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Thanks for taking the time to post this report...it was a lot of fun to read/look at!

Erosarrow, Thanks for the video clip...it was a good laugh for this morning. (It reminds me what a talent Dixie Carter really was.) I would also like to commend The Interpreter & Shaggy on their mature discussion of the facts...it's nice to be reminded of how debates used to be handled around here!

Saturdays are usually a lot busier than Fridays...and Haunt weekends get continually busier as you get closer to Halloween. (Unless rain...or snow hits!)

I am terrible at the game as is...if it were still 36 feet I would really suck!

^I haven't listened to TR's loading drumbeat in quite awhile...boy that brings back good memories.

No bias there...

It's when she's singin' "Ice Cream Man" that you might have problems!

You would CERTAINLY know better than I…but could you enlighten me. I have been curious for a long time but have never asked…could the park actually close down this forum just because we were discussing it? As long as the comments aren’t libelous, can’t we legally talk about a business? What IS the difference between a newspaper that might uncover that the park is planning a new ride through an “unnamed source” and a forum?(I can see where there might be copy write issues on the main site where their logo is seen…but I’m just asking about the forum.) Well…if you insist… Which is kind of what I was alluding too…back in the day this site would have been “in the loop”. I guess I’m naive, it seems to me that the park would have wanted to come on it’s #1 fan site and excite/tease us with the upcoming announcement date…nothing specific…just something like “Big news coming August 24th, keep your eyes peeled”. This site would have had a field day with that…and it would have made the members of this site feel like we were still “in the loop”. But that is what I meant by Catch 22...because of the TOS someone might have known but couldn’t post it because they would have had to disclose their source. I agree with MOST of this…the only thing I would quibble with is that it “continues to be”…as much…which is what makes me sad. Like you and many others in the past I have become pretty close to some people on this board…something I never thought could happen over the internet. In my opinion this doesn’t seem to be happening as much…we have lost a lot of good members. I know what you’re gonna say, people’s tastes change…but I do not think that is the case with quite a few of our valuable members…they are still talking about the park…just not here. I would also not agree with your “This is something that has been molded for the better part of a decade by you - the users - not by us.” You had a big part in making this site what it was able to become early on…it was a breath of fresh air compared to the earlier KI fan sites. (Are you ready for the other shoe to drop?!) The problem I see now is that you are no longer on the member’s side…you are more aligned with the park…right or wrong. As a major example…last year during the whole celebrity skeleton fiasco when I and others were voicing our complaints, if I remember correctly your stance was along the line that a lot of us were too sensitive and just liked to complain…now here we are a year later: It would have been nice back then to know that you yourself did not approve of it either instead of defending the park. Part of me says yes, it’s TOO light…the other half says it’s too heavy…and here is what I mean by light…the site is not constantly moderated as it was back when there was a TEAM of moderators…it seemed like at least one of them was on line at all times. That was good because a “personality problem” was quickly corrected before it got out of hand…now a conversation/attack can go on for hours unchecked. As for being “too heavy”…how many WHOLE threads disappear into the night. It seems rare that a thread is surgically removed of a couple of offensive or TOS violation posts…the whole thread just disappears…along with what is usually a good conversation. I also do not notice threads simply being locked much anymore…in the past I always liked to see what I missed. I TRULY hope this day is not anytime soon…but I fear that if things don’t change you may be handing out those numbers soon…which would make me VERY sad.

I 100% agree with you...but that shouldn't mean that we can't voice our concerns about the policies. Hasn't that already happened? This site didn't even post a rumor about the WindSeeker announcement before it was also released everywhere else...in the "good ol' days" we would have been talking about a rumored upcoming announcement for weeks. The sad thing is that even if a "regular member" knew about the upcoming announcement they couldn't have posted it without revealing their source...has anyone seen/read Catch 22?!! This site's moderators have ALWAYS bragged how there isn't another theme park site like KIC...but they have lost touch in why that was true. Has anyone else noticed how posting seems to have been WAY down this summer...can you imagine the off-season?

A thought just occured to me. Even though this sign was "made public" back then...it was "pulled from the public" a short while later...are we allowed to discuss it.

I think it was one of the park's actual signs...I think they just pasted the humin sticker on it.

It was in 2007...but it didn't last the whole haunt...which I guess was a clue that there were yet other things that were off limits.

And to think that in the past few years I have been knocked when I dare say that the park doesn't understand what Halloween is about.

I'll take that as a compliment. This I will NOT take as a compliment!

I personally do not feel as my one comment about Selective's post was in any way "bashing him". Since you would like anyone to explain their posts I will accommodate you...my post was only finding humor in how impossible his suggestion that ride ops should attempt to seperate people by the differences in the size of their legs...you as a ride op should know how impossible that would be. Can you imagine either a sign that stated "If your leg is bigger than this you must go to this line"...or a ride op tape measuring people's legs? I hope that explains my comment.

There's nothing like your first time! It's nice to see the enthusiasm in your report...i'm glad you had a good time. Thanks for sharing the photos...especially the backstage Halloween Haunt stuff...I love the shot of all the caskets stacked up.

I always thought calling someone eccentric was just a polite way of saying that they were crazy!

Single Rider Line...Fat Legged Line...Skinny Legged Line...

Is this a teaser press release...if so you've got my attention!

I just wanted to thank everyone who posted what the ride announcement was...even if you weren't first it's the thought that counts...and I like seeing the enthusiasm!

While in Boomerang Bay this weekend I was in disbelief when they were playing Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight"...which contains the line "If you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand".

I knew one of us was.

I just noticed this: I love it! (And to be honest I have never met him in person...or even PM'd him...I just "know" him from his posts...I gotta go stalk now...see ya.)

I thought that was what I was doing?!

As I mentioned, if you "know" him you would know that it was not meant to be mean spirited. Check out some of his older posts and you will find that he is a very valuable member of this site...check out the "KIC What Happened" thread. If a performer is a regular member of this site they know what kind of poster he is.