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Part of the reason they discontinued Winterfest, was because after Paramount took over, they extended the season all the way through October, which allowed for a shorter set up time. I am sure they had other reasons. PKI and Paramount Parks have been doing surveys on Winterfest for several years now, so I`m sure they know what type of a response they will get. They have asked everything from what rides would you like to see open, to what type of food, activities, what dates you would like to see, how much you would pay, etc. Winter activities have been taking off quite rapidly in the last couple of years in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Zoo has done Festival of Lights for years, ad has been a success. The Beach Water park a couple years ago started HolidayFest, which has grown in popularity, it seems, every year. I would imagine that Winterfest will allow PKI to not only receive a larger gate each year, but increase its revenue, and in turn, profits. While it is good for PKI, it will be good for us, because we will be able to visit the park and experience it in the winter again. I hope they bring back the Eiffel Tower as a large Christmas tree! On a slight side note, they will most likely bring back the lights on the buildings on I-Street. In fact, when I was at the park tonight, as I had discovered about a month ago, one of the buildings actually has new lights. And they were lit. It was the Graeter`s building.

Depends where you buy your tickets. Usually PKI`s website has some pretty good dicounts. For about $10 off general admission. If you want to visit twice, I believe either PKI`s website, or Blockbuster video or both are selling tickets for $44.99 a piece (the cost of admission at PKI`s ticket booths) but those tickets are valid for two visits, which is not a bad deal at all!

The Coney Island Cyclone is considered a wooden coaster and will be no different than what The Voyage will be. It is a steel support structure supporting a wooden roller coaster. (Kind of the opposite of Gemini, Cedar Creek Mine Ride and Adventure Express which are wood supporting steel coaster track).

Last time I checked, Cleveland was not in the middle of the state. Much like PKI, and Cincinnati are in the corner of the state. They should have an audition in Cincinnati, since Cincinnati has been one of Survivor`s top markets since it debuted, and with the popularity of Kentucky Joe (Roger Bingham) on Survivor:The Australian Outback.

No, Son of Beast DOES not have the steepest drop on a wooden roller coaster. According to RCDB, the Coney Island Cyclone has a 58.7 degree drop, which I believe is the record holder at this time. RCDB Cyclone Fact sheet The second drop on Son of Beast is at a 43.3 degree angle.

Son of Beast has never been the steepest wooden roller coaster in the world. The park never claimed that Son of Beast was the steepest wooden coaster. As far as the new coaster, it looks incredibly awesome. I will definantly make a second trip to Holiday World next season to experience this ride! Also, glad to see Cincinnati based The Gravity Group get another design. All the best luck to them and their continued successes to becoming the next major wooden coaster company. As far as the Shaggy post. It might be time for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to get a new coaster. However, PKI may sneek in a new children`s coaster as well next season with the rumored expansion of Nick Central/rumored loss of Scooby`s Ghoster Coaster.

The Sky Ride was removed after the 1979 season. The culprit was lack of available spare parts, and low ridership. Yes, the Animation Station was one of the loading platforms. The other, was located about where Slingshot now stands.

Well yes and no. While the hotel is being built by Great Wolf, it is replacing the Kings Island Campground. Word on the street is that there may be a new campground out behind the green house that grows PKI`s flowers (this is visible straight ahead as a train crests the lift on Top Gun.) I would imagine if it comes true, that if it turns out they are building a new campground, it will come out of PKI`s capital expenditures budget.

Sounds very interesting. I wonder how much one of those DVD`s will cost. I would imagine that it won`t be long before they are introduced at all 5 Paramount Parks, if they catch on at PKD.

From what I have heard, Tuesday through Thursday will be wet. Majority of it oming o Wednesday and Thursday. Flooding could be a major problem. Local 12 (WKRC Cincinati) said they would not be surprised if parts of their viewing area pick up between 5-10 inches of rain by the time the remnants of Dennis leave the Cincinnati area. While we need the rain here, we do not need quite that much rain!

The sign at the Delirium entrance is probably a result of many inquiring minds stopping by at Guest Relations asking why it was not operating. The sign will answer the gp question and will save them from asking at GR, which allows GR to focus on more legitimate concerns/problems.

That theater is nice, because it is indoors, which means air conditioning. I still feel sorry for the people that have to be in the Nick or Scooby costumes, that has to be a hot job! I remember seeing a show in the Enchanted Theater, back around 1992 or 1993. I don`t even remember what it was about, Scooby Doo possibly.

I believe her name is Julie. Not sure if she is one of the operators that returned this year though. Yes, the Round up is one of the rides (along with the Ferris Wheel) where the operators are in control of how long the ride cycle lasts. All the other rides have timers on them. Last year, on dead days, we would give longer rides on the Ferris Wheel, simply because when the ride is running, the time passes by much quicker, then when you sit there just waiting for riders.

