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Does Beach Bend or Kentucky Spash get the same state benefits that KK does? If not, how is that remotely fair?

LIke shoes, they just have to be broken in! Nochickens break them in for us! Because I know I cant haha!

1. Is it a fact or not that a ride is shut down for the 3rd time? 2. See above about VOs on the Flying Ace Aerial Chase video 3. Does that Cash Register being down, cause park guests to either a: sit in a coaster X number of feet off of the ground b : does broken register cause guest patrons to exited a coaster or potentially have them leave the coaster? I just re-watched the video. He says: Another ride stuck again. A ride is stuck for the 3rd time in 3 weeks.... Not sure he is implying anything but asking the question: What is going on at Carowinds? The facts give the answer and he reports it: Safety Sensors are triggering the stops. 40 seconds of a newscast....

**Not arguing but trying to discuss** What do you consider info-tainment? Like the Royal Baby and the Kardashians? Or more like when people want to know why something is happening (such as the stuck train?)? I mean Bob Herzog on Channel 12 could be considered info-tainment... Or when they do an interview at a bar with a Bengals/Reds player... Or even attending a media day.... Im very passionate about defending the folks in the media. Over my years working and keeping in contact with media members (as professionals and friends), I have met some of the hardest working folks in my life. Not one have I met (from market 214ish to market 30) have been in the business of creating a story out of nothing. These people put their best into their pieces and work hard to present something that is informative and entertaining to the viewers. Media members have a special obligation to the people who watch/listen. You let them into your home, your car, talk to your kids, and anywhere else. This obligation goes to provide factual stories with as much information as possible. The people ruining the media are not the people on tv, or even the people who work hard to make sure it gets on air and stays on air (I once had to direct a news cast with a switch board that needed a wire held in place by a hand to stay on air). Sometimes I feel we as a community assume way too much. We act like knowing the difference between a Vekoma and a B&M is common knowledge or the history of accidents on Intamins is common knowledge. Its not. TV people are not lawyers, they are not all powerful and knowledgable beings who know a lot about everything. They know a little about a lot and a lot about nothing. A normal news day goes like this for many reporters/anchors: 12/4/5/6 PM News Cast 8am: News Meeting - discuss what is happening in the area (trials, construction, human interest, stuck roller coasters, etc). 9am: Anchors/Reporters/Producers break from the meeting and start calling their leads. To either get interviews or to drum up new stories 10am: Reporters and Photogs leave the station to gather VO and interviews. Reporters write their stories on the road, often on a phone. 10am Anchors and producers are preparing for the noon news. 11am: Directors/Editers are making finishing touches on the noon show, Noon show not finished being written yet. 1130am: News team assembles for noon cast. Show being finished. Promos are being shot. Live shots being established. 12-1235: News Cast!!!! 1235-1: Lunch 1-3: Shooting Stories, 10/11 News Cast meeting, Editers working on show pre. New stories are being pitched. Stories being written for the 4/5/6 shows. 330 News Team Assembles 4-630, News Casts, live shots, etc. 7PM some reporters leave for the day, etc. 730-8 Dinner 8-930 prep for evening shows 10-12am News. 12-1215 shooting promos. 1230AM: Morning Show news meeting 1230-4 show prep 4-7: News 7:30AM Off call for the nightly crew. 8am News meeting for the next day, etc..... So sometimes, it gets very difficult to just drive over to a park (that may or may not be 40 minutes from the station) to shoot cover footage for a 5 second sound bite. Especially if no one is available or willing to stand up and give an interview....

That would be cool, but then most likely Universal loses that to Disney. I could see this being done in either the Lost Continent area as that part of the park is often skipped over as people run to Harry Potter, or maybe the Toon Lagoon area? Many of the cartoons are a bit out of date with the main public? Or maybe they go with a new area off of the original park, similar to the new Harry Potter world over there. EDIT: OR see this rumor for a who knows... http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/04/rumor-is-disney-nearing-a-deal-with-universal-for-marvel-theme-park-rights/

False equivalency. The "news" about theme parks' ride stoppages are typically more equivalent to "an accident was avoided because both drivers were alert and their brakes worked properly," and "a man walked up to a closed store and tried to open the door, finding it locked he moved on." Reporting non-dangerous non-events isn't typical of news coverage of accidents or robberies, only of things that happen at amusement parks. Probably because amusement parks are of interest to the public, but actual incidents are exceedingly rare. Disagree. Im not saying that the ride stoppage is in the same category of an accident or robbery. I am saying that an accident/robbery/ride stoppage is of interest to the general public. If there is a broken down on the way to work you may avoid that route. If a ride stopped you may want to know about it to monitor the situation. WindSeeker stopped for safety but left riders up there for a long time. The news reports on many things. From reporting of fatalities to near misses. How often do you hear in the news that 2 jets were on a collision course but the warning systems gave the pilots adequate time to miss and they did. Agree or disagree the level of newsiness of a story about a ride stopping at the top, the general population still wants to know about it. Plus these stories are again usually the filler stories of the newscast first to be cut last to be added. To many, a roller coasters doing anything but running is a unique experience. Deciding to run a "story" based on a couple pictures that people decide to post on social media? Where's the journalism? Angling a story? Again, where's the journalism? At best you end up with an editorial. All news stories/articles/etc are presented with a bias. The angle is a journalism term for hook. Whats the angle whats the hook? This means what about this story can make it interesting to viewers. A ride stops, not that big of a story. A ride stops for the 4th time in 4 weeks, along with 2 other rides stopping, now thats a story. As a journalist your job is to ask questions and let the facts answer them. In this case, the question asked was "Why does this seem to be happening a lot at your park?" The answer was "its a safety feature and something must be setting off the sensor." The hook can be "is the park safe" or it could be "new rides sensors are too touchy" or it could be "park takes safety as a priority." Depending on the history of the park, the ride, the people and the concerns in the area, and people at the park you talk to determines the angle/hook you are going to go with. You asked where is the journalism. I would say that paragraph is 99% right on how that story was developed. And this is one of two reasons why I'm not in the field of my degree. I do believe that there is still good journalism out there. It is just harder to find in the world where station/network owners are focused on the profit and not the message. I would be interested in what the other reason was. I left radio/tv but I left it so I could settle down. The media lifestyle is too frantic to raise a family....

