Oldiesmann

Note that the price increase only applies to regular adult tickets. Junior/Senior, group and season pass tickets remain the same price regardless of when you purchase them.

I don't see the stock taking off until Kinzel is gone and the company gets its act together. Many unitholders are furious with him at the moment, and there's that huge debt that the company still doesn't have a clear plan for repaying...

I'm wondering if Kinzel's re-election to the board was just a way to buy time until a suitable replacement can be found. It's amazing that there were enough people voting for him to get him re-elected, unless there wasn't a "no" option. I don't see Kinzel lasting much longer. It would also be fun to see what happens to his son when dear old dad is no longer in charge...

I agree. The lack of ability to search for specific phrases on this forum makes the search feature all but useless at times. I've found using Google to be much better (enter "site:KICentral.com" without the quotes before the search terms in the search box).

Now it asks for questions for Thursday's.... That's the note from the last time they answered questions (May 27th).

There are quite a few hotels/motels in that area, but since I only live half an hour from KI, I don't know which are cheapest. You can pretty much find anything from basic motels (Super 8) to fancy hotels (Hyatt, Mariott) within 10 minutes of KI depending on your preferences and price range. There is a Comfort Suites right up the road from KI (a little further north than KIRCC), and a few more places near The Beach (a small water park just north of KI).

They have since deleted the note asking people to submit questions for Friday the 28th... I'm going to send an email to Don asking what's up with this. I would think if they were going to stop doing it they'd at least give an explanation...

KI does not have its own warning sirens, but Warren County does have a system of sirens, and several people here have reported hearing them while at the park. There are two sirens close to KI - one at the Cintas complex and one at Kings Mills and Columbia next to the fire station.

I saw the 5:00 show today and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've been looking forward to this one as ESOI was my favorite show last summer (though I never saw Marty's Party). I've seen several of the Peanuts specials, the Snoopy Come Home movie and have read the strip for years, so I recognized all of the themes they touched on. The skaters were quite talented (like usual), and I thought they did a great job with the music selection. This year the music covers several decades, unlike last year's show which mostly stuck to 70s music. And of course they keep finding new ways to get guests to shell out nickels - now they have vendors selling cotton candy and flash toys/necklaces before the show.

When I rode Zephyr earlier, the ride op said something like "Enjoy your ride on Zephyr, which goes up and around, then underwater 6 times. Smile for the camera!". Back on topic: Guest, talking to his friends, while waiting in the SRL at Diamondback: "This is how I rode this 5 times in 5 minutes!"

I was 6, on Beastie.

So does Firefox...

Just for clarification, the NWS does not set the sirens off. A county EMA worker or other local official does. (It varies depending on the location and how things are hooked up).

Not necessarily. Watches and warnings can be (and often are) issued only for parts of a county. The reasons that the sirens are set off for the entire county can vary - sometimes it's because of the possibility that the danger could spread to other areas, and other times it's just due to lack of training (those responsible only know how to set off all the sirens in the county).

Impressive! Did you do that through the telescope or does your camera have really powerful zoom on it?

I'm hoping it's just that they're really busy at the moment (Starlight Spectacular, the ASA thing last weekend, Rock Band Live starting tomorrow, going "full time" next week [beginning Friday, the park will be open til 10pm or later every day until late August]), but I may email Don later to see if we can get a definite answer. Even if they chose to end it, I wouldn't expect them to just leave us hanging like this.

One place to start: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19385 That topic is the initial rumor that PS was coming and discussion of that idea.

Speaking of fountains, I am pleased to see that the old drinking fountain in Oktoberfest still works. I am a bit surprised that it's even there anymore since it's off the beaten path (in a corner between a caricature stand and Greaters on the edge of Oktoberfest).

An embarrassing story from when I worked at the park back in 2005. It was early in the season, and I was working at Yogi's Sky Tours. Suddenly, one of the helicopters decided to stop on the track. My coworker and I both panicked and instead of remembering our training, I called dispatch to tell them that the ride was down with people on it. This sent ride managers, maintenance and someone from the KI fire department rushing to the ride. Before all the managers, maintenance, etc. got there, I had remembered to try resetting the ride, which remedied the situation. At this point we went back to normal operation, right about the time that everyone arrived to see what was going on. I felt like such an idiot - I'd sent managers, maintenance, etc. rushing to the ride for a possibly serious situation (there are no stairs or trackside walkways on that ride), only to have them arrive to find the ride operating normally.

The palm trees are safe - it's used as a greenhouse for the trees in the winter (since palm trees prefer tropical climates). I didn't even notice the post count, so thanks

I didn't realize that the carriage was that old. Glad to hear that nobody was hurt.

And, as with Boo Blasters, Kinzel is making lots of extra nickels on those 3D glasses which supposedly "enhance" the experience.

That's what the guy selling the flashy toys (light wands, glow necklaces, etc.) at the front of the park said as well. Considering that they didn't even play the "rides and attractions are now closing" message until almost 10:30, I'm inclined to believe that reason, especially since the fireworks went off at 10 on Sunday.

Just to avoid any confusion, this offer appears to be open to anyone, not just those who subscribe to the newsletter.

Lift hill speed doesn't play much of a role in how fast the ride actually goes does it? I wouldn't think that would do anything except make the trains get to the top of the hill faster.