BoddaH1994

It was made very clear in another topic that the heckler was given very explicit instructions not to make fun of peoples' handicaps.

If I had kids and I found out they were doing something like that to her, it'd all be over for them...

Maybe that's an opinion that you'd consider, however you're not a decision maker at the park and Tomb Raider is staying.

Yep -- that's a theory. Cows... put out... a lot of methane gas. Also, geological conditions cause for large eruptions of greenhouse gases from the ocean floor. It's all very natural. But also, you can't automatically assume that an increase in temperature is a direct result of greenhouse gases. Don't get me wrong, I believe in the global warming theory, but the lesson of the day is: don't trust everything the media tells you.

First of all global warming is a joke .. its really not happening .. the earth is cooler now than it was 20 years ago, with all the regulations that they have now and days its kept the earth a lot cooler than its ever been. Hot spots happen, when one thing happens the world goes nutz and everything must change. Also the earth is due for an ice age, no not in our life time and not in our grandsons or daughters but its suppose to be happening soon. So thats my 2 cents on global warming but back to the original topic I only live about 15 - 20 minutes from the park so gas prices dont really effect me going or not, and yes I drive a 18 miles to the gallon gas guzzler jeep wrangler Global warming is happening. My sister lives in alaska-the glaciers are slushy. The polar bears are in trouble because the ice sheets are not as big as they used to be, and that affects their ability to hunt and survive. When I lived in Virginia sandbridge beach in virginia beach area was receding to the point the houses are partially sitting in the ocean. Look around other parts of the world-how can we deny climate change is not happening? Just because climate is changing doesn't mean that it's a result of greenhouse gases, and furthermore, it doesn't necessarily even mean that greenhouse gases are the result of humans.

I can confirm from 'the powers that be' that The Vortex is NOT sinking and there currently aren't any plans for The Vortex to go anywhere anytime soon.

You should have kissed Paramount goodbye back in July of '06. If you visited the park in July of 06, you'd have never known that Paramount was gone...

Again (from the article) they're not even sure if it's going to affect the Orlando parks. There are 10 million people a year who visit the Magic Kingdom alone. If the park needs to report its contents to the Department of Homeland Security in order to have the chance to make things just a little safer for them, I'd say it's a small price to pay.

My mom's a 2nd grade teacher and one of her students' grandfathers plays Scuba Santa.

Time to admit... I live 10 minutes from the aquarium and have never been there.

Here's an idea: I can assure you that Tomb Raider is NOT being removed. In fact, Kings Island is putting a lot of money into the ride to get it in a better working order for next year. Just trust me, the ride will be fun again next year! That is my official word.

Meh... everyone's an expert. Then again, you're making the same claim that others are... that you know something that we don't.

I know this was mentioned in another thread, but in 1975 Evil Kenievel jumped 14 Greyhound buses in KI's parking lot. If anyone wants to see the footage, here it is.

Kings Island already has something"-central" to post rumors on.

I wonder if Craig Ross will be in charge of it.

Actually, I think the lodge bought it back.

You won't see the new sign done until after the 1st of the year.

This was a much worse incident than most of anything that's happened at KI. This was a terrible thing... I'm going to go WAY out on a limb here and say that it would have almost been easier on the park had someone died. This was a VERY graphic incident with results that this girl will have to live with for the rest of her life.

I'd go as far as saying that if it's not the tallest and/or fastest, I won't even ride it.

For those of you who haven't been paying attention to things for the past two years, Viacom split into CBS and Viacom, CBS got Paramount Parks, CBS divested Paramount Parks, Cedar Fair purchased Paramount Parks. Closing...

Funny story -- Dane and I were at the park one day in the 06 season and Tomb Raider had a miscatch and we were stuck on it for a few minutes. Later that day, we hung out with Maureen and her (soon-to-be at the time) family and I complained about the incident in a joking way. She joked back saying that she didn't care about my problem on Tomb Raider. Later that day, we all rode The Beast together, and they were in the train after us. There was some problem with the block system which halted the whole system for about a half hour right as the park was closing. They were stuck on lift two for quite a while, so Dane and I were excited to give her a "now you know how we felt!" spiel. About fifteen minutes after the park closed, they resolved the system and their train rolled into the station. Before I could even get a word in, Maureen hopped out of the train and very excitedly told us about how they were stuck at the top of lift two and had the "best view of the fireworks ...ever!" I guess you'll never win with some people.

You do make a valid point, FOF1996, however I agree that the damage the ride does goes far beyond the incident last season. The patrons of the park don't need a large standing reminder of this tragedy, in the form of a ride that SF doesn't even want anymore.

From what I've heard, we won't see a completed sign until after the first of the year.

It's rare that these secondary announcements are anything big.

There's a story behind that... Way back a year ago when Kings Island first decided to remove Son of Beast's loop, Kings Island's marketing communications manager at the time, and my very good friend, Maureen Kaiser (now Richmond) called me and said that KI didn't have any photos of Son of Beast that didn't have the loop in them, and asked to use some photos on KIC for PKI.com (now visitKingsisland.com). I told her sure. I never said it was a good story...