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^ Really? It's not obvious? One ride is up & down, real quick: The other is slower, gets faster, and uses many twisting elements, including a deep, dark tunnel:

SoB is pain The wood ride sucks, always has. TAER it down now, please! Hakiu's are FUN! They bring me back to 3rd grade, or the most recent radio version of the Jim Rome Show.

^If that was a standard used for a roller coaster measuring stick, it would actually increase a park's coaster count and thus make things more difficult for CP to keep up with the record. Also, CP has publically mentioned in the past that S:tE is not what they consider to be a "coaster". If that is not a coaster, then StR certainly will not be considered one.

^ Do you think DB would have been open?

I can see it now. In 10 years, your child will come up to you and ask: "Mommy where did I come from?" And your response will be: "Well honey, your daddy decided to be a pain in the butt and instead of having fun at Kings Island, he decided to stay in the hotel room."

I guess you missed the point that there would be others along for the trip. See here (bold emphasis added): Think outside the box!

That's if the park opens. I really don't see them closing the park on a Friday, but I wouldn't be shocked if they do since weather forecast is that bad Also see here: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?...=19949&st=0

I would be calling the park every hour to verify that it will be open. That's a LONG trip to find out the park's closed.

Not to sound like a complete ass, but, does the park really need to spell out that they will close if the weather is bad? HH on a Thursday is not a normal summer day due to the nature of the event, as well as the reduced hours. http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/...cation=USKY0721 For example: I live 5.5 hours from KI. When planning for a trip, I am constantly looking at the weather. If the radar shows a significant amount of rain to the WNW of Cincy, or if there is a front coming from the South, we will not make the trip to the park and alter our plans. Wouldn't it be nice to control Mother Nature?

Is there anything worse then thinking about exploring a closed casket? You don't want to open it, for fear of what is inside. But you have to open it, just to see what is inside. *chills*

While it is too bad for your friend, he would have the same resources of predicting the weather as the park does. Now if the park would have announced being closed yesterday, and the weather would ended up being beautiful, there would be more upset people. And along with that, if the park did open the gates, and nothing operated due to weather, then the park would be accused of "stealing" money from guests. There is no good solution here, and the park held out to make the decision as long as they could.

Screamscape will use information/ rumors gained from other sites and use them as their own. I can't tell you the numerous times that a information piece or rumor has been posted here, and then show up on Screamscape a short time later, with only "Screamscape sources" mentioned. It got so bad years ago, sites were posting completely false information just to see if Screamscape would pick up on it. Back in 2005/ 2006 when rumors were running rampant about CP's new coaster for 2007, Screamscape posted that the ride would be a Screaming Squirrel, then posted the ever popular Aqua Trax rumor, until a CP employee was able to get a hold (steal) of the actual Maverick information and then posted that. Incidentally, after Maverick's information was posted, the previous rumored ride posts disappeared giving a false impression to readers. Even the now famous "Magnum is sinking" rumor made Screamscape for a period of time until it was realized that it was purely a joke. My understanding is that things have improved at Screamscape, but IMO, that site is a useful as Wiki.

Back in 2000 for Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta- $50 for parking. You could take out "Cedar Fair" in your comment and insert in a majority of businesses and it would still be true.

Jumping over/ under the handrails is line jumping, it is also unsafe and should be dealt with by the ride operators. If the operators are not paying attention to the queue lines for line jumping/ smoking etc., especially when it is not busy, then they are not doing their job. The queue should be "condensed" up so guests do not have to "jump" over anything.

A decision has been made. The ride is closed.

So are you saying that if a family cannot do the park in a day, they won't come? I'm just looking for a little clarification.

^ And that is why I mentioned July 1st. Oh well...

Yeah, that day makes the conversation completely different.

Wow, where to begin... Just because Ohio Department of Agriculture has cleared the ride for operation does not mean the park has to re-open the ride. And in the article that started this whole thread, http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2009072...nearly+complete KI spokesman Don Helbig is quoted: And in that whole article, this comment stands out: The park is taking the safe route concerning SoB. They never lied about anything. The ride is/ was down for maintenance. If that maintenance does not prove to be successful or to the standards that the park is looking for, then the ride will remain closed until a decision is made. Why would the park open the ride, just for "last rides" and then close it again? That would be foolish. The park does not believe that SoB is in proper working order, and will remain closed. Period. People's personal feelings for the "chance at a last ride" does not outweigh safety. I applaud CF for making the correct "judgement" call in not re-opening the ride, even though state investigators cleared the ride for operation. Six different investigations in 9 years. That is a huge burden of liability on the park's shoulders. They certainly don't want a 7th investigation. Along with that, if the park would have re-opened the ride, any yahoo could get on the ride and claim another injury. And if that injury would make it to court, who is more believable? The innocent rider, or the park for operating a ride that has has 6 investigations? The park keeping quiet about SoB's status is the safest course of action. And let's get the facts straight. It was announced that CF purchased Paramount Parks on May 22nd, 2006 and completed the purchase on July 1st, 2006. SoB's serious accident where part of the structure broke happened July 9th, 2006. So Paramount wasn't even around to "deal with the 2006 issue, it battled it head on with questions and answers."

You think so? I don't find theming to be CF's forte either. They've had a few installs that suit the area in name and sometimes look... but overall THEMING isn't their gig. I'm sure you already know this, but I feel it needs to be mentioned anyway. CF does not claim to have theme parks. Sure, they will put little effort to theme a ride, but that's it. Paramount claimed to be a theme park, and it was their decision to place rides in certain areas i.e. Tomb Raider in Rivertown, FoF in Congo etc.

"Shoot the Pumkins Charlie Brown" I like that one! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Island#Planet_Snoopy

She probably had her head turned to look/ talk with with someone, and the train turned without her expecting it.

Ok, so what could they have handled differently to help things?

^ National Enquirer is right on occasion too.

Big Dipper was auctioned off to a moving company who made the purchase for an undisclosed buyer. http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=91687 And CP does not have a space issue. This has been a myth for about 30 years now, and somehow they seem to keep building the park up more and more. And whenever they finally do run out of room, CP has land along Rye Beach Road for a new parking lot. LONG term plans are to either shuttle or monorail guests in. As far as future place for a ride: CP has had Demon Drop on the selling block since 2005. That area has a decent size footprint especially if incorporates part of the parking lot next to it. The way I look at it, you don't put a ride up for sale unless you have plans for that area. And planning for a ride generally takes 3-5 years, and perhaps even longer for bigger projects, you could see something big go in there. Or I am completely wrong and talking out my a$$. Photo from PointBuzz: http://www.pointbuzz.com/Photos/Photo.aspx?id=3264