Gordon Bombay

Top Gun please post any more pictures of those cats that you might have as well as numerous links to the youtube videos!!!!

I read what you said, and it seemed as if you were trying to imply you have inside information (which I doubt) and that you were trying to imply KI is getting a B&M in 2008 (which it is not).

Look at the posts above you...as Top Gun said....they are the exact same.

Once the pics are on your computer go to www.imageshack.com and click "choose file". Then browse for the pictures on your computer and select one. Click "host it" at the bottom of the page and give it a second to upload your image, it will then take you to a new page. On that page copy and paste the link under "hyperlink for forums" into a post on this site and then hit "add reply" and the image will show up.

For the last time; Hispanic Americans, or any nationality, race, or creed of people don't have anything to do with the new Snoopy themed section at Cedar Point, so how about we stick to the topic...

Film? What is film? Confused. Film in most cases still takes sharper, clearer pictures with less grain than most digital cameras. It takes about 11-13 megapixels to get along the same quality of 35mm film.

haha, thats what my dad was saying, I knew they had one in Veteran's stadium after some really nasty fights in 1997, not sure if they added one to the new Lincoln Financial Field.

He meant no offense by the United States of Mexico comment, there was an even article of the same name on the front page of TIME magazine a few years back that discussed the country's economic development and growing prosperity, he was not intending to use it as a rude comment. There is no need to turn this topic into a topic about race or politics, especially when that was not raptor's intent.

No, they haven't always boarded that way, I think you misunderstood me or I wasn't clear. You still board in 3 seperate groups but in each group you have a number then line up in sequential order (You get earlier numbers by claiming your boarding pass at the gate first or by printing it offline). Once you've boarded the plane you are free to sit wherever you went, there are no assigned seats, just boarding sequence numbers. The new policy started on November 8th: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/g...ly-policy_N.htm Thanks KIBeast! Be careful at those Eagles games, I hear their crowds are really rough.

^I'd like to see them pkifreakhog. The lights at the top of the lift hill are on a timer that during the regular season come on at the same time, you can see them on at night sometimes too. They wouldn't be testing anything at 6:00 at night considering maintenance is long gone by that time of the day.

Yeah, but they have to change their sign manually, with ours we save on labor costs.....Cedar Fair needs all the money they can get.

Anyone know if that section of the slide was rebuilt?

Yes, I am aware of what the lifeguards job is. Also, how do you know there was a cut off switch at the top of this particular slide? This is a park in California in 1997, not Carowinds when you were employed there. I see from your signature you currently work at a water park, 10 years after this incident, we don't know exactly if these slides had an emergency stop or who even built them. There's not enough information given about the life guard to really blame him/her or alleviate them of the blame.

True, the reason it happened was clear.....the kids did something stupid, but that brings up other questions that challenge the credibility of safety in a water park. This event has everything to do with safety in water parks. Perhaps had security acted more quickly or had the ride attendant acted sooner something could have been done to stop it. Luckily this was an incident where only the folks in their party were hurt, but what if someone unrelated to their group and innocent was hurt as well. How safe is the water park for them. The incident brought up a good question.....how safe are you when visiting a water park whether its the way the park is maintaining and regulating things or other people acting stupid.

Considering that they brought up the fact that the industry was policing itself and had no/little federal regulation, i think its a valid question, to which the allowed an answer that set the record straight. Nothing wrong with investigative journalism.

haha no, my sisters are older than that, and are you sure thats a girl? If you look in the picture under that I think its a boy lol.

Thanks Avatar! Ah yeah, the Giants and Pats game! The first night we were there the Giants were playing the Patriots and beating them at the end of the first half. No one in that house was rooting for the patriots and the Giants ended up blowing the game! Not too many people were happy! Power plant picture fixed. Thanks Interpreter, ironically enough that diner was highly recomended by my family in NJ/NY and my dad who is a former New York native, not only that but this past season I had planned to make a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure and eat there with a friend of mine in the area. Hopefully I'll get to try it this summer.

