BoddaH1994

I would like to publicly thank everyone for being there! I also have to thank Italian Chef, not only for organizing the event, but for giving me a great gift for my birthday and supplying a great cake! It was an honor to spend part of my 21st with you guys! If it makes you feel any better, that was the only part of my 21st that I remember in my entirety right now. Anyway, a special thanks goes out to Wera for cooking such an awesome buffet and giving me a a gigantic bottle of wine for my B-Day. You rock! I hope we can all get together some time soon!!! Thanks, Ryan

PKIC considers the days of BB updates trade secrets, so I can't exactly tell you the date, but it will be soon.

Guys, I owe you all an apology for being unable to attend the BB construction tour. Unfortunately, we had a family emergency and I was kept away from going. Don't fret though, we'll have construction updates rolling in starting this coming week! Stay tuned for my updates. regards, Ryan

I choose Arrow because if you read your history, they're pretty much responsible for the modern coaster. I also think that they just have the best designs out there... I mean, I think The Vortex is darn near perfect!

This is just a friendly reminder that all ideas must be submitted and approved by the PKIC staff before the actual editorial can be submitted. If you do not submit an idea, your editorial will not be posted now matter how good it is!! Note that not all ideas submitted will be approved of, and not all editorials submitted will be posted. If we do not approve of your idea, or post your editorial, don't take it personally. It's just an opportunity to rethink your work and submit something even better! Things to remember when brainstorming: Is this an idea or a subject that people are going to bother to read about? Are my grammar and spelling perfect? Is it long enough that I can express my ideas, but short enough that people can read it in one sitting? Would my editorial be offensive to anyone? Good editorial ideas: Arrow Files For Bankrupcy: What this May Mean to the Coaster Industry Kings Island vs. Paramount's Kings Island Tribute to the King Cobra (NOT "Why I liked the King Cobra", or "Who's going to buy the King Cobra" or "Why B&M is better than TOGO") -- You must assume that no one cares about your opinion... editorials are an analysis, not a list of opinions. They may seem similar, but with a good editorial, it makes a world of difference! Bad editorial ideas: If I got to Decide What the Next Coaster Would Be If I Had Jeff Siebert's Job, I Would.... Which Ride Will Be Removed Next? Now BoddaH, you wrote an editorial about Holiday Fest, why does your opinion count about that? Well, that's a little different. I went to Holiday Fest with the intention of writing an article about Holiday Fest and how you could visit that as a way to alleviate some Off Season Blues, but HF was just so bad that I decided that it would be more appropriate to write an editorial about it. I took a sarcastic approach to it in order to make it somewhat interesting. Then again, during the off season, you get what you can! More than likely, if you submit an idea and it's not horrible, but not promising, we'll tell you that if you want to write it, you can, but there's no guarantee that it will be posted. So, if you just use a little bit of logic, as stated above, you really don't need to hold back too much. Any registered PKIC member is able to submit an editorial. Thanks, Ryan

You just made it sound that much more promising.

It seems like the site has progressed a lot in the past two years! I must say, I liked 1.0 better than 2.0 for some reason... of course, when I started coming to PKIU, 2.0 was the one that was up. It's a shame that the two year anniversary isn't during the season, it would be a helluva excuse to have a meeting day. Congrats on 2 years! Ryan

You'd also have to figure in the compound used to make the wheels. That costs a lot of friction loss.

The tower is still photogentic, so they might wait a while to paint it. You have to realize that painting the tower is a gigantic job which would costs thousands of dollars and take months to do. The light blue does give the illusion that it's supposed to be darker, but it faded, but as long as I can remember, it's been basically the same color. The only way you can really tell that there are rust spots on it is by standing under it, or actually riding it. These things are impossible to get rid of. If they painted it, within weeks rust would begin to show through. That's the thing about a gigantic 300+ tall tower... you can't make every inch of it perfect..

Not necessarily. When they add a ride, usually the technology is new and not perfected. In this case, it's the same technology but simply with a different program. I highly doubt that if they change the themeing, it would go down too often, and even if it did, I doubt they'd close the ride.

A Jackass stunt show would be cool, though.

Sure, why not? I mean, it's not unheard of... Kennywood is conisdered the Dark Ride Capital of the world.

This was more of a test run than anything. Don't worry, we'll have a whole BB construction history flash when it's done!

We didn't get inside. You can reach your camera in between where the different sections of fence meet and get awesome pics.

Thinking that you were going to get friction on here is an understandable beleif, but it simply doesn't happen here. We are a NICE community who actually like eachother. Flaming wasts our bandwidth, and makes PKIC less fun, so we don't tolerate it at all!! So, welcome back to PKIC, feel free to post, and thanks for giving us a chance! Ryan

It's different with TTD, that's a launch, not gravity driven.

I'd say that due to wind resistance and friction on the wheels, hitting the terminal velocity would talke a lot more than 500ft. The G force is a problem, though. Military pilots as well as astranauts have unbelieveable G forces on them. Of course, they have a medical check done before each experience. A ride that tall would probably cause heart attacks in a lot of people, so the likeleyness isn't that great... then again, two years ago, I probably would have said the same thing about 420 ft...

To my understanding, they hire as young as 15.

Mine was the Miller coaster at Americana, followed by the Serpent, Beastie, and The Racers.

Oh, come on! You worked the FoF crew! There can't be anything more thrilling than launching people 0-60 with the touch of a button!

Sorry about that, this was my first attempt at HTML. The link at the bottom should be fixed. Boomerang Bay Pics 1-7-04

PKI.com has just updated a few events that are taking place between now and the end of the season. Most of which are employment related: <b>SPECIAL INTERVIEW DAY 01/24 2004 OPENING DAY! 04/09 PKI MUSIC FESTIVAL - BAND 04/17-04/18 PKI MUSIC FESTIVAL - CHORAL 04/24-04/25 MUSIC SHOWCASE FESTIVAL 05/01, 05/08, 05/15, 05/22 </b> Source: pki.com I'm not sure about the shows, as in who's going to be preforming or whatever, so if you have any info, fill us in!

I wish they'd just open the park on weekends through the beginning of November... no Fear Fest. It was cool in the past few years, but it's almost like they didn't even try this year.

Every time I go up there with Italian Chef, he brings a bookbag. They usually take a look inside, but they had never tried to stop him from bringing it again as far as I know.

Does the flag system work for all of the rides, or just the major ones?