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http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1226

That would be one person's opinion, and not fact. If a ride needs to be painted or not gives zero indication on if the safety PM's (preventive maintenance) are being kept up. That would be like saying: "Well that car needs to be painted bad, the muffler is going to fall off soon."

At least he always tired too. Yeah, Gargamel did get tired of always trying to eat the Smurfs.

Yeah, I was assuming that is what he was getting at. But considering the current rides under construction at other CF parks as well as the SoB improvments and the rumored TR improvments it is apparent that even though CF wants to be cautious about their money spent, they are not exactly being cheap either.

^ I'm not sure if I understand the point of your post.

http://officialrecords.occompt.com/wb_or1/...mp;doc_status=S His quote is rather funny. Good information though.

Ah, to be 13 again. I only have 7 more years before I am dealing with this stuff on a personal basis. I did ask my mother if I was a know-it-all smart a$$ **** when I was a teenager. Her response, ironically, was also a one word answer: "Worse".

http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Editorial/....aspx?id=100685

If she was not trained on how to use the E-Stop or the recovery procedure once an E-Stop has occured; then she was not properly trained and should have not been operating a ride. It is possible that the way everything happened there was not enough time to hit the button, but it is going to be difficult for SF to defend themselves if she was not properly trained to begin with.

Yes, Iron Wolf was the first B & M standup. http://www.rcdb.com/ir.htm?cls=277&des...e=1&order=6

http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/15Jan2008_biz30.php

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl...1150368/-1/NEWS

Brown, if you don't mind I'm going to let Dalefan be to me what JacksonPKI is to you as in; I just got some new humor signature! What, saying "Bye" at 04:47 AM? ... and again at 04:55 AM... ... and again at 04:59 AM? Nah, that's not funny. It is pathetically hilarious!

I am going to guess that you are referring to SF New Orleans that was heavily damaged by hurricane Katrina. And why is it an issue if SF is trying to get out of their lease? I am going to safely assume that many businesses in that area are doing or have done the same thing. And what you have to understand is, even when SF collects on the insurance, they do not have to rebuild the park. That entire area that was destroyed has less than 50% of the population now as it did prior to the hurricane, so who is going to visit the park? SF is making a difficult, but sound business decision. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6082600309.html

I love the Spicy Garlic and Carribean Jerk traditional wings.

The key word being storys or stories for most others. That is also not exactly a reputable site. Not to mention, just because you read it on the internet does not make the story, or the information in the story, true.

Provided by KIC's own staff: http://www.KICentral.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=39 New 2004 sign construction discussed here: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=768

CP removed WWL due to a combination of things. The biggest reason being maintenance. While there are a few exceptions, most of the log flumes that were like WWL as well as KCKC have been removed for the same reason.

Just because you have never seen something does not mean it is not possible. Obviously you have seen wind damage from tornados and hurricanes. Downbursts can be just as damaging, but are harder to predict and diagnose because they happen so fast and are very isolated. Or the prior sign just could have had the condition known as "Vortex shearing".

^ Edit: Apparently not only do we post at the same time, we fell the same about thois particular issue. 1) Wait times have no indication on how popular a ride is. Shorter lines can also be an indication of a op crew that is on the ball and moving trains efficiently. 2) When a ride has been painted is also not an indication of it's demise. TG is not a ride that many people can see compared to a ride such as Vortex, so there is less importance on how it looks. TG has been painted once since 1993 to the current color (or lack of color) that it is now. In comparison, Magnum at CP was built in 1989 has was just recently painted for the first time. 3) There has not been an announcement for any ride names, not only TG, being changed at KI, yet. I am guessing that when KI does announce that ride names have changed, there will be another ride announcement as well. The reasons for keeping TG outweigh the reasons to dismantle it. - It is a great change-of-pace coaster as well as a good starter coaster - Given the layout of the land that TG is currently on, while it is possible to put another coaster there, it is not exactly cost effective. The removal of TG and construction costs for the new coaster would be more than normal due to the land. If KI wants to install another steel coaster, they might as well use land that is currently not being used at all and thus doing so they save money as well as save a ride. - It is a unique ride. TG is one of 4 left in the US, and 1 of 7 left in the World classified as an Arrow suspended.

How is TG losing it's popularity?

^ Yeah BW3 is not exactly cheap, but you do get a bigger bang (I guess it would be wing) for your buck.

Has your parents ever driven you to another park besides KI? Only because, when you bring up another park, the information you come up with is wrong.

The original Quaker Steak in Sharon, PA is fantastic. But the franchises, well they are mediocre at best. And their wings are tiny for the inflated price. I would rather go to a Buffalo Wild Wings.

As announced here: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11779