DeLorean Rider

Actually they didn't. The picture on the brochure is of "Gyro Drop" at Lotte World in South Korea. Gyro Drop was Intamin's first/prototype gyro drop ride at 230 feet (which is why the one on the brochure looks so short). It is also solid white with a yellow gondola just as in the photo on the brochure. If you ever saw Drop Zone while it was being assembled, you'd remember that the pieces were already painted so at no time was the tower ever white. Here is a photo from scraped from intamin's website: Here are a few other photos:

When I worked there in the early and mid 2000s, if you were 15 you could work games, admissions, and a few positions in food but that was it. I'm not sure if that has changed. Also when I was 15, they weren't taking many 15 year olds because there aren't many jobs for them, and they can all be done by anyone older than 15. Plus managing 15 year olds is a pain because of all the excessive labor laws and restrictions to what you can and cannot be exposed to. No joke, when I was 15 I was not allowed to use a highlighter at work because it was considered an unsafe chemical. Such a pain because our time cards had to be highlighted every week and someone else had to do it for me. Still if they are looking for 15 year olds when you interview, just about all you really need is a good attitude and a pulse. They wont expect you to really have work experience. They'll likely just ask you some questions about your character, may ask how you'd handle a situation or two, and try to make sure you're not crazy. (and even if you are theres still a good chance you'll get hired) Dont go crazy on the attire. I've seen people dress in suits and for a summer job at an amusement park, that's excessive. I would say nice pants with a long sleeve button down and MAYBE a tie at most. Even then you'll probably be better dressed than the person interviewing you. Best of luck! EDIT: you may also be able to work in merchandise, not sure.

I can absolutely vouch, that the Holy Land Experience has earned it's spot on that list. They're not kidding when they say there are daily crucifixions...

Cool shot! I do miss King Cobra. To me, every time I've ridden Shockwave it's been a very unenjoyable ride. Though I haven't ridden it myself, I've been told by many that Skyrider at Canada's Wonderland is much more enjoyable, similar to how King Cobra was.

Thats a terrible idea on the parks part. Gold is extremely soft and very malleable. As soon as that first train hits the lift that link is going to stretch and break. Someone should probably warn them.

Agreed. The ride looked sunbaked so they're repainting it. When has any other ride's new paint job foreshadowed some grand scheme?

Pretty sure it just needed a paint job.

I'm sure if you call up the park they'd gladly rebuild both rides so you can get your fix. :rolleyes:

Bottom line: The only way you'll ever convince Cedar Fair to do anything, is if you can prove to them they will make money from it; lots of it.

How original.

So does IJST, TR:TR, AE, etc... lol And holy crap I just posted on kic... Lol, wow; it's been years; a lot of years. Have you ever posted on KIC or are you just around from PKIU?

Sad to say that Phantom Theater lives on only in youtube-land and anyone with the audio files.

Stand up coasters are finished. Too many G's to be fun. KI needs a water coaster to link the 2 wavepools.

Since 2005 Doug has been one of the best friends I've had. For the past 7 years, since the off season of that year, I was lucky enough to see him almost every thursday night outside of summer operating months. You would have to search far and wide to find another guy who had been through so much, yet still wanted to attend to what was bothering you. No matter what he was going through, he never wanted you to worry about him in the least. He was always the first to try make jokes about what he was going through to keep you from worrying. One of his biggest concerns was always that what he was going through would somehow cause him to let you down, whether it was a transplant keeping him from working, or his being in the hospital causing him to miss a get together. I cannot believe he's gone. He will never be forgotten.

That is true, I had forgot about some of the shows, including the Scrooge that heckled people on I-Street. Still due to the low attendance, I think it was difficult to really instill a festive atmosphere. That of course caused changes of it's own. A girl I was dating at the time was an elf in the parade and was originally scheduled every night of winterfest except 4. Once the numbers came no where near the projections, she and countless others got cut out of the parade and ended up working a total of 5 nights. Ended up being a skeleton parade with few to no dancers between floats. "Walking in An Empty Wonderland" most certainly sums it up. I do remember the great unexpected snowing! It was a friday and we all got called and told not to come in. The big question was simply: What do we do with all this snow?! In the end it helped because they used all the excess snow to create barriers into the portions of the park that were closed off (AZ, Coney, etc.). People wandering into those areas had been a problem before the snow. The snow piles were so big that they lasted till Winterfest was over. The issue then was the countless breaking up of snowball fights between guests. I cannot wait to go to the Zoo this holiday season. Especially because with discount tickets, it can be experienced for $10.

The beach didn't have **** to do either, but at least their entrance fee was also less than half the price of winterfest. Also they did have an amazing carriage ride...

Aren't we all from time to time?

I have, terribly horrific experience; pretty sure bits of fiberglass were flying around also. My favorite part of the Beach was the waterslide who's splash pool was full of geese... I worked Winterfest in 2005 in Ops and I can honestly say, there was nothing to do. Think of why you go to an amusement park. Now imagine not doing any of those things in freezing weather. If you were over 54", you were paying $25 to see a very thinly performed parade, look at lights, ride the train while people sang, ride the carousel, and watch a light show on swan lake. Ice skating as well as skate rental was an up charge and very crowded since it was the only thing to do. The kids area was just full of kids. You could also buy hot chocolate. I could be wrong but isn't Haunt $25 on friday nights? Think of the difference in things to do for that cost. Barring some major change; it's not cost effective for the park and not cost effective for the customer. Honestly, the best thing I ever got out of winterfest was 3 giant warm red coats. EDIT: Oh yea, scooby doo and the haunted castle was open too. (which reminds me of a funny story about one of my co-workers inadvertently and unknowingly putting a golden retriever onto the ride...)

Where did you find this? I'd love to get a copy for my vinyl collection. It's a shame that the organ is no longer there.

Far as I know it's always been about temperature during startup. Once the ride is running it shouldn't matter. Always been the case with the other coasters, not sure why Diamondback would be different.

I remember going on a tour before Scooby Doo went in. One of the coolest things I thought was that behind the Opera scene they actually had a spare piece of massive glass in the event that the giant piece making up the window was damaged. Since there would be no way of getting a new piece of glass into the building without removing the roof, they had to store the extra piece there during construction..

Respectfully I disagree. Dinosaur (originally Countdown to Extinction) at Disney's Animal Kingdom has maintained a popularity much higher than that of the Jurassic Park River Adventure since it's opening in 1998.

But yea essentially any major change that any Cedar Point wants to do is going to be contracted to one of the many vendors that shows up at IAAPA every years. I'm sure many of those companies however do have internship capabilities. A friend of mine in DAAP for Industrial Design did several Co-Op's with Jack Rouse who has done tons of work for Cedar Fair, Six Flags, and more.

Funny, I remember when Ed Dangler was head of maintenance at KI.

I've looked into it pretty extensively and the bottom line is that Cedar Fair contracts out essentially all Design and Engineering. Six Flags on the other hand does have a central engineering group so that they can do some in house designing but it is still limited. I believe the one group services the entire organization so there's still a lot of contracting out. Disney on the other hand is completely in house. We have an enormous group for all design, engineering, architecture, facility management, project management, and more. It's possible that we'll contract the fabrication, but not the design.