Oldiesmann

Thus why you should watch others play the game before you shell out your nickels and try it yourself

Thanks! That was a lucky shot - I wanted to get a good picture of the bird because it isn't seen very often, but it was getting dark, so it was hard to get a good shot of it without the flash bouncing off of something in the foreground. I did take two other photos of it as well: <a href=" title="Heron #1 by oldiesmann, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4657059908_e1ef6cd589.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Heron #1" /></a> <a href=" title="Heron #2 by oldiesmann, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4656439253_fe7de4a0d6.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Heron #2" /></a> Both were taken by setting my camera to "night snapshot" mode and using one of the wooden rope posts as a tripod. Unfortunately, the post I set the camera on for the first photo was crooked, so the photo looks a bit odd (though I can probably straighten it with Paint .NET).

Please take the time to pay attention to the date of things before commenting. The original post in this topic is from July of 2008. The tour occurred in June of 2008 (as mentioned in the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph in the article that is linked to in that post). The monorail is complete now, however it is not used as a general parking shuttle as originally planned. It is used to shuttle guests from the parking lot to the Oscar Event Center. There was a post about this on their Facebook page about this several months ago, but as I recall, the original plan to use it as a shuttle for all guests (not just those attending an event) ended up being a logistical nightmare, so that's why they chose to just use it for their event center. If I can find that post, I'll quote it here (unfortunately it was posted on their wall, so there's no easy way to link directly to it).

The showers are in the locker room, but as I recall, there are not individual stalls - just a long row of showers.

Here are some of the photos I took this past weekend... <a href=" title="Diamondback by oldiesmann, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4657058612_371921cffe.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Diamondback" /></a> Diamondback, as seen from the WWC exit area (back by the canons) <a href=" title="Diamondback Splashdown by oldiesmann, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4657052922_7e30255966.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Diamondback Splashdown" /></a> DB splashdown, as seen from the Eiffel Tower <a href=" title="Heron #3 by oldiesmann, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4656439681_f9c8e3ec19.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Heron #3" /></a> Great blue heron at the Outer Hanks lake <a href=" title="Train #2 by oldiesmann, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4657059198_52a08cea6e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Train #2" /></a> Train, from the WWC exit

I'm surprised nobody has brought that up again since they said the lights were supposed to be off. The lights at the end of the first tunnel have been on every time I've ridden it lately, regardless of the time of day.

That path reopened last weekend.

Being a holiday, it likely will be busy, though the threat of rain may scare some people away.

This is probably just a busy weekend for them - they've got the new Starlight Spectacular, the Action Sports tour, the military promotion, etc., plus they're likely working on the final details of their summer shows. Also, for those wondering what happened to the fireworks on Saturday, apparently they were having technical difficulties with them, at least that's what we were told by the guy selling all the flashy toys near the front of the park. The fact that they didn't play the "all rides and attractions are now closing for the night" spiel until almost 10:30 seems to confirm this. They did have fireworks on Sunday night like usual.

I'm sure there's a good reason for that (beyond company policy) - likely due to state laws and/or insurance restrictions.

I went to the balloon glow last year, so I know it'll be crowded. I got there around 6 last year and still got to ride just about everything before the night was over (I think I rode everything except Ferris Wheel, Rock-O-Planes and Scrambler).

That's the first time I can ever recall a coaster being relocated to a different country. Wonder how much it cost them to ship it to Brazil...

Hopefully they'll have shows in the evening as well as during the day/afternoon. I plan on being at Coney on the 3rd for the balloon glow and fireworks, but may have to work in the morning.

They called my cell phone this morning (I gave them that number when I got my pass), but I didn't hear it ring. The message did go to my voice mail, but got cut off due to the recording time limit (AT&T apparently limits voice mail messages to two minutes unless you have the "advanced" voice mail service). Still, it was nice to see the park taking time to tell us of upcoming events.

My favorite fail ride would definitely have to be Son of Beast. After that it would probably be the short-lived Scooby's Ghoster Coaster (fun little ride, but the capacity was horrible).

I will agree with you on Adventure Express. The entrance is easy to pass up if you're not looking for it, and the coaster isn't one that's easily visible from most parts of the park due to its location. However, it is a surprisingly fun ride, especially from the middle seat (3-2).

I just went through the caller ID and sure enough, they called here too, but I was at work at the time. I don't know if my parents answered or not.

Glad they're looking into that sign and the I-Street camera. Also good to see that The Racer cam is back up - it wasn't working yesterday.

I was wondering why he was a trending topic on Twitter. Sad to hear that!

As I mentioned earlier, your best option is to call the park regarding any questions related to employment, regardless of what's said here. Things can and do change, and there's no guarantee that the policy this year will be the same as it was last year.

Friday will probably be less crowded than Saturday, but I didn't go on the Friday before Memorial Day last year, so I don't know how bad the crowds were. It will probably be dead earlier in the day before everyone gets off of work/school, but things will likely pick up in the evening, especially since they offer discounted admission after 4 (I don't remember the exact details of that though).

Chang's fate depends on numerous things: Who actually owns it right now How much it would cost to return it to the park Whether or not there's actually a spot for it at the park anymore (it was removed to expand the waterpark)

I would expect it to be crowded on Saturday due to the holiday weekend, the ASA World Sports Action Tour, the prediction of good weather and the beginning of Snoopy's Starlight Experience.

If in doubt, call the park.

On the subject of ice water, I learned two things about it at KI this past Saturday: 1. If the stand you go to is out of the small cups, they will tell you to go to a different stand 2. The candy store on I-Street no longer gives out large cups of ice water like they did last season