Its a great small park, with one large swimming pool. For this season, their 120th, they have actually lowered their prices! A pool and rides combo ticket is $17.50 a person, or individually a Sunlighht Pool or Rides pass will cost $9.95 per psrson. After 4 pm admission is individually 5.95 or a combo ticket is $8.95. Definantly a neat little park, with lots of whirl and hurl flats, and one small coaster in the Pepsi Python.

What was her name, I might know if she is back this year. Apparantly there were a lot of veteran ride operators that did not return this season, me being one of them. However, I might go back for Labor day weekend and the following couple weekends of operation. It is funny how I didn`t think I would miss being at Coney, until I wasn`t working there in the summer. I will be there on the 23rd riding the rides.

I have not been out to Coney this season, which makes me really kind of sad. Anyway, I will be going to Coney exclusively as a guest for the first time in about two weeks, and I will most definantly ride it. I will also probably take pictures of Coney`s rides, and post them to my site, when I have time to post them. It has been strange to not work at Coney this year. My brother still works there, and is in his third year there. I may offer extra help on Labor Day Weekend and the rest of the post season as I will be out of school and co-oping in mid September (if they need my assistance that is). My brother was actually the first person to run the Scream Machine with guests on board. Yes, I`m sure the Scream Machine is a great addition to Coney. The Scream Machine occupies the former spot of the Forg Hopper, which was new in 2003. Frog Hopper moves to the spot that was previously home to the Baby Bumpers, which are no more.

Actually, I heard that most of next week could be rather wet. But it is mother nature. You can`t predict mother nature very well.

I haven`t been to the park on any weekday this year (except for the Gold Pass holder party on a Friday evening in May) due to school. I would imagine that the crowds will be light, based on past experience from previous seasons as well as the forecast. I believe that Tuesdays are the park`s slowest days. Be aware that Tuesdays are Two-for Tuesdays for pass holders, so some rides like The Beast might have slower than normal moving lines, but it shouldn`t be untolerable. The weather all week is looking to be rather ugly with remanants of Dennis hitting Cincy. The park should be open with rides running, provided that there is no lightning in the area. In the event of lightning they will shut down the rides and reopen them as soon as the lightning is out of the area. I don`t know how much the oxygen bar costs. I have no desire to try it, but the times I`ve walked by it this summer it has been closed.

Yes, they used to put on shows in the Nick Theater as well as the Enchanted Theater next to Phantom Theater. But then in 2003, the Enchanted Theater was turned in storage space. It was also about the same time that they discontinued having shows at the Nick Theater. They instead, as was stated above, turned it into a large Meet and Greet facility. This is one reason why I think that this faciility might be gone after this season to make room for an expansion of the Nick Central ride line up. The park really hasn`t put emphasis on kids shows, which is really kind of sad, because when I worked at Coney, all the kids would love to go see Captain Coney and his Crazy Crew kid`s show.

Having not taken the survey, I can`t comment on the actual possibility of them renaming the parks. But from a common sense viewpoint, I don`t forsee any major changes noticable to the gp, as I have already stated, in the way the parks appear to be run. If there was any name change, which I doubt since the parks will still have use of the Paramount and Viacom properties, it would most likely be to drop the Paramount moniker. Then, Paramount`s Kings Island would be refered to as just Kings Island. While I don`t foresee this happening, it would be cool to have the old Kings Island logo back.

When the ride reopens, there should be no difference in ride experience from before the new gear. Its not like they are changing the computer that controls how the ride runs, they are just replacing a gear that allows the ride to run. The same thing can be said about when they replace the chains on the coaster or the brakes or even the wheels. The parts are necessary to the ride function, and the ride experience is not changed when a new part is installed.

TRTR Guy, I knew the link had the main ride music. I thought by escape you were referring to the drum music. My bad. It would be a violation for us to post his music. However, we can point people to his site, where he has posted the music. In fact, I believe on his site he has a disclaimer saying you may download his music, only for your personal enjoyment and are not to share it with others.

And the point of posting a large picture in this thread is what? Nice picture, I guess, would have been nice to actually see the gondola on its way down.

What link does it have to the escape music? I don`t recall seeing a link posted to the escape, aka "drum" music.

Paramount Parks will still be referred to as such. Additionally, we will not see any change in names at any of the Paramount Parks. Just because Paramount Parks will be under the umbrella of the CBS side of the company compared to the Viacom, fast growth side shouldn`t change much about the parks. Other, than more emphasis put on the parks, with possibly more capital expenditures since they will play a larger role in the success of the new company.