Ok, so my school has a 7 week winter break. This allows me plenty of time to spend at home and doing other stuff to get my mind off stress found at school. Over the break my dad, sisters, and I decided to go visit my uncle and family in New Jersey. We found cheap air fare on Southwest Airlines out of Columbus to Philadelphia. We live closer to, and usually fly out of Cincinnati's CVG, but the thought of driving (10-12 hours weather and traffic pending) to New Jersey was completely out ruled when we found a great price with Southwest. I have flown out of CVG many times since 9/11/01 and was pretty aware of how things with security go and what to be prepared for when going to an airport. I always found the security at CVG to be pretty fair. Every time I've flown out of there the TSA (Transportation Security Administration (part of the Department of Homeland Security)) employees give clear directions and usually keep things moving. At Columbus this was not the case. When I presented my boarding pass at security I had to wait for the TSA employee there to put down his cell phone and stop texting to check my ID. I got through the scanning fine as did the rest of my family but as I was putting on my shoes I noticed and elderly woman was pulled aside for a random inspection. They made the people who get randomly inspected go into this glass box in the middle of the security thing to get "wanded" down with a portable metal detector and patted down by hand. This happened to me at Cincinnati in 2005, but I was pulled to a side area where it wasn't as embarassing or noticeable to everyone there. I'm not trying to start a political topic or get into the politics of the TSA/DHS but the conduct of the employees at the Columbus airport was.....different......from the seriousness and professionalism I had seen at airports like CVG and Orlando. Anyways, we moved down to our gate... -We were flying on the typical Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 -With General Electric engines. Southwest Airlines has this new boarding process where your boarding pass has a number and section on it. You then line according to this ticket at the gate. This prevents people from lining up super, super early to get the "best" seats. By doing this they allow you to board the plain with less hassle since you aren't assigned a specific seat. The system actually works out really well and gets everyone on board with less hassle. -We took off from Columbus where the weather was dismal and cold... -Above the clouds where the sun was shining... -Southwest Airlines is one of the few airlines left that still gives out peanuts. Most have pretzels or crackers these days it seems. An ipod always makes the trip go much faster. -After about a 50 minute flight we arrived in Philadelphia where it was sunny and 50 degrees outside. -This is why you should be very careful about packing anything valuable or fragile in your checked baggage. I took this picture walking from the terminal to the main airport. I stopped for only a second before I was approached by a TSA employee (trusty cell phone in this guys hand too!) who told me to keep it moving and asked to see the pictures. -We left the airport to head for the historical sections of the city. Two of Philadelphia's most prominent historical features are the Liberty Bell: And Independence Hall: Independence National Historical Park was where both are located. I was very surprised at the crowds, given it was a saturday I did know what to expect, but what really surprised me was the diversity of the crowd and amount of international tourism the area brings. -This was the line to see the Liberty Bell exhibit. It was only about a 20 minute wait from this point, the best part was that no tickers were necessary to see the exhibit, its all completely free... -The National Park Service runs the operation and the majority of the security for the park but the place on the weekends is also swarming with privately hired security guards who are just ask knowledgeable about this history and attractions as the park service rangers. The Liberty Bell is kept in a long building that features multiple exhibits about its history before you reach the end where the bell is located. Not only are there static displays of photographs of the Liberty Bell and other artifacts from the colonial era but there are videos as well. The neat thing about these videos is that they are located in rooms off to the side of the static displays, each room features about 5 tv's with a plastic bubble hanging from the ceiling. When you stand under this bubble you can only hear the sound from the tv parallel to it. This allows the videos to be shown in various languages. You progress down the building which details the history of the Liberty Bell from its beginnings to the modern era, after that you reach the bell... -The Liberty Bell is obviously the most popular site to see in the building. However, most of the crowd doesn't realize that you are supposed to walk in a circle around it to keep the crowd moving, so they just kind of all crowd around and fight over who gets to stand in front of it to get their picture taken with it. -However, if you just slide around to the other side like your supposed to do...you get a very nice view of the bell. -The Liberty Bell and everyone crowding to get their picture taken with it. After seeing the Liberty Bell it was time to go check out Independence hall which was also free! -An original Philadelphia cobblestone street (it is blocked off to