faeriewench
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Then I'll never go to Kennywood, doubt I am missing out on much anyway. I refuse to go to the Zoo without a male friend with me.
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I've only been to Kennywood twice, but on those two visits I never felt unsafe. Stopping for gas at the gas station down the street on the other hand... I didn't even bother filling up all the way and got back in the car quickly!
I love Kennywood. It's a classic park with big time thrill rides thrown in. Sad to see something like this happened and I hope for the best for them in the future!
You're making me think of just about any trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. Love the zoo, hate the neighborhood.
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I still have my little Rocko figurine my grandpa bought me during a visit to then Splat City
For those who didn't have an awesome childhood. Rocko was one of my favorite cartoons when it was airing on the channel.
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It would be a great name for a Dive Coaster.............in an appropriately themed park.
Gemini
Mean Streak
Magnum XL-200
Millennium Force
Maverick
Rougarou?
Valravn?
I haven't bothered to research but is Mr. Ouimet of European descent?
Or they could just call it the Nose Bleed.
Yes, I am watching Rockos Modern Life.
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I was a Jr Gemini kid...then my cousins dragged me on Magnum.
There's my story.
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Neither.
How bout...a thrill flat ride.
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P1016693 by ki_faerie_wench, on Flickr
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This reminds me of the kind of kids I saw
Lots of screaming, hollering, kids running wild with germy grabby hands and quite a few of the smaller animals trying to avoid being grabbed at. I had to tell a couple myself to be gentle with the rabbits. I hope it was because I went on one of the busiest days for the fall festivities cause of the beautiful weather, it was crowded I could barely move around. Most of the attendants I actually did see were at the pony ride attraction.
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I hope they have better crowd control for this than what I saw during Haunt.
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^if they indeed use the Crypt building for a new dark ride ill echo those who rather Beast storyline.
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Just because it's only been open to the public for a couple months of the year last couple seasons doesn't mean it hasn't been in real usage. Sorry your post, imo, made it sound like the box has been totally vacant ever since that Crypt ride went buhbye. The building at Knotts was basically a indoor junkyard after KoD was ended along with the dinos left standing until they fell apart (Well more than they already were before it closed...) but again that was not empty and used for nothing either.
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Madam Fatales doesn't count as an attraction?It wasn't completely empty but it was empty of an attraction. Same with The Box of The Crypt.
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His point is that the CEO indicated that the WMG ride system would find its way to all 11 Cedar Fair properties
Hmm.. Did Matt say that, 100% without a doubt, all 11 properties would receive these installations?
Cedar Fair president and CEO Matt Ouimet plans to eventually expand the Amusement Dark concept to all 11 park locations in the chain.
"I think ultimately you'll see them at every Cedar Fair park," said Ouimet, a former Disney executive who served a stint as Disneyland president.
Plans, think? He doesn't guarantee it.
With no Amusement Dark projects currently in the pipeline, it’s unlikely we'll see any new dark rides added at any Cedar Fair parks in 2016 — but that hasn’t stopped Ouimet from planning for 2017 and beyond.
So.. They've either got 9 of these things in the 5-year plan, or Matt was simply saying that it is his intent to deploy more Amusement Dark installations. He doesn't guarantee that this will happen, and it sounds like they haven't even figured out what they might do for at least some of the parks. Might this end up happening? He seems to want it to. Just keep in mind it's hardly set in stone.
"We have blank spaces and empty boxes at every park," Ouimet said.
This isn't a hint of anything.. Anyone who knows much about the chain knows that there are some parks with empty land and others with empty buildings of a size that could fit one of these things. Knott's is currently putting one into an empty building. Doesn't mean KI will..
Technically the building Knotts used was far from empty. Just storage and remainders of KoD.
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Obvious solution: Make the protective barrier transparent, so that small children don't need to see over the barrier. Lexan bulletproof plastic would be perfect.Am I missing something here?
That's basically what the Indianapolis zoo uses on a lot of their exhibits. Siegfried & Roy Secret Garden has literally multiple barriers when viewing the big cats including really tall fencing. Only thing you have to worry about at the Secret Garden is when one of the cats decide they want to claim you as their property... so you run away when a tail is raised your direction as they got good aim right through the fences.
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The food stands, many of them, were open for the Season Pass Preview.
Today wasn't their first day.
I actually got told I could NOT have a credit card receipt as I had not purchased $25. This, by the way, is of dubious legality. I asked a supervisor. Who confirmed it.
I'm inclined to call my bank and lodge a complaint Monday.
I hope this isn't chain wide since I am more likely to buy things at Knotts than i do at KI...
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Often times, of the big cats, the Cheetahs tend to be more "docile" (term used loosely as they can have an attitude) compared to lions or tigers. Now if you go around a cheetah (or a lion, or a tiger or even a bobcat or a serval) just making a bunch of high pitched noises then well....good luck as high pitched noises to them is a distress call at times. Go to Lunch?None of the cats approached him!
Faerie wench, who has witnessed bobcats and servals go into predatory mode just by hearing a crying human baby on the television before
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John continues in his new fame. I think now he won't be known as the whistle-blower but as the ex-trainer who said the n word. The NAACP issued a statement.
I absolutely love that he is the trainer representing the face of this anti-SeaWorld cause. He's the worst possible human being for a campaign that disguises itself as "not selfish." John is sure getting his fame now...and making the activists look crazy while he's at it. I love karma. Methinks John should have invested in his own PR agent. And there have already been book stores cancelling his book signing appearances over the video as well. Makes me wonder if Blackfish will even still back him up.
For those who have not followed, this unfolded a few days back. Basically what we have now is a backpedaling John blaming his actions on the "sauce"...well if that is the case you shouldn't be drinking then. Had SeaWorld known he been engaged in such stuff they probably would have fired him.
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Me looking like a goob with Esmerelda.
That was great, guys! I really enjoyed escaping the room with you all.
I'm just glad we didn't get paddled by a naked Russian.
Getting your picture taken with one of my gypsy ancestors, eh?
I have a colorful family background
we been in every war since the start of America and before the wars my family were sea captains on pirate ships -___--
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Of course the Russians still intend on capturing more whales from the wild...
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Jack Hanna has stood with the park against the claims made in Blackfish before, so they already have his support, unless his mind has been changed somehow. They do have that going for them.
Jack Hanna is still very much behind them and continues his appearances at the parks he does from time to time.
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Kennywood: Large Fight
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I do miss you though Gator!