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Totally agreed on Imagine vs Origins. We were fortunate enough to see Imagine again at KD a few weeks back, and they have integrated the pin juggling into that show, and also added a parallel bar and tumbling routine in the middle that the KI Imagine didnt have. In no way is Origins BAD, Imagine was just THAT good from the very first time I saw it.

I got off that thing after riding it, looked at the group I was with, and my response was "Well.... at least the scenery is great!"

OK, with reading that and a review I read on FB from a trusted Friend who rode it, I am quite interested in heading down in late Oct/early Nov to ride Lightning Rod and of course all of the other good ones (all but Mild Eagle). With your feelings on DB (which I share wholeheartedly) and what does make a coaster enjoyable for you, LR has a good shot at impressing me.

Wow, when I read the title I thought to myself "Please dont let this be Splash Adventure". Thankfully, its not. . Pat has already had enough junk to deal with in recent years.

Yes, Holiday World back in the day. Not exactly at the beginning of the year, but neither Raven nor Legend were shrouded in as much hooey as any of the others Ive seen. Reports from someone I trust unconditionally state that Legends plans were happily revealed at Stark Raven Mad.

Engaging once, and only once, I will explain my statement. The park enthusiast community is the single one Ive ever observed or interacted with that has a penchant for making Mt. Vesuvius out of an anthill when anything is placed on the ground besides concrete or grass. Where a simple stake in the ground can be transformed into a converstion/trasnformation/reconfiguration that is as likely to happen as the rebuilding of Son of Beast. I fully understand Oldschool creating the topic, as a point of observation or simple inquiry, especially when connected to the stakes observed within DA. What baffles me is how anyone can take that ONE stake (4 if you include the ones pictured in DA) and turn it into an impending major change on the 2nd most iconic roller coaster in the park. Actually, it could be argued that Racer is in some ways more iconic than The Beast. Now, it really shouldn't surprise me, as the two characters who put those cards into play are the two who have done very little since invading these Forums besides troll, and cause strife. I will say what others have said to you in the recent past.... I remember times in the past when you DID create some good threads, and make positive contributions to existing threads. I honestly dont know what has been or is going on in your Life currently that has created this change, and if its something bad Im genuinely sorry that you are going through it, but if you are doing this just to make a scene or spectacle, please stop and try to resume the posts that made you a decent member of the Forums. Me..... I will be blunt and brutally honest like those who know me personally off of these Forums know I always am.... and say that I genuinely have zero concern who does and does not like me or my Life on these Forums. I do not go out of my way to start conflict, but I will never, EVER, run from one. Im nice.... until its time not to be nice. This is the reason I abhor the way most of the parks in the US play Cloak and Dagger with new installations instead of stopping with all of the B.S. and saying "Hey, check out our new whatever we are building for next year" at the beginning of the season. That would virtually eliminate the trolling that, as Im sure you and I can agree on with the amount of time we have both been on this Forum, increases 100 fold when any new decoding thread is started.

Out of all of this, Kenben is the one person who actually "gets it". It is some form of utility locate/survey marker, nothing more, nothing less.

I had tossed around the idea of doing Sunday/Monday up at CP but I dont know how much Im feeling it to be honest. Its still up in the air, and who knows, I may decide A)To end up in Sandusky the 28th/9th or B)that Im done except for Pride and maybe one Haunt night and end up skipping the IB day as well.

That deal went Live last Tuesday or Wednesday, and you wouldnt believe how many clowns on the FB page were saying things like "Oh no, thats just for free ADMISSION, you still have to pay for the rides". Of course, me being me, I had to link the Season Pass purchase page from the IB website to each and every one of their responses and make note that IB doesnt even SELL a Season Pass that is valid only for gate admission. its amazing how many grown adults have to be spoon fed. I just may buy my 2017 Pass when I go up on August 28th for Passholder Appreciation Day.

And dont forget the 8mph

This has brought up something Ive been wondering about for a while. Is there a particular reason CF chooses to make their announcements on Thursdays, and if so, what is said reason?

Im betting if someone were to ask Don kindly for that information, he could include that in one of the facts of the ride, along with maybe how many board feet of lumber used, etc.

Id absolutely LOVE to transpose the parks, so Im only 2.5 hours from KD. Keep The Beast in its current location, and transpose the rest, from the top down. My very honest opinion... albeit likely an unpopular one around these parts.... is that using the alternate Universe theory KD is Superman and KI is Bizarro. I guess to me, the VA park has a better "feel", in terms of atmosphere, ride lineup (minus the aforementioned Beast), and guest demographic. EDIT: Also keep the continuity of KI's park layout.... KD feels like the land of dead ends sometimes when walking around, lol. It just doesnt have the same efficient flow when going from one end of the park to the other.

