BoddaH1994

I think we'll leave this open so long as it remains tasteful... Here are my two cents -- No, PKI is not cheap. PKI is one of only a few parks that can say that every year of its existance, it has done some sort of expansion. That is definitely something to be proud of. I think the park really does a good job pleasing as many people as they can at once and that accounts for a lot of their success. On the other hand, if you're going to be empathetic to the individuals who aren't season passholder and drive two and a half hours to get to the park, if someone is willing to travel long and far to go to the park and dish out $42.99 just to get in and at least $9 to park, I don't think that it's entirely too much for them to expect certain things out of Paramount Parks. I mean, I realize that there are certain constraints like budget that affect this and it's not simply too lofty a concept for PP to pick up on, but if a family travels long and far to visit the park and in the end dishes out hundreds of dollars in a single establishment in just one day, I think they should expect respectful employees, rides that work as well as they should, a clean and well-kept park, and most directly towards PKI, a full experience in themed attractions. To be honest with you, I'm sure the management of PKI would give anything to be able to do a $100 million expansion like Disneyworld, or be able to paint half the park as needed, but for the money that they get, they really do a great job. Ryan

The fire didn't really have any explosion noises that I could hear, but it did make the eerie hissing noise that a burning gas line would make, so it sounds pretty cool regardless. Now the helicpoter on the other hand... I don't know if it's the actual choppers or a sound effect, but it sounded VERY realistic.

Yeah -- same reason that a Camero has the same seat belts as a Cavalier... it's a manufacturer's standard.

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Click here to see a brand new video of IJST being tested on Saturding including rare shots of pyros!

Click here to see a video the the Italian Job's pyro testing on Saturday/put Joe in his place. :-)

He's right, it's just primer... it'll be greenish-blue soon enough.

Don't forget to stop by Duhlee sometime, but I usually get sent since I'm only an honorary member of the crew.

Nah, doesn't sound like it. Dane's alter ego has super strength and can fly and stuff.

In all honesty, I want a big steel giant as much as the next guy, but think of it this way: What more can we really do with coasters anymore? We've seen almost every element physically possible to man at some park at some time, so now when they build a new coaster, it's almost a matter of "same stuff, different day". It is for this reason that I am content with the concept of IJ. I think that the themeing will cause a really unique experience that you can't find anywhere else... (well, maybe PCW, but you know what I mean!) The new innovation is themeing... putting you in a ancient tomb, an LA chase sceen, a haunted castle, etc when in all reality, you're in the little farm town of Mason, OH. This form of entertainment really knows no bounds. I mean, think of it this way: what does a coaster do anymore? Granted, you have your launches and things like that, but for most coasters, they tow you up a hill, send you down, you go through some elements and its over. There's really only so much you can do from that point on... I see IJ as the beginning of a new era. This era is going to be the merger of themeing and thrills. No only will you be shot through turns at amazing speeds, or have great air time, but you will have a memorable experience with a story behind it. Let's just hope that when the revolution happens, they keep the themeing up.

I like that much better... I only got to go to Fearfest 3 or 4 times this year because Saturdays and Sundays are really inconvenient for me...

LOL... I wonder if he's even met Dane yet.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... It's unlikely that FoF will be rethemed to Soundwave. More than likely, they'd build FoF clones at the other Paramount Parks with different themes.

Good idea... anyone want to pitch some contests?

The park was open to gold passholders only, but the official opening day is Saturday, April 9th. There is no official word as to whether or not IJST will be open to the public.

Ya'know. I noticed the Chippery's absence last weekend and didn't really think anything of it at first. Does anyone know if they'll still be selling this season? I didn't get a chance to try the chips last season and was really looking forward to it this year. Unfortunately, the Chippery won't be back this season. In fact, Bret's e-mail address at ChipperyChips.com is invalid, and I don't think the same person has his cell phone number, so I doubt he's still with the company.

lol... It's almost like Jeff gave up on the whole secrecy thing for Winterfest.

A lot of the PKIC crew members will be there. I guess you'd know us if you saw us.

If you were there Saturday, you'd understand why they're not.

lol... actually after reading his discription, I thought maybe he had made a wrong turn and ended up at SFKK.

This is already being discussed here.

I bet this has actually happened to a lot of people.

I think we have found some common ground... lol

True, but back to his point, obesity causes cancer as well, so why not ban fatty foods from the park? You say that you find the smell of smoke unpleasant, but I find seeing men and women who are 50lbs overweight unpleasant to look at in skimpy clothes, on the same note, shouldn't we confine them to certain areas of the park as well? I must say, if anyone has really had their experiences at PKI altered by not having smoking around them must be miserable in public, because regardless of whatever regulation or ban they may put into place, people are going to smoke.

There were a ton of PKI workers there today.