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And I would say we are all to blame as media consumers for this shift from investigative reporting to reporting on the fly. 30 years ago, news consumers were different than they are today. If a report comes on tv saying a person died on a roller coaster at 6 flags texas and more details are still coming in. More information tomorrow, you the viewer would jump online. You would look up as much information as you can, twitter reports, other news stations, etc. Other news stations run this interview and you watch them or read about them. You drive up their click/views. You help them increase ad revenue. The original station which aired the "more information to come" story does not get any reads. In an attempt to gain as much viewership as possible, news stations are being forced to run everything or the competition will. Back in the day, I would arrive on scene (car crash/fire/etc) and interview people. You make an attempt at putting someone on air who is believable but if you got a sound clip of a person saying X happened and your competitor had it. You run your interview. Even if it may be iffy because the viewers want all of the information it can get. News viewers have helped kill the news media. No body wants to wait any more. A good investigation takes days/weeks/months or years. In the 30 minutes (or less) a reporter is on the scene, very little can be determined. The I-team reports that channel 9 does, happen over a few days or weeks. Its not like that morning the reporter woke up and decided to investigate. Its easy to blame the "news" but we wouldnt take a "wait and see" approach to headlines as viewers.

While that may be good, I would go to a professional, not all walmarts hire competent people. You are more likely to lose your tapes that have them saved....

Most news reporters walk up to the first gullible person they see, and shove a microphone at them...and they start talking, whether it's true or not. Reporters dont try to find the most gullible person. Reporters end up on the scene or ask for witnesses. Many people are willing to say what happened but not many people are willing to go in front of a camera or on record. Usually the only ones who are willing to go on camera are the crazy ones. The reporter is supposed to tell the story and gather as much information as they can. If no one is willing to talk you have to put the story together with what you have...

Same reason people make signs or put flowers on a tomb stone. Sometimes the memorial is to help the grieving versus the dead?

Chugh Im guessing you know Nemo better than I. I will accept that. I just misread his statement. I get rides break down and things will fall off eventually.

I believe you YoungStud, but part of me really wants to believe that there has to be a non-electrical manual release on a water ride.

True^ or could it have been the multiple people who got over there helped get the ride up or lifted high enough to keep people from going under water, then when one of the park employees gets there can hit the manual release on the ride?

so bringing the topic back to an earlier point. How is it safe to have a locking lap bar on a water ride. The seat belt on the white water ride is uncomfortable to me. In the case of a rapid exit on a water ride, I would not want something that can restrain me. A 10000 pound locking lap bar sounds like certain death if this boat flipped on a part of the ride not as easily viewed by guests or as easy to get to.

There is a decorative monorail near the front of jungle jims. It sits on track not connected to the other track. Follow the other track around the building complex and you will find that it makes its way all the way to the housing unit for the trains. They use it for special occasions.

Then you should stop riding coasters then. In 09, Diamondback had a wheel come off during one cycle. these are machines, S**t happens. Im sorry, how is parts fallign off of a ride acceptable? I wont stop riding coasters, but if I found out that park workers ignored bolts falling off then yes, yes I would stop spending money in that park. Rides break down (bolts can come loose), but its the park's responsibility to put things back together...

Never say never. Freak accidents can happen... I have always been a fan of the second or third fail safe of a seat belt. It may not do much more than just keep you from falling out in the end. I look at a ride like Vortex. If the restraint fails in the cork screw at least a seat belt would help keep the restraint from flinging open.... I already worry about these big massive machines breaking down and putting the rider in danger...

I really wish I could sit here and say that I would have jumped in first and ran over to the boat. But after reading so many things about what can happen in the water (think KI on black sunday?), I cant say that comfortably. I know if I saw others jump in the water to help, I would probably follow. Then again, being a former life guard that worked at a lake, then I might have been one of the first ones in. Not sure. Having never rode this ride, what kind of restraints are on this ride. Is it a locking lap bar?

wouldnt the bacteria living on the restraints also feed off of the sweat?

Green and Yellow!

KK will either be the best park redemption story of 2014 or it will forever be a footnote in history of a failed park...

I think you are cool too brown. we are all awesome! Broana Awe, as I tell my students, lets define your hypothesis.... So you are saying you believe the hype generated by Intamin prototype rollercoasters, helped make CF well known around the world and a thrill seekers paradise. I would refer to Shaggy's answer that the hype machine was started in the 80s. And most of the hype was related to the park not the coasters. I would believe that most parks want you to know the name of the park and the ride not the manufacturer of the ride.

This is a conversation bro, maybe your doubting your self coolness and think your cool by putting youngstud down. Not a conversation Broseph.... You spout endless upon endless rants about Intamin. The rest of us have grown weary of your intamin love. We get it. Intamin = Great, B&M = not as great. Whatever. I dont doubt my "self coolness." I am married to a woman who loves me, father to a son who adores me, teacher to students who respect, friends with people who rely on me, brother and son to people who care for me. I could not care less what people think about my "coolness." When you get to a certain age being cool does not matter.... I would love to have a conversation about the impact some of the intamin coasters had on CP. But to state that the park was not great beforehand is stupid and short sighted.

What a stupid argument we are all engaging in with youngdud.... he is just trying to rile the masses...

I missed why did this ride come down? Did the steel go bad?

Since this topic has turned into what is Terp... Terp how did you get where you are now? College classes in a certain area? Right time right place? Howd ya do it? How does anyone become a park insider?

good enough for this casual CP goer!

That actually sounds like a Cedar Fair ride name. Formerly known under Paramount Parks as Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters....

Having rode TTD in the front and only in the front (only rode it 1 time), is it worth to even try it in any other seat? I loved (and so did the wife) it in the front row...

Maybe the scarecrows are there to show you where the new haunt attraction will be. A big open field where they put an enthusiast on each footer. You walk from footer to footer and listen to the horror stories from Enthusiasts. They could call it Banshee's Enthusiast Encounter... "step right up. Yes you! You look like you want to hear from enthusiasts. Yes you can listen to Intamin versus B&M versus arrow conversations. If you make it past that, then listen to them yell and moan about the size of the footers. If you can discern which type of footer for which type of enthusiast, then you may make it to the end where you can hear about different themes to different rides. On your way out please stop at the gift store and pick up a Banshee key chain. " You just walk around the field aimlessly with out direction...

I feel that many of these coasters will survive and continue to stay in parks until they are maintence nightmares and or are in the way of future expansion. With Vortex being a ride that can move 1600 people per hour, thats a people eater!