The Interpreter

Even if there is a Nights of Fire (and I bet there will be), the budget may or may not be the same as in years past. By then, the new owner may have been identified, and might even have a say in how the park is run. Or not.

I wouldn't assume that will be the price for o7. a. The park is changing hands. b. The competition is changing its pricing for season passes. c. They weren't even that cheap for o6, this time around. (On the other hand, at Carowinds, they were 49.95...if you bought at least two).

If I can hit Paramount's Carowinds, Paramount's Kings Dominion, Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Over Georgia for their opening days, I can surely hit Paramount's Kings Island on Friday. And yes, I am coming from out of town. Weather only matters to me if the park closes. Other than that, I see bad weather as largely being a plus. I do hope it is nice Saturday and Sunday, so the park can take in some great revenue, to fund those rides, attractions, shows and stuff that we all love.

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The Spongebob film played last year at Six Flags Great Adventure, which is far from any Paramount Park, in New Jersey. Moreover, it played with the additional wqter effects missing from the Paramount versions, and the film was in focus ALL the time. But the queue theming looked as if it were acquired from the nearest Family Dollar or Dollar General store, which it probably was.

Virtually ALL Six Flags got that ride for their motion theaters this year. In the past, Paramount would have paid for exclusivity to keep Kentucky Kingdom from getting it. This was done with several of the films that have appeared in the motion theaters. Apparently, this year, no such payment for exclusivity was made, and you see the result... (This was the reason that so far you have not seen Scooby films or attractions at Six Flags over Georgia, as similar protection was acquired for Carowinds in the past)

I suggest you visit The Golden Kingdom at Six Flags Great Adventure. The theming there rivals any at Disney. And the new management seems to have restored it to new for this season. This after a season of very heavy use last year...and a closed major attraction for much of the summer. How the new Six Flags maintains its parks will be watched very closely. The Gotham City areas at the major Six Flags parks are also heavily themed (with the exception, ironically, of Great Adventure). Don't judge all Six Flags parks by Kentucky Kingdom. It really is an atypical (and substandard, compared to the rest) Six Flags. Even this year. At both Georgia and New Jersey this year, I have been impressed by the courtesy, service and cleanliness. I wish I could say the same of my visit to Kentucky Kingdom last Sunday. I can't and I won't.

That Action Theater ride is a good one. Did it at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom on Sunday. Short, but an excellent attraction. Six Flags made sure to paste the Six Flags logo on the beginning, too! I am sure that part won't be seen at PARAMOUNT'S Kings Island.

Six Flags didn't go into debt because management was so confused. Six Flags went into massive debt because they went on a humongous park buying spree and bought more parks than they could afford. Then they put massive investments in rides into almost all of them (at first...there was a time when every park they bought got a Boomerang and an SLC, unless it was already a major park). It came to the point where even making just the interest payments was becoming quite a stretch...the European parks were sold, outside investors thought they could do a better job than then current management, then current management gave itself huge golden parachutes and closed Astroworld, the stockholders voted to oust former management and the tale goes on.... In any event, one mistake Six Flags definitely made that Paramount has as well is that they both put in great new rides with, in some cases, incredible theming. And then never maintained the theming. That much, I do see in common.

Okay, I'm old enough that a few of you (probably precious few) haven't heard the silly joke that line used to always bring up. If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims. groan.

Like you'll never have children AGAIN??? AGAIN??? Did I miss something?

Will both the other Skyline locations also return? It seems to me the one in Rivertown was almost never open anyway....

And Carowinds' wasn't added in a year when the entire chain was for sale. Still, let's wait til Friday, and even then some, before rushing to judgment...

I think that sign is... wait for it.... fairly odd.

Mandarin was REALLY good when it first opened. As they figured out what their costs were, though, the quality and the quantity both rapidly went downhill. Not long after, the amount of customers they could attract did likewise. It was sad, really. Unlike the Mexican place, which was just horrid from day one... All IMHO, of course.

As of tonight, the weekend forecast for Mason is worsening, with a higher chance of rain/storms on Friday, now a 30 percent chance on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, too:

Not everybody does. Some don't have any at all. Imagine that.

And maybe Vortex will even be there to see it!

WooferBear, nowadays all important Paramount Parks records are in Charlotte, not Cincinnati. And they now mostly probably live inside a computer hard drive, not on paper!

As of tonight, the NWS forecast for Mason, Ohio on Friday is:

Scarowinds is a far more intricate attraction than Fear Fest. Then again, it should be. It is an upcharge attraction. Admission to the park does NOT get you into Scarowinds. Nor does a season pass.

Yeppers, Firefox found that one!

Make that Six Flags under Messrs Burke & Co. The jury is still out on Messrs Snyder & Shapiro, but I do like what I have seen so far...

More likely they are charging $10 to improve revenue in a year when the park is for sale. And, say what you will, it's less than the $15 that most Six Flags are charging...

Don't let anybody tell you otherwise. If you love it, love it and cherish it. Some day you will look back and remember these days as "the good old days." Cherish them. You never know when they might end. It's great having a ride you love, and so close to you!