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You are wrong. The Delirium crew is all over the park. You are wrong, again, and HelixSpiral is right. Imagine that? How am I so sure of myself? Trust me, I'm "in the know" on this. And what makes you think you know everything about the Delirum/SS crew?

LOL. I wish ACErs who posted online followed this advice. Then they would never say anything!!! I disagree with that. These are open forums, and so long as you can express your opinions somewhat intelligently, it's welcomed. Oh I know. I was just making a joke that a lot of "hardcore" coaster enthusiasts on other sites seem to post an overwhelming amount of negative messages. Yeah, I can agree with that 100%.

Things are close, but you're safe.

Using IE, the Flash never gets larger than the size of our reglar frong page image. Our technicians are addressing this problem with no current ETA.

When we make our own flash videos, they'll be intended for the site. You have to bear in mind that this file was just an mpg that Maureen sent us that we converted. In the future, we'll do our best to make this stuff more and more PKIC friendly.

I traditionally buy shot glasses from parks, but I don't think I have one from PKI. One thing that I do want to get for my Wall of Shame is one of those metal Eiffel Tower statues.

This will help in our future decisions regarding the content of PKICentral.

I just think it could do a LOT to enhance your experience here.

You guys have probably noticed that we put PKI's flash for whatever announcement my be made on July 25th on the front page. Let me ask you guys a few questions: Did the video have any trouble playing for any of you? Was the load time significantly increased by doing this? Do you think having Flash intros on the page more often would add or subtract from your experience here at PKIC? Would it beautify the page or make it a dial up nightmare? Comments are welcome. Thanks, Ryan

Of course we'll be there covering all of the action! Unfortunately, I doubt you'll hear any information from the press conference that you haven't heard or figured out on your own.

No it's not the same place. International Showplace has been there for years. The Dolphin Show used to be in a different stadium. It was right next to the Paradise Island drink stand, in that big grassy area. You're right. I used to think the same thing, but the International Showplace and the Dolphin Show did in fact coexist.

LOL. I wish ACErs who posted online followed this advice. Then they would never say anything!!! I disagree with that. These are open forums, and so long as you can express your opinions somewhat intelligently, it's welcomed. Kat, I think it had more floats this time... I don't remember there being LESS floats per so, but I think the Danny Phantom one was the only new one. Less characters? It's hard to say. I remember last year the parade was slightly different every time, so there could be more characters, just not all at once. I do agree about the dancing part, though. Last year they actually had a small bit in which they would kick and wave their arms during the actual theme song, but this year they just clapped along. So long as the energy of the parade keeps up, it doesn't bother me much. The only time I've see the parade this year was at its debut on the 2nd, but one thing that I noticed was that the music was LOUD. I thought it did great things for the look and feel of the parade. It wasn't like ear piercing loud, but it had a VERY well-known presence. From what I've heard, though, it was a technical mistake. Ryan

Back to the subject of stupid habits of park employees, I love it how two people who work at the same park but in different departments have to sink so low as to argue of over something as dumb as carry on articles.

lol... It looks like you took this one personally.

Several years ago, PKI had a similar lighting structure on the tower for Fearfest that morphed between different eerie colors. Hopefully they'll do somthing like that again.

Also, since PKI now knows this problem can exist, they may be more inclined to inspect that part of the ride more closely and be able to come up with some sort of preventative maintainance technique to stop it from happening again.

I thought the lighitng effects on the tower were amazing. It was a welcomed change in my book. My personal preferance would have been a combination off lights and fireworks. Perhaps next year when the paint begins to fade again they'll switch back. As far as the entertainment goes, they handed out pamphlets upon enterting the parking gate that had a schedule of events for the day. That's where I got the information for the front page artle that I did last weekend. I thought the park was really alive for the weekend and I wish they could do stuff like that more often.

A birdie told me that something along those lines may happen sooner than later.

...and to think, they just got that new sign with the Paramount logo. Just imagine the sales in the gift shops of the "old" Paramount stuff.

Well considering fluxuating isn't a word, i think the person meant fluctuating, which means swing. But I still dont understand the point of the post, it will swing like always, thats the way the program is written. Just because they replace the gear or whatever doesnt mean there only going to swing it 15 feet or something, maybe when maintenance is jogging it to test it or something. I don't agree with that entirely. There are a lot of rides that have had major repairs like this and if you frequent the ride enough, you can tell a difference. I mean, it's not going to go any higher or faster, but maybe smoother. My guess would be if there is any kind of change at all, it would be the elimination of that feeling of resistance during the 3rd or so swing... you guys probbly know what I'm talking about. The arm isn't 15ft off the ground yet, and when the motor is trying to get it higher, you can feel the resistance. Then again, we just don't know yet.

That's not necessarily true, if they put Paramount's Kings Island on the list, of course everyone will vote for that. This is likely a "if they do change the name" type of question.

Dammit, Aaron! What did I tell you about pressing that "Do NOT Press" button? You never listen! I've actually heard from a credible person that August is going to be when we see the rebirth of our swinging friend. Of course, no one can be sure.

I feel safe no matter what park I go to, even at Stricker's when the employees really didn't care, I know the rules and how NOT to get hurt on rides. I think any one with any common sense can see that. How about not standing up on rides, sitting in an upright position, buckling any safety restraint they supply for you, etc. Carnival attractions are different. Although they are extremely safe, your likelyness of being injured on them are much greater.

I'm glad you guys had a good time! Believe it or not, I have yet to go to CP (so if any of you guys are going soon, I'm comin' along! ). I'll see you up at the park!