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Is South Pie where the little train and the ghoster coaster is? And North Pie is where the carousel and Haunted Castle are? If South Pie is what I'm thinking it is than if it's removed I doubt too many people would notice, the attractions there are for very small children and are almost hidden, though the area is still neat.

^I agree PKIbeast I cant stand him (because of this worthless war and all the stupid crap he is doing ..is it 2008 yet?) I dont support him at all! Is this a forum for politics? No. Keep your political views to yourself a$$ wipe instead of making yourself look like a dumb a$$! Atleast PKIBeast had something intelligent to say. Dont me laugh! Hey not everyone loves bush Combat...I hate the man myself he has screwed the middle class and the poor I was just agreeing with PKIbeast me and him see eye 2 eye. Nicktoon Blast was ok I liked seeing some of the old classics like Rocko,Ahh real monsters etc. Could you please elaborate as to how President Bush "screwed" the middle class and the poor? Really, I'd love to hear. Oh, and outsourcing jobs doesn't count, since President Clinton signed the bill that allowed corporations to do that. But please, tell me how President Bush ruined your life, I'd love to hear you say something that's actually more than just whining, since you know it really just makes my day and everyone else's to hear political banter, or more specifically a whiny liberal, on a PKI fan site.

So PKI has basically shut down every effect on the ride? Are you kidding? The <a href='http://consumeralertsystem.com/cas/zx-hclick.php?hid=369' target='_blank'>chopper</a> never comes up anymore ever? The sound is completely gone? I'm sorry guys, that's more than a little ridiculous. The ride really wasn't even that fx heavy to begin with and somehow what little it did have has already been forgotten after 3 months of operation? How do you let that happen? That's really dissapointing, I don't want to ride it if there's no sound and PKI has no intention of turning anything back on out of fear of the GP. That's extremely dissapointing. Hey PKINick, do you know if any of the trains still have sound or if they ever will again? I really wanted to take my dad up there this year since he rarely rides coasters and have him ride this one since I thought he'd like what effects and theming it had. It kind of saddens me that so much would not be there anymore, specifically the sound.

Yeah, I agree with your logic Bodda, that seems to be the smartest way to go. Everything gets rethemed and renamed, HBLand is overhauled with Nick Central theming that today's kids know and love and they get 2 new rides to have fun on. Sounds like a winner to me. I would like to think that the only attractions that will bite the dust will be the water maze and the meet & greet shelter, but if PKI builds a new kids coaster their logic may lead them to tear down the currently named Ghoster Coaster since they are putting in a new one anyways and use that area to build the Nicktoons Car Wash. I really hope that nothing is lost from the kids area, especially not a rollercoaster since PKI prides itself on its quantity of kids coasters. We'll see though, I'm sure whatever PKI does the kids will love it.

Too bad you didn't get to visit Boomerang Bay. Also oo bad alot of stuff was closed, you should try again in midseason or the end of the season on a weekend when everything's up. As for you being so dissapointed with PKI, I say don't come back for another 10 years, based on their continuous expansions by that time we should have a whole bunch of amazing attractions(not that we don't already, I'm just saying, haha). I personally liked the detail that they put into IJST and Drop Zone though with the recorded voices. To each his own.

Sadly I too can't go, I have ACT's that day. To everyone who goes, have a great time! I'm sure Jeff and the rest of the PKI marketing team will make it a very fun experience like it was last year!

