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Hmm...they do like to theme their rides after Paramount films, so I'm keeping that in mind while thinking of a name they could use. "War of the Worlds" was a [extremely successful] Paramount film and would make sense near FoF. Just a thought.

SOB is higher and faster, but The Beast is out in the woods...isolated from the rest of the park. Riding it at night is majorly creepy, especially on the second lift! SOB has a very predictable layout; it's a good coaster, but no woodies (in my opinion) compare to The Beast. It's almost four minutes long; that's another reason people like it better than SOB, too, I'll wager.

You don't see it because you happen to prefer Millennium Force, which is perfectly acceptable. Things like Millennium Force...well, you wait in a boring line for up to several hours and then ride a ride just because it's fast and high...that's all right. That's how thrill rides were designed. Other types of people don't like waiting in a typical queuing area and riding a ride that's just high and fast. Sure, they want it to be all of that, but they want an EXPERIENCE as well. Bigger and faster things come along and the rides that USED to be the biggest and fastest get forgotten along the way. What you remember better are the experiences you have on certain rides. You'll think about Millennium Force in twenty years and you'll remember, "Oh, I waited in line for like, two hours, but I don't remember the ride that well." Whereas other rides have certain memorable qualities...theming. FoF has the UFO you walk into; that's something you're going to remember and think, "Wow, that was pretty cool." Same with the helicopter in IJ:ST. It's perfectly fine that those aren't the type of rides you enjoy, but surely you can see why others like them?

I know that a lot of people disagree with this, but just as we have the right to clean air, smokers have a right to smoke. Cigarettes are legal... If a smoker actually thought about it, they're being discriminated against as well. I always thought they were being 'insensitive' by smoking around me. Now I think that telling them they can't smoke is just as insensitive because it's legal and they're uh addicted.

NO! Please tell me that the park is not going to be really crowded Wednesday because of this! I wanted to ride IJ:ST! Is it going to draw a LOT of people to the park that wouldn't normally be there?

Fourth of July sounds fun!

Son of Beast isn't rough. The Beast is ten times worse in my opinion; I pulled muscles in my neck and shoulder when I rode it in 2002. I still ride it, but I'm very wary when going into the double helix finale. I've ridden about everywhere on Son of Beast, and it's never really bothered me. I heard from a friend who's 6'4" that it's a lot rougher for taller people; I'm 5'6", and it doesn't bother me at all, so who knows?

I think Top Gun is a good ride, though a little shorter than I would like. Whenever I've been at the park, there's not been more than a two / three minute wait for the ride, so I've ridden it eight plus times every trip...it does annoy me that I have to walk all the way up that exit path then back down the entrance. Last time, my cousin and I kept running back to it though - we were trying to ride it ten times in an hour...we only got 6, I think. But the idea you had to rebuild Top Gun sounds like a good one. More themed; a little more than just a big hill and a launch. THAT'S what coaster enthusiasts need!

I saw some pics and reviews on Kingda Ka and I will probably head up there to ride it...it does just look like a taller TTD with a bunny hop, though. Why don't they make a big coaster like TTD and Kingda Ka that actually does something more...I don't know, a couple of loops to slow it down instead of a bunny hill, some nice theming, a track beyond the huge first hill...sure it would cost money, but it would draw loads of people to the park. Especially coaster enthusiasts looking for something more. That kind of thing looks FUN, but it's just not enough in my opinion...

Oh, I see now. That definitely cleared that up! Thanks!

I have noticed some mention of tickets in reference to IJ:ST...I am a bit confused by this. I've not been to the park yet; I'm going next week. I planned on riding IJ:ST, though. What is this talk of tickets? Do you have to buy tickets to ride it, or what? Thanks

I waited around an hour and a half to ride TR:TR when it first opened. I didn't even know what in the world it was or what it did, but I rode it. Great ride. I think it was worth the wait.

I've only been to one other Paramount park, and it really stunk. It wasn't near as great as PKI. Then again, what could be as great as PKI?

