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Barry Braverman (Senior Vice President, Executive Producer) and Mark Sumner (Ride
Engineering) accepted the award given to Soarin' Over California.
Irish dancers from Busch Gardens entertain the crowd with an impressive performance.
Jeff Henry (Project Designer/Manager) gave one of the most touching speeches of the night,
talking about his love for floating in a river and how Schlitterbahn was conceived and
designed. You could tell that this awesome water park was a project that was near and dear
to him.
Kayaking at Schlitterbahn
Wing Chao (Executive Vice President: Master Planning: Architecture and Design) destroys
the podium with fists of fury. Okay, not really. He accepted the award for Disney's Animal
Kingdom Lodge with what was perhaps the funniest speech of the evening. With references to
Jackie Chan, hopes for discounts at The Gap, and thanking the animals, he got quite a few
laughs.
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