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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Couples Wed on Water Slide at Six Flags St. Louis

VIDEOS: Four couples say 'Bonzai' with 'I Do's while taking an "Xtreme plunge" from six stories high to get married Thursday morning at Six Flags St. Louis—each ceremony took 7 seconds on a debuting body water slide!

Thursday morning was the first time Krystal Chavez had been on a water slide; ever. Thursday morning was also her wedding ceremony. Krystal and Gabriel Chavez braved the new Bonzai Pipeline water slide at Six Flags St. Louis to be the very first couple wed Thursday and to christen Six Flags' new addition to Hurricane Harbor in Eureka. The couple from Pevely, MO, won the opportunity in a radio promotion to host their wedding on the new body water slide. They and three other couples could each have 20 guests at the park for their big event. The other three couples reside in St. Louis; Farmington, MO; and Park Hills, MO. Bonzai Pipeline opens to the public this Saturday. Water park guests plummet 40 mph through 290 feet of tubing. Wedding …

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Couples Take 'I Do' Bonzais as Wedding Vows at Six Flags St. Louis

To debut the new Bonzai Pipeline water park slide at Six Flags St. Louis, four couples will take their wedding vows in Eureka Thursday morning before plunging 40 mph through 290 feet of tubing to complete their "I Do"s.

Instead of having rice thrown at them, four St. Louis area couples opted to plunge down a 290-foot body water slide at Six Flags St. Louis as their wedding ceremonies. The weddings will take place Thursday morning at the Eureka-based theme park to help debut Six Flags St. Louis' new addition to its water park:  Bonzai Pipeline, a six-story water slide. The four couples won the privilege to plunge into marriage through local radio promotions. They will exchange wedding vows right before taking what's being deemed "the Xtreme Plunge," as they propel from the Proslide Skybox launching capsules at the top of the slide. After the floor drops from beneath them, the couples will slide through 290 feet of clear tubing at up to 40 mph through a 360…

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