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BeastForever

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  1. BAM! A thought just popped into my head. Many people are starting to doubt if Cedar Fair will survive financially in the next few years and could file for bankruptcy. But, if CF won't be owning Kings Isalnd... ...WHO WILL?!?!
  2. Yeah, it's so sad that one of the best rides in amusement history became one of the worst rides in amusement history. It goes a little like this... one of the best rides in amusement history + Cedar Fair = one of the worst rides in amusement history ...lol
  3. FOF is a great ride. I went to KI yesterday and rode that ride with my friend who has never ridden it before. When he rode it he said it was probably his best ride all day! He loved that ride!
  4. I think that Drop Zone will stay at KI for a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time. It's an awesome flat ride that doesn't take up much space. It's also my favorite flat because it doesn't make me dizzy or nausea.
  5. LOL, this was a stupid argument.
  6. Ya, but I didn't think it would be their FAVORITE coaster.
  7. Was I talking about that ride? NO
  8. I didn't put Surf Dog as one one of the selections because I didn't think people would care about the kiddie coasters.
  9. These are just some questions I thought would be interesting to see the results. Note: I am one of those who like to call rides by their Paramount name. I didn't call RFYLCB by it's Paramount name because I forgot what that name was!
  10. I think that KI is going to save that space for a new coaster, not a flat ride.
  11. The BLSC cars also used to have doors that open and close. They replaced them with seatbelts that attach to the lap bar. The seatbelts were there when the doors still were I am pretty sure. Trust me, no they weren't.
  12. The BLSC cars also used to have doors that open and close. They replaced them with seatbelts that attach to the lap bar.
  13. What most people don't realize about jerky wooden coasters is that if the trains just had some decent padding it'd be quite more enjoyable. For example, The Beast's trains are basically thin leather on wooden seats. I forget if SOB's trains had decent padding since I hadn't ridden the ride since Early May, 2009.
  14. Rivertown already has White Water Canyon for a water ride. Also, then there would be three water rides really close together. We don't need anymore water rides because we have 3 different kinds of water rides... Congo Falls- a boat water ride White Water Canyon- a raft water ride Race For Your Life Charlie Brown- a log flume water ride
  15. Here's another one: Guy in line for Zephyr talking to his friends: "After this let's ride "Top Flight."
  16. Guy in line for Firehawk:"Don't ride Flight of Fear, it's not worth the wait because the ride is only 18 seconds long."
  17. I'm curious... Did you visit KI prior to, say, 1988? No, by "good ol' days at KI," I actually meant "PKI." My mistake.
  18. Diamondback was brought up when Paramount was in charge but would we of got it? I Don't know. I've heard that it was offered when Paramount was in charge but didn't want it, but when Cedar Fair took over the park they welcomed a star attraction with open arms. That's just what I've heard, so don't take that as fact unless someone can confirm it. I'll also add that the park is a lot cleaner with Cedar Fair. I remember the path being covered with Coke cups and paper towels, but I haven't seen a single piece of trash on the path since Cedar Fair took over. Diamondback is entirely a Cedar Fair install... from start to finish. In the Paramount days, B&M proposed a coaster for the same plot of land that Diamondback is on... by the railroad trestle. However so did Intamin. Nothing ever came of it. I agree with the Interpreter that the worst days of the park were the Linder days (specifically around 1989- 1992). Same is true of Kings Dominion. The main argument is that the parks were horribly dirty, and in KD's case, unsafe. Trash was always overflowing out of garbage cans, it smelled, rides were dirty, gum trees all over, and graffiti on the rides. KI was kept far better shape than KD, but overall the parks had a gritty feel to them. In addition, this is when it seemed ride after ride after ride began dissapearing from the parks. In those days, there was no internet. We literally waited until the park opened to see how it had changed, etc. Actually, back in the day the best way to get a sneak peek at what your favorite park was doing was to try and get your hands on a brand new park brochure as soon as they were put out at the Tourist Info Centers (This was an annual trek my Father and I made in early spring... to places that had tourist brochures!) Sometimes those brochures would give you a sneek peek of changes or additions to the park. However, most of the time you had to just wait until the park were open again. I vivdly remember arriving at the park during those Linder years and being shocked when there was no Tumblebug, or Winnie Witches Cauldrons, or Der Spinner Keggers, or Ferris Wheel, or King Kobra (KD), or Flying Carpet, or Zodiac, or Wheel of Fortune, or... well, you get the idea. Paramount cleaned a lot of that up, and added some good (albeit short) rides. But they over-commercialized the parks. It's my opinion that they sacrificed some of the most ambiant rides/areas for the sake of way-too-technical or silly rides. (Examples: KI- Flying Eagles and 'tiques for IJST, KD - Train for... ick... Waynes World.) Cedar Fair IMO, is making good strides, but then I don't visit the park like I once did. As an outsider, they definitely seem to be keeping it clean and of course they installed the best ride in the park (Diamondback.) However, my personal opinion is that Snoopy Universe... or whatever the name is... is a HUGE mis-step. It doesn't suit KI, and has likely cost them the "Best Kids Area" title. (But that title was pretty much just a good favor vote by enthusiasts anyways...) The Nick characters (even though they were lost on me) were a huge draw with kids. Snoopy is, IMO, old school and lost on kids today over the age of 2. Shaggy I agree. Nickelodeon is a modernized tv channel still on air which im sure draws more little kids to the park than a 60 year-old comic strip that was in the newspaper every week. I bet that KI won't get the Golden Ticket for best KId's Area this year.
  19. This is part two of the original poll "CF or Paramount" featuring featuring some different questions about the topic. I really miss Paramount. I love the themed rides that they built like FOF, The Italian Job, and Tomb Raider. I always loved that movie feeling that they would put at KI. Everytime I look at The Paramount Story(which is now the Tower Gardens) I always think of the good ol' days at KI. This is because the Tower Gardens still have some of the Hollywood movie cameras just out side the entrance gate.
  20. What if Paramount still owned KI... BLSC would be still be called IJST and the ride would squirt water like it used to. The Crypt would still be called TRTR and still be one of the best dark rides of all time. We wouldn't have had DB. BOO-HOO! The Paramount Story wouldn't be just a garden/smoking area. We'd probably have a new themed ride for 2009 or 2010. Who knows what Paramount would've done with SOB. Planet Snoopy would still be Nickelodeon. KI would be much more of a theme park than an amusement park.
  21. I went to KI yesterday and noticed a great location for a new flat ride. The open area between The Beast and The Crypt could easily suit. If they just matched the wooded, old western theme of Rivertown with the ride it would be a great addition to the park. Has anyone else noticed this location?
  22. This was about May 2008 when the construction area for DB was starting to show up: My friend told me that they were going to expand Nickelodeon Universe to that area. Then look what happened.
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