Steph88

Maybe I'm a bit harsh, but I wish they'd do a year long ban/negate season pass/etc. for outright ignoring the multiple loose article warnings. I guess they can't ban EVERYONE because they'd lose a lot of customers. But I feel like if they tried it and it happened a few times and it was highly publicized people would finally start taking the rules seriously. These people may not care that they can seriously injure another person, but they'll care if they lose money. Or find some other way to get them to take the rules seriously. Verbal warnings aren't cutting it. I miss the days before smartphones.

Tivoli Gardens looks like something out of a dream. Lucky Denmark people. (Denmarkians? Denmarkers? *googles* ........ Ah. Danes.) They'd have been better off with a different title to the article. "25 Great Amusement Parks" or "Readers Choice Amusement Parks" or something. Also, they'd have been better off doing the research themselves instead of posting people's facebook comments. They often post a short article saying "Hey, (insert question here) tell us what you think in the facebook comments!" And then they post those comments in an article. Without fact checking. I wonder how much their "writers" make? If they'd actually done some fact checking on ride names, etc., this would be a good article. Gets some extra exposure for the parks. As much as I love researching parks and learning about the industry, there's still a few on this list that are in the US that I'd never even heard of.

I'd be heartbroken if they got rid of Iron Dragon. Maybe it's not new and shiny and unique but it IS still fun and it has a beautiful location over the water. Plus it's a good coaster for families with kids who can't go on some of the bigger rides yet. The more coasters at CP, the better. Keeps lines just a bit shorter. It's also not like Mean Streak where you can walk on and ride with a mostly empty train, it still has a pretty good amount of people who enjoy it. It's had about a 20-30 minute line each time I've been there. (Though, admittedly, I've only been once (2013) since I moved to Texas.) Dive Coasters are fun. I find them WAY more fun than something like Invertigo, and almost as much fun as Diamondback. The way you can sit on the side of the train with no track beneath you is really cool. Every person likes something different. A lot of people think Dive Coasters are boring. But plenty of people love them so it would be a good investment. They still could do something completely different though. It would be neat to see something completely unique that hasn't been done before. I'm excited to find out what they have planned.

Yeah, it's probably best that they only include coasters that are currently standing & operating in the park.

^^ http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2004/03/08/daily24.html?jst=b_ln_hl Cedar Fair bought the park for 145 million from Six Flags. When the park was closed down, they relocated the rides to other parks, which represents the majority of their investment. So while Cedar Fair IS losing some money keeping that land, they're not losing quite that much, only the amount that represents the worth of the land and the rides that they chose not to relocate. Plus yearly property taxes, etc.

I will never understand why they fought development so much. Now they have almost no tourism to bring in money AND a giant eyesore that has lowered property values in the area. They sorta shot themselves in the foot.

^ I wonder if we will see some of those trains modified in the future?

I've never been a ride op, so I don't know much, but this is just going on common sense: If they felt that something was wrong and they felt the need to send a test train with no guests, they maybe should not have loaded another train WITH guests until that train had come back into the station safely, and/or been inspected, and a problem had been ruled out. Somebody knew something wasn't quite right. They sent a train full of guests anyway. That in itself seems like operator error. Maybe not the crash itself, but the decision to send guests when a train was testing. Not blaming the ride op. Just saying that maybe clearer policies about testing/loading should be made known in the future.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-06-03/one-of-alton-towers-seriously-injured-leaves-hospital/ One of the seriously injured people from the Smiler crash has left the hospital. Hopefully they make a full recovery.

Didn't hear the screaming because I'm at work with the sound off. Those poor kids...

Like many in the Youtube comments section, I don't really understand what's happening in the video. Also, in videos and photos it looks as though the first couple rows of the train are empty but the rest of the rows have people in them.

That sounds terrifying! I hope everyone who got hurt ends up okay. Why would they continue to operate it with guests on board knowing there were problems? What's the harm in shutting it down for a bit and testing/inspecting to make SURE it's safe?

I could see it being a good location for a Meijer. Aurora honestly didn't have many large grocery stores to choose from when I lived there. A lot of small, overpriced stores. We always had to go to neighboring towns. Looks like they have a nearby Walmart now, but I think they'd like having more options close by. I just still really hope someone takes some of the land and makes it into a picnic park/playground and honor its history.

^ I've noticed the ad before. I thought it was just based on my browsing history from looking at Kentucky Kingdom's website.

Sounds like a good theme for KI's future Triotech dark ride!

^ They should want to! Tampa is awesome. Gorgeous gulf beaches, dolphin cruises, aquariums, museums, it really has a lot to offer as a vacation destination, and is much more affordable than Orlando.

http://tbo.com/news/business/new-coaster-cobras-curse-to-open-at-busch-gardens-in-2016-20150528/ http://www.insidethemagic.net/2015/05/cobras-curse-spinning-roller-coaster-announced-for-busch-gardens-tampa-to-open-in-2016/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXbuWIoRXJQ Youtube video marketing for Cobra's Curse. I love how they did this! Kind of an Indiana Jones type deal. Edit: Added more article links.

https://twitter.com/BuschGardens/status/603930992584368128 Looks like they're doing a live announcement on Periscope TV. Being on my work computer, I can't access it.

Wow. That last paragraph is some awkward marketing... (Also, I'd suggest ginger pills instead of the antihistamine.)

That looks amazing!!! I wasn't expecting to see any news on it until later today. But I saw this article this morning: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/florida-travel/article22439055.html I wonder if it will have any indoor elements as we first believed? It looks like it will be at least partially outdoors. I love the Cobra, epic theming at its best! And I love the name Cobra's Curse. It goes really well with the Egypt themed area. This ride seems like it'll be not only a blast, but also really nice to look at.

The closest hypercoaster to Florida that I am aware of is Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia (correct me if I'm wrong because I might be). Over a 6 hour drive from Orlando. I think Mako fills a much needed niche for the locals in that area. There's plenty of time to expand into new things in the future.