BoddaH1994

Expedition Everest looks awesome! $100,000,000 well spent. lol

To answer your questions to the best of my ability: i jus have some ?'s 1. does this mean that there are to be more coasters at ki with the new management? Unlikely. They'll probably keep the same marketing strategy that Paramount had. 2. what is instore for the names of the paramount rides? Unless it's picked up by another entertainment group, I'm willing to say that part of the price of the park will be use of the licenses to the rides and attractions. Additionally, they may add more movie themes with these rides. 3. is paramount going to allow the new company to keep there names of there rides that are named after their movies? See above. 4. is there going to be a pay increse or decrese in pay for the employees? That's nearly impossible to say at the time. 5. are they going to let RCT3 support there parks? (doubt it but it would be sweet) RCT has an agreement with Six Flags. If they buy the parks, which they won't, it would probably be included in the game. 6.what else is viacom or CBS going to sell next? Probably nothing for a while. It's simply that theme parks and TV shows arent' exactly hand in hand. 7. if paramount didnt buy dreamworks would paramount parks be ok? Paramount Pictures and Paramount Parks are more or less owned by two totally different entities now. I doubt that would affect anything. 8. what is going to be instore for the employees that are going to come back? If it were me, I'd fire everybody and start over. Nah, I doubt you'll see much change. Just like when Paramount bought it from Linder. 9. what are the uniforms going to look like? Probably VERY similar to what it is now, if there even is a change. 10. Who is to buy the parks? My guess is an investment group. I'm crossing my fingers hoping that an entertainment company like Universal buys them, but that's kind of a long shot. Nothing has been ennounced.

^ True dat! click here for the main thread about CBS selling the parks.

You are absolutely correct. Unfortunately, it seems as though they'll improve the profitability through budget cuts rather than by improving the poduct itself. It's a quicker and cheaper way of doing things...

I'm pretty certain it's 16. Just remember, NOT an easy job! You're really missing quite a bit. I mean, rides are a really big part of the park, but the entertainment factor is still big. Give it a shot! You're sitting on one of the best entertainment departments that you could ever ask for.

Article from CBS's web site itself: http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=175 01.26.2006 CBS CORPORATION TO DIVEST PARAMOUNT PARKS The CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today it intends to divest its Paramount Parks division. The Company indicated that numerous parties have already expressed interest in acquiring the operation, and CBS Corporation expects to complete the divestiture in the second half of 2006. Paramount Parks -- which had more than 12 million visitors in 2005 -- will remain in full operation throughout the divestiture process as it embarks on what's expected to be another successful year. Paramount Parks is a leading developer and operator of world-class theme parks and location-based attractions, entertaining more than 12 million guests annually. The division currently owns and operates five of the most popular theme parks in North America, including Paramount Canada's Wonderland (Toronto, Ontario); Paramount's Carowinds (Charlotte, N.C.); Paramount's Great America (Santa Clara, Calif.); Paramount's Kings Dominion (Richmond, Va.); and Paramount's Kings Island (Cincinnati, Ohio). The division also developed and manages the award-winning STAR TREK: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton (Las Vegas, Nev.) and manages Bonfante Gardens horticultural theme park (Gilroy, Calif.) and CBS Television City at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.). CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and UPN), cable television (Showtime), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Television and King World), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), theme parks (Paramount Parks), digital media (CBS Digital Media Group and CSTV Networks) and consumer products (CBS Consumer Products). For more information, log on to www.cbscorporation.com. Straight out of the horse's mouth this time... sad..

You guys have some pretty lofty work to get done in a day.

That can only mean one thing..... ......School of Rock is comin' back for Season Two! Actually, Jeff confirmed that last season! I'm very excited. From what I understand, it's going to be the same format and same set, but we're not sure if it's the EXACT same show or if they're pulling a Tuned In! and changing the songs and such. Regardless, good move for the park!

It's a matter of getting the word out. Also you have to bear in mind that our first year we didn't have more than 300 or so members plus we were competing with PKIU at the time.

If we keep growing at the rate in which we are, I'd say we'd hit a million in about 5 years.

Don't be deceived by the looks. Delirium doesn't look all that great on paper in my opinion and we know what a great ride it turned out to be. I think the Skater looks the most promising.

^ Give it up Shaggy, some people will NEVER realize that this one's for the kids. lol

Hmmm, from the pics it looks like less of a hostile take over and more of moving in of some old carnival rides. I disagree. The rides and attractions as a whole seem like they'll add a lot to the area. It's simply the fact that childrens' standards are much higher now. It seems like little hand carts won't cut it anymore. Granted, Zamperla does advertise that a lot of the rides can be trailer mounted, but that's true for almost any type of flat ride. Even the most classic of flat rides, Eli Bridge Co rides, now have a service available to them in which they can be mounted.

