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This is from PKI's latest newsletter: Xtended Play - The World's Best DJs Perform at PKI This June, two world-renowned DJs will headline Xtended Play, a lineup of music and partying located in PKI's Action Zone. On June 18th, DJ Green Lantern (pictured left), official DJ for Eminem and Shady Records, will headline the event. Green Lantern's innovativeness and creativity have established him as one of the premiere hip-hop mix-masters around and his association with Eminem catapulted him to worldwide recognition. This Rochester, NY native began his career making underground mixtapes and is now featured regularly on nationally known record labels, such as Def Jam and Roc-a-Fella. His unique and award-winning productions have also been used for the promotion of Ecko Clothing and Burton Snowboards. For the June 25th Xtended Play, DJ Scribble, pictured right, will headline. One of contemporary music's most respected and acclaimed DJs, Scribble is setting new records on the dance floor, in the recording studio and on radio and television. A favorite MTV DJ, he's appeared on popular shows like Spring Break, the Grind and MTV Jams. He's also performed at Showtime at the Apollo and in the Broadway musical "Hip Hop Wonderland." Xtended Play is open to anyone 16 years of age and older. Admission to the Park is only $10 after 6pm with a coupon for the event and a minimal cover charge of $5. Admission tickets and coupons are available online and at Rave Motion Picture Theaters in West Chester, OH (on select days only). While season passholders enter the park free, they're still required to pay the $5 cover charge. In addition to watching two of the nation's hottest DJs perform, guests are free to enjoy other games and attractions throughout PKI until midnight on these select nights! Source-PKI

True, but that's not enough to make them have to update it... plus, you know if PKI ever made the news for one of their rides, it would be called their "latest" attraction, simply because the media has no clue what's going on.

I'm 6'2 205lbs, so I'm a big guy as is, and I don't see a problem with them at all. I don't even notice them on the ride itself... and yes, I've tried to stand up before detaching the belt.. it hurts a little, but it's more embarrassing than anything.

I'd have to say Hanger 18 in FoF... it's brilliantly done.

What you have to understand is that the Beach is family owned, so even if it only tured 20,000 of profit net in one year, that's still 20,000 in this family's pocket. They're not trying to please stockholders like Viacom is.

It did have a line when it first opened. Just like Scooby. I'll admit taht Scooby is popular, but this is a matter of personal opinion.

/\ Here are directions that won't get you lost. Enter the park, look to the right. You see flagpoles. Go there. Simple as that. :-P

I always use a debit card. I hate cash. I've never had a problem with using it, with the exception of most of the food stands, which are cash only. As said before, there are ATMs, namely in CDBB and in front of the Zephyr.

They'll take it down whenever the rehab would cost more than the coaster would draw. I don't see it being a "soon" situation, but it's definitely a matter of when.

my thoughts exactly...and a panera bread I have to disagree with you there. Panera is an over-priced novelty resteraunt in which the food isn't all that great. Chipolte still rules!

Maybe Men at Work was about to preform "Land Down Under' in honor of Boomerang Bay...? Seriously, the men at work sign is to warn drivers that construction workes will be working in the area. They don't generally take them down every time they stop working.

It's crazy in the morning as is. I'm just throwing around ideas.

Either that, or have it so you can only get a friend in before noon, or perhaps have the first 2000 or so get a friend in free... then again, I like your idea... why not issue two free tickets with each gold pass?

Took a couple pics today on my way out of the park. After reviewing them I have some BIG news!! ...still no progress.. sorry guys.

Wouldn't hold your breath... My prediction is that the Aussie themed food won't last very long... The shrimp on the barbie seems to be selling rather well, but I think it's a novelty thing.

It's probably in AVI format. Just use a converter and make it an Mpeg and you'll be set. So, what's this video of? How long is it?

Looks interesting. Can't wait to cover it for PKIC.

::Poll edited to include Action Zone:: Rivertown - Climate, atmosphere, not too crowded... that's my favorite.

