CoastersRZ

Well what did they do with all the money they got from unloading the Paramount Parks?

That is certainly very pricey just to park a car for a few hours. It sure makes paying $15 to park at some amusement parks ALL day sound like a bargain!

Well, Riverbend is located in Anderson Township, and there are no residences immediately near it. But the topic is very well noted. It always brings comes down to people looking out for their quality of life and property values, regardless of whether their home was built after or before the offending noise maker was established.

Yes, Kings Island offers LaRosa`s from four locations. There is the I-Street Pizza, inside the Festhaus, at Rivertown Pizza, and over in Boomerang Bay. Of course on the subject of Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks, it still amazes me that they don`t open International Street before the ropes drop in the morning so that guests can patronize Starbucks (and all the other merchandise locations on International Street) between 9 and 10am. Seems like a lost revenue opportunity to me.

Yep. Just look to the past. Back when they had Nights of Fire, the park stayed open until midnight, but the fireworks display was held at 10pm.

And for those of you who remember. Kings Island used to be open until 11pm on Saturdays for years and years during the peak summer season. They started closing at 10pm on Saturdays back in 2004 or 2005 I believe.

If I were you, I`d be really careful about what you post on the internet. Remember, they are public and you never know who is going to read these forums. It may very well be your superiors! And besides, its more hours in which you get paid, which translates into larger paychecks.

No need to do that in multiple posts. Use the copy and past button and the quote button to incorporate those gratitudes into one post from now on please!

Alas, I likely won`t make it up to KI on any of those days to enjoy the extended hours in the evening. I will be down at Coney, which also has extended hours on Saturdays this year, and is open until 10pm every Saturday through the end of August beginning on June 13th.

The final hill right before the brake run into the station was removed. It was located immediately adjacent to the queue for Jimmy Neutron`s Atom Smashers. Now, instead of the last drop, there is a prolonged and gradual incline up into the brake run.

Kings Island is now open until MIDNIGHT on Saturdays in July. From Kings Island`s main page at VisitKingsIsland.com:

Well perhaps you need to define "seven coaster trains" to seven full length wooden coaster trains. There are some rides, like all the Wild Mouse coasters, that feature lots of trains, albeit they are one car trains and not six car trains like on The Beast. Robbie, who just "had to" to steal the line from Terpy.

And to throw in a bit of Coney trivia, here it is. The Teddy Bear is based off of the ride of the same name that opened at Cincinnati`s Coney Island in 1935. It was designed by Herb Schmeck of the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and operated until Coney "closed" on September 6th, 1971. The ride stood 40 feet tall, which is actually two feet taller than the height of the Fairly Odd Coaster!

Sunlite Pool at Coney Island was open for three hours today, before closing, also due to the cold and lack of attendance. Coney`s classic rides stayed open all day to very light crowds.

I wouldn`t look for a fast pass system to be implemented at Kings Island. Even the walk on weekends gold pass holder perk, which was similar to Disney`s fast pass system, has now fallen by the wayside. The problem with that perk was that it resulted in the general public that were not pass holders becoming upset at people "cutting" line with the perk. I think it would be safe to say that the perk was abandoned to alleviate problems with upset guests.

Due to inclement weather, Coney Island has closed for the remainder of the day, June 3, 2009. Sunlite Pool will be open tomorrow from 10am until 8pm, and the rides will operate from 11am until 8pm.

Well, it technically is no longer a MCBR, as it is not a block brake. It is now used as simply a trim brake with magnetic trims (which are not adjustable unless some of the permanent magnets are removed. Back when they had the skim brakes, that brake shed was in fact used as a block brake section. Under the new braking system, the train must clear lift two, before the next train can leave lift one. Under the old system, the train just had to clear the brake shed before the train left lift one, I believe. That red object that people have seen by the brake shed, is I believe an object that fits into the bed of a pick up truck. Similar to this:.

One recommendation for the July 3rd and the Balloon Glow. Get there early!! The rides are virtually empty early in the day, but the crowds start to roll in around 5 and 6. Parking becomes very congested as the time the balloons "glow" approaches. The 3rd has typically been the busiest day of Coney`s season the last several years (although last year it was stymied by rain). And the firework display is always a nice display, over the banks of Lake Como.

Correct me if I`m wrong, but the only major thing that is underway at the four Disney parks right now (at least that has been publicly announced with construction underway) is a major overhaul of Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom.

WCPO has the story as well, and includes some aerial images provided by a Louisville tv station, showing the derailed train. http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Louis...FxgCGsXOeg.cspx

I too am a little surprised by the lack of new signature attractions down at Disney`s Florida complex. It seems most of their attention is on DCA. I would have thought they would have tried to have a signature new attraction in place at WDW to combat Islands of Adventure`s Harry Potter themed area, which will surely be a hit.

That is a nice little tidbit on the Wheel of Fortune ride. I did not know that it still operates at a park today. And the Tilt A Whirl from Fantasy Farm continues to operate at Coney Island, Cincinnati.

Starting this year on June 13th, Coney`s classic rides will be open until 10pm on Saturdays. To kick off the extended schedule, a Rozzi`s fireworks display will occur at 10pm on Saturday June 13, 20, and 27th. The rides will be open Saturdays beginning on June 13th from 11am until 10pm. Hours on Sunday are 11-9, and 11-8 M-F. Sunlite pool hours are 10-8pm, seven days a week.

Yep. So Diamondback adds a lot of capacity to the park. This attraction takes away some guests from other rides and areas of the park, since nothing was removed to build Diamondback. A very simplistic example follows. Assume park XYZ has ten rides. Assume that said park has 10,000 people in the park at a specific point in time. Assuming that 75% of the people are either on the rides, or riding the rides, each ride has 750 people. Now, if park XYZ adds an additional attraction, using the same numbers, there are now 681 people at each ride, as opposed to 750. Granted, this is a very simplistic model, but illustrates the point quite well. With an added attraction comes more park capacity. More park capacity means that a 20,000 person crowd doesn`t seem as crowded as it once was as there is another ride that "dilutes" the crowds at existing attractions. Does that make sense?

There is a lot more to a park than just coasters! And I was at the Ferris Wheel all day today (I worked a double and stayed at the ride for both shifts). We only had one ride where we loaded every single car. The weather today was near perfect! You could not have asked for a better day.