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Got a pic of little chef in the Scooby outfit? I love to see little ones dressed up in little themed outfits. Did baby chef enjoy the meet and greet?

I've been on Dragster only once, in the opening year. It was an amazing ride. I purhcased a hotel package deal and was allowed in the park at 9am. My friend and I immediatley queued up for Dragster. Well, right when it was supposed to open, they make an announcement that the Ohio ride inspector was there, not sure why. Anyway, we wound up waiting three hours to get to ride. Sometimes, I have waited for coasters for three hours before. But, after having been on Dragster once, I wouldn't wait for more than 45 minutes to 1 hour at most. It is a very exilirating experience and over too quickly but definitely worth at least one ride. I tried to get a view from the top, but thought it was going too fast to really get a good view.

Magnum's station is VERY bad in that there is too much confusion once you are in the station.

^I thought of the same thing. While checking out the rcstengel site, carpetarson, you can see that there are many older projects that they couldn't talk about and still have not updated the stats and such on their web site.

Sorry to hear about your luck. Any plans to return? And, welcome to PKICentral!

Amusement Today ranks the top 50 coasters in the world every year. In 2005, 74% were Stengel designs! Indeed impressive!

B&M is know in the industry as the cadillac of rollercoasters, due to their smoothness. If I'm not mistaken, and somebody will correct me if I am, their wheel design is patented and no one can copy it and use it on their coasters. Me, I am a fan of B&M and Intamin. Both make incredibly smooth rides. Intamin pushes the envelope of technology while B&M makes some of the most reliable coasters in the industry. And, while B&M makes some of the best coasters around, it seems that most coasters are designed by Werner Stengel, whose many credits include Top Thrill Dragster, Son of Beast, Millennium Force, Flight of Fear, and many more. Here is his home page...rcstengel.com

^But, they will probably plant some younger trees to replace the others. CP has been doing this for a while, but you don't notice yet since they are not full grown. And, I agree about the tiques area. It seemed really serene. A very scenic car ride, if you will.

Yes, you can. On a side note, my local park in West Virginia, Camden Park, installed flying scooters for this year. I need to get there and try them out. I've heard that you can snap them too!

I know what you mean, Mr. PKI. Still, I'd rather have concrete than black top. I remember the first time I went to CP and thought, where is all of the scenery? Second trip, I really paid attention to that kind of thing and was surprised by my previous inobservation. There were plenty of trees and scenery, especially in Frontiertown. Just didn't really take the time to look for that kind of thing. I do like, however, that CP has a lot of their queue lines covered as PKI really doesn't. I can only think of Delirium, Drop Zone, and Face/Off. And, if they aren't covered, they have the misting fans, like over at Magnum XL200. Sometimes, it's a combination of both.

And people say that Cedar Point is a concrete jungle. Ha! concrete jungle? I wouldn't assume that PKI will have a lot less trees and scenery under CF management.

It's not dumb considering it is one of the parks that is losing money instead of making money. A new coaster has nothing to do with whether or not SFMM makes money.

Sorry, but I believe that anyone who has inside info isn't talking. As the saying goes, Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know. It has held true for a long time now. Here are some of the rumors over at pointbuzz concerning Maverick. 1)It's another launched coaster. 2)It's going to be 500ft. tall. 3)It's going to be inverted. 4)It's going to have a top hat. Or, any combination of the above.

I was on here yesterday at that time too. I tried to PM you a message, Ryan, but it kept saying that I couldn't do that. It kept automatically re-directing me to a gaming page and I kept going back to try and send PM's. I didn't think to look for your e-mail.

It should be slow on a Tuesday. I would think the busiest days would be Thursday through Sunday.

Yup. You caught me on that one. I meant to say to eat before or after the 5p time because that's when everyone else is eating.

There was a small mishap with the skid brakes that caused them to change them to magnetic. I think it was a small collision in the station with another train. If I remember correctly, no one was injured and all were sent to the hospital just to be sure.

Great pics, combat. Fish eye lense? That is odd, Vortex, that you had bad service at Festhaus. I usually eat there, but also expect the line to move slow as it usually does. Unless you try to go when everyone else is not eating, generally in the 5:00p area

SOB is a great coaster. However, it is a bit rough, but nothing you can't handle. The loop is awesome and one of my favorite parts next to the Rose Bowl. On a side note, my first looper was the Screamin' Demon. I was nervous while climbing the tower, but, after it was over, I loved it. It was also the first coaster I rode that went backwards.

With the extreme popularity of the Nick characters, I would renew the contract when it expires. I hate to say it, but, the Peanuts characters are not as recognized by the kids of today as Nick characters. Personally, I love Snoopy and pretty much feel the same way about the HB characters, but, there are too few kids who know either one.

Here is a good thread on what to ride first, or what area to start first. Hope this helps! What to ride first

Well, back to my .02. I never had a problem with smokers, even in line. Maybe it's just the smokers that I dealt with, but NO smoker ever was rude enough to blow it in my direction. And, it's never really irritated me since it was ocurring in the open air. I do agree with Boddah in that I think a lot of people claim to be allergic when they really aren't. Just like nearly every overweight woman claims to have an overactive thyroid. I mean, I'm sure that some do, but, if you ask nearly every one of them, it's not their fault that they are overweight because they have an overactive thyroid.

Nice photos, Ryan. Looks like another successful year for the Nick Parade.

Maybe they will do it in the 2007 season? At any rate, I miss the tiques as it gave me my first "driving" experience. TopGun1993, great ariel shot of PKI. Where did you get that? Or, did you take it yourself?

You got to ride Vortex 10 times? Amazing that you had that many rides in a day. I've had good days where I got to about 18 or so rides, but not 25. And you left at 6? The 18 took me all day. Which do you like best? Any bad experiences?