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Halloweekends is not nearly as scary as HH. It is not easy to fill hotels without families.

^ The media has a tendency of only seeing what that want to see. Given the Fair Board's reputation with the former proprietors, a unbiased report would be difficult to imagine.

This whole story tastes like sour grapes.

I would be shocked to hear they said anything different than what can be found in the rider safety guidlines. http://www.visitking...afety_Guide.pdf

Woah! Slow down cheetah! This is an article from March 7th. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/25176-six-flags-magic-mountain-spills-plans-for-record-setting-coaster/

Not winterizing shows incompetence, and has nothing to do with safety. Possible lawsuit? Maybe. A lawsuit can be filed for just about anything. Will a lawsuit settle anything? I doubt it. Who knows what the lease stipulated or if the statute of limitations has been reached. Extending the opt out was a smart move by the Kochs especially if the park is in as bad as reported.

While visiting the local casino/ horsetrack to place a couple bets on the Derby, I noticed a large portion of the public walkway/ viewing area was formerly a parking lot- with parking lines clearly visable (the track was built a few years after the casino). And the first thing I thought of was: where is the coaster?? Honestly, it doesn't make much of a difference to me if the land is cleared for a non-usable grassy area or not.

Nice job of the monster to rectify the situation, but the mother should have made a better decision than to bring a young child. I am a parent of young kids (older than the one in the story) and there is no way I would even think of bringing my kids to HH at night.

Given that we have information on a new coaster, and, there is a great amount of work to be done before opening day 2013, I assume work would begin during the season and DT/ SS would close early. (but I also assumed DT would be around for 2013, so you see how accurate I am! ) When? Good question. Perhaps both rides will stay open. But let's lay it all on the table. The park did not come out with this info, a local paper did. There is a possibility the info the paper provided is not 100% accurate. So to answer your question , someone knows, it just has not been made public yet. Even if the rides do close early, don't let that stop you from visiting the park. Neither ride is a game breaker & being closed should not sway your decison.

^ When Screamscape did it.

I honestly don't believe WC was up for a 2012 removal.

SoB is a zombie coaster. This is a zombie thread. Neither will ever be truly dead as someone, somewhere, will still believe. (make-believe, yet still believe )

Quick answer: old. (this answer opens many other reasons, I just picked the most general.)

I don't see this as a "coaster wars" move due to removal of a coaster. I do see this as steering away from just "focusing" on families though.

I did not see a previous thread started. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/25649-for-those-of-us-who-visit-cp-check-this-out/page__pid__464815#entry464815 My bad....

Maybe as the former Avalanche Run. I highly doubt as DT.

Per Sandusky Register: http://www.sanduskyr...ld-coaster-2013 Given the early release of this, I assume work to begin soon. This does not necessarily mean the "coaster wars" are back on by any means, but this certianly ends the notion that CF's new chief is only partial to family rides.

Someone please correct me if I am incorrect: The current trains are revision # 2. The original trains were replaced in the early to mid 80's. Unless you count adding the magnetic brakes, then I haven't a clue what revision they could possibly be on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMT4YcmiZks

I hope not. Comedy is fun!

^ Given that I have a new favorite thread, I agree, this one can close.

I'm sure one of the two present SoB die hards will turn the broken link into a hidden meaning for "The Return".

Ladies and Gentlemen, skinny and stout, I'll tell you a tale I know nothing about; The Admission is free, so pay at the door, Now pull up a chair and sit on the floor. One fine day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight; Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other. A blind man came to watch fair play, A mute man came to shout "Hooray!" A deaf policeman heard the noise and Came to stop those two dead boys. He lived on the corner in the middle of the block, In a two-story house on a vacant lot; A man with no legs came walking by, and kicked the lawman in his thigh. He crashed through a wall without making a sound, into a dry creek bed and suddenly drowned; The long black hearse came to cart him away, But he ran for his life and is still gone today. I watched from the corner of the big round table, The only eyewitness to facts of my fable; But if you doubt my lies are true, Just ask the blind man, he saw it too.

I hope it stays. It will be, by far, one of my favorites....