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Before Paramount, the park shared the local 398 prefix. 754 came along a few years after Paramount bought the park. Interesting. I figured 754 spelling "PKI" was just a coincidence. Guess not!

I'd be surprised if they opened Action Theater for ERT. Racer seems like the most logical choice since it's in the same general area (or even Shake, Rattle & Roll).

My guess is that they will open Racer or another ride in that general area if WindSeeker isn't done in time, though I know most of us would prefer that big snake over in Rivertown.

Ovo has now been canceled for the rest of this week as well as for Sunday. They're expecting to resume next Tuesday, May 3rd. http://www.facebook.com/OVOCirque

I'll actually be a bit surprised if it's finished by Saturday. They still have a lot of work to do between now and then!

What webcam are you watching? The seats have been on for a few days now.

I can only imagine the outcome of that situation then.

I'm still debating about whether or not I want to see this. $30-$40 is a lot of money for a show like that, but it does look interesting. There is of course the flooding issue again - with all this rain we're supposed to get over the next several days, it could be a bit more difficult to get to Coney from points west.

Twitpic won't let you show the full image on external websites - the URL includes an access key and a timestamp indicating when said key expires. That's why those images stop working after a short period of time. The best you can do is embed a thumbnail, using the "Put this photo on your website" code that they give you, like this: <a href="http://twitpic.com/4ns37q" title="PHOTO: Work has begun on building the queue for the new 301'... on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/4ns37q.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="PHOTO: Work has begun on building the queue for the new 301'... on Twitpic"></a>

No surprise there. Will be interesting to see what this guy tries next.

The most likely reason is that it wasn't officially sanctioned by KI. I'd actually be surprised if the person running that page even worked for KI to begin with.

You can view the rest of his videos at http://vimeo.com/coastergeek101

Hopefully I'll be able to make it out there again this summer. I had a blast there last year.

I certainly hope not. I'm really enjoying this and am hoping to find time to dig through our family photos to see if I can find something to contribute

The WindSeeker2 image hasn't been working for me for a week or more now.

If you mean this, it's a radio tower: Lots more info at http://www.necrat.us/wlw.html if interested.

I was -3 at the time. *runs*

They may have been selling it during the Rock Band Live shows, but it wasn't sold in any gift shops to my knowledge.

On the subject of Racer's original paint scheme - I asked them about that last season before 5@5 abruptly stopped, and the general consensus was that it would be far too costly to repaint the ride that way. If only we had unlimited funds to restore some rides to their original glory (*cough*carousel*cough*).

I don't find any coaster at KI scary either. Vortex and Invertigo tend to be the most intense for me though.

That's the way it was last season. I rode Slingshot several times because of that policy, and will likely do so again this year. I'm not a fan of Skyflyer though (Drop Tower is a much better value - you drop towards the ground from several hundred feet in the air at 60+mph, but it's not face-first and you have more time to enjoy the view, plus it's free).

That would be a really cool place to see. When you say "has been sealed off," do you mean like the tunnel has been completely closed off by concrete, or is there just a door type thing where you can get in? Where was the entrance to this tunnel? The entrance to this tunnel is just to the right of the Speed Pitch game there in Coney Mall. It's not very noticeable, but if you look closely, you can see it.

Sounds more like they don't like the idea of a flea market cluttering up their neighborhood. Notice how none of the board members can agree on a good reason to reject the request: The third reason is what makes me think they would find this tacky. Why should they be concerned about other businesses requesting similar variances? Are they that swamped with work that they wouldn't have time to look over said variance requests?

I'll be sure to print off proof from Paypal before I go the first time so they can't claim that I didn't renew if I do run into problems. I just have a gold pass so hopefully I won't have any trouble.

So you still need to go through processing again if you renewed online?