Joshua

I think they'll keep the tables. Otherwise, people would have to walk a distance to eat LaRosa's.

IIRC, they were still there when I did rope rescue training 9 years ago, but since then they were moved or sent away. I believe other trains have since been housed there, but for the life of me, I can't remember which ones.

Maybe they'll bring back the disco at Coney Mall?

It's still called Coney Mall.

I'm assuming the Antique Cars would be okay, right?

I think that breaks all of the commandments.

Bowling alleys used to wreak something fierce. Set aside health concerns, cigarette smoke in constant, large doses in an enclosed structure is filthy. The smell lingers on furniture, books, etc., and the more consistent it is, the more putrid that smell gets. This was a good change.

Maybe next they could add a Hot Dog Shack?

Kenton's Cove and Bavarian Beetle pins are a must!

And now it's named Hank's, like Tom Hanks. Coincidence? Probably.

There's at least one or two weeks where the park is open for the full week during Winterfest. I hope so. I feel like that area has needed attention for quite a while now. I'd like to see a restaurant and maybe a dark ride added there.

I'm down for a Mack Multi Launch.

Maybe they're adding some inversions?

Wouldn't the most obvious choice be The Chicken Shack?

It'll still be R-rated. I don't think they've announced their plans for Fox, but I think they'll probably use it the way they used their Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures divisions in the past for PG-13/R-rated movies and films that otherwise didn't fit Disney's family branding at the time. They may even slide some of Fox's family-oriented IPs (like Home Alone) over to Disney's primary studio, and to differentiate Deadpool, they could keep the Fox branding. But this is all conjecture, so who knows? My personal opinion about Deadpool is I think he should stay in his own movies with cameos by MCU characters, as they had in conjunction with the current X-Men films. I think his cynical, meta humor would clash too much against the tone of a "serious" MCU film.

Yeah, at first it was strange thinking about how both Alien and Predator are now a Disney-owned properties. Michael Eisner must be incredibly jealous right now! But then I remembered that at the time of its release, Scream was a Disney movie, back when the Mouse House still owned Miramax. Right now, Disney is probably scouring through all of Fox's IPs (including Home Alone and Alien), looking for franchises they can reboot.

Yeah, the merger is now complete and Disney has yet another infinity stone to add to their gauntlet. There's still no word on how this merger might affect both the significant portion of MGM's library currently distributed by Fox Home Entertainment and the Fox/MGM titles currently licensed to companies like Shout Factory and Criterion.

I love the new "Countdown to Opening Day" at the top!

I think a museum dedicated to the park's history complete with remnants from defunct rides would be nothing short of awesome.

I mean, none of this is our intellectual property. The park has the right to ask the site to take down any spy photos of unfinished projects. KIC has decided to respect their wishes. We are guests at this forum. We don't pay the bills for it and we are not the ones who have to deal with the park. These are the rules we as guests have been asked to follow by those who do. Respectfully, we are all adults here. We can either act like it and move on with maturity or we could be a bunch of children and continue beating a dead horse.

Perhaps they could turn The Crypt's building into a brewery and KI could have its own craft beer?

So I take it he was one of those who boycotted Captain Marvel..

No one is saying it doesn't make financial sense to utilize the building for Haunt nor is anyone saying its current state bothers the GP. Some of us would just rather that land be used for something else. That's all. I mean this respectfully, but must we control and frame every opinion against what the park wants?

Apart from the antique photos, there's not much else that's currently frontier-ish about Rivertown. But I, personally, would rather there be a ride in that spot, building or not.

MGM's rights are messy. As of right now, the majority of their home video rights are split between Warner Bros. (a significant portion of their Pre-1986 library) and Fox (almost everything else, including some Pre-1986 films like Rocky, The Great Escape, and Battle For Britain). This is why WB owns the first Poltergeist, but neither of its sequels despite all three being MGM films. However, it's unknown how Disney's purchase of Fox will affect that studios distribution of MGM titles. (Perhaps Disney may have a hand with MGM after all?)