Oldiesmann

I had completely forgotten about Wild & Crazy Kids. Given that I would have been in elementary school in the late 80s, I must have caught it during reruns as I definitely remember that show. Also, every time I see videos of the original Colossus, I'm annoyed that it's not possible to ride it that way anymore, since Six Flags had to go make a "twisted" version of it.

The fact that the majority of the people driving those roads will be tourists unfamiliar with local speed limits and unable/unwilling to fight the charges in court has nothing to do with it of course.

I'm doing the 1pm tour. More ride time between the tour and the other activities.

Do we win a prize if a loose article happens to fall through one of the hoops while we're riding?

Heads up for anyone planning to go to down towards Dollywood in the coming weeks/months... A rock slide on the northbound side of I-75 in Campbell County, Tennessee has closed the freeway in that area until the mess is cleaned up... http://www.wbir.com/news/local/rockslide-forces-closure-of-i-75-section/57692675

And unfortunately the detour for said closure takes all that traffic right past KI - up either Mason-Montgomery Road or Innovation Way to Western Row, east past KI Drive and back south on Columbia to Socialville-Foster.

Those are wood coasters though - not a steel coaster with an elevator lift and 116-degree drop.

Also interesting to see that Cannibal at Lagoon Park was designed by a former Arrow engineer. I was wondering how a small park could come up with something like that in-house.

Just finished it (had to pause it a few minutes because the dog wanted out). Very well done documentary. I never realized just how influential they were in the industry. It's such a shame they met their fate the way they did.

Watching it now. Since we have a Blu-Ray player with a YouTube app on it, I'm watching it on TV rather than on my computer

And embedded here for those who are lazy

The article I linked to above says to "check back for the link to the documentary Friday afternoon", so I assume it hasn't been released yet. The website for the documentary is http://www.legacyofarrow.com so I'd watch that site for the link as well.

While I do understand that they'd want to know what was going on, planting an employee on the other side and trying to convince those on the other side to do things that are illegal is highly unethical at best. I can't imagine what the consequences would be if they had actually succeeded in getting the activists to partake in the illegal activities.

ACE has apparently made a documentary about Arrow Development which will be premiering on the net sometime tomorrow... http://coasteraddict.com/the-legacy-of-arrow-lives-on-today/

That "wherever" is Carowinds, according to RCDB

Speaking of Conneaut Lake Park, I just realized it's only an hour from Waldameer. If by some chance it actually opens this year I might have to swing by while I'm up that way.

I've never stayed at any of the CF properties (last year was my first trip up there), but it seems nice enough. It's on CP Drive a couple minutes south of the park, not actually at CP like the others are. It does have some perks (discounted tickets and one hour early entry to the park), but like the other CF properties it's still more expensive than surrounding hotels (for the dates I'm going this year it's $139 a night just for the room itself). It does appear that the three-day tickets are only available for resort guests as well.

I too miss the more realistic map styles from the Paramount era. They're not entirely realistic, but they're far less exaggerated than the current ones are.

In terms of where to stay - I would highly recommend staying at one of the many hotels on Route 6 in Sandusky rather than on CF property. Staying on property is more convenient and does offer some perks (at least for those who aren't passholders), but you'll pay considerably more. I stayed at Knights Inn in Sandusky last year and was quite happy with the experience - nice large room, free breakfast and just 5 minutes from CP. This year I'm staying at Econo Lodge because Knights Inn was sold out for at least one of the dates I wanted. I'm still only paying around $80-$90 per night though.

I'd imagine neither company is eager to have multiple locations within two hours of one another - both Kalahari and Great Wolf have locations in Sandusky, and of course Great Wolf is also in Mason. If you make them less common, they'll be more attractive to potential guests.

Preview night info was mentioned earlier in this topic... Important to note: The Preview Night in the spring is for passholders who renewed by the November 6 deadline in the fall. Only passes renewed by the deadline will be valid for admission to the preview event.

The crowd size depends largely on the weather. If it's as nice this year as it has been in recent years it will be quite crowded. If it's cold and rainy it won't be as crowded.

Here's a construction picture of the Rivertown funnel cake stand courtesy of the KI Twitter account (posted a few days ago): https://twitter.com/KingsIslandPR/status/700487529162788865

I got The Beast. The 2nd question was fun since I can truthfully say I'm "out all night" on a typical Friday - at work.

Was any reason ever given for wanting to chop the cars up like that?