Cory Butcher

looks to me like he is behind any and all gates, I see no problem with it!

I'm assuming that you are refering to the Roller coaster scene in Final Destination 3? Thank god hydraulics dont just fail like that, and that there are numerous fail safes implemented on Coasters!

I dont like the Eifel Tower idea..too campy, its one thing to have a monorail run through a contemporary hotel, and a completely different one to run a train through a parks lamdmark. Yah, bad Idea!

Personally I dont think that the Paramount years were that bad. Granted, I am younger than most, and the Paramount period is all that is known. But, for the most part we have seen, a tremendous kids area, filled with actual kiddie thrill rides...excuse me FAMILY rids not just some carnival cars running in circles crap. plus ride theming is better than you will find at any Six Flags park, as all of you know! Also, we have not been shut off from the outside world when it comes to getting new rides, Delirium, TRTR, Italian JOB, the Son of Beast persistence, and even the Sponge Bob ride in the Paramount action FX theater is kinda nice. All in all it hasnt been horrible years, we do still have a park you know, which cannot be said about once great destinations such as Lesourdsville Lake, or Opryland USA or even Sea World that once blessed the State of Ohio at Geauga Lake.

HAHA, why?

what I dont understand is why jobs that have a minimum age of 16 years of age, pay the exact same as jobs that require an age of 18. Just seems like you would pay more to the jobs that require greater responsibility, or why even have the age specifications then?

Interpreter is right.... Corporation -publicly traded -stock known as "shares" offered to the public -share holders vote on operations with one vote per share or one vote worth a percentage. -shares are bought to raise capitol for the company, however they also provide direct ownership and input Limited Partnership -like corporation can be Public or Privatly offered -again stock is refered to as a share, but does not carry the same authority as a Corporate stock offerings -Share holders do not vote on operations unless given consent by the partnership -Shares are sold to raise Capitol however these are purely investment based and provide no input or physical ownership of the company Hope this clarification helps! basically, in a "Co." stock=complete but partial ownership and in a "LP" stock=incomplete and partial ownership!

UPDATE: http://www.geaugalaketoday.com/ They have updated us with progress through Jan, 6 if anyone cares. The author, says that he feels that the majority of the coaster will be down by January. The thing is certainly coming down quick!

I'm not even completely sure that there was an actual judgement, I was thinking Frivolous. but your right again, look at the OJ Simpson wrongful death suit, he is suppose to pay a judgement of near 30 million dollars, and he hasnt given a dime!

I didnt say that, Texan did, I was just telling you which court battle for him, lol Im with you though, to the best of my knowledge they didnt get anything either, it was one of those, both of you were stupid, so im not gonna hear the case...but I could be wrong.

The Court Battle in 2000 was between Paramount Parks..specifically PKI and the company that was contracted to help engineer SOB Roller Coaster Corporation of America I believe. PKI sued because they felt that they would have problems with SOB. RCCA said they would only have them because PKI elected to build SOB by themselves rather than using them to build the ride.

oh well, 10,000,000 is a large amount, not huge, no 200,000,000 but its a start, and Im glad we got it!

ten million gives us one more thrill, not really all that bad, like ive said better than nothing!

yah exactly, thanks for agreeing with me...Id rather get x-flight than nothing!

you would if you were getting paid to make those trains

Well, I like all coasters so I welcome X-Flight! Most of my friends dont like Top Gun cuz its too short, but i love it, its a ride, its fun, so I enjoy it...simple. So, if X-Flight is even halfway decent, then woohoo, im excited I now have another 15-20 minutes wait+ride time that I dont have to wander around the park wondering which ride Ill ride for the 20th time that day. because that is what happens now, I can get throught the whole park 2-3 rides on each ride, maybe like 7 on racer and 4 on Vortex in only like 3-4 hours if you hit them at the right times...that gets boring when you go as much as I do!

Sheikra was really smooth too, I have to agree! Really all of Bush Gardens Coasters except for the crappy 30 sec Python were smooth, Gwazi not so much, but the fun factor of it was amazing, its my favorite woody next to The Beast of course!

yah, and you added me already, lol. Im going to UD!

7188 I figured the 7 was July, 1 was the first and 88 was your year. You are two days older than me, I too have a late birthday July 3rd, 1988 is when I was born. Where are you going to college?

Thats probably the best route, but I think I may just forgo the benefits in favor of getting on in an internship to help me towards my business major, I know that they do pay fairly decent but they are hard to get. Thanks for all the help everyone! oh uh Tycoon you said you have a late birthday, im curious is your birthday July 1st 1988?

I have not ridden any of the Flying Dutchmen coasters such as X-flight, but My mom and I rode Superman at SFOG last year, and it was by far the smoothest Roller Coaster that my mom and I had ever ridden, and a nice exciting ride. The only downside was the ride kept breaking down so we waited for about an hour and a half to ride it, it was well worth the wait. Having stated how smooth it was I really hope that X-flight is more intense and just as smooth. Still to this day, the five smoothest coasters that Ive ever ridden are Superman, Montu, Kumba, Rockin' Rollercoaster at MGM, and Mindbender! what about you all?

well its not likely that Kings Island will just release what their pay scale will be for certain positions so how do you find that out? It would be good to know before applying, that way you dont have to get in that mess if it isnt gonna work out in the first place. Plus you can apply to jobs on their site currently, but are they even actually hiring people currently, or should I wait till one of the job fairs in Feb or March?

Where are you from Tycoon, I have nearly the same drive time, I live in Miamisburg, Ohio about 15-20 minutes south of downtown Dayton. See I go there to ride nearly every day during the summer, so I might as well get paid, get the pass, and go on the days off. I would either make some or break even which is better than the current scenario, I was relying on the umpiring money for gas money, lol

well, that is the thing, if it is nine for one of the positions that I have looked into then I will travel to PKI everyday during the summer, if not I can make more directly where I live, so I guess we shall see.

Tycoon, I am actually looking to work at PKI this summer, either as an actual employee or as an intern, I heard that the ride ops make the traditional 6.50 an hour plus dollar per hour worked, but that the merchandising associates and most of the positions where you have to be at least 18 yo, that of which I am, pay the nine dollars is that true??? and if not, do you know what the actuall breakdown is? P.S. were you ride op tycoon? or something else, and how old are you?