Browntggrr

I *heard* that this list was made up 3 years ago. It is a good possibilty MSN needed some "summertime vacation" information and dug it up. And on top of that, even putting AstroLand on the list is a slap for at least 30 different parks. It even mentions "Hurler" at Carowinds, and "Serial Thriller" at SF in Texas. Even a bigger joke! A poll like this should just be laughed at and considered humorous.

Don't they call that BaFFD?

Volcano is a good ride. Heavily themed and usually a long line. I have not been on Hypersonic yet- it is always down when I go. PKD is nothing compared to PKI or BGW, if you were going to take the trip and only go to PKD I would advise you not to do it, but if you would go to PKD for free (season pass) and also go to BGW than the trip is worth it. BGW is one of my favorite parks. It is by far the cleanest park, and easily has the best food (not as good as Epcot, but I don't consider Disney an amusement park). You can sit in Italy ( :chef: ) at an outdoor theatre, eat Cannelloni, and watch a play. Alpeingeist is neck in neck with Raptor- so it is that good, but Apollo's Chariot is the best coaster in the park. Rumor has it that BGW is putting in a large ride for next year. Overall, PKD is disappointing. My wife and I were there for the day, and around 3pm we started searching for nearby parks. There are many similarities to PKI, but once you go to PKD, it is easy to see why PKI is the signature park for Paramount. This whole post is :offtopic: !

BBW is much more intense, and is probably the best suspended that Arrow built- that still operates of course. If you ever have the chance, check out BGW. It is a great park. You could actually plan a nice 4-5 day vacation. Use your season pass for PKI and go to PKD for a day, and then travel about an hour south and go to BGW.

That's ok. I don't have to post here anymore. Thanks all!

Disney has exclusive rights with LucasFilms LTD for Star Wars and Indiana Jones. And we all know that LucasFilms deals with 20th Century Fox, one of Paramounts largest competitors. You have a better chance winning Powerball than seeing anything Star Wars in any Paramount Park.

Ishtar, Gigli, Hurler (sorry, that one is already used), Crossroads, Saturday the 14th, Glitter...

No. I am actually surprised that Kennywood would do that. As a customer, I paid for the hours that a particular park has scheduled. With the excecption of "Acts of God" (major power outage, severe weather, etc.) a park should remain open. I am not insulting Kennywood in any way, but if they would close because of lack of attendance, that is their fault for not marketing the slow days properly, they should not punish the guests that did come. I have known that Cedar Point has actually stayed open longer (midnight) because of too many guests on a particular day, or a ride has been down for a good portion of the day (TTD and MF), and I'm sure that PKI has either done the same or at least considered this.

Are the FoF's numbers accurate with one less train when PKI went w/o the OSTR's? Vortex currently does 1600pph.

I agree that ID is not that exciting, yet it serves the same purpose as TG. It is a slower coaster, that is not thrilling compared to rides like Vortex, MF etc. But to a 5 year old, it is the best thing going. Parks need coasters that are not that fast and high. No matter how much $$ a park wants to spend, there is no "perfect" coaster.

I would like too see PKI more family orientated. Yes they have the "family rides", but there are more things that families need other than rides. Hotels, sit down restaurants, cleanliness, and prices. Prices are a big thing for families. Now I understand that everyone wants to jump and say that BB is free and SC at Cedar Point is not. Consider this: if you have kids, it would be virtually impossible to hit all the rides, including BB, at PKI in a single day, so you would have to go for 2 days, and I was not able to find a two day ticket cost at PKI.com, or in the park info page here at pki-central. So I would have to take an educated guess and assume that If I wanted to go for 2 days it would cost me $42.99 each day, even if I bought them online it would cost me $6 whereas CP would cost me $66.95 for 2 days, with SC included. Also, if PKI wants to have a "Hollywood Themed" park. It would be nice to see the theming operating correctly every year.

Lived? Intresting choice of words for a coaster. SD was sold to Camden Park and operated until 2000. It is currently SBNO.

There are 16 coasters that have more inversions, and another 10 that are tied with 6 inversions. Now if you are referring to the fact that Vortex was the first to have six, you are correct, but how that is holding a title is confusing. The inversion list: RCDB inversion list

I agree, PKI is not really ever CROWED. But when it comes to crowded, watch the weather forecasts. If you live near the park, go on a day where it may rain. Yet I have seen days, mostly Saturdays, Sunday afternoons and Mondays where I would not even get off the exit at 71. There are so many cars there that the Cinci zoo makes a better option.

You should have just "accidently" stuck your foot under where it was bouncing, and have it roll away. Those balls can get annoying, especially when someone bounces them, and on occasion, painful.

After the first ride of the day on The Beast, the only thing I could smell was the cicada stuffed up my nose.

This is at least the 6th topic asking/ referring to Vortex being torn down. Check out the "search" feature and all your questions will be answered.

*runs into wall, head first; over, and over, and over, and over...* :censored: :jerry: :censored: :stupid: :censored: :stupid:

The tapes to ZosoBeast and Dane went out this afternoon via USPS.

Cineluxe made the tape.

OK all, hear is the deal- I was able to make 4 copies. Either the jurassic JVC umatic VCR player "play" feature died or the tape is shot. My guess that it is the player. Anyhow, I am keeping one of the copies, and I am sending ZosoBeast a copy so he can make DVD's out of them. I am really quite surprised on how good the quality is. After watching the copy a few times, the hill going down to the 540 helix does not look banked like it is today, or I can't tell because of the copy. Dane- I will send you a copy. That will leave me with one copy to send to someone that may not have a DVD player. Bill- I'll pay for the shipping and materials for the copy if you will do the same with a return DVD for me. I think that is fair. browntggrr@aol.com

Sounds great Bill. Maybe we should hook up to talk? It sure would save me some time if I only had to tape 1 VCR tape instead of 10, lol! Unless someone does not have a DVD player.

Cineluxe got back to me and unfortunatly they did not make a tape for The Bat. I was also not able to see if I could record anything do to a power outage. What luck! :censored:

Ya, I think the DVD would be a great idea. I could send you the original umatic tape, and you could do your thing. Or would you want the VHS copy? I e-mailed the company that I won the auction from. They have yet to get back to me, but just the possibility of seeing The Bat in action is worth the trouble. I am planning to make copies tonight while I am at work. After this week I will not be able to make copies from the original umatic (my plant is on shutdown). I am not looking to make $$ but the cost of shipping and the tape is necessary. I assume the cost would be around $10 for everything. Since I cannot make a copy for everyone, I suggest that friends share the copy I send. I will post when the copies are done to let everyone know how many I taped.

It is about 8-10 minutes.