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  1. Yes Cedar Point Stinks: Camp Snoopy was great, and there timber land coaster was incredible: =============================================== And there log flume they allow all ages on board and there mine ride Very highly themed rides: and Yes my son only 3 we had a full day!!
  2. Well myself and my lovely wife and 3yr old took on Knotts Berry Farm on Saturday, in California, With our great Cedar Fair max pass. Oh what a park, First and foremost I rode Excellirator WOW!!! Very Cool Ride on a 57 chevy blasting you at 80 mph in 2 seconds. Who Say's Cedar Point Cannot theme wow each part of the park is themed, Each part of the park the Workers wear different clothes. The coasters are great, the Camp Snoopy Section is great (the rides have lower capacity than Kings Island(and no kiddie wooden coaster). The shows are great. The log flume (for theming is the best). In a mountain, and you have animatronic characters animals, speed up and slow downs and Just so heavily themed. Very good family ride. And the Mine ride where they take you into a recreated Gold mine wow!!! What a heavily themed ride! The train ride around the park, is incredible cowboys got on and held up the train, and you ride in vintage train rides. Downtown Knotts outside the park is cool, you can go anytime and never pay to get in the park. The ghost town section is a real western town, wow from knives and gun shops, to shows and saloons, to lots of shops incredible. Oh And Knotts has the best (We really mean it ) Funnel cake ever. If you get the chance Please go oh what a park:
  3. 2008- New Motion Ride in the THEATRE in Coney Mall Youre A great Pal Charlie Brown-adventures of snoopy painting to coasters: 2009- New Hotel, on Grounds with early entrance time, A new Camp Ground 2010- Tiques and The Scooters(flying eagles Return) 2011- New Major Coaster near Firehawk 2012- 3 new flats, in Coney Mall, 2 New family water rafting rides in water works , 2nd wave pool: 2013- DOWNTOWN KINGS: A whole downtown area before the entrance to the park: with restraunts memoribilia Kings Island Museum , and shops, lots of food: open from noon-2am daily and a 24 hr dennys:
  4. Feburary 9th-10th We Checked out on 10th. Myself my wife and 3 yr old we had a blast. (we even thought it had more of a theme than boomerang bay. The Family intertube raft was our favorite. My wife liked ( I forget the name, the one that drops you into a toilet. But overall very nice resort welcome addition to Kings Island OHIO. Only Negative the showers/changing areas when you cko are small ( like 3 showers ). Even the Buffet was great!!! and the show at the great clock tower incredible, very disney like. If you get a chance check out the resort:
  5. I had been to the Ghost Town when I was a kid love it! The chair lift there working on is definitely the steepest in the nation(its Incredible for sure!!) The whole park has a great feeling to it. If anyone gets a chance read the article below and Comment on the park , Especially if you've been there! MAGGIE VALLEY  Five years of neglect has taken its toll on Maggie Valley’s famous mountaintop amusement park. Cables that used to lift visitors more than 1,000 feet from the parking lot to the park are worn out and must be replaced. Concession buildings are dilapidated, roofs worn out from exposure to the elements. Many rides appear beat up: paint pealed off, machinery dead, some beyond repair. But Ghost Town’s management and many neighboring businesses are hopeful. As crews work to resurrect the park’s worn-out equipment, local motel owners are already receiving reservations from tourists planning summer trips to the park. “The park has a tremendous reputation,†said Bob Cordier, Ghost Town’s general manager. “I have people call me all the time, saying, ‘I came in the ’60s, I brought my kids in the ’80s, I want to bring my grandkids in the two thousands,†he said. Cordier estimates he has received 30 calls like this since the owners announced Ghost Town’s reopening. Rapid renovations Ghost Town closed in 2002 after 40 years of attracting up to 300,000 visitors a year. An investment firm announced plans last summer to reopen the Western-themed park in May, stirring excitement among many Maggie Valley business owners