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Stocks are crazy. When I graduated college, a group of us at my first job discussed trying to come up with about 1000 (between 3 guys) to buy 10-12 Apple Stocks. A few weeks later we all lost our jobs. 6 years later, Apple stock is worth almost 6 times what we wanted to buy it for. Would we have been rich? No but we would have 6 K to split 3 ways.

I also thought KI was the flag ship for the first few years before they moved it to Carowinds...

Who is all up there I may make a run up that way for a few evening rides if anyone else is Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rain just opened up out here in Fairfield for about 20-30 mins Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The only thing I don't like is that since I signed up for my 2014 pass so late that I will be making payments on it till Dec Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And a ride is a ride.... Soooo WWC is similar to Banshee Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Honestly I never look at who is posting and think "hmm I'm going to pick on this one poster." Plus this is the first time I noticed you, sorry. Instead I just added more fuel for thought. Nothing more. Many apologies if you think I'm picking on you. Next time why don't you PM me so as not to clutter the boards with this silliness. My original point was this about The Beast or any ride. We are only one bad owner or ownership group away from them making some very terrible terrible decisions.

Never say never. All it takes is a company to make an investment (via loan) that it believes will make the park more profitable to sell. Then do so with all loans going with the property or paid off plus a handsome increase for the original owner Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

From the check out screen So any Public Operating Day.... I would take that to mean the end of Haunt as Well... so its not a bad deal, not at all.... 9X19=$171..... Cost analysis: Go to the park 10 times, and eat 1 meals, it only costs $17 each time to eat (including the pass) Go to the park 10 times, and eat 2 meals, it only costs $8.50 each time to eat. Again not a bad bad deal.

Playing Devil's Advocate to Terp. Its not like the Fair Board would be a hands off organization. It did say that they need to make more money. Maybe (just hypothetical) that KK is doing okay to sustain itself, but the Fair Board is not happy that it is not seeing a bigger income because of it.... Or more likely, what Terp Said

I think you are wrong about the characters. Yes there isnt a massive line, but people would walk up to them and get pictures. I remember as a child chasing down the Hannah Barbara characters. My son does the same with Snoopy.

My big question for the meal plan, is why does it not include (KI) Chick-Fil-A or Subway (not sure what else it didnt include). The meals at Chick-Fil-A were the same price as any other combo in the park (Or I thought they were) so its not a price thing. Was it?

So KI needs one intense and one enjoyable coaster? One that works reliably and one that....

I think it depends. If we are talking about an imaginary world where it costs no money, I say great idea. However, if it means that a significant amount of the budget has to be dedicated to paying licensing fees, I say no way. Those fees would come to us as customers in one way shape or form. Either in higher prices or in less things around the park.

Maybe Beetlejuice from Universal is bringing his Grave Yard Review up here.....

If you buy a meal plan and renew at the same time it can be done through the payment plan. If done separately I'm not sure Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This will be a new complex right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well I feel like a darn fool for over reacting. I just called KI and they said it's expected to be added to the website in a few days.... A meal plan a season pass and a two year is great Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was going to renew both my wife's and my pass today with food option. Now not going to rush into it. I have to debate it if its going to be worth the hassle of bringing a 2 year old to the park a lot if I have to leave to go get food or bring food to the car.

On the flip side, there is not much that can be done to slow or stop (at this point) Degenerative diseases, such as ALS. (The following will contain medical mumbo jumbo. If you do not understand its cool, continue to be awesome. If you do understand, you too shall continue to be awesome.) When you talk about educating people. I am totally on board, but its such a tough disease to even diagnose early on (without past medical histories). You can talk about muscle weakness, twitching, slurred or heavy speech. But its similar to Stroke. The reason the AHA and Stroke Awareness groups talk so heavily about awareness is because awareness can save lives. If you catch a stroke quick enough, you can give them a clot buster and free the blockage unless its an aneurism, then that would make things worse. If you are having a heart attack, you can take a baby aspirin, and thin the blood to help save you before advanced medical treatment. Same with CPR or Heimlich maneuvers. Quick fast acting treatment can save people. MND are similar to AIDS, Alzheimers, etc where the effects take years to happen, and currently there is no quick fix or any fix. Knowing the symptoms means you know whats going to happen. Awareness can bring donations. Donations are whats going to lead rehab and science. This is not profitable for medical companies. So why would they research it? I worked with a patient in an in-rehab clinic. Him and I worked on strengthening or attempting to strengthen the muscles required for breathing and worked on improving his phonation. He worked for years in an automotive plant. His wife brought in pictures to show how big and strong he was. Its frightening, scarey, sad, upsetting, angering, maddening, etc. Any word you want to describe. But there is no quick or easy fix. Right now there isnt one. Giving a person an ALS diagnosis is giving them a life sentence. One day you have trouble buttoning one button. Then you may trip. Then you may not be able to get the key into the ignition. Then the next thing you know you cant get out of bed, feed yourself, or even speak. At this point, who cares if this is a fad where some people only do it for the "online" stardom. There are plenty others who are donating. I worked with ALS patients, and never once thought to donate to the ALSA. Not because Im a bad person but it never crossed my mind. I have seen CP patients, stoke patients, TBI, MND and each one is heart breaking. In each case, the person is in there but is locked. Locked physically from saying what they want, from doing what they want. This is directly to Devan (I like ya, never met ya, but you seem cool enough. Plus you have to teach me the proper line to run): What more can people do. The ones that are going to donate, mention the organization. But many dont know about ALS. They dont understand medical terminology. Maybe they know who Lou Gehrig is but they cant speak on behalf of ALS. The idea of the video was to raise money and get people talking about ALS. Getting people to talk, means they go to their doctors, their nurses, EMTs, SLPs, OTs, PTs, etc. They ask questions. I would venture to guess that there are a lot of doctors and other medical professionals answering the "What is ALS" questions. Isnt that the point? Yes dumping water is a meaningless gesture. But its also fun. It gets people to watch. You have WWE wrestlers talking about it. You have NFL players talking about it. People click to find out who did the next "funny" water dump. But at the same time, they keep hearing about ALS. Some people may mention how much it sucks, or a symptom. Each little bit gets just one more nugget of information to the viewer. That viewer then can ask for a doctors description the next time they are there. Here is a picture of a cat to lighten up the mood For those of you who skipped the above, here is some info that I was taught about diseases like ALS. Its like a waterfall. You cant stop a waterfall once it has fallen. You can stop it before it gets there. Usually by the time symptoms have shown up, the patient is in the free fall of the water fall. Research is being done to identify what leads to the waterfall but again at this point, nothing has been shown to be the "direct" link. So please give. Make funny videos. But give.

Watch the whole video, NSFW language but it shows why we are raising money and awareness for this.

Thats powerful stuff. Ill be honest, my family who never really donates to things was all nominated (my wife by her aunt, I by my brother in law, my sister by my wife) and we all made donations and completed the challenge.

Our biggest job is education. You are right Dev. But if raising awareness leads to people asking us in the field about it, isnt that a good thing? Its much easier to give information to people asking what a disease is versus trying to teach people who dont want to know.

Not many hazmat suits have a netting for the face. It wouldnt stop much from hitting the face so Im going to guess its a bee keeper outfit.

The original challenge was dump the bucket in 24 hours or donate. SO its sort of always been that way.