Details are still sketchy, but more sadness in the industry http://ktla.com/2016/08/11/child-falls-off-roller-coaster-at-idlewild-amusement-park-in-pennsylvania/

It also brings the question, was his Brother in the raft with him? The thought of his Brother being right there to see it unfold would be.... unimaginable.

Bottom line, if you are 15/16 you will be just fine, there is nothing at all you will see at Pride Night that you don't see anywhere else in public in today's America, usually much LESS to be honest. Its a night where the crowds are light, ride lines are 10-20 minutes, and the guests in the park are there to have a great time and enjoy each others' company and the atmosphere. A lot of the daily B.S. that one has to begrudgingly contend with on a regular park trip, is non-existent during Pride Night. We enjoy the freedom of being able to relax and Live as we SHOULD be able to Live daily, without having to look over our shoulders every 5 seconds or listen to the bigotry and other hateful garbage spewed in our direction by general Society. The people are happy and Friendly, the park employees Love working that night (every one I have spoken to have told me this), and its just a lively, FUN, and relaxed atmosphere.

I want to first say that my Heart goes out to the Family of this poor, innocent child who 's Life was lost, and also to the slide workers and everyone else who witnessed this tragedy. I can't even begin to express how they all must be feeling, Im in tears right now just attempting to write this post (Yes, me, Mr. blunt "Love me or hate me" Sparky). I also have to take this time to get something off my chest about these types of "extreme" attractions. You know, I really try to not be one of those "restrictions in innovation for reasons of over protection" types but, COME ON MAN!!!! I don't know about the rest of you, but if Im attempting to design/build a ride or attraction and my rafts continually do their Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride imitation, I believe I would say to myself "Self, are you being intentionally STUPID or is your ego just tripping beyond the realm of intelligence?". It took me 8 years to be able to strap myself into Top Thrill Dragster, even with my rational and science/engineering/logic based mind convincing me that I am countless times safer on it than in the vehicle that brought me to the park. While I know that tragedies can happen at any time on any of these rides (I.e. Smiler incident and the cable snapping incident on Xcelerator some years back), there comes a time when it must be said "How much is enough? How much is TOO much?" BEFORE going forth with a project simply to get a precious "est" record. Especially in the case of a ride that has no way of securing the ride vehicle to the track. Wildebeast/Mammoth "airtime" (all 3 inches of it) is one thing, but putting a Kingda Ka style airtime hill on a raft ride is another, much more ridiculous thing altogether. Im sorry, and I may be off base or out of line here, but a 10 YEAR OLD just died on something that was supposed to be nothing but fun.

This looks really cool, a bunch of things for me to do there that are right up my alley. Thank you for posting this, I had no idea it even existed.

Yes, it does. I utilized those two perks at CP in October of 2013.

@Magenta Lizard The rectangular objects you are wondering about are columns of rebar, which will be lowered into the holes being drilled for footings. The concrete is poured into the hole after the rebar column is placed, and it gives the concrete both structural rigidity as it is curing, and improves the strength of the finished footing.

It looks like Im going to be making two trips up there in the near future... Thursday/Friday Sep 1st and 2nd, and one final trip the 16th for a last ride and the Ceremony. Its not a bad ride, its a rough ride, and that is because of their ludicrous MCBR that slows it down to such an asinine pace that it shuffles horribly in the last half, which makes it seem "bad" to some who expect all coasters to ride like B&Ms. I have zero doubt its getting renovated/converted, and i have almost zero doubt it will be done by RMC. They can do this, and still say "Mean Streak is closing forever", because in Marketing/PR speak/spin it is. I honestly was expecting a late August closure, but I see why they are doing it this way, in order to tie it into Halloweekends.

Go back much further than that.... Mott the Hoople!

This is precisely what I am contemplating, and honestly counting on. It will be some form of interactive, augmented reality with possibly even a laser image or hologram projector that shows a sawblade slicing the center of the train between the left and right side riders. I know that last bit is more of a thing a Disney park would do and its not a high-odds proposal for a CF park, but it would be pretty sweet. The chances of a launch of any sort in that distance are less than nil, and the structure very clearly shows there is no option for any form of drop/raise track with the open construction of the support beams for the shed. Edit: Furthermore, there was a statement made in the live interview about the experience being different every time. The only people I know that make a drop with variances in drop cycle programming are the Mouse Brigade, and I dont see CF adopting that tech in any form.

For those without (guessing) $12 million to build your own version of what KI "should" have gotten, and who feel they deserved "more"...

HAHA! That is definitely in the top 5 images you have made, TB!!