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Can't argue with you there. I've been on two. Face/Off (Invertigo?) and Head Spin (Geauga Lake) (Carolina Cobra?). Head Spin was ok for the wait because at GL under CF, there was no wait. F/O was too long except for the one time where my brother and I got a pass to cut the line because we got stuck on the lift hill of Top Gun. We were evacuated and given a pass each to cut the line on any major coaster. All we had to do was go up the exit ramp. Wow, I had forgotten that even happened until now. It was such a non-event, unlike how it's sensationalized in the media.

2 train operation, I would think. One on the lift, one on the switch track. No worse than any other shuttle coaster. Thanks for the assist, GYK,

I'm trying to fix it. For some reason, this computer is not allowing me to embed the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27JAn_IB4M4 Pretty cool.

Very impressive. Never been to a SF, but next season, I may have to just to see this alone.

I am looking forward to taking my son to see this movie next year. I want him to be able to see and appreciate some of the beloved characters that I grew up with.

His comments are odd at times. He seems to have a real love for this park, kinda like when he was involved with Holiday World.

Best Kids Area for how many years running now? I'd say that no matter what era we like best, KI has a tendency to know what the General Public likes.

Dan chimed in over at Coasterbuzz about Alabama's Splash Adventure. He announced that in 2015, they will be offering free drinks. Sound familiar?

For me, I grew up in the Hanna Barbera era. I liked the Flintstone Boulder Bumpers, Enchanted Voyage (pre Smurfs), the Jabber Jaw on the Carousel. I actually watched Jabber Jaw on Saturdays along with a lot of other classic cartoons like Speed Buggy, Looney Tunes, Buford Files, Scooby Doo, and many more. I loved Jabber Jaw because his voice over characterization sounded just like Curly of the 3 Stooges (I'm sure intentionally). Also, I love watching Peanuts on TV as well. I've always loved the holiday specials like A Charlie Brown Christmas. Yes, Charlie Brown is wishy washy, but it always made me want to pull for him because he's like the really nice kid that is in fact too nice. I thought the things that Snoopy did were hilarious like taking on the Red Baron and preparing the Thanksgiving Dinner of popcorn and toast. As a matter of fact, one of my favorite books from then was Snoopy vs. the Red Baron. I know I read it numerous times. I thought Lucy was kinda funny in that she always managed to trick Charlie Brown in attempting to kick the football, much like the running joke on Family Guy about various characters falling and injuring their knee. Linus was very insecure and I think we can all relate to having insecurities, even though Linus was extreme. And Sally's infatuation with him is something we can all relate to. Who hasn't had a crush on a boy/girl at that age and thought we were in love? It's like when you finally got the courage to send her/him a note asking, "Do you like me? Yes or No?" Circle one. I also miss the Kenton Cove Keelboat Canal. I loved the way it wound through the trees at a nice, slow pace and then you had a pretty thrilling drop at the end which got me pretty wet.

I'm not confused about who made the decision. I just think it's a bad one amongst the many that he's made. If this park survives, it will be in spite of him, not because of him.

I'm not against a red paint job, just not solid red top to bottom. A different support color would've helped, like gray.

I think it's going to be a great addition to KI. Can't wait to ride it with my son next summer. It will be his first trip to KI ever. Going to take lots of photos. Hopefully, he'll reach that 48" mark and we can ride some of the bigger coasters. He is dying to get on the "big boy" coasters.

When The Beast opened, I was big enough to ride, but too terrified. The Racer scared me enough as it is. After two years of not riding it, my mom talked me into it. Funny thing is, my grandfather rode it before I did. He seemed to like it. I'm sure it was like nothing he had ever seen or been on, being a WWII vet.(God rest his soul)

Easy come, easy go.

I think BB1 said it best. Seems Ouimet knows what he is doing. It's just as well that we all forget Dick Kinzel. I'm liking a couple of new additions that are family oriented.

Not liking a solid red coaster. Looks ridiculous. I guess they spent money elsewhere that could've been spent on ideas for a different paint scheme than solid red.

Downdraft kinda reminds me of the old Hurricane at Camden. That would be a good addition. They need some intermediate rides. I'd like to see another wood coaster at some point. Maybe a twister of some kind.

I rode the original with the OTSR's. Quite the head banging experience and it wasn't even a Metallica concert! Much better ride once those were done away with.

Don't go there on the whole have slurs said to you. Some folks on coasterbuzz thinks it's ok to use slurs as long as it's in character and in the right context. It's expected behavior because HHN is well known for it and therefore, in the context of said haunt, perfectly acceptable.

Thanks for posting that vid. Looks like the kids are having a blast on that ride.

Is there a better rendering of what the Snoopy's Space buggies will be like? I went to the KI web site and it gives a small pic that is an artists' rendering.

We were talking about last new stand up coaster installation, which was 1999's Georgia Scorcher. So, no new stand ups in 15 years. Re-location is something entirely different.

I get it KIFan, you want a stand up. The other point I made wasn't that every one of the parks that have stand ups also have a floorless. I was saying that some do. I wouldn't expect a stand up from any manufacturer. Homestar92, that was hilarious!

Face it man, stand ups are done. Nobody has said that they are just going to automatically start converting all stand ups to floorless. You have to consider that some of these parks that have stand ups also have floorless, so there would be no need for a conversion. Now, it's just time to wait for them to get to the end of their useful life. Standing up on a coaster was a novelty and it's just not an interesting concept. You can't really compare the time between last invert installed and last stand up installed because you are talking about 2 very different reasons. Most parks that wanted inverts had them, so no new installations for a while. On the other hand, no stand ups are being installed because the re-rideability sucks quite frankly. Inverts aren't losing popularity. Stand ups are.