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Keep in mind that Europa Park is owned by Mack Rides. Spend enough money advertising your rides and miraculously your amusement park gets high ratings.

Also note that Cannibal at Lagoon Park didn't even make the top 5 of the new rides category despite getting tons of interest from various enthusiast sites Sent from my LG G3 using Tapatalk

If there's already a topic on this, I apologize. I searched and couldn't find one The annual Golden Ticket Awards were held this weekend at Luna Park in New York. Here's a list of this year's winners... Full info at http://www.goldenticketawards.com Best New Attraction (Amusement Park): Fury 325, Carowinds Best New Ride (Water Park): Dive Bomber, Six Flags White Water Best Park: Europa Park Best Water Park: Schlitterbahn (New Braunfels, TX location) Best Children's Park: Idlewild & SoakZone Best Marine Life Park: SeaWorld Orlando Best Seaside Park: Morey's Piers Best Kids' Area: Kings Island Cleanest Park: Holiday World Friendliest Park: Dollywood Best Shows: Dollywood Best Outdoor Show Production: Illuminations, Epcot Best Landscaping: Busch Gardens Williamsburg Best Food: Knoebel's Amusement Resort Best Carousel: Knoebel's Amusement Resort Best Water Ride (Park): Valhalia, Blackpool Pleasure Beach Best Water Park Ride: Wildebeest, Holiday World Best Indoor Water Park: Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Best Indoor Roller Coaster: Revenge of the Mummy, Universal Studios Orlando Best Funhouse/Walk-Through: Noah's Ark, Kennywood Best Halloween Event: Universal Studios Orlando Best Christmas Event: Dollywood #1 Steel Roller Coaster: Millennium Force #1 Wood Coaster: Boulder Dash

http://www.cnet.com/news/baby-born-at-legoland-gets-lifetime-pass/

Staffing issues maybe?

Why is the county so intent on forcing them to hook in? The current system seems to be working fine, and it's got to be easier to get a permit to increase output than to spend $600k for something that gives them no real benefit...

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/09/06/loose-cheetah-prompts-lockdown-indy-zoo/71809498/ Nobody was injured, the animal was tranquilized and the cheetahs are being kept in a holding area off the exhibit while the zoo investigates the situation.

Except that it now has press drawings of Diamondback instead...

Plus they reported it 2 days after I reported it here. That is slow reporting for an all news station! It's not even their photo. It says "WLFI Photo" underneath it. WLFI is the CBS affiliate out of West Lafayette, Indiana. Apparently it was easier to borrow a photo from a closer station than to search the web for better photos.

I wonder how well that Holidays in the Park thing will work at Great Adventure. I wonder how well that will work given the harsh winters they typically have in that part of the country.

And these people were supposed to know what they were doing...

The area where the operator sits is stationary. The rest of the ride rotates around it. Sent from my LG G3 using Tapatalk

I was implying that the Carolina Harbor name was because the states border an ocean... Sent from my LG G3 using Tapatalk

The author is a "Client Strategy Manager" for Gannett... https://www.linkedin.com/in/corneliusdawn Also, who considers something 2 1/2 hours away as being "nearby"? Even here in Cincinnati most people wouldn't consider Louisville "nearby", let alone someone in Nashville.

Also the fact that both states border a large ocean...

I've ridden the Electric Rainbow, which now resides at Stricker's Grove. The Super Round-Up at Coney Island is more fun in my opinion.

Also just noticed this got posted in the wrong place. Mods can someone move it please?

No injuries as this occurred during a test run prior to the ride opening. http://wobm.com/fire-reported-at-keansburg-amusement-park/ Also see http://www.ride-extravaganza.com/intermediate/gravitron/ if you're not familiar with that type of ride.

Ouimet seems to be doing something for everyone at most parks... KI: Big coaster in 2014, family ride and kiddie ride in 2015, water slide complex next year KBF: Dark ride for 2015, 75th anniversary celebration of "ghost town area" next year (not many details on that yet) KD: New thrilling flat ride for next year Carowinds: Big coaster this year, water park expansion/improvement next year (all but confirmed given park hints and such) California's Great America: Planet Snoopy expansion this year (nothing announced for 2016 yet) Cedar Point: Family rides and other improvements in 2014; Renovated hotel, midway improvements, refurbished coaster and picnic area for 2015; new coaster for 2016

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207431/Two-workers-quizzed-human-error-Alton-Towers-horror-Engineer-turned-automatic-safety-lock-operator-let-truck-slam-stalled-carriage.html Sent from my LG G3 using Tapatalk

I'm sure they only tow people as a last resort, as it's a big hassle to do that - especially since it could resort in someone not having an easy way to leave the park at the end of the day. I'm guessing KI police have the ability to write actual tickets, but I don't fully understand how privatized police forces like that work, so I'm not sure on that.

A couple visits to CP will make it worth the extra cost in my opinion. Between 6-8 visits to KI so far this season and 2 more to CP, I'm sure I've gotten my money's worth.

I'm thinking ERT will be for all passholders and not just those who renewed. Also great to see they're doing a preview night again next year. That was a great time for rides this year.

I'm not familiar with that park, but it sounds like a great addition for 2016 - something for families and youngsters alike. It'll be interesting to see what kind of coaster they get for Flying Ace.

I'm not sure about the fine thing... The company I work for has a contract with a collection agency to force people to pay parking tickets (this is also how we get people for tailgating out of the garage).