Oldiesmann

Kinda like the Monster at KI. Not just a push button operation unless it has changed since the early 80's. That's exactly what I was thinking. Monster is still operated with levers, and it seems fairly complicated.

Actually, many businesses are counting Monday as a holiday due to the 4th being on Sunday this year.

The tower is blue? I always thought it was an aqua/green color...

I would choose The Zephyr. I love the fancy decorations and all the neat painted scenes on it:

The bowl has been full of water for several weeks now. Apparently whoever has the power to fix that problem either doesn't know that it exists, or has forgotten that it's there. Sadly, if we tried to bring it to the park's attention, it would likely disappear entirely, especially since some guests are physically unable to operate it.

Supposedly there's a setting in the admin center somewhere to force external links to open in a new window, but I don't know much about IPB so I'm not sure exactly where it is. I'll spare the technical reasons as to why it no longer works since many here wouldn't understand

As there are quite a few park employees who post regularly on these forums, I wouldn't be surprised if someone here does know, but unless the park chooses to release that information, we likely won't find out the exact reason.

I'll definitely have to consider this. Sounds like a lot of fun

Most of those are covering old QTV footers.

Here's the link to the status update for those not on Facebook since it defaults to a different tab for guests... http://www.facebook.com/#/story.php?id=10625691462&story_fbid=132354520120068

Sorry if I confused anyone. The drinking fountain appears to be getting ignored. The past two times I'be been to the park, the drain has been clogged, so the bowl has been full of water. As I said, it's kinda back in a corner, so you likely wouldn't notice it if you weren't looking for it.

In terms of disgusting, the weirdest thing I saw was a large woman wearing tight cotton shorts with "bootylicious" plastered across the backside, complete with a fake lip print in the middle of it. My sister and I couldn't believe anyone would be that disgusting - it's bad enough that large women feel the need to wear skin-tight clothing, but "bootylicious"? How crude can you get?

I'd much rather see them replace the CEO with someone who doesn't hoard nickels and think his son is the best candidate to run one of the company's parks...

It has its advantages. This past Saturday, about an hour after the park opened, the line was 45 minutes, yet the SRL was near the top of the stairs. I went through the SRL twice and got two rides in less than 20 minutes.

One interesting thing to note about that picture of The Monster... It lacks the "latch pin" which is now in place (not my photo): According to http://capital2.capital.edu/admin-staff/dalthoff/adventures/tr2006/uspki02.html the latch pin was added for the 2006 season (though I seem to remember it being there long before then).

Possibly, but if that were the case, why would these be permanently mounted instead of the Windmaster style portable signs?

I have heard of El Toro and Colossus. Didn't know they were Intamins though.

I didn't even know Intamun made wooden coasters...

Vortex is indeed 48", so he can ride it.

What's worse is trying to explain it to the parents... 2005 was not a fun year for ride ops at Beastie either...

Exactly what I was thinking. I wish we'd at least gotten an explanation as to why it stopped.

Interesting find. That shirt couldn't have been around more than a season or two with both Flight of Fear and King Cobra listed. For some reason I thought KC was closed before FoF was put in.

During my visits to KI this year, I've seen a sign on a gate by Timberwolf mentioning a "Beast Challenge"and saying something about looking for a drawing of The Beast under one of the seats. It also has a "Clue" section that has been erased (it's a dry-erase board). For whatever reason, I didn't think much of it. However, I noticed another such sign at Vortes, saying to ride Vortex and get your on-ride photo as proof. The clue basically said to play the Peach Baskets game (though not directly). Does anyone here know anything else about this? I searched this site and Google but couldn't find anything.

It is a season pass perk on Sundays for Skyflyer for 5 bucks all day. Show your Gold or Plat pass at the time of sale Thanks for the info. I'll keep that in mind next time I'm at KI on a Sunday.

I rode it once and that was enough for me. The initial drop is a bit thrilling, but after that you're just swinging through the air for a bit. I'd much rather spend my 100 nickels on Slingshot, which offers a unique view of the park.