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^LOL - I mean the theater were Origins is at Edit - dang we posted at same time!

While not a coaster, Dollywood is quick to remove a ride not meeting expectations.... Timber

Well at two rides and have to get off, that is more of a re-ride than they let Bert the Conqueror with Travel Channel do October 2015 . Which by the way, said footage never aired on his season that came and went this summer. Not surprised...

My prediction is the movies will be in the Theater...

Hmmm - wonder how they will deal with the no re-ride policy?

Looking at another perspective, look at the daily flights leaving Cincinnati (OK I know it is in Northern Kentucky. Actually it is in Boone County and is run by the Kenton County Airport Board which has a Cincinnati address lol) and compare it to the flights at Charlotte. You are hard pressed in Cincinnati to see anymore at night 8-11 planes lining up in the skies making their final descent into the airport (lucky to see 2 now), yet watching the skies at Carowinds reminds me of what it used to look like here. From 1997 to 2005, Cincinnati averaged over 20 million passengers yearly. We are now down to about 6 million passengers per year. During that same time period, Charlotte also averaged over 20 million passengers yearly. Yet today, they have averaged over 44 million passengers per year for the past several years compared to our measly 6 million. You invest where the people are. Many companies have relocated from Cincinnati to Charlotte, or expanded to Charlotte. Chiquita was one that relocated (although they have since left), while Cincinnati Insurance Company and Cardinal Solutions have opened up offices there, as has TQL. The weather is "better" there and the park can stay open more days. Countless other reasons I am sure can be added. While I would love to see KI get the investments, it truly is a smart decision to expand Carowinds and make that the CP of the south. Let's just hope they don't forget about giving KI some love.

Will not see a most consecutive ride record made at a Cedar Fair park anytime soon

And yet oddly enough, they will touch used souvenir cups that have been who knows where (taken into bathrooms at KI and used touched by many folks that don't wash hands after using facility) and yet that is ok for them to then give the next person a drink after touching an unsanitary cup, or worse yet, see them when short staffed then go back to preparing meals without washing hands or changing gloves? I mean lets face it, I know many folks that never wash their cup because it isn't dishwasher safe, and I am sure that is probably the norm - splash around some water inside and pour out and call it good lol. Just another reason why refill cups should only be allowed at self-serve refill stations that do not serve food. and why not just use a water bottle at a water fountain?

^^^^Vortex running today ^^and sadly those larger water cups at the Shack are now gone

They are sold near Eiffel Tower, um, wait, wrong Cedar Fair park I have not seen them sold at Kings Island.

Was Coasting for Kids discontinued because of the no re-ride policy? I stated in another thread (thread has since been removed but not because of what I posted), but the no re-ride policy negatively impacted a Bert the Conqueror taping on 10/31/15 and it appears as if the final episode may be tonight and if so the footage taped at KI never aired, which I didn't expect to be after what transpired that October morning. Free publicity and marketing opportunity wasted.

Carowinds takes cash and coin for their games - card is not is use.

^I was hooping you would like the new act - she's a real ringer. And I wasn't Joshing around in another post earlier in the thread mentioning to Imagine the possibilities (referred to as gimpy lol for those that need a little more deciphering) Stay tuned for another clue soon....and now I can say enjoy THIS cast (come WED that is)...

As I have said previously in this thread...and now I can say enjoy THIS cast. Hooping you like the new act (is that a misspelling or a clue)....

This probably better fits under the Guests say the darndest things thread, but I heard some folks behind me today say the dog show is developed by the same folks that did the Cirque shows up in the Paramount Theatre. I guess acrobats is acrobats and Paramount bought the park or paid naming rights for the theatre

Their names are...eh the ferret has my tongue

^Soon the "dude looks like a lady" performer will leave to be replaced by the original. I have said previously enjoy THIS cast. The next several performing days I can say now enjoy THIS cast... Duo know more...and does the cat, eh ferret have my tongue, and am I slacking... Maybe one of these days my posts can be 10% the level Terpy's would be in this situation