who depend on tourism to thrive. Cordier said the owners are enacting an ambitious plan to finish renovations early so employees have ample time for training. That gives workers around three months to resurrect a park that looks like a real ghost town. By May 25, the wiring installed in the 1960s throughout the park will be totally replaced, and sections of sunken pavement on the 4,000-foot mountaintop must be reinforced and repaved. Two new rides will be installed  a 100-foot Drop Tower and a family-friendly roller coaster  to replace a few old rides that were sent to the scrap yard. To make sure the park’s ski lift is in perfect working order, Cordier said they brought in the foremost incline expert in the world. He said the Ghost Town lift is the steepest in the nation, ascending at a 77-degree angle in sections, and also a very popular part of the amusement park experience. Cordier said the mild winter so far has been a stroke of good fortune for the renovations, as workers must be shuttled to the job site via a two-mile service road that winds back and forth up the mountain. To encourage the crews toward their final goal, Cordier circulates memos around the job with quotations from the many people who have expressed excitement about the park’s reopening. “We’ve got what I feel are huge expectations to live up to,†he said. Marketing nostalgia Ticket sales have been moderate so far, Cordier said. But, he expects business to pick up once they begin unrolling an aggressive marketing campaign. The park recently hired David King, formerly of the Asheville Tourists baseball team, as director of marketing. King said his first priority is to tap into people’s fond memories of Ghost Town to inspire return visits. “Come relive the history’ is what we’re going to play off of,†King said. He is in the process of developing an educational package for local schools that he says will combine the fun of the amusement park with the history of its Wild West theme. King said they also will target youth groups and tour groups. In former days, King said Ghost Town did little in the way of actual marketing. Since he took the job, he said the Chamber of Commerce and local businesses have been extremely helpful, providing contacts and tips to get the ball rolling. Ghost Town fever Business owners in the valley are also busy preparing for the Ghost Town revival. The Maggie Valley Area Visitors Bureau has received many calls in recent months from people interested in buying property or businesses in the valley, according to the bureau’s director, Lynn Collins. Waynesville contractor Rob Poulin said he actually had to turn down a job at Ghost Town because he was too busy with jobs in Maggie Valley helping prepare for the park’s reopening. “They had called me to look at some work up there … (but) everybody wants to open for May so I couldn’t even go up to Ghost Town and do some work,†Poulin said. When he finished building a rental home in the valley, the owner bought an adjacent lot and hired him to build another home, Poulin said. He said he has done renovation jobs for a number of local hotels, too. The Stoney Creek Motel is already receiving reservations from people planning trips to the park, said Mandy Hartline, the motel’s owner. “People are already getting the Ghost Town fever,†she said. Hartline said her business and many others in Maggie Valley are depending on Ghost Town’s success. “It’s either that or we will be a ghost town.â€Â
  6. Cedar Fair is smart, If you read the whole press release they were sometimes themselves thinking it would be Cedar Point east (but in all accounts its a family park). It will be a great park done right. Everything you read about Cedar Fair is great!!
  7. This is great news the video can be found on cincinnati.com I just watched it WOW! What an addition:
  8. I think some type of theming will stay Correct on the last reply even Cedar Point is theming(and I do believe they got copy rights on there newest coaster). Look at dolly wood too. It does not have to be the magic of the movies but example like the IJST it could be the LA HIGHWAY presented by bmw: Flight of Fear alien encounter: top gun : just name it the Jet coaster etc. etc.: I think theming in some shape and fashion will stay: Maybe not paramount or movies:
