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The thing is, Coney wasn't trying to compete with Kings Island at all. With proper marketing and management it could have survived. Management made a huge mistake by removing the rides at the end of 2019, despite whatever reasons they had (publicly stated or otherwise) for doing so. Without the rides it was just a park that happened to have a giant pool with a few slides. a mini golf course, a few games and some activities for the kids. Not much to do when you were done swimming, nothing to do on days when it was a bit too chilly to go swimming...
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Accident on Flying Swings at Waldameer
Oldiesmann replied to Oldiesmann's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
Searching for info on Facebook, I found this post in an Erie group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/668392443222569/?multi_permalinks=8213398108721927 -
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/51230101/waldameer-investigating-incident-on-amusement-ride There was an accident on the Flying Swings ride at Waldameer in Erie, PA last night that resulted in three people being sent to the hospital. Nothing official yet other than a statement from the park saying they're investigating. According to a screenshot of a Facebook post from someone involved that my sister found, an operator attempted to stop the ride after a guest kept trying to open his restraint, but the ride continued rotating at full speed as it lowered, finally slowing down once swings started hitting an umbrella at the operator stand. The ride is similar to Zephyr, though I don't know if it's the same model.
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Intamin dual-launch straddle coaster coming to Six Flags New England next year. https://www.boston.com/travel/travel/2024/08/15/six-flags-new-england-new-roller-coaster-quantum-accelerator/
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I've seen it open more this season than previous seasons.
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RiverRacers coming to Soak City in 2025
Oldiesmann replied to JubJester's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
I rarely go to the water park but I'll definitely be checking this out at least. It's about time they got a water coaster. -
I wonder if Carowinds will have the "no adults without a kid" restriction that Canada's Wonderland has (or had? I can't find anything on the park's site about that). I probably won't make it to Carowinds next year anyway (even though I love that park and haven't been in 3 years), but I am curious about that.
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Great Adventure Skyride
Oldiesmann replied to johnjniehaus's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
I saw the first article earlier, but given that they don't cite a source for their info I didn't really believe it. When I was there last month there was a sign up saying they were refurbishing it for their 50th anniversary season. I didn't see any work being done on it, but I was all over the park as well so I might have just missed it. Wikipedia says the sky ride was made by Von Roll, a company that's still in business, so I wouldn't think finding parts would be that difficult. -
8½ years between posts. Holy topic bump, Batman! I believe The Beach's main problem was they never really expanded/updated anything, and then KI kept expanding/updating the water park (which actually opened 5 years after The Beach). The location probably didn't help since you had to drive right past KI to get there, but it was a cool place nonetheless, and they had things that you didn't find at KI (dive-in movies before KI did it, plus a teen dance night every Tuesday during the summer among other things). I think Coco Key's main problem is they weren't much more than an indoor water park attached to a random hotel in the middle of the suburbs. I attempted to go there once only to find out that that was the one day of the week they were closed, and never made it back before they closed for good. I'm not sure a different location would have helped them much, unless they had been near the aquarium/Newport on the Levee (since there isn't much else in northern Kentucky to draw people from north of the river down there - unless you live down that way, know someone who does or are passing through on the way back east, there isn't much to draw people outside of Devou Park and the Levee).
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It's great to see CF starting to focus on some of its more minor parks now (I realize KD isn't a minor park compared to something like Dorney or Michigan's Adventure, but it still isn't one of the company's biggest parks in terms of fame, especially with Busch Gardens Williamsburg being just an hour away). A major coaster addition just in time for the park's 50th anniversary season is an excellent choice in my opinion, especially one that they can say is "record breaking" to appeal to the general public. It'll be interesting to see what else the park has in store for their 50th anniversary as well.
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Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
Oldiesmann replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
I really need to remind myself to slow down and see things other than amusement parks while on vacation. My recent trip was fun but I regret not having time to see other things. I haven't done the trolley tour in Hershey nor have I seen the museum there. I found a few things I'd like to check out in the Pittsburgh area that I didn't have time to do when I went to Kennywood (fortunately Pittsburgh is a relatively easy drive from CIncinnati - unlike Hershey, which is 7+ hours not counting stops). I am definitely going to take that into account when planning next year's trip. I definitely want to hit KD and BGW, but at least plan on splitting the drive up over two days this time around (last time I was at KD I drove up from Carowinds so I didn't realize how far the drive is from there to Cincinnati until I headed home at the end of the trip), and hopefully throw a day of exploring Williamsburg in there as well. -
Quite an adventure at Dollywood today apparently. Even parts of the parking lot were flooded.v
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Nights of Lights is moving to a new location this year - the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville. A bit of a hike from Cincinnati... https://www.citybeat.com/arts/coney-islands-nights-of-lights-holiday-show-to-live-on-in-new-location-17865347
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Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
Oldiesmann replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
Two other legacy SIX parks have also implemented this policy - Six Flags America (about 35 miles south of Baltimore) and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (about 29 miles north of Oakland, CA). It will be interesting to see if the rest of the SIX parks implement a similar policy. I can't really picture Great Adventure doing this as it's so far from any major cities to begin with (Philadelphia is the nearest big city; Trenton, NJ is closer but has less than 100,000 people), but some of the other suburban parks like Great America might. -
Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
Oldiesmann replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
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Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merge
Oldiesmann replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Kings Island Central Newsroom
I posted that in the other topic about said surcharges. Of course this would happen a couple of days after I visit Great Adventure. Would have saved me some money.