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My dad had a book on solving the thing (The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube by James G. Nourse - long out of print, but available on Amazon really cheap), so I often solved it that way, but I can definitely recall peeling the stickers off or taking it apart and re-assembling it to solve it as well. For me though, it was more fun either messing it up and seeing how long it took my dad to solve it, or making silly patterns with it (crosses, stripes, checkerboard, etc.).

And yet the Giant Top Spin is still listed on Huss' website. What's strange is why Paramount/CBS/Viacom (whoever owned the park at the time the decision was made) would choose an unproven concept model over a reliable and well-proven actual model when the capacity of the giant model really isn't that much better than that of the standard model. Capacities for both, from Huss' website (which of course means they're nowhere near realistic): Giant - 900 people per hour Regular - 855 people per hour In a perfect world where you actually hit the stated capacity, that's only an extra 540 people per 12-hour operating day.

If only I lived closer to Atlanta. Would be a lot of fun!

Found this on Screamscape. Apparently on Good Friday, two brothers were out riding their bikes when they came across an open gate at Canada's Wonderland. Rather than ignore it or inform the park, they decided to take a nice 6-minute joyride through the closed park, surprisingly without being approached by security or other park officials. However, one person did comment on the video saying that he "lost his job" because of them, so I'm guessing the park has taken measures to ensure that this won't happen again...

DAY is an international airport, just like CVG. However, I have no idea how big it is in terms of international flights considering it's halfway between Columbus and Indy.

They haven't announced any more info on that yet. I'm sure we'll hear more in the coming weeks.

Beech Bend - Kentucky Rumbler Camden Park - Big Dipper Coney Island - Super Roundup Kings Island - Diamondback and Beast Stricker's Grove - Tornado

Delirium went down a couple of times for reasons not known to me. Flight Deck also went down around 4:30 or so due to a problem with the restraints in one car.

I believe they will be in the Coca-Cola Marketplace outside Coney Mall. There is a column on either side of the drink freezers which each had a random metal door on them a few feet off the ground. Considering that LCD displays don't work too well in cooler weather (if you saw what happened to the TVs in the DB queue later in the day, this is what I'm talking about), I'm guessing they weren't open due to the weather.

Thanks for sharing! 1982 is the year I was born, so it's quite interesting to see what the park was like back then

Yes they are. That show starts June 15th.

Being a huge fan of oldies and classic rock, I recognized most of the songs in the show, some of which I haven't heard in years. Overall I thought it was good, though I was a bit surprised that they put "Pinball Wizard" in the Elton John set since The Who's version is much more well-known. I'm sure it was hard to choose the songs for the show though, considering the large number of great British songs that charted in the US in the 60s and early 70s.

Yeah, I was surprised when they gave me a receipt for my parking. I guess they want to make sure you don't hand your pass off to someone else after you enter (though if they pay attention to the photo it'd be hard to get away with that). I also noticed that the Metro route no longer goes to the passenger dropoff area, though it's still a bit of a hike from the new stop.

What Drop Zone sign? Posters say the darnest things! Fixed. That's what I get for posting when I'm tired

There seems to be an overall improvement in accessibility throughout the park. In addition to the new ramp at the train, I noticed the following: Beast - lower-mounted handrail all the way up the exit ramp Racer - new exit area; swinging gate replaced with metal picket-fence-style magnetic gates Woodstock - swinging gate replaced with a sliding one I also noticed that several of the coasters have a metal device which appears to be designed to make it easier for wheelchair-bound passengers to get into and out of the cars - from what I can tell, disabled guests can slide directly out of the wheelchair into the coaster car, and then pull themselves up onto the device and pull themselves back up into their chair, removing the necessity for someone to assist them in or out of their chair. The accessible entrances are also clearly labeled with signs now, so there's no confusion as to where to go.

In line for Surf Dog yesterday, I heard someone say "Try to sit on the right side. It spins you around more". I also heard someone called Drop Tower "Drop Zone" while looking right at the "Drop Tower" sign.

I would think the guest amenities would have something to do with it as well. PNC Pavilion and Riverbend have individual guest seats which are covered (at least at PNC Pavilion - only part of the seats at Riverbend are covered). Those venues would be much more appealing to guests than the bleacher-style seats at Timberwolf.

On the noon news on Channel 9, they were saying that the best chance of rain tomorrow will be in the evening. Their "Futurecast" thing was showing showers moving through around 5pm and continuing through at least 7pm, though I have absolutely no idea how accurate that is. Either way, it should be a fun day, and you might even get some unique experiences. Last year the most unusual experience was when a train full of mostly KIC people got stuck on the lift hill of the Blue Racer. One of the people assisting with the evacuation of the train is also a KIC member and knew several of those on that train

More info here: http://www.wdrb.com/category/163829/fox-41-video?clipId=7049677

Not at all related to the buyout, but a funny anecdote out of rural PA: http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120427/NEWS/204270344/-1/NEWS01

Now both the NWS and Weather Underground are saying 80% chance of rain. Weather Underground still has a higher forecast temperature though (59, compared to 52 from the NWS).

I heard on the radio earlier that it would be scattered showers and storms, so it probably won't be a total washout. Interestingly enough, the NWS forecast for Saturday has gone up 3 degrees to 54. Still, The Weather Underground is saying 64 for that day.

From what I've seen they'll still have their usual fare as well.

The odd thing about Saturday is that no two sources seem to agree on temperature. The National Weather Service says 51, two of the local TV stations are saying mid 50s and two are saying low 60s. Several other sites are saying mid 50s. All of them agree that it's going to rain though. Hopefully it won't be a total washout.

I'm glad I renewed my gold pass back in October when it was still quite easy to do. It's ridiculous that you have to go through so many steps to get it renewed online now.