The Interpreter

Nopers. Camden got ITS Kite Flyer several seasons ago.

Carnival rides? Nah. It's major rides. Pictures, row 2, picture 1...See? http://www.camdenpark.com/major_rides.html

The pizza I saw was at Wings. Ninety degree angles? NO WAY. Try more like 45 degree angles, as in 8 slices to the pie. Ninety degrees would be 4 slices to the pie. No way. I will say this. The pizza was very good! (At CBS Cafe, the pizza was burned, both days I was there. It was much better at Wings) Games may well have been three dollars last year. I know many are five at some parks. I date to the fifty cents days! In any event, food prices are higher at Paramount's Carowinds than they are MOST places at Disney. And they are even higher still at Six Flags Over Georgia. At least PCWi food is good. That's more than I can say about any place at SFOG except Panda. And the Subway IS gone. I never said the building was, just the business.

I would bet any sum of money that there are fewer than 50 people who know the details of what is going on with this sale. The ones who do are lawyers, board members of any acquiring company, investment bankers and government regulators. I would be shocked if ANY of them reads this board. I would be even more shocked, as would the Securities and Exchange Commission, if any of them posts anything about the sale here. Doing so would be a serious violation of the disclosure portions of securities law. Not something to be sneezed at. Ask Martha. Martha who? Stewart. Then again, they didn't get her for violating securities law...they got her for lying to the FBI when they came to call to ask her about alleged violations!

Six Flags Great Adventure. Jackson, New Jersey. And no, it ain't Magic Mountain. Nor is it Marine World.

Hurler was running better than it has for years!

The press release: http://www.rcdb.com/document189.htm The stats from rcdb: http://www.rcdb.com/id3183.htm Son of Beast is taller and faster. El Toro has the steepest drop of ANY wooden coaster.

http://www.flyinphilsphotos.com/amuse/nj/s...06-03-26/album0

On the net, Carowinds tickets are $36.99....$33.99 if purchased three days in advance. Children and senior tickets are less. There were signs everywhere advertising WinterFest tickets for sale now at $9.99, limited time offer. And on May 21, Platinum season passes will no longer be sold this season.

Things have greatly increased in price at Paramount's Carowinds this year. Parking is now $10 (at least they didn't match SFOG's $15...yet). Funnel cakes were $6.95. Pizza is $3.99 a slice, and the slices are MUCH smaller than in years past. At Outer Hanks, a hamburger and fries is $6.99. That does NOT include a drink. Subway is GONE. Cotton candy is NOT a quarter (though it is at Cedar Point and Dorney Park). Most games are now three dollars. Undiscounted admission is $49.99. It will be interesting to see if this trend repeats itself at Paramount's Kings Island.

It is a common practice. Done throughout the industry. Today I use your picture, next year you use mine. And it is ALL with permission. There is more cooperation in the industry than most realize, especially as to safety and information exchanges.

I have a friend who cracked not just one rib but two on that wonderful Raven coaster at Holiday World. He no longer rides with his hands up! Fancy that.

Yep, theming can make a ride experience better. But it can't make a subpar ride experience grand. Tower of Terror would be a great ride if it were in a box and themed to nothing. But that already great ride becomes spectacular when the Disney theming is added, AND maintained splendidly as well!

As you might guess, those machines have long since been CHANGed.

It is good to see Mr. Fisher back at Kings Island, even if only for a little while. He is a good man and a good manager.

Mr. Anton Schwarzkopf, perhaps the greatest steel coaster designer ever, did not put over the shoulder restraints on his coasters. See, for instance, the incredible Mindbender at Six Flags Over Georgia: http://www.rcdb.com/ig37.htm?picture=2

My favorite was the year that Paramount's Kings Island's Vortex appeared in the plastic fronts of the Coke machines at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom!!!

You really should ride the train! And just in the last couple of years, Six Flags Over Georgia GUTTED and ruined their steam engine converting it to diesel. It could have been sold for many, many dollars, but instead they just ruined it. Talk about a total lack of respect for history. Train buffs were LIVID, and still are. PKI has an incredible train. Too bad most people see it only as transport to Water...er, Boomerang Bay.

And remember, not every AAA is the same. Some have different deals than others...but any AAA can purchase tickets from ANY AAA club... MOST, but not all, even sell to non-members. You may also want to check with credit unions.

It's very hard for me to ride RnR Coaster, as Tower of Terror is beside it! Simply the best flat ride (if you can call it that, ha!) ever! But, honestly folks, I much prefer Flight of Fear, especially when the midcourse brake is off. That ride is a sheer delight. Theming cannot make a subpar ride experience grand... Otherwise, you could just put a Topspin in a box, and....

Paramount's Kings Island still uses photos. And given how long it took to get in with the biometric pass at Carowinds today and yesterday, I can't imagaine PKI using them. Then again, Disney does. Perhaps PCWi will get faster. They'd better, or people will be backed up to the outlet mall to get in!

As vigorous as FOF was with over the shoulder restraints, Batman and Robin: The Chiller at Six Flags Great Adventure was even worse. The new restraint system has been a blessing on these rides, and on the Messrs Freeze at Six Flags. All of these Premier Rides have gone from being head bangers to sheer delights!

Well, maybe yes and maybe no. It would depend on the circumstances. For instance, is the claimant a 40 year old safety attorney or a 14 year old kid who had never ridden a coaster? Does the claimant have a history of other claims, particularly against parks? How bad was the injury? What is the prognosis? How much publicity was there? As a rule of thumb, there is no rule of thumb!

I wish them great success. . . Heavens knows that ride could use some smoothing (or less jouncing of the trains, but that's another story...apparently one the park doesn't want to hear). At least The Fairly Odd Coaster tracks VERY smoothly. Of the wood coasters at Paramount's Kings Island, I must confess it is my favorite. Has been for quite some time now.

Uh, no. As was said earlier in this thread, and a friend of mine had the cuts to prove it, riders of The Beast, especially on the left side, CAN reach the tunnel roof and sides...and get badly hurt. At the time, he was all of about 5 foot, 8 inches...too. That warning is not on their for comic effect. It is real. And under Ohio State Law, misobeying it is evidence of negligence. Not to mention stupid.