Well, I decided to go up to the park around 2, so I more or less got there at 3:00. I entered through the CDBB gate to find that part of the park not nearly as crowded as I imagined it would be. Delirium_Guy was supposed to meet met at 3:00, but he was late because he was cleaning his oven. (I've heard worse excuses ) Anyway, not much to report about CDBB... Dane and I did a little math last week and figured out that it's just about 1600x better than Waterworks was. This has proven to be true time and time again. I guess the best example would be the fact that, with the exception of covering the BB construction, I hadn't set foot in the waterpark since about 96, and there I was, heading directly to it. We got to ride the new attractions several times due to the short lines. I think every time I ride the Coolangata Racers, I like them a little bit more. It's hard to judge who wins the race though. When I would race against Delirium_Guy, he would come out first, but I would end up about 25ft farther down the runway than he did.... The cool part was that since he would come out first, I would come out at full speed and hit his wake and honestly jump about 4 or so inches off of the base of the runway. If you don't believe me then ride next to someone who weighs about 100 or so lbs less than you. It happens. Taz was fun too, we were able to ride twice. The first time we rode with just the two of us, and the 2nd we rode with another pair. I honestly think that we got higher in the funnel the first time, which may dispell the original (and logical) theory that the more weight you have, the higher up you go. It may be up to a certain point.. like 350lbs or so... With the two of us, I'd say we had just about 300lbs, but with the four, we were probably circa 650lbs... who knows... After a while, we decided to hit the dry park. Of course, we were in Rivertown, so we payed homage to The Beast. After The Beast, we headed over to the Eagles. Now understand that I had never been able to snap before. I have always been like that dumb kid who sits in the back of class... 14 years old and hasn't yet mastered the art of whistling yet... yeah, that's me on the scooters. Anyway, a lot of people have attempted to teach me how to snap without much success. Finally, I decided to turn to the most famous of them all, Mr. Todd Bills (Todd is still famous amongst the ride ops today from the legendary time in which he managed to get it so high after a snap that he hit a tree). After some enlightening instruction, I was able to snap about 2 or 3 times. We rode some other things, namely The Vortex, but neither of us could get over the Eagles addiction. When we returned, The Rickster was running the ride. He let me have the honor and glory of touching the Eagles' key... not turn it, just touch it.... ah, inspirational! Anyway, he gave me a few pointers himself, and my snappage improved greatly. The park closed at 9:00 which kind of sucked, but I stopped by GR and said hi to M@ilman before I left. While I was there, I filled out a GR report plugging all of the people who I had noticed did a particularly good job, or were particularly friendly (which is something that you guys should ALWAYS do, if these guys go out of their way for you, please do the same for them!) All in all, this was up in my top 10% of favorite days I've spent in the park. Ryan

For all we know, the horse could have been coming down a stone paved road. The point is, it's not entirely illogical to clap them together. I guarentee that someone makes that mistake every day.

::cough:: umm... you're thanking Dane? He may send out the newsletter, but it's written by someone else. I'm not going to tell you who, but you can probably guess.

lol... I actually made the mistake of hitting them together myself when I was in the show. The reason behind that its, the counter top itself has about an inch and a half of either fabric or padding on it. It looks like it's just an elaborate stand for them... hate to break it to you, but hitting two hollow cocoanuts together to make the thump of a horse's hoof makes a heck of a lot more sense then slamming them against a padded surface. In fact, I think it may even sound more like the action itself. Next time you see one of the horse drawn carriages in downtown Cincinnati, listen to the noise it makes... it it a deep thump, or almost a distinct click?

^ I can see that being true. It has the potential to be a much better show, but it's still cool for a one time thing.

I think it is supposed to be in the grass behind the Bay.... They promoted that they were going to have it at the end of last year, but I suppose either it hasn't happened yet, or didn't make the final cut. Ryan

Ah, I remember my 21st.... well... a little of it... Happy B-Day Sparky!