I've been watching the forums for a few days now and it seems like we finally passed the 100,000 post milestone. I just wanted to thank everyone who comes on here every day and shares their thoughts and opinions and makes this site so successful! Ryan

I see it on mine...

I just received word from the park that the new for 2006 attraction. Three of the new attractions can be found on Zamperla's web site. One of which is a Jumping Star, a Zamperla Kite Flyer, and a customized Zamperla Skater including a camel hump! Note that the stock Skater is listed on Zamperla's web site! Zamperla's descriptions: Jumping Star Description: Children will laugh, giggle and scream on Zamperla’s Jumpin’ Star. Six children and adults are lifted to a height of approximately 20 ft. Then in a flash of lights, the passengers begin their jumping vertical descent in a quick series of short drops. Each jump brings elated faces of surprise and delight. The Jumpin’ Star gives every kid the chance to experience a tower ride all their own. With endless theming possibilities, the Jumpin’ Star might be the most versatile amusement device of all. Kite Flyer Description: First introduced in 1999 and winner of the Best New Family Ride at the 2000 IAAPA convention, the Kite Flyer has quickly become one of Zamperla’s most popular rides. The signature lay-down 2 passenger gondolas let the riders experience the sensation of free flight with a wave-like oscillating motion. . The Kite Flyer is available in both 24 and 16 capacity models and in both park and trailer models. Skater **Note that the above image does not include the custom hump. Description: Zamperla is set to introduce its latest family thrill ride to eager audiences around the world. The Skater combines extreme sports with extreme fun in an attraction that is sure to be a hit with riders of all ages. Borrowing rocking and spinning motions from the ever popular and innovative Disk’O ride, the Skater seats up to twenty-four riders per cycle for a theoretical hourly capacity of 600. Riders are seated four abreast in six rows with a lap bar safety restraint. Once the competition begins, the Skater takes riders on a whirling, daring, fun filled romp through the sky, giving each and every rider the sensation of riding a skateboard through a half pipe. The Skater is available in both park and trailer models. The trailer model racks on a single 53’ trailer and can be set-up and torn-down in under 3 hours with just two men. Also, as stated in another thread, click here to see some NU construction photos supplied to us by the lovely and talented Maureen Kaiser! Regards, Ryan PKICentral.com - Supporting Nickelodeon's hostile takeover of the not so happy land of Hanna-Barberra.

BoddaH, Wikipedia is actually considered to be one of those sites on the forefront of providing information. Oh, I'm well aware of that, I just don't want people to think that they got this inaccurate information from us.

I see this page as being way below PKIC standards, so if they wanted to put a link to us up I wouldn't allow it anyway.

Why not just go RCT style and name it "Ice Cream Stand 1"?

Take a spin on X for me!

I think the petting zoo was from the late 70s, but obviously the page isn't THAT old.

I saw to it that Charles and Mark were in communication. Hopefully PP will make this wise decision!

It's quite an honor that you decided to post this on our site! I think I have somebody in mind that would be PERFECT for the job.

well, it's a seperate entity from the park. What I mean is, Great Wolf Lodge is its own company that wants to succeed. This being said, the company will do its own marketing and joint market with KI. Now, they might not get the guests next summer, (the thing is supposed to be done sometime this fall) or the summer after. I estimate it will really take them about 3 years to really get this thing out there and marketed. After that, I imagine they will start having a good amount of year round visitors, which in turn, should increase park attendance throughout the regular and winterfest seasons. Actually, if you look at the facilities and whatnot within the GWL, it seems like it's a lot less of a "Stay at the GWL and go to PKI" concept and more of a "Dad is a busines traveler whose conference is at the GWL, so let's all go and bring the family so they can enjoy the local attractions" concept. Will it work? Only time will tell. Hopefully it'll drive up attendance at PKI, though.

Umm....I would have to say early to mid 90's, maybe late 80's The concept with these new boats would be a cool retrofit for WWC....however, like many other people have said I would be worried about the lack of objects to shoot with the water guns.......anyways I doubt anything like this would happen I think that was part of the initial Nicelodeon Central expansion. Same with the Chuck E Cheese style maze attraction and that game in which two people would stand under the pipes and would pull a lever and one of them would randomly get soaked. Do you guys remember that?