Outdoor Man

speaking of park maps, does anyone have images, links, etc.. of Coney Island while still operating before Kings Island.

holy crap. WindSeeker gets WAY up there. according to picture 18 we'll be able to see the skyline of Cedar Point from up there!!!!!!!!! is it just me (or maybe this has already been talked about)- but does it look like they've removed a lot of the trees through Coney Mall?

i didn't get to go by the parking lot today; we live in the opposite direction. Son of Beast was right outside our balcony and though I wasn't looking specifically for a tarp- i didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

staying at GWL tonight and drove past the ki parking lot on my way back from a walmart run. there were a pair of semi's in the parking lot surrounded by vehicles that appeared to have some large, cylinder-shaped objects on the flatbed. It was near dusk- so i couldn't see real well... but WindSeeker pieces may have begun to arrive.

most blog pages are free. set up a typepad or wordpress account.

why does it matter who it caters to? If John and Joe Doe want to pay $15 admission (or whatever) to get into said park- and others just like them- it's a cash flowing venture; everybody wins. I think maybe I'm missing the side of the coin you're speaking from.

With respect to the "owners" of this site I want to steer clear of the "religious" side of this topic all together- other than to say: 1) tax breaks to new businesses offering gainful employment opportunities is nothing new. If the Commonwealth of Kentucky offered tax breaks to this endeavor to kick it off and pony up a few dollars for gainful employment- separation of Church and State has nothing to do with it. Its about giving taxable benefit to an organization that will be paying FICA, and employees that will be paying their own set of taxes. It is the state government investing in itself. 2) I went to the Kentucky State Fair this past year. I can't imagine that Kentucky Kingdom would have much of a future and it wouldn't be wise for the state to roll out incentives for a park that can't expand. If you've ever been there I think you would agree that it is pretty much a textbook definition of a land-locked park. And every year in the late August/early September window most of your available parking is poached by a multi-day running fair. And if Hindu's Muslims, etc... offered to build a complex that offered gainful employment on a scale such as above- they would be given the same tax-break consideration just as would a Honda factory offering to build a warehouse in Kentucky to employ "X" employees. Religion has nothing to do with it- it's dollars and cents in the economy. [edited by Mr. Schrute for really bad grammar]

i would love to see google-earth pics from years past. as a side note, water surrounding rides wouldn't do a thing for the mid-july temperature.... or June for that matter.

i got that today too. What creative genius came up with that wording.... "Imagine Winterfest on a day like today??? YIKES"- then some other line about better ways to enjoy Kings Island.... I hit "reply" to the email- which I'm sure won't go anywhere- but stated that cold weather and "winter"fest was kind of the point. and placed my vote for a return of the event.

good pictures. it was a great picture you got from inside the line que from "the Crypt" that day it was open last year...

thats the one. You mean I backed up traffic on I-75 for hours last night trying to get a good picture of the "ornament" for nothing???????????

took a pair of pictures of the sign. no idea how to post them. any help?

i'll snap a picture next time I go by in the evening. I noticed last year EnterTrainment Junction was selling Christmas decor from the former Cypress Gardens (noticed the supply boxes stamped "Winter Haven, FL"

i couldn't find a thread that was closer to to this particular topic- so I figured I would bring out a topic that had been moth-balled for three years. And NO- I'm not suggesting WinterFest is retunring. Did anyone happen to noticed that the "star tree top" formerly perched atop the Paramount version of the Eiffel Tower Christmas Tree now lights up the side of the EnterTrainment Junction in West Chester?

I am leading a group to GWL in January- with an outstanding rate. If you are interested- i don't care if we know you or not... message me and I'll pass on the details.

if the report is correct they're going to try and put $150 million into it. That's some serious scratch that should be able to produce something(s) worthwhile. I would love if they would, in a sense, leave the "thrill" rides like tall, fast, etc.. roller coasters to places like CF, Six Flags, etc... and do a focus on theming and "special effects."

alright Brown.... Raptor.... make with the pictures!

off topic, but CedarPointer.... really digging the avatar.

intriguing. i can only figure it would not be positioned real well as it regards to population. Middletown would be better suited.... or perhaps a hamlet on the east side of Mason- oh wait, that's already occupied- never mind.

based on April crowds... if i recall correctly, this past April was pretty chilly.

yea... thinking that's pretty late.

looks like long lines for Flight of Fear tonight....

is it just me or does it seem that CF has essentially given up on the Crypt. It is a mere spec of what it was as Tomb Raider. The que line for that was almost worth the wait and made you think you were in line for a ride at Universal Studios Florida (OK maybe that's a stretch).

how is this thread still going? OK- I am going to officially throw my support behind shutting down Haunt. My wife and I went Saturday night (into Sunday morning)- and to be completely honest with you- 2 hour waits for Diamondback at midnight and ANY sort of wait whatsoever for The Racers is completely ridiculous! When I heard someone say that it was a 30-minute wait for The Racers.... we walked for a minute and left. I've been going to KI "regularly" since the late 80's- I've never seen lines like Saturday night. Beliefs about Haunt aside.... it's not going ANYWHERE ANYTIME soon. KI probably makes more money in the month of October from those handful of days than they probably do in a month of regular operation. It has to be the biggest "cash cow" generator for them. Again, we could have cared less about the haunt attractions themselves- but aside from copious amounts of fog (the amount of fog we saw could have caused a 2 hour delay in Kings School district)- we saw two characters/actors the whole time we were there. One was a freak with a giant sized lollipop in Action Zone and a short lady that made the teen girls scream.... by screaming at them (intriguing tactic). Honestly i don't care for the Haunt things myself- but the only problem i had with it was the fact that it was PACKED- didn't see any unruly individuals, nothing really offensive as you walked around. I'm sure I could come up with something if we went into an attraction- but if you have no interest in that- it's EASY to avoid.

are we perhaps bored?