coaster_junky

maybe it's just me, but i see nothing but bad coming from the park placing physical barriers between the orcas and the trainers. i feel that if the orcas are deprived of the love and one on one contact that they are so used to, then all of the orcas will end up with the wrap that tilly has. what i mean by that is, if a trainer does end up in the water with an orca, for whatever reason (slipping or whatever), it will do like what tilikum did and try and keep that trainer in the water with them at all cost. edit: i would also like to know which party was telling the truth in that video, sea world or the former employee.

i have to disagree with this statement, the reason the section collapsed wasn't because of a poor design, it was because it wasn't completed before a windstorm hit. the structure has to be decently solid, it's stood through many tremors with no problems.

so, i guess i'm having withdraws because i had another Kings Island dream. this time Son of Beast was open and the only differences with the ride was the station (the walls put up for "haunt" were actually walls to add theming to the station), the trains (well not really a difference, but both were red), and after your first dive into the rosebowl you took a quick turn to the right to slow the train down more before you take your second dive into it. then, i had a dream after i woke up from that one because i was so excited to tell the KICentral community that i had just ridden Son of Beast, i fell back asleep and had a dream that KICentral was hosting a special event at walt disney world. i woke up from that dream right before a group of kic'ers walked into the haunted mansion for a backstage tour.

lol, my craziest Kings Island dream ever. last night i had a dream that Cedar Fair started up this program to show off what the multiple parks in the chain had to offer ride wise. to accomplish this, major attractions from each park were moved to others for promotional/riding purposes for the course of two weeks. Kings Island had been given top thrill dragster and raptor from Cedar Point, but i don't remember, in my dream, what was missing from Kings Island, if anything. i've just got to say, in my dream it was really weird seeing top thrill dragster while walking through starlight, behind the Eiffel Tower.

posted on screamscape, and in all honesty, this makes so much more sense to me than a star flyer, especially with the crazy weather (i'm referring mainly about wind) lake erie gets. link to screamscape link to 'wind seeker' article

terrible news, hope everyone ends up being okay.

^please, no!!! i can't stand those things, they hurt my feet.

so, are they going to save the loop for last?

i ignore them, while trying to not let them pass. you'd be amazed at how many get angry because you won't let them in front of you. also, two sundays ago while in line for Diamondback, whoever was running the height check station at the rides entrance kicked a group of around five, out of line because of them letting their friend get in line with them.

a new picnic area on the beach!!! Cedar Point timeline

Cedar Point's status on facebook, about half an hour ago: link to facebook page.

wooden: Son of Beast-ki The Racer (red)-ki blue streak-cp The Beast-ki The Racer (blue)-ki steel: top thrill-cp magnum-cp great white- sea world: san antonio expedition everest- animal kingdom rock 'n roller coaster- hollywood studios edit: i just realized none of the parks i've been to, outside of ohio, have wooden roller coasters.

see, i kind of thought that, but when i thought about some intamin's track records, plus how difficult it is to run a park in new jersey, i really didn't give it a second thought.

You got to be kidding me... 1 millionth rider this season... well, in all fairness, i didn't know that it was the millionth rider this season, the facebook post from great adventure didn't specify that, and since i don't know much about that park, i just assumed that it was 'in the ride's lifetime.'

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sorry for the double post, but i found it interesting that this is still posted on screamscape. well, at least at the time of this post. http://screamscape.com/html/cedar_point.htm

i don't know if the track was replaced, but a couple off-seasons ago, they had the rear spike dis-assembled, if i remember correctly.

^yes, they're doing that along with pink sprite, and a few other things as well.

i'm not going to lie, i applaud snoopy for living to 60, especially when his favorite cookie is chocolate chip.

lol, super like. only one change though, camaro in place of corvette please.

well, Cedar Point already has two areas themed to snoopy and the peanuts gang, it was just a little 'gift' for snoopy since he's turning 60. edit: lol, well me beating terpy to a point was short lived.

i guess my sinus infection is really effecting my posting on here, lol, that has only happened twice.

it wasn't supposed to be an announcement. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22229

was Son of Beast ever supposed to have tunnels like it's 'father'?

what all was the station supposed to have?