school in Branson together, and even shared a locker. His dad, Gerald, was one of the men on park that designed the look of the park in the mid-70's and early 80's. Alot of the design of the diving bell and the area around it was his work. He left SDC in the early 80s, but his influence in the look and style of the park lives on...you see it everytime you walk around the park. He was a nice man, too. Don't know what he's been up to in recent years.

my father has retired and doing just fine