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Do you mean coffee or meat?

No, it's just an excuse for GoodYellowKorn to drum up some controversy and play "devils advocate," giving him the opportunity to make long winded posts in an attempt to show us how smart he is. Kingsrattler said it best: I doubt anyone decided to not go to Six Flags Ohio or Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom because it had the state's name in it, no matter how much GYK wants to psycho-analyze it.

Agreed 100% Now to get this train wreck back on track. The park not opening next year does not surprise me AT ALL. I don't think it will happen EVER. At least not on the taxpayers dime. KY, especially Louisville, has much bigger things to worry about. Google Sherman Minton Bridge for a good example.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky owned much of the land and leased the park to Six Flags. And anyone who wouldn't visit a park because of stereotypes that person has/had with the geographic location in the name is truly poorer for it. I must say it's been a long time since I've seen comments such as some of those in this thread, which border on, if not are, evidence of narrow minded bigotry. We can and should be better than this. Some of us now live in Georgia. I don't even want to know what that supposedly connotates. Didn't bother Six Flags, as in Six Flags Over.

I said way back on this thread that I do not want my tax dollars to go to this failed park. Tax breaks, sure. But during these tough economic times, we do not need to spend state money trying to reopen a park that is poorly located and has a poor chance of succeding. Sell off the parks assets and let this rotting corpse finally be laid to rest.

The stereotypical Kentuckian is aggressive, unafraid to confront someone, die-hard republican, anti-equality, and probably very much in support of the Confederacy despite never having joined it. That, to me, does not create an audience with which I'd like to share an amusement park. I have lived in Kentucky my entire life, born and raised here, and am as different from your description as you can get. I am not an overly agressive person. I am a life-long Democrat, as is, believe it or not, most of the registered voters in my part of the state, which is the southeast part of Kentucky. I believe in equal rights for all, no matter what race, religion, or sexual orentation you identify yourself with. I do not fly the Confederate flag and would have enlisted with the Union if I had the misfortune to have been alive during that terrible part of our nation's history. I am not white trash and do not, nor have ever, wore a wifebeater. You are correct, there are plenty of rednecks and white trash types from Kentucky. There are also plenty of good, hardworking, honest folks from this state as well. I have travelled around quite a bit of our great country, and have seen rednecks, white trash types, thugs, and other assorted hooligans in ever state I have been in. Don't put down an entire state or group of people because some of them may not be the best type of person.

I'm so disappointed that I have to pay to get stuff. They should just give everything to passholders for free!

The big issue I have with both the WindSeekers, Dinosaurs Alive! and the renaming of our water park, is the parks are losing some of their local flavor, identity and sense of place. The parks are losing their unique identity and become almost carbon copies of each other. Sure, there are some economies of replicating something that is tried and true.. And yes, DA! did debut first at Kings Island. But as is often the case when eating at fast food restaurants, there is not much in the design of the architecture or interior finishing/decorating that leads to any indication of where the restaurant is located. You could be in the middle of Ohio or the middle of Georgia and have no clue based on the architecture... Now, off of my rant. Its good to see that Cedar Fair is continuing to invest in its parks... And if any one doubted the success of DA at KI, the fact that it is being added to at least three other CF parks for next year (Dorney, CP, and KD) proves that it was a big hit and money maker at KI. One that will likely be around for a long time...

Which, quite frankly, is fine with them. The DA attractions aren't meant to appeal to thrill seekers or to draw platinum pass holders away from their home parks. It's to increase family visits and draw more school groups to the park. Families spend more money then thrill seekers and these attractions offer a chance for a quick ROI.

This sounds like the perfect equation to me: Dinosaurs (which kids love) + Candy (which kids also love) = Trick-or-Treating in Dinosaurs Alive (pure genius) Not to mention that, with the $5 upcharge, Kings Island will both limit the number of guests in the area (creating a less-crowded, more guest-friendly environment) and bring-in quite a nice bit of change (cause Dinosaurs Alive is obviously making money... it wouldn't be duplicated at 3+ other parks otherwise). I'll definitely plan on doing this with my 3-year-old nephew sometime in October

Sometimes I feel like Cedar Fair's business plan is as easy as CP....copy paste.

all the stuff i find & post here is never through screamscape. i have never nor will i ever use that site. but thats just me.

Parking in a private business's parking lot without permission and going somewhere else is really no different than going in Kroger, selecting a nice roast and walking out the door without paying for it. Either action is wrong and can have serious consequences.

& the landslide will bring us down...