Scooter4Ever

Anyone think the main reason Cedar Fair switched to Peanuts was because Nick has been selling the rights to anybody willing to pay for it? Mall of America and the former Six Flags New Orleans are just two examples of how Nick will give the characters to anybody. Maybe CF thought it would be best to get rid of a brand that was no longer exclusive and go with something that was unique and different.

Isn't SDatHC on a separate license from Sally Corp? That's why there are Scooby rides at Six Flags St. Louis and Fiesta Texas. I don't think it will be affected by the changing to Peanuts. Also, kids love anyone dressed in big, furry animal costume. Really doesn't matter if it's a character they recognize or not. While Snoopy may not have the same recognition as Spongebob with the little kids, they will more than happy to see a big dog coming their way.

Maybe they're changing the music...and the ride program! How about adding some type of ride at the very least? I rode this poor excuse for a ride last weekend for the first time since opening year of TR. This thing is a waste of time and space. Why even have it in a building anymore? The ride time is extremely short and boring.

Yeah, it's true. I did not see it at first and I was all ready to order but then my family was just standing there with horrified faces and saying "We are not eating here!". It was one lone roach and it could have creeped in from somewhere else but when you see just one one crawling around on the floor of a place you're about to eat in, most people would decide that it's not wise to eat at that place.

I have to add that as I was experiencing the "couldn't give a rat"s **s" ice cream girl, my sister, two cashiers down, had a "delightful" young man waiting on her. When we walked away from the stand and I made a comment about my cashier's short comings, she said her cashier was "delightful". So there were some bright points to our visit. We all enjoyed Diamondback very much and my nephew, who just became tall enough to ride everything, had a great time on the rides. Although he did ask why people were smoking in line and why some girls were almost naked. But as stated before, I got my fill. I'm good for amusement parks for a while.

Funny you should mention this. I flew in from Milwaukee this weekend to visit my family in Columbus and we decided to drive down today and spend the day at Kings Island. There were a few pluses but a whole lot more negatives. The line to buy single day tickets and use tickets was very long but it did move fast. However the major problem was that not a single employee would take the time to explain which line was which and direct people in the right direction. They were all just standing around, avoiding having to talk to any customer. If you're going to stand out front, know what is going on. It's simple. Once in, all the lines moved well. I did see some line jumpers at Diamondback but once I exited, I noticed security really watching the line. My biggest complaint though, and this is not Kings Island fault, was just the "trashiness" of people at the park. So many people just ignored the no smoking in line rule. And something has to be done about the rather large girls wearing bikini tops with half of the breasts falling out. Not attractive. The entire park seemed like a typical crowed at a county fair. No manners or class what so ever. If this is the crowd that Kings Island attracts now, I will be staying away for a while. But there were several problems that the park can control. while about to order at Juke Box cafe, my brother-in-law spotted a rather large ****roach on the floor. Middle of the day and not afraid of people. He's in the restaurant industry and said that when a ****roach of that size can be out during the day, chances are the place is infested. We tried to notify someone behind the counter but a girl just told us there's nothing she can do about it. and honestly we did not want to start a panic by pointing it out to other people in line. We quickly left. And before leaving for the day, my nephew wanted ice cream. We stopped at the Ice Scream Zone. Our cashier/server acted like she couldn't be bothered. As she wiped her nose taking my order, she fixed her hair before getting the cones and just about dropping them as she handed to them to us. I thanked her, thinking that a little kindness might help her with her bad day and didn't even get an acknowledgement. All of this is why i avoid Six Flags Great America. But it appears you can't get away from it. After today, I have had my fill of amusement parks for quite some time.

Actually it would pretty much stop the train. No water will ever touch the coaster. The coaster will not cause the "splashdown". It will go off when the coaster hits a sensor. And why you won't get wet is because getting hit with water when you going approx. 55 mph does not feel good.

When we used to stay at the Kings Island Inn, they had double decker buses that took you from the hotel to the park. I always loved walking up the spiral staircase to the top floor of the bus.

Flight Commander was pretty bad. In the commercial they showed a huge joystick controlling the movements. In reality it was a little knob that just clicked in four different directions. It opened in '90 because I rode it during Grad Night. And the accident happened in the summer of '91 because my roommates from UD wrote me because they were shocked that there were three deaths in one day at the park. And Halle's Comet was located by the entrance to Vortex. The ride was removed when they started construction of The Bat.

We always thought you got wetter on Kings Mill also. We would call KCKC the "big" log ride and Kings Mill the "little" log ride. And yes, I know KCKC didn't have logs. We were kids. Leave us alone. We would always lean away from the turns on KCKC so the boat would hit the sides and splash up water. And on both rides we would always make our dad sit in front so the front of the log/boat would "dip" further down and make a bigger splash. Kid physics. Good times.

Unfortunately heroin is becoming the drug of choice among 15-25 year olds. I have heard several stories of large heroin busts in "nice" suburbs. Judging by the mug shots, they have been using a lot. The dark circles under the eyes are a dead give-away. I would not be surprised if meth was found in the car too. I wonder what started the confrontation between this guy and the security officer?

While moving the rides to the Old Indiana location probably wasn't the best decision Six Flags ever made, not building the park was probably one of the better ones. If this was happening in 2002, Six Flags was already realizing that the Ohio park was tanking and decided not to go through with the Indy park. Plus amusement parks have a limited appeal. While we may all love going, a park needs to grab from a much bigger demographic and population to make it. Indy is a few hours away from Kings Island and Kentucky Kingdom and about 3-1/2 hours from Great America in Chicago/Gurnee. Six Flags probably realized it was going to be an uphill battle and decided it wasn't worth it. Also, starting a park from scratch is almost impossible these days. And it's usually done the cheapest way possible. Have you seen pictures from the new Wild West World? Not pretty! I give that place two years before it closes up.

It was a pretty cool ride. I always thought it was neat that you could look down into the ride while waiting in line. If I remember correctly, it was located to the right of where the Festhaus sits now. I can't remember the year it was removed but it was replaced by the ferris wheel.

While there are tons of memories for me, my most vivid is when my family went on Witch's Cauldron. My sister and I sat in one cauldron with my parents while my older sisters and brother sat in one next to us. Back then you could ask the ride operator to get you spinning before the ride started. They got theirs spinning pretty good and my mom was yelling at them to slow down because they were going to get sick. The ride started and they continued to spin more. When the ride stopped, my older sister stumbled out of the cauldron, looking pretty green and proceeded to puke by the exit.

Definetely Skylab. Watching the ground come hurtling at you and then swooping back up was always cool!