Outdoor Man

And good for the occasional laugh; needed that.

After I re-read that, I KNEW I missed the opportunity for a pun. (there you go Homer, the cleverest thing you'll ever say and no one heard it.... D'OH!!!!!!!!)

I agree on both sides of the coin. Creative merit works as well (see 1st GoDaddy Super Bowl ad)- creative genius creates buzz; or in this case, controversy creates cash$$$ In Jeff's case, I don't know Jeff but bet he likely thinks his creative genius while at KI was peanuts; not because it was Kings Island, but because he's 10 years further in his experience.

The creative geniuses at Kings Island are typically the lesser known names that never show up on this site; the PR person is the "face" (and typically a hard working person; how many times have you seen Don trolling the park grounds on days, evenings, weekends, holidays, etc...).

It's nice, but not near what it use to be.

Pass.

I've seen it (in person and YouTube)- it makes me a nervous wreck just watching it.

Most go to Orlando to participate in one of the BIG 3, which multiplied out is closer to the BIG 10- or so. If you make it to Orlando and are looking for a local attraction with a significant pop, Fun Spot America (two locations in Orlando and Kissimmee). They are a local operation with bigger time asperations. They feature the worlds two tallest Sky Coasters (250' and 300' tall; by comparison, Xtreme Sky Flier at KI is 17 stories tall which I assume means 170'). http://thrillgeek.com/fun-spot-america-in-orlando-announces-three-new-attractions/ http://fun-spot.com/ Curious, has anyone been to?

Parks growing their own landscaping isn't too uncommon; they save a ton of money that way. I have to agree with Marth555... that quote is a bit of a stretch. They used to do much more than they do now. It's nicely tended to, but to say it's an 'attraction'... - they used to have floral themed signs at the entrance. - Royal Fountains had sculpted greenery, now just grass. - trees lining RF though nice for shade are a bit over grown. - Coney Mall used to have those Pinko (or however they're spelled... or named) trees lining the walkways. - the covered pathway in the kids area that is now mostly tables and umbrellas. - Swan Lake The greenery areas are nice and tended to. .. but they're not an attraction.

Went to Great Wolf last night and was able to "view" from outside the KI Hotel/Conference Ctr. Doesn't appear that they've done much. There is a fence at the entrance ways, that's about it.

Fair enough. I don't think I've really taken a moment to think that way of it. But, like I said, I have no horse in this race anyway- I think its proper English to use correct grammar.

Like I said, I do because its "proper." and I'm not trying to be sarcastic- "tone" gets warped on a computer screen. WCPO does a news story on Banshee. Forums flooded with hundreds of posts, most with trademark "violations." What is the response?

No, I did so to the front offices . Not sure how I would do so in "public." Honestly, I try to use proper punctuation because as one in my 40's I feel its use of proper grammar skills- skills that I feel society is slipping on in our: lol, lmao, ur, etc... culture. I could care less if it's a public forum. After all, this is a forum about a theme park, not necessarily a law review; to my knowledge no one is at risk to be fined or sued if a certain roller coaster or former attraction name is not capitalized. News sites have awful capitalization and punctuation skills represented in their forums- and by comparison more people view those than here. My 3-cents.

I once corresponded with Charlie Frank, Executive Director of the Cincinnati Reds Community Foundation and failed to capitalize "reds." Must have been in a good mood, he never mentioned it.

Just viewed our family trip videos over Christmas (maybe 2 years ago) to Magic Kingdom. Sigh. Still wish for a December event similar to winterfest (or is it Winterfest... check me here 'Terp- is it copyrighted and therefore in need of capitalization?). I still say, Cedar Fair is missing an opportunity for year end revenue. We were at Columbus Zoo this year (shoulder to shoulder people). Were at Cincinnati Zoo (shoulder to shoulder). Weather was decent for one (43 at night) and the other 25. For what its worth it was a crisp 38 degrees on the last night of the operating season for my final Banshee ride.