Well, everywhere has its stories about people who've died there and still haunt the place. A lot of the time it's just stuff that people make up, but I think that Tower Johnny might actually still be at the Park...

Last year, I rode the Flight of Fear a couple of times. There was this girl running it, and she didn't really say much... She gave a thumbs up to the front seat, a thumbs up to the back seat, turned her thumb sideways and gave thumbs up to everyone in the train that way --------------------------> Then turned her thumb the other way and gave everyone thumbs up the other way: <------------------------ And the only word she uttered was. "Clear", in this almost robot-like voice. While waiting in line, it was kind of amusing. We kept going "Clear...Clear" and mimicking her because, you know it's a long wait and there's nothing else to do when you're up that far. The video's behind you, all you have is a pretty long wait ahead of you.

The Racer too shaky? Well, compared to The Beast, it's a smooth ride. The Beast jars you half to death, but it's still the greatest. I don't think there's any comparison. I heard good things about SDATHC, but I never rode it. My whole family rode it except me because I'm kind of claustrophobic in Haunted House like settings.

Oh man. That just kind of depresses me. I live in KY, two hours away from the park...maybe two and a half and we left (my mother and I) at 4:30 in the morning and didn't make it. We'd been there a bunch of times before, but missed a turn and didn't realise it until about 45 miles down the road. That delayed us a bit. We were about half an hour off, and when we were almost there, my mom decided we just shouldn't go because it would be sad when we got there and everyone was already gone. I was so bummed out. I had the form and everything.

My friend who was sitting next to me on The Beast was the one who pointed the eyes out. It was on the second lift hill I do believe. She said "Sara, what's that?!" and was looking to her left, so I looked over and there were these glowing red things. It was really creepy. When we got off the ride, the other friends who were sitting behind us were like "Did you see those eyes? I'll bet it was Tower Johnny!" I'd heard about him before, but had no idea that there was any connection between him and The Beast. I never heard about The Racer Boy. I did hear about a little girl ghost in the line for White Water Canyon. Muffled crying and sightings. The red eyes in the fountain...I'd like to see that. It sounds interesting.

I was just wondering what your thoughts were on Tower Johnny and other hauntings at the park? I rode The Beast one night, and three or four of us saw red things that looked like eyes. Sure, they could have been lights...in fact they most likely were. The thing is, we'd heard stories before that they were Tower Johnny. I also heard that the cables are in a shed behind The Beast? Maybe? What of the little girl on that one ride? My friend swears up and down that he heard her laughing.

My top ten list would have to look something like this: 10. Top Gun 9. Tomb Raider : The Ride 8. Congo River Falls 7. Viking Fury 6. The Racer 5. The Vortex 4. Face / Off 3. Son of Beast 2. Flight of Fear 1. The Beast

Last year, I went to the park with my friends on the red shirt gay day thing. I didn't know it was that day, and my friends who are twins were both wearing red shirts. I'm not homophobic at all, but there were some comments since they were walking together and were identical twins and all. I didn't think that was very nice. However, I do think that I'll go to the Pride night in September because it's near my birthday. Do you all advertise for the red shirt gay/lesbian day? My friends and I had no idea about it, but the park was very uncrowded. I found that unusual. It was a good day though. Not horribly hot.

Personally, I'm for Halloweentown. They need some scary rides, and were they to make a ride based on the Paramount film Sleepy Hollow, that would be a great place to put it.

Up until this year, the longest wait was 45 minutes for Tomb Raider: The Ride. This year, I had to wait an hour to ride Flight of Fear. That seemed like forever. I always go on weekdays though. It's never really that crowded.

Free Fall ride...a la Drop Zone. That ride is crazy. The first time you ever ride it, when it gets to the top and stops...it's awesome. By the way, when I went this year, Drop Zone didn't seem to be rotating and I didn't ride it because someone told me it was breaking down alot. Now, people have already told me that's a lie, but does it still rotate? It didn't look like it when I was on the Son of Beast.

I put Vekoma. I love their boomerangs.