Not to slam anyone's opinions here, but I think that if the system in place excludes many from riding the ride that Mr. Seibert(a man who I have alot of respect for and find to be a very good and very skilled person)has promoted to be open, than I think it needs to be done away with. It was understandable during the technical rehearsal period to do this, but if the ride is infact open, than this should not be neccesary. As for you wondering why someone would be ****ed at not getting to ride thanks to this system, I think it's somewhat wrong of you to judge them. Should they be annoyed that they couldn't ride for a ridiculous reason? I think they should be. The fact that I've heard so little of the ride is actually working is further annoying. Just like many of you slam people when they get ****ed that PKI doesn't take care of Tomb Raider or any other effects, and find it wrong that they be ****ed at the park. In reality, I think they should be ****ed at the park. Sure, there are plenty of excuses why things aren't working, but if you're going to charge people the admission they charge, everything should work, and if it doesn't, than the park isn't doing its job. I think that this Italian Job reservation system is really pretty stupid if it excludes some guests from not riding at all. Come on PKI, if this ride is done as you say it is, get it open , and let people on. For all of you in favor of the ride reservation system, as well as not holding the park accountable for Tomb Raider's effects being near completely gone, I'm not slamming your opinion so don't slam mine. I don't hate PKI for these faults, I just would like to see them fix them for both the passholders and the general admissions persons, and I also think everyone should be allowed to be angry at the park if they are doing something wrong without getting bashed on a PKI fan site because they can come back, because really, they shouldn't have to if they want to ride a ride PKI says is open now. With that said, IJST rocks and I can't wait to get up there in a couple of weeks and see the finished product. EDIT: Just read the article, and Seibert mentioned that it was still in technical rehearsal mode. I could've sworn it was supposed to be offically open. Can anyone clarify this?

In time PKI will expand, most likely past Flight of Fear, but for the time being it seems they are just sticking to remodeling and working on the current areas of the park. They do have more than enough land to expand, it's just that they are somewhat landlocked by coasters, and getting paths to new sections would be tricky, though still possible as proven by Flight of Fear's entrance beneath The Racer. And yes, it's not bad having elevation changes in a park, and certainly possible to work around, but if you've walked back through PKI's woods you'd see their hesitation in expanding, it would not be a very easy undertaking.

Thanks for the comments guys! On a sidenote, wouldn't it be cool if you entered the mansion through the front door into the main hall of the Addams' mansion, and Gomez was standing on the staircase(animatronic figure)talking to guests before they entered a room on the left for the preshow? And you could have other family members like pop out of doors on the second floor occasionally, it could be really cool. But sadly I don't think we will see this attraction for some time, though it certainly seems PKD has a good shot at seeing it next year. But hey, I'm sure PKI has something nice picked out!

Actually, I think going with a euro fighter for Addams Family would be a fantastic idea. Since they want the drop portion and station of the ride in the mansion, it would work far better than a B&M because the euro fighter has a vertical lift hill, and in addition to that it has a drop that's more than vertical(I forget the # of degrees)so it'd be quite a thrill! Also, if PKD is getting the attraction, that's a somewhat small area from the pictures I've seen, and it looks like a euro fighter could be contained in a small area based on its wild vertical turns. Likewise, I could see PKI fitting this in over by the pond in rivertown where the salt water circus once was. It would be a few years off I think, but if PKD gets it next year I'm sure it will be a success and prompt more versions to be installed. Though if PKI filled in a bit more of the pond to make that peninsula section that juts out a little larger, and put the mansion there, the line could go around back of the mansion, maybe past a small graveyard and dock(complete with a small sunken boat and light at the end)then come back around the porch to the front door and then enter the mansion, I think they could have an incredible queue line for it. And then the coaster portion could be in a graveyard off to the side of the house where the salt water circus once was. How cool would it be to walk down from behind the Eiffel Tower and see the cool foggy graveyard with cars darting around in it? Though I don't see it happening in the next couple of years, beyond that I think it's very possible, and would definetly be the perfect place for that ride.

Yeah, I agree I'd love to see a nice thrill ride. I thought by family park they meant something for everyone in the family is there, not that every ride could be ridden by every member of the family. Unfortunately, I think PKI may be going more for the latter of the two. But I think if you continue to wait, a thrill ride will come. The question is when.

CPMac, while many guests may be bored by theming and see it as pointless as you do, I think it's a more creative and original way to go then just straight forward coasters. I have no problem with straight forward rides, but that's why I love PKI, they have both. If you're looking for more rides of that nature, CP is definetly your park. But to say the GP doesn't enjoy theming would be to neglect the powerhouse that is Disney, and if the GP doesn't enjoy it than Disney wouldn't be as successful as they are. I personally love theming, so I really like PKI's direction. I'm sorry if you don't enjoy it, but atleast it's not like you're losing anything with it. The person that loves theming and goes to parks where there is none is the person who might truly get dissapointed, atleast you can't lose, haha.