Hey, look- don't confuse "debate" with "argument." I'll lose interest in a conversation quickly if it comes to an argument, this isn't the forum for such anyway. So imagine this conversation happening over an order of wings and once we don't solve anything we can talk about the undisputed fact that the Bengals will NEVER win a January football game. I like to debate. Sometimes I will take a position opposite of what I think just to see if the person on the other side- not necessarily knows what they're talking about, but is passionate enough about it to dig their heels in and defend it. In this instance, and I'm no theologian, I side with Ham (not Hamm as even I have spelled it) about 49.9% of the time. He takes a very conservative, very literal approach to the Bible and its historical account. Is the Bible a historical account?, yes. Is it a biography?, yes. Is it a "book of the law"?, yes. BUT, it is also "literature" written to and for the cultures that were reading it in their time, which was a very illustrative society, where objects and concepts often represented something else readily understood by the people of the time. So when reading the Bible in 2015, a person's default mentality must be that much of it is written in "figurative" language readily understood by those reading it in "their" context. For instance, those of us who were very alert to the happenings of 9/11 knew exactly what the cartoon image of burning towers and an eagle sharpening its talons meant. 2000 years from now you would need to know a bit more history to understand the imagery. I may have wrote this here before, so if I did, go to the next post. Much in our culture, Christian or not, know the number 666: satan, mark of The Beast, evil, etc... 6- by definition refers to: human weakness, imperfection, slavery, bondage, etc... 3 is completeness, perfect (to a lesser extent than 7)... put three sixes together and you have "perfect evil" (I'm paraphrasing a lot). In the apocalyptic literature style that Revelation (for instance) is written in, 666 refers to something that 1st century Christians wanted to warn others about without drawing attention to it in a language they understood: Caesar (Nero) and the Roman Empire. Consider Roman Numerals that were in existence at the time: I- 1, V- 5, X- 10, L- 50, C- 100, D- 500 add em up. Then there's the study of Gematria and the numeric equivalent for Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, who we know from history books as Nero Caesar or Neron Kasar. Take the numeric values of the Hebrew interpretation of that name: NRWN QSR (N=50, R=200, W=6, Q=100, S=60, R= 200). Add them up and look him up... Nero was the textbook definition of a beast. I got a little far away from the topic in my illustration. My apologies. I feel that Ken Ham takes a very literal approach to his outlook, which sometimes I think negates the original context that the passages were written. He does, however, base his hypothesis on much more than blind faith. The link you posted was written by David Badash who narrowed the 90-minute (or however long it was) debate to Genesis being about Gay Marriage. Really? I'm not going to wade into that pond, but click on his name, read his self-written profile and you'll understand the context he's writing from.

So, since we're on the subject- what is the prevailing thought here as to why Kinzel pursued Geauga Lake? Some feel it was a vendetta and was always to close it. I can't swallow that logic; but some like to dig their heels in and hold to that.

I'd rename it 'Bahn-shie.' Think Banshee and Bat are aptly named, the rest of that area should follow.

I love 'Terps play on words. I always come away thinking, "why didn't I come up with that?" Probably not large enough for a shopping district. You'd have to have a lot of parking to pull that off; in addition there's probably not enough housing around it to support one. Now, something linked the park, an entertainment district like CityWalk or Disney Springs would be neat... but then again- there's the parking.

have they started to demolish yet? I would think it would be a great location for a marquee, true, flagship Kings Island Resort location. And before it gets shot down, I know that GWL is the "official" hotel...

Except he is. Hamm is a profoundly ignorant and intolerant man. He's doing more damage than good. I keep coming back to this.... these are broad and vague statements. I'm going to call you out on this: If you're going to label someone that you do not know in any context to that level- provide an example of how: - he is profoundly ignorant - he is intolerant - doing more damage than good. . I am on break at work so I will expand on thos later but as for ignorance...his arguments against evolution and for a young earth consisted mostly of referring to the bible. Not exactly a peer reviewed and reliable source of scientific insight. Add to this his belief that dinosaurs lived with humans...so on and so forth. He is free to believe as he likes, as is anyone else, but in my opinion perpetuating this kind of thinking and stating it as absolute fact is harmful. I am paraphrasing here, but I believe he said no amount of evidence would change his mind. So, by your definition, he's ignorant. What are your qualifications for judgment? Don't get me wrong, I've been the museum once- not my thing. I think he's right on a number of things- not so sure on others; he takes a very conservative and literal approach to the Bible. Whether or not you take the view that the earth is "young" or billions of years old, the "peer-reviewed" source of scientific insight "technology" is less than 50 years old. Hardly time-tested. Either way, no matter of scientific review can convince me that the earth, people, dinosaurs, stars, other galaxies, etc... are accidents of nature. So, before we go on how ignorant he is- what qualifications are on the other side to determine this. I am not a scientist on any level; I'm not claiming him to be a genius at all; merely someone with a more informed opinion that I. I'm not likely to bend to your slant of thinking unless there are some scientific credentials to back up your label. Interested to hear (read) of how he is intolerant. That all said, I don't have a clue who you are and this is an argument that I'm not willing to split hairs on. I don't care if people think Ken Hamm is an old coot off his rocker... not going to make my day any longer or shorter. Just, across the board, tired of people labeling another person as ignorant, intolerant, etc... that really don't understand what the other person is about just because they have an opinion different than their own.

Just watched the video ad. Half funny, half eye-roll. No worse than the American Atheist billboards all over though.

Creation Museum is funded privately, so of what consequence is it if attendance and finances are off.

Except he is. Hamm is a profoundly ignorant and intolerant man. He's doing more damage than good. I keep coming back to this.... these are broad and vague statements. I'm going to call you out on this: If you're going to label someone that you do not know in any context to that level- provide an example of how: - he is profoundly ignorant - he is intolerant - doing more damage than good.

If you don't want to hear Mr. Hamm speak a simple solution would be to change the channel when he comes on, you don't have to go find a bathroom. They are applying to use tax benefits available under the law for companies that will contribute tax revenue at a later time. Its not uncommon.