Outdoor Man

I'm assuming this is referring to me. a few posts before I had said i'm not offended by it. However, my litmus test would be- and this doesn't need to ramp off into a "religion" topic, as is frowned on by the mods (and I agree with)- but with some people (not referring to anyone specifically) would not be offended by a character named "boocifer"- but I'd be willing to bet a donut that there would be people erratically offended by a "good" character name "geezus." but let me again state- it doesn't offend my sensitivities- nor am I complaining, just an opinion.

I'm not offended by it at all just think they could use better names and leave the "religious" references out completely. The funny part is, hardly anyone will blink an eye on the name "boocifer"- BUT let the hero of the attraction be someone named "Geesus" and they'd be stacking up the petition lines. (not intended to start a religion tangent; mods- delete this post if it distracts)

Ah, someone brought it up earlier. Probably the benchmark for all dark rides (even though, technically its probably not considered one) has to be Spiderman at Universal Studios. Why can't they make a ride like that. I hope that this isn't the same ride as SDATHC minus Scooby. Also, as a parent- I'm not real crazy on their play on words use of "Boocifer" on a "family" ride. To me that ranks right up there with some of the music they had been playing in the "kids" area last year. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that music... for me... not for elementary kids.

I think its ironic that the park just got detox'd from all of the Paramount era items, yet if you watch a Peanuts DVD release- they are distributed by Paramount.

i'm probably off on my terminology... but whereas The Beast follows the hills close to the ground sometimes- SOB relies mostly on sheer height for it's hills.

the coaster could be DRAMATICALLY improved if the "bowls" were removed in favor of making it a true "terrain" coaster. I think it can be salvaged into a much better experience. The roughest parts of the ride were when the track curved anyway.

agreed. buy low- shore up the properties, sell them off at a profit.

my guess is that Apollo will buy CF, shore up the books, delete non-performing properties, relocate popular attractions to more profitable venues (KI being one of them)- and eventually sell them off piece by piece. Oh, and clean house of the current CF management and install their own people.

I know... where is the "pigpen" themed ride? I knew he'd get dissed.

family stayed there last weekend.. or i guess two weekends ago- and yes, it is open. It's pretty fun; rode it 3 times. Got my face slapped with a wall of water on the first "funnel"- mabe because I rode it at night, couldn't see a thing, and the LED lights weren't on yet. Oh, and I about capsized. But, it was fun!

i have thought for some time that some of the things they do at Haunt are over the line- by even the most lax of standards. I can't believe that grown people have met and decided that some of these things are in even roughly decent taste. That being said- why don't they move some of the events to the Water Park area; there is nothing going on in there from September through June. it could keep most of the main park available for people who want to come but don't necessarily want to be there with the rest of the Haunt experience. I have a 4-year old and even though they don't "come out" until after the main park closes--- we still pass by all of that stuff get to the kids area.

i was pulling for a surprise intro to a retheme as "Itchy and Scratchy Land."

but, in 2001 - 2003, wasn't Worlds of Adventure considered a flagship park?

the death knoll came when Six Flags built it larger than the area could sustain it. If you look at it's location in proximity to any real flow of traffic its easy to see how it wouldn't survive as a mega park. I think that Sea World (or the Wild Animal side) was key to its survival because it was something no other park could match. Then once it left with the Six Flags name it took away what made the park different. Cedar Point had better coasters- there was nothing to make it exclusive anymore. Adding a WaterPark didn't do much to draw people from anywhere.... most parks have those now anyway. I think that CF tried to make a go of it- but with a recession looming and a roster of slightly used roller coasters that could be re-badged elsewhere as new experiences- I think they felt that "if we can't make a go of this on our terms..... no one is" - the decision to close became easy. It's sad that we aren't even 10 years removed from the Six Flags Worlds of Adventure expansion and now it is a weed field. If I'm not mistaken, it was considered to be Six Flags "flagship" park, wasn't it? From a business standpoint- the why makes sense. I just disagree with how they did it. If they would have announced a farewell month or even weekend- they would have attracted at least one large payday from it.

the header has the "visitkingsisland" url and name in the heading. It's what a lot of the attractions at the other parks are being named... they won't have different branding.

hmmm... all of the names are up there if you surf through the pages. only some and/or no pictures with no descriptions- but do have names. no opinion.

that picture of the parking lot.... that's a "park sellout" by today's standards... and the park is about twice as large. granted today's parking lot is larger.... but that's a lot of cars!

the "closed for the remainder of the 2009 season" tag has been removed from the website.

ooops,. those are the shows.

don't know if this has been posted yet. If so- lock out at will. This page isn't accessible by the main site yet- that I know of. http://www.pki.com/attractions/category.cfm?ac_id=17 (notice it still uses "pki")

store. too much would need to be done to it to bring to code for a sit down restaurant. kitchen, drains, restrooms, pantries, freezers. it's likely to be a retail locale for all things snoopy.

what the!?!?!?!?!??! they're taking it down?

it is probably enforced as rigorously as the "Smoking in Designated Places Only" policy.

Here's how I would describe it: SBNO

one would hope that in their off season maintenance of painting- that some paint would find its way over to Flight Deck.