KIBeast

Have you actually been on Kingda Ka? Do you know for a fact that there is no airtime on that bunny hop? Or, are you just going by what others have told you?

"If they do break the record of sob and beast then Kings Island will probabaly fight back and build a wooden coaster that cowboy.gif : crushes every wooden coaster!" I highly doubt it. PKI is not in to breaking records any more. Also, SOB has had too many problems for them to consider building something bigger. It didn't exactly get the warmest reception either.

"Yes I heard about Fabio on MF and a girl on maXair." Actually, it was not on maXair or MF and it wasn't at Cedar Point. He got hit in the face while riding Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. maXair wasn't even built yet. Fabio hit by bird On another note, you won't have that problem on TTD because they have something on the tower that makes a sound annoying to the birds so such collisions don't happen.

I believe it Ghost. I'm sure they have it in the bag for this year too.

Could be rented out for corporate events.

Thanks. This is not coming as a surprise since they have pretty much wrecked the entire chain with their overspending on captial improvements and ignoring the simple things like cleanliness and friendly employees. Last I read, Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, was wanting to take over management of the properties. He had some good ideas like improving customer service and selling off land that wasn't being used to avoid paying taxes on it.

I doubt the whole chain is being sold. Got a link to the article where you read this? They have been selling off some of their parks.

It's the Golden Ticket Awards by Amusement Today magazine. They ask people who travel to many amusement parks every year and they vote on favorite wooden coaster, favorite steel, best kids' area and so forth. You can find the 2004 Golden Ticket Awards here...Amusement Today PKI has won for the best kids' area for I think four years in a row. Cedar Point usually wins for highest capacity and some of their coasters are world ranked.

"It's a shame that the Casper franchise is too old to theme a dark ride to." I couldn't agree more. All of those cartoons are gone and basically forgotten, other than Popeye. You could have dueling coasters that would be Popeye vs. Bluto. The only bad thing is, when the trains come close to eachother, you'd have to throw punches at people on the other train.

tubaman, nice pic. I haven't seen it or seen it posted anywhere. Looks awesome, though.

While something like the rollersoaker might seem cool, it has terrible capacity. Oh wait, a lot of rides at PKI have low capacity, it should fit right in.

I haven't heard a thing either. Hopefully, it will be coming soon.

Meaning, any good Paramount movie worth theming a ride to has had the rights given to someone else.

You are not supposed to take pics while on rides without the consent of the park. Some parks do allow this;ie Six Flags. Paramount and Cedar Fair Parks do not.

Who do you think came up with homeland security? Bush. I was wrong about visa, but passport, yes. At any rate, it will still cost the Canadians time and money. I'm not blowing off steam, I'm stating the facts.

MC Hammer didn't really waste his money. His downfall was he had like 50-60 dancers he was paying not to mention all the other staff he had hired. That's what really bankrupted him. I know, I know, And, as much as I don't like IJ:ST, it was a good decision for PKI. I think Cedar Point is going to have to re-think their strategy because their attendance keeps dropping while PKI's goes up.

"I think the GP would be pretty upset, but I don't think anyone would loose their life over it." Someone would lose their life over it since I voted to kill the person who decided to make that decision.

I expect that Canada's Wonderland's attendance will be even higher next year. Why? Because Bush has decided that you have to have a visa to visit Canada and vice versa. I'm sure the Canadians are not going to be as willing to come to american parks now that they will have the added expense.

"mystery solving terrorists" Scooby was actually standing at the other end because the Wolf has fleas.

I like Demon Drop. And yes, Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall at Geauga Lake is being sold as well.

^I've heard all that too. But, there is speculation that if some other things over by Demon Drop are relocated, quite possibly you could fit a coaster there. I think they need to put in a top spin in that area.

I hate the end of summer. The only postitive is football is almost here. But, don't fret. There's still some time to squeeze in one more trip. Mine will probably be to Geauga Lake since I've never been there. If not, one more trip to PKI. I have a friend who works The Beast that I want to meet. We butted heads at first, but then acted like grown men and talked it out. He will be the first employee I've ever met and he works my favorite coaster. I hope he's there the day I decide to go, if I do go. I also want to thank any employees here on this board. The one day that I have been this year was absolutely fantastic and the employees helped make it that way. Great ride ops, food service people and all others. They changed my mind. I used to think that Cedar Point's employees were the best, but now I say PKI has the best.

^Or, they could just shorten the name to stunt track if it comes to that.

^And the mosquitos start hanging around like they used to when The Beast had that pond underneath the queue.

I like the back seat on just about any coaster. The weight of the rest of the train usually whips you through the course. Vortex being my favorite back seat ride at PKI.