Cedar Point dumps criticized Halloween names
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Posted: 08/18/2011
SANDUSKY, Ohio - Officials at amusement park Cedar Point says it will have new names this year for two Halloween attractions that drew complaints from mental health advocates.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, said Cedar Point promoted false stereotypes last Halloween by calling a haunted house "Dr. D. Menteds Asylum for the Criminally Insane" and a musical show "The Edge of Madness: Still Crazy."
CEO Dick Kinzel of parent company Cedar Fair said the haunted house will keep the hospital theme but be renamed. He says Cedar Point doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
A park spokesman says the show will change to "The Edge of Madness: Six Feet Under."
NAMI Ohio chapter executive director Terry Russell says Cedar Point is moving in the right direction.
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