  9. The Beast thats the first ride then racers:
  10. Disney? Maybe a new coaster for disney-pixar studios??? Or like the previous post some more shootem up rides:
  11. Coca-Cola : its got to stay We can Only Hope!!
  12. Drop zone was the best: and the remaking of the water park:
  13. On the back of Kings Island past Flight of Fear send a huge metal coaster: the Longest metal in the world it would be suspended, and regular metal coaster both tracks 3 lift hills 3 launches, hugs the terrains, No loops just fun: I would call it ISLAND RUN: and it would be built for the 40th anniversary of Kings Island: Just plain out the longest coaster in the world and fun :
  14. [Nothing wrong with selling naming rights: Infact I know Cedar Point had naming rights on some rides like Snake river falls sponsered by Pepsi: And I see Kings Island doing this to a limited amount, but will happen, I do believe in the past some companies sponsered some ride I think it was white water canyon: =========== The Beast Sponsered by Coca-Cola not bad: as long as they don't go to extemes (example only ITJST now called BMW HIGHWAY ) that would be crazy: or something like top gun being named American Airlines the ride: yeh thats crazy:
  15. We will see a lot of good come out of Cedar Fair: This coming year: For sure: and 2008 I think will be huge for Kings Island 09 at the latest: We will see more family fun rides: a possible hotel and lots of what we like hearing Kings Island: this is like a huge gem in the Cedar Fair network: CIncinnati is lucky a real amusement operator is running the park again. We won't see rides taken out;
  16. Maybe build a new building devoted to Kings Island a ride that last about 15-20 minutes and ride through a building with all the artifacts and history of Coney/Kings Island: with video footage of The Beast, the wild animal habitat's , the scrappy slides, the construction of The Beast: Kings Island deserves this kind of Museum Kings Island has a lot of firsts:
  17. SPRINGFIELD TWP. - Ralph Stricker, owner of Stricker's Grove Amusement Park in Crosby Township, died Friday at his home here after a long illness. He was 79. The amusement park, near Ross, was Mr. Stricker's passion. In 1969, he moved it from its original location in Mount Healthy to its current site on Hamilton-Cleves Road. He built two of the roller coasters - the Tornado and the Teddy Bear - himself, and was the only private individual in the United States to build his own roller coasters. He loved his roller coasters, but didn't ride them, said his wife of nearly 52 years, Nancy Stricker. "He rode them when he built them, then he didn't get back on them," she said. He built several rides at the park, along with generators, a banquet hall and shelters. Mr. Stricker was born and raised in Mount Healthy, son of the late Clara Link and Henry J. Link. He attended Assumption Grade School and graduated from Mount Healthy High School in 1946. After graduating, he built homes in the Mount Healthy area. In 1954, he went to work for Procter & Gamble Co., and went to night school at the Ohio Mechanics Institute to become a licensed stationary engineer. He married Nancy Reynolds in 1955. When the two met, Mr. Stricker was 20, and she was 15. "I thought he was very handsome and very quiet," Mrs. Stricker said. Mr. Stricker was modest about his accomplishments. He had a dry sense of humor, and was always ready to help the less fortunate. He was honored by Cincinnati Magazine as an "Annual Best," and Ohio Magazine recognized the park for high safety standards. Mr. Stricker hosted many picnics for orphanages, schools and P&G retirees at the amusement park. He also hosted the Mount Healthy High School reunions at the park, and was recognized as "Alumni of the Year" for the class of 1946. He retired from P&G in 1990. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Deborah Ziegler and Nancy Lee Stricker; and a brother, Elmer Stricker, all of Cincinnati. Visitation will be 4-9 p.m. today at Stricker's Grove Hall on Ohio 128. Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Church of the Assumption, 7711 Joseph St., Mount Healthy. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in St. Bernard. Neidhard Gillen Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Memorials can be made to Vitas Hospice Care, 11500 North Lake Drive, Suite 400, Cincinnati, OH 45249; or Church of the Assumption Building Fund.
  18. This would be great all the way back to coney island closing and Kings Island opening to its current state even the paramount years . The area would be nice and relaxing and it would have a picture of every ride ever operated at Kings Island , Maybe even some concepts that never got off the board:
  19. tiques flyers flight commander, and cobra OVERALL #1 for sure enchanted voyage:
  20. Expansion I don't think so but bringing it up to a modern day code more accessible etc with elevators. For why just a starbucks make it a starbucks, with a graeters:
  21. Something similar to a fridays' would be great!!!! for 2007 I'm also shocked as popular as Mrs knotts chicken is like 20,000,000 plates being sold so far why they don't expand that concept to other Cedar Fair parks: Also we need restraunts spread out that is for sure: Look at Dolly-wood they spread the food out: We need for 2007 a good buffet a sit down restraunt and then expand in the coming years:
  22. thank-goodness hope to see the sign out front missing paramount soon:
  23. Well it just seems that waterparks are becoming all the rage with the families: Will all water rides soon just be in the water park? Look to Noaha's arc park and they have something like Kings Islands congo falls inside there water park. And there are water parks out there becoming so massively big! Wow might be worth a trip to Louisville this year: love the name though:
  24. yes we need a update on the LOST RIVER: and it could be a true new ride themed like the one at CONEY ISLAND: we also need some very quiet family dark rides: a haunted house yes but less scary side like Haunted mansion disney style: Phantom theatre is so cool. FLATS and a new front entrance FERRIS WHEEL: FOR SURE: MORE SIT DOWN RESTRAUNTS:
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