keep people from walking on it). -A view from Independence hall plaza towards downtown Philadelphia. -Independence Hall. The tower at the top was once home to the Liberty Bell. -This is a statue commemorating Commodore John Barry who is known as "The Father of America's Navy". All in all the trip to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell was very interesting and enjoyable. I was surprised at just how many people were there. The areas is definitely a great place to take a family for a trip. It's cheap and there are other exhibits to see (which do cost money, but in all fairness is very reasonable). We went into a few of the buildings (the actual Independence Hall was closed for repairs), but were on a time limit to get to New Jersey to meet the family for dinner. My sisters (who are extremely picky eaters) wanted to get some food before the 1.5 hour drive to New Jersey and they hadn't eaten breakfast that day. We tried going to the famous cross street rivalry between Pat's and Geno's cheese steak places. However, these places are pretty popular with locals and famous nationwide (having been featured on numerous national T.V. shows. The lines for both of these places were like the lines for Top Thrill Dragster on a saturday in the summer of 2003. The lines spilled out into the streets and required the police to block off the streets to allow for the crowds. My sisters settled on a local hot dog vendor in a park with my dad while I borrowed the car to see a nearby historical landmark of other sorts... Some of you know that a lot of my photography centers around Urban Exploration, which features the exploration of abandoned places and modern human ruins throughout the country...one of these places I constantly see other photographers visit is this former Philadelphia power plant. Although I didn't have time to take a look inside or get a tour, I did check around the outside to get some exterior pictures. The place is an example of some great architecture. I doubt you can find any power plant built these days that looks as nice as this place once did. I picked up my dad and sisters enjoying their lunch and we made our way to New Jersey. It was great getting to see family I hadn't seen in a long time and share the holidays with them which is really what its all about. However, we did exchange gifts. My uncle's gift to me was his Nikon N80 35mm SLR: -I can't wait to take this thing to Kings Island this summer. My uncle bought this when most people were buying Digital SLR's and he still wanted to use film. He actually ended up never using it once. After spending New Year's in New Jersey we left at about 4 p.m. to head back to Philadelphia to catch our flight. We got introduced to the traffic nightmare that is the New Jersy turnpike. As we returned our rental car and walked to the main terminal of Philadelphia International Airport, it was still fairly nice weather, about 40 degrees and all I had to wear was a sweatshirt. We went through security, I got through ok again but this time they stopped my younger sisters. They claimed that both of them needed to have all liquids (in this case it was their makeup in their purses) in a zip lock bag. They then informed my sisters that they had no zip lock bags to offer them and would have to throw out the makeup unless we left the security line to go find some zip lock bags. My dad asked them about why they didn't have any (noting to them that nearly every other airport hes been too offers them at security). They responded that they never give them out, it was our responsibility. My sisters didn't car enough to argue and just let them throw out the makeup. However once we got past security we realised that they sent us down into the wrong terminal. TSA then pointed us in the right direction, but we had to go through security again. In this line...they were giving out plastic bags. We boarded our flight back to Columbus which went quick. We had a great trip and great weather there but came back to Columbus only to find... -Snow, and lots of it! It was still coming down by the time we got back to our van and it made the 1.5 hour drive back to Cincinnati a 3 hour ordeal. The snow was terrible and falling hard. 71 south the whole way home was a nightmare, we hardly felt safe getting the van to go over 45 mph. Eventually we stopped by Kings Island to get some dinner and take a break from the drive. We got home safely, exhausted, but safely. Hope you all enjoyed this trip report.

Anyone remember if you had to be with a kid to ride Ghoster Coaster when it was still in the park? I don't think so, but you never know.

And where are you getting this information from? Hardly any of the theming on TRTR was kept up, most of it was removed for various excuses. The vast majority of that upkeep money went into maintaining a ride that never worked well in the first place, not them theming, nor do I see them doing any better with the theming.

lol yep, lived in Fairfield since I was 2. Down on Crystal by the past the YMCA and near the 7 and 8th grade school.

Judging from the concept art and description I don't think this is going to be anything like wave pools we've seen in parks before.

So you would assume, however I doubt that the removal of Nickelodeon charecters or theming would have a positive or non-existent affect on attendance.

hmm, no information on if the former Coaster EXT that used to be held at Geauga Lake will be returning to another Cedar Fair park.

No need for caps, it's not that big of a deal.