Well, that's one opinion. If you infact do love smaller coasters as opposed to taller and faster ones, then yes, you'd probably enjoy some generic(the word you used, I'm not dissing them)wild mouse coaster. But as you said, it's a generic wild mouse. So how would a generic coaster have more staying power to the GP as opposed to something unique and different? I suppose if you love smaller coasters it would, but that's one view, and a unique one at that. I personally love dark rides, if TRTR's effects still worked I would still spend my re-ride time there, so I can relate with you. I just don't think a mouse would be as popular or have the staying power as IJST.

Was Mrs. Puff's Boating School a water coaster? I knew it looked like an indoor wild mouse but if it was a water coaster too that would be even more of an amazing attraction. I really hope PKI puts one of these in.

Since Nickelodeon was managing the parks now as of last year, and since they are now in the growth group of Viacom entities, who will manage Paramount Parks? Themselves? Or will a company from the value group oversee the operations like Nickelodeon was doing and Paramount Pictures before them?

Yes, it's an easy programming tool called RPG Maker 2003(RPG Maker 2000 was used for JSBA). I personally have programs to create 3D games but for bandwith concerns as well as the time I have to work on games, I use RPG Maker 2003 for its ease of use and relatively small file size. Visually it's not very impressive, but with RELOADED I'm doing alot of different gameplay genres that only a few or no one has ever done with that system before. Very few turn based battles is the biggest difference from everything else out there on that system, that and I've tried to create a unique presentation quality within the game, thus the amount of time it has taken to make it, haha. Also the reason I use it is one of the things you mentioned, the story. It's very easy to create cutscenes and forward a solid story with RPG Maker. To create something like JSBA, it doesn't take too much skill. For RELOADED it required me to come up with alot of different techniques and approaches to make the different genres work in one game. If you'd like more detailed information, just search the web for RPG Maker. I hope that helps, and I hope you look forward to Jeffrey Siebert: RELOADED, only at PKICentral.Com.

That's cool, I'd love to see them fishtail. Will the ride have a splash at the end? And how tall are the explosions?

I still stand by my comments that IOA isn't as great as so many of you panned it out to be when compared against Disney. But you are right, CA and AK aren't Disney's most shining moments, haha. Even so, Disney's dumbass moments(PrimevalWhirl)are still better than IOA's(Storm something, what is that thing called?), both of which contained pathetic cut out characters if I remember correctly, it just so happened Disney had more and bigger ones, lol. Actually, in hindsight, what is up with AK and their use of time machines so frequently? Anyways, even with the pathetic DinoRama I still think AK stands a chance at becoming much more successful in the way that MGM-Studios did with Expedition Everest. But still, an average Disney ride can easily take out an average IOA ride, atleast on the theme level. But at the same time I understand that an average IOA ride will take out the best of Paramount Park's themed rides(though I think TRTR and its queue and preshow do come close if not surpassing a few of IOA's average rides). By the way Skippy, by TDS do you mean Tokyo DisneySea? Or? And Coasterguy, I'm not trying to flame you or anything, just throwing my opinions out there. I strongly believe everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I'm not trying to bash yours. If I did, I apologize.

Oh, ok, cool. Thanks for clearing that up, I was hoping they hadn't done away with that effect.

Scooby has more theming that Tomb Raider? Hahahahahaha. How do you figure that? And explain to me how Hulk has tons of theming? And why does Dudley Do-Right's theming and animatronics so half-assed if IOA is so amazing? Compare JP River Adventure's queue line to Tomb Raider's and Tomb Raider would beat it any day. Grant it, the ride room of TRTR is very lacking, but to say Scooby outdoes it and it can't be compared to anything at IOA when they are putting up rides like that Storm spinning thing next to the Hulk is pretty ridiculous. If you consider IJST a 2 bit ride(I'm not a huge fan of the ride either, I just think it will be fun)that IOA would never disgrace themselves with then how do you explain the Storm ride there? How is that more themed than TRTR? And how is Dr. Doom's Gay-Non-Thrilling Fear Fall more elaborate than TRTR? Not all of IOA is amazing. Infact, alot of is quite half-assed and dull. They are no Disney, and never will be. Neither will PKI I don't think. But PKI could easily become IOA. Which is sad considering IOA has a massive budget and evidently lacks the creativity or finese to actually finish their rides theming. Sure PKI is highly lacking in the theming area, but to act like IOA is god just because they are a theme park that has 3 B&M coasters on their property with themed queue lines(the reason this park probably gets so much acclaim from the enthusiast community when pitted against Disney, they have 3 big coasters)is pretty ridiculous. But to each his own. I'm sorry you hate TRTR, one less person in the line and one second faster for me to ride.

