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Prices are 160 individual and 150 family four pack. I checked their site to confirm they haden't risen.

Terp makes a very important point. KI and CF are not the same entities and CF's current debt load is much more of a concern than KI's economic stability. I can not imagine that KI will go down. As has been said, It's a local park with huge drawing power and in times of economic need and stress people need a release a chance to get away and forget about their problems. I have no worries when I;mn at a park and for my money, I couldn't ask for more! I cancelled my vacations for this year but I"m buying my first platinumn pass and planning a couple of groups trips to KI also. If your worried and care about these parks, help out and bring as people to them as you can. I for one feel extremely lucky to have 2 amazing seasonal parks in the midwest. If we help them weather this recession, CF will treat us to things beyond our wildest dreams, like they always have.

I finally got a bite.

Maverick is 105' tall. I could sing it's acolades all day!!!!!!!!!!

No. I heard it on N. The St.

I've heard (from a reliable source whose name I'll omit because it was through a PM) the word on the street is that they are about 50'

^ They must have just been added because I was there I think no more than an hour ago. No more Geese.

I love it! Espiecally the way it fills in behind the train. This thing is amazing in so many ways!!!!!!!!

That pic is awesome. I'd love to see what those Geese do when the train makes it's splashdown. EDIT: I just had to add something about how amazing this area looks. I just think CF has outdone themselves!

I feel like welcoming you but you've been here awhile so I'll just say that I appreciate you starting to post (that was ockward) Check Boddha1994's post halfway down page 8 of this thread. You can trust his info! I know of many members from this group who are attending and I Imagine we will have some sort of meet up. If you go alone I'm sure you could plan to meet up with some from this group.

On the maverick in the rain issue IDK but I've ridden it in the rain and watched it run in rain that was heavy enough I thought it was weird that they still had it running. As far as the DB splashdown, I hope they do make it look more natural. I'd love to see stone arond the border and maybe they could paint the bottom so you don't see the concrete. Really though it is all just extra toppings. I would be just as excited about DB wothout the splashdown.

Maverick has a good rep for staying open in the rain. I head there anytime raing comes and I'm at the point. Higer rides often colse in poor weather so that may be the case with DB but it wouldn't effect the splashdown. everything is already wet.

It all reminds me of 3 mil for an older woman holding McDonald's coffee in her lower regions. I sometimes still chuckle when I see warning signs that coffee may be hot. I thought that was the idea of a hot drink, everyone I know who has burned their mouth on coffee feels like a fool for not being more patient or careful. None have sued Mr. Coffee to my knowledge.

Not all ponds need treated but man made ones have no natural ecosystems to keep things in check. There's always a lot of factors involved. One of our ponds had three huge...HUGE fountains (recycled industiral boilers) but the city always added chemicals because of the homeless bathing in them. I doubt that's a problem at KI but I'm just pointing out that there's things we may not be thinking of. EDIT: I forgot to ask if anyone has seen if testing has begun. I can't get an image on the webcam and don't have time to wait for my turn in the que.

Why does that still make me laugh everytime I hear or say it. It's like the cover to Primus Frizzle Fry (the little dude's head popping out of the other little dude's head, all occuring in a frying pan). I've been laughing at that cover for over 15 years.

The blue is not just dye. It's Copper Sulfate and also serves to keep down living organisms like Algae. I weorked for the Parks Dept in Fort Wayne and we used it in all man made ponds.

All those years in schooling do pay off.. Hear Hear! Did I hear a here here or was that a here hear or a hear here as in that nice roar near DB. David trying to do a Terpy but alas, how could I ever compete with such whit.

Lilsammy's dropping everywhere. Thanks to whichever mod cleaned this thread up. Seriously THANK YOU!

My stanky degress do get me some pretty nice pay. Seriously though, were here to talk about a ride were all excited about and slang, bad grammar and txt language... text language just really gets confusing and annoying. I'm not trying to put you down Lilsammy but please read and obey the terms of service.

This wait is geting painful. Soon we'll be looking at pics of the splashdown in action. Then we'll be watching POV's. The the running of the bulls. Holy B&M Batman I need The Bat Chillout and Become More Patient Spray. On a side note I like good grammar

I havn;t been able to get it today either. I keep getting "done with errors on the page."

Her title is Director of Values. Wow! I'm really impressed and just solidified my plans for a family trip to Holiday World this summer. That should be a good first park for my daughter, even though she'll only be about 1 yr old.

Any establishment running on renewables will have a backup. Energy can be stored in batteries but these are not ideal and improving their capacity and ability to hold power over time is the key. It's like my Prius, when I have energy built up in the battery the electirc motor runs on that. If I'm accelerating or goin fast the gas engine kicks in. Even a mix of soalr and wind is not completely reliable and note they said that the goal is to run completely on renewables. That's the goal at a lot of places but currently most have back up connections to the electric grid. I think this is an awesome move and I applaud them.

Definitely Little Bill's. Man those are some scary drops!

Not surprising, sad but not surprising. I really think a lot of families will be looking for lower cost activities that are closer to home. I still think our local parks have a good chance of increased attendance which hopefully increases profit. With per capita spending down though it could be bad all the way around. Parks congested with people not spending money or wanting to come back because of the crowds. Time will tell.