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That sort of the problem with Paramount, imho, if each park was getting similar rides it makes going to that park less exciting. So I can see that each park needs its own unique flair...

go gaga on their wizard sticks? man that article actually made me not want to go to IoA....

that may actually be one of my favorite rides at Universal... again I have not been back since oh 96? maybe around then. They were building Islands of Adventures at the time. And by building it I remember walking along a boxed in corridor and look out and seeing mud..... Plus Spider Man and Hulk were in the regular park and a behind the scenes tour..... oh the good old days....

oh terpy......... gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

wait that is or was Dudley Do Rights log flume ride.... Dudley Do Rights Ripsaw Falls? right or am I way crazy? change of name?

dumb question is ripsaw the Dudley Do Right log flume ride?

awesome + awesome = awesomer

Im sorry KICers... I had to vote for the one I thought was the best, Griffon \ but it doesnt seem to matter since Bizarro has almost a thousand votes

well talk to your library help because they may be able to point you in some direction also. Many subscription services have some deals worked out with academic institutions...

haha i worked at a camp for young men (who may or may not earn some sort of cloth for achievements) in the Cincinnati area and we (the staff) thought they were selling camp shotglasses. Nope they were "toothpick holders" so maybe its a WWC toothpick holder

thats a brilliant idea. I think if I remember the ol Surf did that where they honored the KI season pass, in an attempt get people to spend money there. Then when Surf closed I believe the Beach honored their passes. So it would be interesting to see a "trade in your 2010 Kentucky Kingdom pass for a free KI pass or upgrade to gold or platinum for a small fee" You give a family of four free passes to replace the ones they have spent money on. You know you have a solid amount of money coming in even if they only visit the park one time.... a little good will goes a long way... either way a sad day for KK

it looks like on the post card they did some editing to get rid of the Dominion on the right side. it looks like on the left side would have been too hard to change the name (cheaply) when the post card was made

yup^

WWC is the only ride I have memories of riding with my aunts and grandparents. My grandpa always got the shriner tickets for KI when I was little. When I was about 8-10 years of operation (hey I knew what you meant my grandpa always told me it was my 14th birthday even if I was turning 13, he said hey you had a birthday when you were born) my grandma would point to the trees where everyone put there gum and told me they were gum trees.... When I was little I thought KI grew gum for all of Cincinnati.... It wasnt till I was much older that I realized what just happened.... good old WWC memories... man I would ride with my dad mom sister aunt and grandma while my grandpa would try to soak us as we would go through....

haha good point..... im just going to tell people that this is my 25th year of operation when they ask me how old i am

yeah but you dont go around saying its your 27th year of life... you say I am 26 years old........

lol Terp: KIC's personal DVD with extra secret built in Easter Eggs......

lol Im not sure it was the goose's tail........ and nothing can possibly prepare the human body for being struck by a live or a dead bird at any speed..... terp you remind me of a teacher who teaches a subject just for the heck of it, just to see the college kids have a puzzled look on their face lol

haha read the news clipping you put up, they said they ASSUMED it was the same dead goose lol.....

Now I dont see whats so bad about the last two pages, it was just a group of people having a discussion about a topic that included no name calling or mud flinging...... however we did have one bloody nose and a dead (possible) goose

who knows maybe we are encouraging some young member on this board to be a roller coaster/theme park lawyer.... or the complete obvious, giving someone ideas either way we may have created something lol

well, i doubt that would work, expecially since Cedar Fair redesigned and rebuild one whole section of the ride and the goose was about when fabio got hit in the face while riding apollo's chariot, and you referring to the different things that could cause a blood vessel to burst. edit: terpy beat me to explaining the goose. Correct me if I am wrong, and I may be, but they did not rebuild and redesign the area where ride failed. I thought they just rebuild it but with "better wood." I know they redesigned the loop area....... Plus a force test could be run to see what kind of forces the "average" rider would suffer during the ride. A doctor should say how much pressure would be needed to caust a vessel to burst. A Stroke is only caused by a weak area of a blood vessel being pushed on by a hard force. EDIT: true terp, the internet is not where all of the evidence is presented as such. However the internet is where we get together and discuss over the imaginary water cooler, with out the boss yelling at us..... no harm, unless future jury members stumble upon this web site and have a set mindset before trial....

totally missed on the goose one... now if we were talking about broken noses and he mentioned goose, I would have gotten that. Now wasnt the park able to shift the blame to the riders, the gentleman who broke his back, because he had some sort of disease and should have known better than ride the ride? Doesnt that allow them the same defense in this situation (Terp I know you dont have the perfect answer for this and if you did you cant answer it. Im just more asking it as a general question to think about)... and Hausty we can talk negatively about the ride if we want too.... lol

well would previous court cases have any barring on this one? Meaning the jury has found KI to be at fault (in one way shape or form) from the previous law suit... wouldnt a simple force test show that at any one point of the ride, there would be excessive force on the skull? or is it a much more indepth conversation/lawsuit than that.... Coaster: goose? What ?

^^ actually any extra force on the human head could cause a blood vessel to burst... even a rapid change in air pressure can cause a vessel to burst. Its all about timing, and thanks terp about the court case of blood vessel lady..... and was SOB tested for force educed trauma or was it tested to make sure nothing had broken causing the injury. Just because the ride is operating the way it should be does not make it safe....