The Interpreter

Ever hear of a building permit? In some jurisdictions, you need one even to paint interior walls or install a new (or replace a) water heater.

In addition to all of the above, Paramount Parks' food service, way they treated their employees and guests, ways they paid their employees... Cedar Fair does many things better than Paramount Parks did, but food service, customer service and employee relations are not among them. And Cedar Fair itself does not do ride operations or food service as well as it did in the 1990's...

Mine says Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom on it, but it was a Dorney Platinum Pass, renewed at Kings Island. This could get interesting.

...assuming they don't show up at the gate and/or Cedar Point let's them in anywho.

Also known as Soak City is now open.

It's frustrating. I get PM's 'correcting' me nearly every time I say something of personal knowledge. "Website, please." I blame Wikipedia and this generation of teachers. A website trumps personal knowledge. That's sad. When I grew up, old people with personal knowledge were primary sources. Primary sources were valued more than secondary sources. I guess few realize that nowadays a secondary source can be fabricated far easier than ever before. There's so much baloney on the Internet. And more every day. I feel sorry for future historians. So much to sort through, so much of it crap.

And they ignore corrections, even when sent extensive documentation. I suspect they get many corrections that are incorrect. And so, they pay little to no attention to them.

I've been going to Conneaut for over 25 years. I've gotten to the point where I am 'corrected' so often by those who cite websites, I am just about ready to quit sharing knowledge. I've ridden all three trains (now two) at Conneaut literally hundreds of times each. I've sent many corrections to rcdb. I gave up on them long ago. I guess my experience counts for little. Such is life. The Vettel somewhere in Colorado is the Lakeside Cyclone. I've been there many times, too. The trains there, the owner told me, lovingly made replacements, built in house. There were also Vettels in Louisiana and Virginia. Sadly, I missed both. Barely.

Pretty sure they have two sets of trains. The PTC trains have 3 benches but my understanding is they are running 2 bench trains from NAD for the last few years.There was a Vettel train--it has fixed lapbars and a wood frame. Neither the state nor the insurance company will permit its use.There were two NAD Century Flyer trains. Four cars, three bench. NAD Century Flyers were three bench cars. One of the two was the train lost in the fire. I know not of any PTC trains at Conneaut Lake Park.

I am told it opened at 5 Monday, with a car missing and only six working seats...three cars--six working seats. The cars are each supposed to have three benches...

Note that Taft's grooming standards were different. Very different. So were the times. What an awesome picture!

Super Saturator used to immerse guests in the atmosphere before they boarded the attraction.

It was here. Captain Nemo. And why would the park have to give permission? It's not restricted airspace. EDIT: For manned aircraft...

Perhaps we should let the investigators investigate before reaching conclusions.

The parks I listed have rides on top of rides. Land is not an issue for Kings Dominion. See also Cedar Point.

Ever been to Kennywood? Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk? Indiana Beach, even?

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Probably a lot worse for me than most. Most people don't drive 10+ hours to get to a park, much less use exciting roads like I-95 to get there...

Uh, no. Just no. There is NOT a 1 in 112 chance of death in a car accident on the way to a park. Nope. Not even close.

I was stunned when the police department originally said there would be no charges pursued. Police don't get to make those decisions. Prosecutors do. I'd liked to have been a fly on the wall when the prosecutors' office contacted the police department. I bet that conversation was .... interesting.

And you are far from the only one. There's even a UK Alumni Chapter here in the DMV.

Permit: Let. Let's. Let's. Let's.

Actually, the deadline extension is a full seven days this year. Interesting. Also, Cedar Point is selling Carowinds Gold Passes now, I guess. CA, CP, CW... Pricing integrity normally only gets thrown to the wind when sales aren't meeting expectations. Terp, just sayin'

...and Newsweek will add the color.

... I really want some new Mack hotness in the US, if they can make something really close to Maverick I'm all for it! STR was really close to Maverick. That's a good place.