Here is a second thought as well. In most of the stories they mention that ride stopped for safety. The biggest complaint I have seen (besides wrong vo) is they don't tell people why it's stopped. So if they are telling people why it's stopped, are they not educating people and saying its a safety thing? Also we talk about the media overreacting. Well what makes this any less of a news story than say an accident or a robbery? News is to inform and educate. So if they are educating the public that the ride is down for safety, is that wrong? In all forms of media, you are driven by your audience. What your audience wants is what you deliver.

I'm not going to comment on how the owners of stations look at the news as I never worked with the owners. Let me go into more detail about my earlier comment. Someone sends it pictures of the ride stalled to the station. The nightly producer looks at them and calls the station. The station confirms it stopped for safety reasons. The put the story on the white board. The producer and anchor talk over the stories and build the newscast with stories that the majority of the general population would enjoy and want to know about. They decide to run the story. They need it to cover 30-45 seconds. They call the park opening to get sound on tape. The goal is to run it as a VOSOT. The park declines or is not available. They run it as a VO and go through their previous notes about the park. They talk about Aerial Chase as well. They need video to cover up the person talking (VO) and go to the file to get video from the park. Stories like this either run for 1 of two reasons. 1: the station had time it needed to fill. If the show runs long these are the type of stories that are killed. 2: the producer/anchor thought it was interesting enough for the general pop to enjoy. The news media doesn't over hype these stories. They present them because people are generally interested. It may make them not go to the park this weekend if something isn't working. I have worked (previously) at the lowest markets and in the top 30 TV markets. The news all works the same. The producer/anchors do not care about profit margins. They care about getting eye balls on their newscast so they can be #1. They want to win awards. They want to move to the next bigger market.

Or it's just called b roll.... Picture gets sent in, they decide to run the story. Producers decide to angle the story to talk about the situations all year. Pictures are boring and video is best. They either a) sent a photog out to the park to get some quick video they had footage already on file. You throw the video on their and then loop the sequence 2-3 times just in case. So no not a problem with journalistic integrity.

On the surface this makes sense to me. Many families can't afford or don't plan to go to both parks during a vacation. By offering a combo ticket you may lose a little money at the gate but are bound to make it up inside the park.

I dont think its a snob mentality. Its really the fact that you have the opportunity to ride when the line is not long. I rarely like to wait in a line for a ride more than 30-45 minutes long just because of the pass. Only time I did it last year was Diamondback and Banshee. Most others I will skip if the line is long because I can always go back...

Money was probably involved, wouldn't surprise me if SIX paid for the title. Probably not. Guinness is one of the few that attempts to be completely neutral. On their website it says if you want to dispute a record feel free to contact them. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/contact/ I would guess that SIXX had many people write and lobby that this should be considered a wooden coaster versus steel. Why not do the same? If you feel passionate enough about it, then you should do it as well. To 80-90% of the general population, the wooden versus steel coaster debate does not matter to them. So to probably people at Guinness there are probably only a handful that are passionate enough to care about the difference.

I mean I get what the councilman was saying, to a point. If I didnt have anything else to do other than my own devices when I was a youth, I probably would have caused trouble for lots of people. A bored teenager is a destructive teenager. Either destructive in the literal blow things up sense, or take things apart sense. For many kids and families, the parks offer an outlet to enjoy the summer in a way they would never be able to do (water park and rides). On the flip side, if you raised the price of a pass to be equal to 5 or 6 visits, how many people would buy them? Many purchase a pass because its so cheap and you expect to visit the park 3-4 times and have it paid off. If you dont plan on going 7 or 8 times, then a pass isnt worth it....

In all fairness, Panda Express wasn't originally on the meal plan. I look at this very similar to a dining plan at college. You pay for guaranteed meals without an idea of what you are getting.

I've done that before. Last year I did a quick trip just for Banshee or Beast. With less things to do for youth I wouldn't be surprised if eventually season passes go away or significantly increased in prices for people to avoid the summer babysitter problem.

Part of me feels, rightly or wrongly, that the snapability of the old set has grown in some exaggeration since they left us. Were they one of the best sets out? Yes, probably. But just how The Beast was once so much faster than it is now, etc these things grow in our minds...

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/27505-drop-tower-mechanics/ Interesting little read

St. X did the same thing with the old Girl's Town Property

Umm not sure I ever did get over the "fear" of coasters. I love em and will ride them, but there is always a dreaded feeling in my stomach.

Im not 100% sure Hart wanted to open it just to sell it. I honestly think he wanted to open it up and make it a huge success which would make him look even better. He of course didnt want to do this with his own money. I think, just from reading about him, his main objective is to be seen as a great conquer/builder and to get rich second...

To the chopper.... Its a very expensive ordeal, and with the way things are going not always 100% necessary anymore at least in the Cincinnati area.

I, and others here, appreciate your openness. But man, I really wouldn't post anything about working there. For your safety and future job options b

The report does mention that the ride does this as a safety procedure. Still news. Done to educate and inform the masses....

Also read somewhere (probably a link from this site) that the curve helps the lift motor so the stress is reduced when the train transitions from being pulled up to going on its own.

So wait... It doesn't officially open till May? What was this weekend?