Oldiesmann

My post above was meant to say that the 50,000 number likely includes the people who attended the park for the private events. I definitely agree with the "7 weekends" thing - I'm not sure how they're getting that at all.

That number almost certainly counts the people who attended the private events on the 3 days the park was closed for them... After all, someone paid for those guests to attend the event at the park, so it's technically paid attendance...

I still don't understand how the loan is going to help them get out of debt, but it sounds like the current group has good plans for what needs to be done and such. Hopefully the park will survive.

Last I saw Zypher does have the newer LED lights. Hmmm....I'll have to check it out next time I'm there. Zephyr has had LED lights for a couple years to my knowledge. Same with the carousel for the most part.

It will be interesting to see if the other three are actually available May 30th and what reason they give if any one of them isn't...

Considering they don't even know if they'll be open yet next year...

Even considering what happened last time, it doesn't make much sense to me that they'd ignore a major market. How many people in this area actually know that Kentucky Kingdom is still open?

https://thewilds.columbuszoo.org/ Just saw an ad for this on this site and am thinking of taking a trip up there at some point this summer, especially since it's only a 3-hour drive from here and it's only $20 for a safari tour. Has anyone here ever been there? I've never even heard of it before but it looks pretty cool.

But only if you subscribe to that paper apparently (or at least know someone who subscribes).

2014 was a "smashing success"? Really? Less than 700,000 visitors isn't what I would call a "smashing success" - especially when you have parks like KI drawing millions each season. And only 2 hours from Indy - so is another park that The Kingdom isn't even trying to compete with (because they can't?). Hart is going to have to reach much further than Indy if he expects to meet out-of-state-visitor attendance goals. I may very well stop by there on the way back from Holiwood Nights next weekend just to get whatever coaster credits I can before the park shuts down again.

The ERT and the talk on Saturday afternoon were my favorites. Dennis Speigel is quite a character I do wish they'd done a train tour on Saturday morning instead of Sunday though because I wasn't able to make it Sunday morning and I haven't gotten to do a train tour yet (I never got around to doing it when it was something we could pay for and missed out on the KIC one because I thought

The Chance Giant Wheel looks interesting, but I love the Eli Bridge Ferris Wheels (the model seen at Stricker's Grove and Coney Island among other places). It seems more like the "traditional" Ferris wheel than the Chance ones, despite having much lower capacity.

I remember it having green and yellow fluorescent lights on it at one point.

I heard that it's still not working properly but is still at the carousel. Hopefully the park will get it repaired soon.

This was clearly arranged by the tourism group rather than the parks themselves. I wonder how much each park gets out of the deal...

So basically the group that insured The Beach Club is separate from the groups involved with the rest of the park? This could get quite interesting.

Here's a very short clip of Up Up and Away that I found on YouTube. Nice family ride I guess, but definitely not something I'd go out of my way to ride.

I doubt we'll see any major overhaul of Monster this season. It looks like it's just a motor replacement, in which case it'll probably be back up and running within the next few weeks, depending on how long it takes to get the necessary parts and such.

The lockers by Banshee, Firehawk and Whitewater Canyon are not pay per use. For a small locker, it's $2 for the first two hours and $2 per hour after that. I believe the large lockers cost twice that, but I'm not sure.

While in line to get my stuff before ERT on Saturday morning, I heard a guest in front of me talking to a friend about some rides he liked, followed by "I like the ride so much I named my cat after it!"

He's not allowed to post here anymore (though I won't get into why here), but I saw him at the park yesterday and Saturday as well.

According to Devan (thedevariouseffect), the main hydraulic motor was missing as of yesterday, so it's likely just a motor replacement. It seemed to be running fine when I rode it on the 8th.

I had a blast as well even though I didn't get to the park until a little after 12:30 on Sunday. ERT was quite rewarding. Ride count for the final 90 minutes Sunday: Adventure Express - 3, including last train of the night (ERT for that ended at 9) Banshee - 2 Beast - 2 (also including last train of the night on that ride) Woodstock Gliders - 2

Someone else was snapping them during the ERT this evening. One of the ride ops even joked about "testing the limits" of the ride and "we thought we'd tested everything". Definitely fun to watch and experience, but doing it during a normal ride cycle with non-enthusiasts might scare people.

I'll find some excuse to get out there this summer. I likely won't make it to Balloon Glow for the first time in 3 or 4 years as I'm taking off June 21st for the Weird Al concert in Dayton and the 30th for my birthday, and with the 4th falling on a weekend this year we'll likely be busy that weekend at work. Sent from my LG G3 using Tapatalk