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How about near FoF?

Cool! Where do I sign up?

Far too much thought put into this one...

Unfortunately, taking pictures on the ride was illegal so ]this is the best I can do for you.

Dude, quit giving the guy false information. It's built by the Eli Bridge Co.

If Six Flags buys PKI, we'll have PKIC cyanide pills available in our online shop.

Dude, get over it! It's $20! You paid almost that much for just one Best Buy shirt. No I'm not going to get over it. It's hard too when every year it seems like we get perks taken away from us. Any grizzeled vet can vouch for me. It's like that everywhere all the time. I bet the promoted this stuff like it was a great thing and it's a great opportunity for you too. I remember when my work restructured and a LOT of people got demoted. They had this big hyped meeting about it and how this was such a great thing, but in all reality, it quickly hit the fan and stayed shrouded.

I heard that last year. Let's just hope that if it's true, it's SFKK or another local park that buys it so most of us can enjoy it.

I think they could use another Hollywood-style area to complement Action Zone. A lot of rumors that have circulated have been renovating I-Street to look like the entrance to a movie studio, but I don't see that as being necessary. What they really need is an area that is an off-shoot from the main park so it doesn't feel like you're at an amusement park that actually looks like a movie set if they want to accomplish what they're shooting for. I'd say the area should contain a few rides, but mainly be dedicated to sit down restaurants and (good) shows. On that same token, does anyone else not really share in the vision of PKI with the whole Hollywood thing? They're attempting to be more like Disney and Universal with the Hollywood-themed rides, but it seems like they're attempting to directly promote the fact that they are owned by a film company. Don't get me wrong, what they are actually doing is the best they can do in my opinion, but why keep telling people that you're "in" the movies if they can see that for themselves? IMHO, if this were my decision (which it's not) and I wanted an entire Hollywood-makeover for the park, I would do just that, and do it over the span of very few years. Right now, it seems like PKI is in the awkward phase of being half Universal and have Coney Island. Granted, what I want for the park is the ability to be a high-class Hollywood-inspired park that still has the family appeal of parks of the past. I do have the fortunate confindence in thinking that PKI is going in that direction.

I agree, I'd be a BIG FAN of a return of Phantom Theatre in some way. I'm not talking just using them for an event like Fearfest, but rather having the old characters and maybe even some new ones in an all new attraction. Perhaps even utilized in some sort of slow moving coaster or something. Regardless, it would have to be geared towards teens-adults. Dark rides are really a lost art in my opinion. I mean, what makes up an amusement park? Classically speaking, it's a carousel, coaster (mainly wooden) and some sort of haunted attraction. All of this is gone in today's world. I mean, what's a carousel if it's made by Chance? It's just another lame flat ride, not a work of art. What's a wooden coaster that's not made by PTC? It can be good, but it's hard to imagine a whole lot of wooden coasters that you would deem as "timeless" or "classic" that have no PTC involvement. On that same token, what's a dark ride that has pop up cartoons as opposed to realistic animatronics? I mean, Scooby is a great concept, but couldn't the concept of the interactive dark ride have been utilized on something better?

I still don't know. You may recall at the tour when someone asked Jeff about Winterfest coming back, he responded, "Well, that has been a BIG rumor." He also teased with it a little too much at the CDBB tour at the end of the 2003 season. Now, I'm not really one to read entirely too much into what imply is going to happen, but it almost seems like this one is put out on the table for us.

I thought that Paramount Pictures' stunt crew was going to do the effects, but from what I understand, that was wrong. Of course, Tomb Raider was done by Technifex/Paramount Parks, but more than likely, Paramount told Technifex what they wanted to see and Technifex took it from there.

Only admins can do it. We'll do it upon request at our discression.

Did they keep IOA open especially late for this event?

If Cedar Fair bought PKI, it would be bad news for our little park. I'm willing to say that CF would want to pour their money into their flagship park when it comes to Ohio. Dude, get over it! It's $20! You paid almost that much for just one Best Buy shirt.

They're both Technifex. I think we can all agree that if Technifex makes this one unfixable, they offically suck.

That's true, but there are two different factors for that. The first of which being that Scooby still has some novelty left in it, and the fact that the general public wouldn't know a brilliant ride if they were forced into a seat, the lab bar closed on them, and the ride went into motion.

Yes, the Pepper's Ghost part was BRILLIANT. If I hadn't read about it, I never would have figured out how they did it.

Here's a question for you: What was your favorite part of PT? Mine's definitely the Maestro in the queue line. Especially when you're younger, his haunting "So you want to enter the theatre, do you?" He's speak for a minute or so and turn around to look like he was playing the organ. VERY convincing. It's a shame that it had to go. I almost wish they'd put it up again somewhere else in the park. I mean seriously... the only other dark ride of its type that came even close to being that great is Noah's Ark at Kennywood.

It's used for banquets and such now. Specifically for special events and the Nights of Fire event. Ever wonder what it looks like now? Keep checking back to PKIC.

You mean we supply you with a thousand pictures, tons of history info, park info, visiting guides, and videos and you're still asking for more?? You know what that means? You're a good audience! Thanks for the suggestion. If we do find a feasable way to do this, we'll surely do so. Thanks, Ryan

It was my pleasure to be on the show.

A special thank you goes out to anyone to attended the tour, as well as PKI's stellar marketing gurus Maureen and Jeff for hosting such a fun and wonderful event! Please make any further comments here. Thanks, Ryan

He and Maureen were on their way to Chicago.

As most of you know, the great marketing team was gracious enough to open the doors of the park to allow us inside to check out the progress of the Italian Job Stunt Track! Of course, PKIC is the first to update with photos from this event. Click here to see IJST construction as well as winter rehab pics! Bill has also created a video from the tour and it can be viewed here. Regards, Ryan