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I talked to Tom Rebbie several years back and he said they really wanted to do a 100 year anniversary carousel but couldn't get anyone to buy the concept... so I guess they technically are in the business..

Maybe not in one fowl swoop, but I can certainly see them expanding one ride at a time for years so long as they can keep their picnic business.

It's probably all or none. I'd venture to guess they're not.

Seriously... look at the technology behind Star Wars the Enterprise could totally... ah, nevermind. I'm not getting into this debate.

For all we know, Meijer could have been paying KI to sell the passes there. "Hey kids, let's stop by Meijer and buy our season passes.... and while we're there, we'll pick up a few hundred dollars in groceries."

My sister went to Star Trek: The Experience in Vegas last year and said it was amazing. The highlight of all of it is the fully themed bar where aliens serve you.

Oh of course its turned into a flame war, brownstggrr always has to correct people or put in his two cents, and its usually rude too. brown's been a member of these forums for years and has never posed a problem to the mods here. You, on the other hand, need to read the Terms of Service before posting again. Directly attacking or insulting other board members is not allowed. This is your warning.

Moreso now than ever, though. When I was in high school, they used to give you detention for having a cell phone, but now I'm hearing that the same school I went to has a text alert system. I guess they're good now...

Ha... very cool! The trick to life is to get a Blackberry so you can just browse this site in the middle of class if you want to.

Yeah, stuff like that is finalized and released closer to the park's opening.

H-B was great for 35 years. Cedar Fairs or whoever just wanted to come in and change what KI was. It was actually Paramount, not Cedar Fair who dropped HB, and they didn't do it to "change what KI was" they did it because times change and they were adapting to the market. Nickelodeons popularity among the target audience of park goers surpassed HB. Technically it was CBS who dropped HB.

Don't even worry about that.

I'm really excited about the level of support this thing has. No other amusement park site has done anything like it that I know about. Feel free to join in if you haven't yet. I'm looking forward to keeping KIC the most informed and up-to-date site out there!

Do you know that? I'm pretty sure that if a camp ground was anything near being unprofitable, Paramount would have divested that VERY valuable property right next to the park years ago.

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Did you used to work in entertainment there or something?

I've noticed the more creative control they give Brunck, they better the shows get.

I've liked the show names they've had over the past few years: Endless Summer on Ice Hot Island Rhythms Dead Awakening Dora's Sing a Long Twistin' to the 60s School of Rock: Live in Concert I find them to be pretty creative.

That's enough out of you, shman!

I've actually heard there's an elevator that goes up the center of the shaft.

You'll find out info soon enough... and I've heard rumors that you'll be pretty happy with the entertainment lineup this year.

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I was at Beech Bend back in 06 for Rumblefest and the ride Scat II broke down on me. Ended up being me, Dane, Zosobeast, SOB_Tom, DeliriumDreamer, and several other friends having to jump from the ride to the platform after having to climb to the outside of the vehicle to unlock it. After we all made it to the platform, we then had their maintenance guy put the ride in neutral so we could push the remaining arm to the platform so the other people could get off the ride. You'd never see that at a major park. lol

lol yeah, while I'd love to see a AAA team in the AHL like the ducks come back, the cyclones beats having nothing. What? Hockey is still very strong in Cincinnati. You got the semi-pro Cyclones downtown, and various junior and amatuer teams spread throughout the city, one of the most notable teams is the Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones who played at the Gardens last year and are now the Queen City Steam at Sport's Plus. I still think the city could support two teams just as it once did if we got an AHL team back, the cyclones attendance seems to be getting better. Well Cincinnati did try to get a AHL team after the Ducks left town. The AHL thing did not work out, but we got lucky and got the Cyclones back. I still like the the old Cyclone mascot same they don't use him anymore. Yes, the Cincinnati Gardens was going to be the home arena for the "Cincinnati Railraiders", but the team failed to sell enough season tickets right off The Bat for the AHL to warrant the creation of the team after the Duck's had moved to Albany to become the "Albany River Rats". My dad had bought season tickets for me and him, it's a shame they didn't make it. I'd still love to see AHL hockey at the Gardens yet again. In the last years of the Ducks they really had that place cleaned up nice with the awesome history museum and all. The Ducks were not moved to Albany and are not the same team as the River Rats. In fact, the Ducks used to play the River Rats. The reason why the team disbanded was because Anaheim chose to end their affiliation with the Cincinnati franchise. Upon doing so, Pete Robinson (owner of the Gardens and the Ducks) had the intellectual rights to a team, but they wouldn't be the Mighty Ducks. When the affiliation ended, they voluntarily disbanded operations for a season and attempted to resurrect the same team under the name the Cincinnati Railraiders. As stated, they did not reach the season tickets expectations so the Gardens and the AHL mutually agreed to abandon the project. It was later reported that the AHL had approved the team being sold and relocated to Windsor, ON, CA, but the deal fell through. Ultimately the team was moved to Rockford, IL to become the Rockford Icehogs.