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With less than two weeks until the grand opening of Paramount's Kings Island, and more importantly, the debut of Nickelodeon Universe, we figured it was time for one last look at the "ride-fetus" that will surely be the 2006 Golden Ticket Award winner! Some things you will notice is: Danny Phantom's Flyers being tested using bags of ice for weight! Final touches on Plankton's Plunge. Avatar, with it's car now stocked on the track waiting for it's finishing paint job. New colors for everything! Also, we were told to relay to you that two of the new food stands for Nickelodeon Universe will be called "Ice Cream" and "Snow Cones" and they'll serve... well, ice cream and snow cones. Don't forget that opening weekend, there's a character breakfast at 10:00 in the Festhaus. Traditional breakfast foods such as French Toast and sausage will be served. The cost is $9.99. A special thank you goes out once again to PKI's Marketing Dream Team v2.0, Maureen and Jennifer for spending another afternoon with us and making this update possible. Thank you! Click here to see the photos! Regards, Ryan PKICentral.com -- Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.. the offseason is ticking away!!

Oh soon you'll know the progress... very soon... keep visiting the site.

Does anyone have the slightest clue who this guy is? Just kidding!! We all miss you Steve! You'd better stay in contact, and I hope you're having as much fun selling houses as you did working with PKI and more importantly, working with us! We miss you!

Todd, Are you saying that your experience at SFOG is better than last time? Have they shaken things up to the point where there's hope, or has this park always been pretty good?

You see, I disagree with that. I think that anyone who would vandalize absolutely knows that it's wrong to do. Not knowing how to diffrentiate between right and wrong in such situations would classify someone as a sociopath. I do however agree that it has to do with reinforcement. The authorities (whoever they may be in that situation) need to bank on the fact that these kids will be punished by their parents. In the end, the most a kid is going to have is a call for their parents to pick them up 90% of the time. If that doesn't instill any type of fear, then there isn't too much incentive to do what is right.

If these are your only opportunities to visit the park this year, I'd consider going over a weekend that's not a holiday. Nothing special happens Memorial Day weekend, but it's usually crowded. 4th of July has the Nights of Fire, which is an amazing show, but you won't get much ride time in. It's really up to what you're looking for in your experience.

You see, that's where you're wrong. It's the responsiblity of the park to assume that anything that can be defaced will be. That's why things have to be either tamper proof or there has to be someone there watching at all times. You have to bear in mind that if you put 15,000 people in one area, there's bound to be a few hundred idiots.

I'm sure it's in the millions, but that's drops in a bucket considering what they'd pay for the parks.

I doubt they've finalized that much detail about Beastbuzz already. Usually that kind of stuff is done much closer to the event. Regardless, yes, if you haven't been to Beastbuzz, you're really missing out. I think one of my fondest memories of PKI is Beastbuzz 2004. It really is a blast and it's almost like a gathering for PKIC people, so you can put names to faces.

I noticed it last night too, but can offer no explaination at this time. Looks like we'll have to reclass this into the Dane Thomas' Problem Section for now...

It's going to cost a lot to produce and ship these things. With the prices quoted above, I'll actually make little to no profit on them.

We'd use our own photos.

I have found a manufacturer that can make photo books. I was considering using some of the photos from the past year to make kind of a "Best Of 2006" book at the end of the season. These books are professionally bound and the results from the ones I ordered for my work have turned out excellent. Now, based on this pitch, do you think that this would be a product that you guys would be interested in PKIC offering? The price would be about $30 or so.. Also, calendars showcasing some of the best PKI photos are also a possiblity for about $20. Please voted based on the photo books and leave comments about the calendar idea. Thanks, Ryan

All of the above?

No, they're shooting for a Memorial Day Weekend opening of SOB for this season.

I agree.. I've always said that the people on here have kind of a pseudo-responsibility since a lot both aren't employees yet are at the park often. Therefore, they can identify faults, yet they don't have the immediate justification that being an employee would likely cause.

^ SOB will be closed for continuing rehab a few weeks into the season. Trust me, it's for the best.

I must admit that having Winterfest through December as well as being up at the park a few times for PKIC stuff has eased my writhing desire for opening day a little, but I'm also still very excited.

Maureen said they're shooting for Memorial Day weekend, but offered no guarentees.

Not entirely, his campaign was several years ago and Eisner only resigned recently. I'm sure it had something to do with his resignation, but probably wasn't the only reason.

Isn't business grand? You can either vote for the board members, or choose not to vote at all. Roy E. Disney started a campaign to get people NOT to vote for Michael Eisner, and had something like a 30% success rate.

Don't forget that they also did the "Breakfast With The Characters" a few years ago as a Gold Pass promotion.

Craig always seemed to have a level head about the direction of the park, so I think he'll definitely be a great asset to the company on a corperate level. I haven't met this Tim Fisher guy, but from what you guys are saying, he seems like a good person. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for this park.

We actually had a long conversation with Maureen about the White Christmas Express experience at Winterfest. Without going into any real detail, they did surveys about how people felt about the different attractions, and (at least my personal take on the convo) was that people wanted more lights. Take that for what it's worth.

If they removed the train station, it would be a clear shot back. They could work their way around WWC, not unlike how SFKK does it... have the midway run along the ride.