I think the fishtailing is questionable as to wether or not it's there. I really didn't see the cars doing anything of that nature when they were tested last weekend. Of course I don't think the sound fx were working either and there were no explosions so perhaps it just wasn't enabled or something.

With passengers, it may run faster, but not by much. It's not supposed to fly over the top, it's supposed to crawl, and it's not supposed to be intense, so therefore it isn't. I really don't know what you guys were expecting, seriously. If you want a stronger launch, go over to Flight of Fear across the midway. I think IJST will be just fine, even if it is probably the shortest ride in the entire park, haha, but atleast people who are afraid of the big coasters can enjoy an LIM launch and a cool coaster. Something that PKI does do very well is having something for everyone. And IJST will fit right in at PKI.

Hulk a themed coaster? Are you kidding me? It had some queue line tv's and some painted walls, and one tunnel with strobe lights in it, and it's classified as more theming than IJST? Seriously guys, while I can't say much for Universal Studios since I haven't been there since I was little and didn't really ride anything then, I can say that when I went to IOA 2 weeks ago I was dissapointed. It was like PKI with a few extra bucks and at many times a severe lack of imagination. The same things that trouble some of PKI's rides like TRTR(lack of ceilings)were problems I noticed with Universal's "superior" theming. Many attractions paled in comparison to TRTR's line and preshow actually. I found alot of it to be pathetic considering all the hype they have. I'm sure alot of you are IOA fans, and I had a good time that day, I'm just saying that I find it to not be lightyears ahead of PKI like many of you do. Because frankly, they really aren't. Even Spider-Man had a run of the mill queue line. And many rides were just crap, like Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls. That theming blew it big time. IJST would fit in just fine at Universal, or atleast IOA. I really don't see everything that everyone else I've spoken to saw. I saw alot of incomplete theming or bad theming altogether. Or lack of creativity or going the extra mile. While IOA was good, you can't go around saying how much better things like the Hulk are theming wise over IJST when the Hulk didn't really have that much theming to begin with. IOA could easily be outdone, even with PKI's budget. More things like Tomb Raider could bring PKI to that level and beyond. And I hope they continue to go that route. PS I did enjoy my time at IOA and thought it was a great park, it was just that we visited all the Disney parks prior to that, and IOA just wasn't that quality and didn't have that magic quality Disney does. So IOA just sort of let me down after everything I had heard about it.

Test Track isn't listed as a coaster because it isn't one. Each car is computer controlled, with it's own engine(electric I believe). It is attached to the road surface by many wheels(73 I believe)similarly to how a coaster train is attached to a track(road wheels, guide wheels, upstop wheels)but ultimately it's an electric car with all wheel steering clamped to the road and controlled by a computer. As for being able to build it on RCT3, I don't think you can. I wish you could though.

It goes faster than I thought it would. It didn't appear to ever look like it was going to rollback to me either. It really moves through the police cars too, and has some nice speed going into the overbanked turn and the turn going into the subway tunnel(I hope they are going to close that tunnel's sides off completely). Watching it was pretty neat. The helicopter scene doesn't have the train fully stopped for more than a few seconds, and the launch it has isn't very fast, just enough to get you going it appears. I didn't notice the fishtailing of the cars, I hope they didn't nix that idea. I will say this, it's incredibly short. I doubt its lack of 3 trains will hurt it too much. It looks like alot of fun though. I was hoping they would have cool lighting for the ride, but it appears to be very standard, with some street lamps and for the warehouse flood lights. The warehouse has alot of props though, it looked neat from the angle I saw. More are sitting by the Antique Cars over by Racer too. Should be fun when it's done.