^That is the original hand2hand Nicolas - hard to tell because of the close-up and without the headpiece. Our duo's are partner acts for some time and not likely to have an individual switched out as part of the duo. Duo know if an act will be replaced though - cat has my tongue

We are on our 2nd slack rope performer - both are male. Yes, even men have long hair sometimes

^cat has my tongue miss a day, miss a lot

^Just Imagine the possibilities

^not sure if this is in reply to the injured cast member with a cane, but we have not seen the injured cast member Bodda mentioned in THIS YEAR'S show...yet..Imagine that

I can assure you that was not the first slack rope performer as he has left the country. Interpret one (or more) of my earlier posts in this thread for identity and role of gimpy....

As gimpy as it appears, re-read one of my other posts for an interpretative clue

It seems like they should have made the new entrance/tolls at the old south entrance - the south entrance was used every operating day and every hour park was open whereas the north entrance was only used on peak days and/or peak hours. If you arrived in afternoon or evening you would rarely see the north entrance open. So almost everybody is aware and used the south entrance. Now that south entrance is gone, people will mistakenly use the south exit as an entrance - some by mistake and some as a way to avoid paying parking - that happened in the past as well but not to the extent seen so far because in the past the entrance was in close proximity. A claim made is the entrance was moved to the north to avoid backups onto I-71 - guess what - that is going to be dictated by the light at Western Row - unless that light stays continuous green heading towards Kings Island, traffic will back up to the interstate regardless of where entrance is located. There are also several lights between Western Row and the new entrance, all playing their part in stopping traffic that will still back up to the interstate. Yesterday, the lights at the south exit would switch as soon as someone came to the exit - I watched 5 cars get through the short green cycle on Kings Island Drive because a car came up to exit just as the light changed back to green on Kings Island drive. This didn't happen last year as the entrance was south of the exit - another opportunity to stop traffic on Kings Island Drive that didn't exist last year. Speaking of backing up to interstate - why in the world was Kings Island Drive backed up from new north entrance all the way to the Western Row light (and partly onto "off" ramp from interstate) at 10:20 at night - that's right at 10:20pm it looked like cars were lined up to go to Kings Island. Maybe a lot of these were parents coming to pick up kids and now to get to the north entrance, they have to fight and compete now against the exits with lights on Kings Island Drive that they didn't have to compete with previously because the south entrance was south of the south exit? Light at Soak City exit was flashing - there is an accident waiting to happen as the traffic heading north was at standstill so someone trying to turn left (south) out of that exit risked driving into moving southbound traffic. Regarding south exit, I mentioned it earlier but may be able to sum it up better and probably more understandable now after dealing with it twice this year. In the past, KI set up cones at the south exit to allow unrestricted flow to allow two lanes from different directions to enter into exit continuously (only having to stop at light), meaning cars didn't have to stop for traffic from another direction to enter exit. Now, because of new traffic patterns, KI needs two security guards at the "entrance" to the south exit (roughly 100 feet from light) to stop traffic to allow those to enter the exit from the other direction - this was not a problem in the past and it worked. Also, the south exit went from 3 lanes out (one dedicated left turn, one dedicated right turn, and one in middle to go either way) and now is one lane left and other lane right out. As Terp points out, with time some of these will work its way out, but I think some just can't because of the new configuration. And the line length issues to enter the park continue during close. At 11pm on a Saturday that wasn't the typical Saturday crowd size, the line to get into the new entrance was backed all the way to the interstate. Except for it being dark, it looked like an 11am line to get into the park near park opening. As I mentioned previously, maybe a lot of these were parents coming to pick up kids and now to get to the north entrance, they have to fight and compete now against the exits with lights on Kings Island Drive that they didn't have to compete with previously because the south entrance was south of the south exit? And wow these unsupervised kids must be the real brats we see roaming the park causing trouble that the parents would rather sit in that traffic at 11pm to pick their kids up than to deal with the discipline lacking kids Now I say that sarcastically because I know not every unsupervised kid is a brat! But I bet quite a few brats are dropped off at the park to get out of the parents hair!