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In response to the labor comment, I ask the employees? How many of you would love to go back in December and work a few days? You gotta figure that enough of them would be around to run Winterfest since you don't need ride ops, etc. I wonder if they do ride rehab while Winterfest is going on...

Yeah, I kind of agree with that statement. <<I agree that having an off topic area was a good idea, but this is a PKI forum and having topics about video games and comedy DVDs makes it hard to do. I wanted to ask one question about something I didn't quite understand. By all means I'm not trying to start anything, but what do you mean by this part I quoted? Are you saying that it is hard to keep moderated and clean, or that it just doesn't go with the rest of the site? >> I mean that it's hard to keep this forum a PKI forum when we have an open off topic discussion. It could go any way really... I mean, if the topics were about different parks and stuff like that, then it would fit in well with the forums, but we're talking about DVDs and video games.. that's totally fine for now, but we just want to keep things PKI-oriented here. Remember to vote on whether or not the spam forum will stay! http://www.pki-central.com/forums/index.ph...&f=7&t=299&st=0

I agree that having an off topic area was a good idea, but this is a PKI forum and having topics about video games and comedy DVDs makes it hard to do. Allow me to reiderate, though. This decision won't be ours. If we do decide to get rid of it, it will be YOU that votes it off the island. If you really want to keep it around, just watch your posts and make sure it's nothing that will get out of hand. -Ryan

PKIC on Mars definitely. It had that 'personal touch' as mentioned above, and the use of irony with the PKI themes was great!

Ah, it has nothing to do with age. The Beach Boys are timeless. They did play a lot of Beach Boys, but I recall specifically hearing Margaritaville over and over near Whipeout Beach. I hope they keep it. Will they play INXS or Kylie Minogue? For the love of God, I hope not. -Ryan

With the enough money and someone seeking an investment, Surf cincinnati Could easily be brought back to life, and probably could be pretty good. If you will remember, there is not just a waterpark there, but also, a nightclub, a mini golf course, and a go kart track. Someone who knew what they were doing, could probably make decent money off of it. From what I understand, when Surf Cincinnati went under, the season passholders were given free passes to the Beach. Also, the toboggan ride at Holiday Fest is a converted Surf Cincinnati waterslide. Don't quote me on this, but I think this implies that The Beach bought out the whole franchise, not just little things (slides, membership rights, etc). So, that makes two implications: First, in the pre-Boomerang Bay days, PKI's waterpark wasn't hurting the business of the Beach badly enough that they were in any kind of trouble fincancially. The other, which may contradict the first implication is that Surf Cincinnati was so badly run that they had to sell it ungodly cheap. I did a search on the internet a few days ago about specifics on Surf Cincinnati going under and all I came up with is that it was Cincinnati's oldest actual water park, that as I mentioned above, the Beach would be pick up their members, and that the night club would still be used for weddings and things of that sort. -Ryan

Nah, I doubt they'll go as far as having Aussie music too. Maybe right around the entrance, but back by Whipeout Beach, they'll probaby play good 'ol Parrot Head just like they always did. He does have an Aussie sound to him.

Quoted from Americana's web site: "A roller coaster designer visited LeSourdsville Lake in the early 1970s to view the Screechin' Eagle roller coaster. We were standing at the base of the lift hill when I asked him, 'What's the life of a coaster?' Without batting an eye, he seriously replied, 'The first big accident.' Of course, I was referring to the forces of nature acting on the wood structure but he gave me a better answer than the one I was looking for." Alfred Freeman, former coaster operator

The Beast would probably want what's best for his son.

Web pages like that go down on a regular basis so they can do updates and things like that. Nothing to get too worked up, excited, or concerned about.

Sorry Chef, but as I look into my crystal ball, I don't see spam being around forever. This page isn't about who's kid is being born, or posting about anything under the sun. It's about PKI (as well as the amusement industry). That's where we hit the dilemma, if we start heavily moderating the spam section, you people will just be afraid to post because you'll just think that we'll close or delete your topics. Perhaps we could be distinct about what to post about.. "Other parks" -- things like that. I don't like the word games in the least. It seems like people come on here, see that no one has posted anything in the topics, and then just do the word games and leave. It kind of takes away from the regular boards from what I've seen. Games like "Name that coaster" and "PKI trivia" were great ideas, but no one really seemed to want to participate in them. Games like "This or That" and "Rocks/Sucks" become too repetitive and become off the topic of PKI way too often. I suppose one day in the future, we'll put it to a vote and let all of you decide. This is a web page for the people. Ultimately, it's going to come down to what your PKIC staff thinks is best for the page. Then again, it's the off season, so with the exception of construction, you're not going to see too many worth while threads. I guess what I'm saying is that the Spam forum isn't going anywhere... not quite yet. We will look at the issue again once the season starts. Please respond to this post and tell me what you guys think, Ryan

I agree. Any park that would have to stoop so low as to buy such an old used coaster wouldn't be able to refurbish it. My money is on the track becoming a Hyundai.

Yeah, but they also don't have an Intamin, so don't rule them out either.

Oh, God yeah. All that it would take would be a drunk guy to hit it in the middle of the night who doesn't have insurance. Plus, pretty much everything in the park is insured for the same reason that the sign was -- freak accidents like that. Imagine if the tornado had come in and done some serious damage to a lot of things. It could have costed millions of dollars.

I honestly doubt they're behind schedule. We haven't had a particularly bad season thus far, and you have to think that they would have anticipated spurts of bad weather. Oh, and Dane mentioned on the pictures page that I was 'playing with my zoom'. In all reality, some pics are far away and some are closer due to the fact that I was getting bolder and bolder as time went on to get closer.

How can you have physical proof of just people seeing ghosts? Ok, maybe photos, but I'll believe ghost stories before I invest in ghost photos.

...and you guys had better appreciate them because it was freakin' cold out!

We can assure you that everything will be pretty cheap. We know that a lot of people on here are young and have little money. Just bear in mind that any profits we turn (which will be minimal, I might add) will be coming directly back to PKIC to bring YOU GUYS the greatest web page that we possibly can.

I liked it. He integrated a lot of us into the story, which made it that much more interesting. Keep up the good work!

Who knows? They could utilize what they have now and just change or extend the program, or they could totally retheme it. There's really no telling...

I was just up at the park earlier today. If you can imagine it, I'd say that the funnel is about 70% to 80% of the height of the Fast Tracks tower (which is now the color of baby poo).

I was simply helping someone out with some information, is that a sin? Although this thread was about PKIC BB pics, we do appreciate all input. Great photos, Aaron! We will be updating our BB pics probably tomorrow. 12-18.

I highly doubt they won't make the Eiffel Tower into a Christmas tree if they bring it back. Someone said that they prefer Winterfest to Fearfest.. I agree with the exception of the fact that not many rides will be open for Winterfest. I'd like to see them just expand the post-season until early November and reopen for Winterfest in Early December. I wouldn't be too entirely surprised if Winterfest made an amazing return for 2004, but I assure you that I don't have any inside information, so take that for what it's worth.

^ The reason why I said that was because I had a dream that me, Chef, and a couple of staff members from here got drunk and rode Taz. We kept rocking the float and when we hit the funnel, the float fell out of the top. lol.. ouch

As much as I love The Beast, I can't get The Vortex out of my head!