BeeastFarmer

But that was the thing about Les Taxis and the Ohio Overland Livery. Wiith the setting-rare plants, manicured landscaping and the placement behind the Tower, it was a very unique to KI. In a like way, the Tin Lizzies at Kentucky Kingdom are just an antique car ride, but the setting makes it fun. (* I am in no way comparing the Tin Lizzies to KI's former attraction where the junkyard coaster resides now. )

I would think that a day at a park other than KI would be taking some of the market. I am a big fan of KK, but I spend more days at KI. For me, it is nice to have an option to drive slightly more than an hour and ride some coasters that drive three hours for a long day at KI. But KK can't fill the KI void. That's why it's nice to have options.

Thanks jcgoble3 and drummermattk, excellent writing and photos!

A couple of friends of mine were at the "Keys to the Kingdom" event today, really enjoyed seeing the updates. Highlight for me was seeing new pathways around Thunder Run that apparently go all around the "front" turnaround and lots of new track and ledgers. Also of interest was Enterprise. Apparently it is on "life support" and at one time was going to be removed at the end of last season and that is where EOTS was going to go? I wasn't there (darn work) so I can't say from first hand knowledge. But lots of interesting tidbits.

My personal thought is maybe they put Dominator at KD so this park can have a B&M. I've heard Busch has an agreement with B&M to limit the radius for new builds a certain distance from BGW. I also just had a thought:. Was the name Dominator chosen at GL because the move was predeterminded? Dominator at Dominion? Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

If "missing" a park indicates how much I like the park, I miss Kings Dominion! I spent 2.5 days there last summer and it was awesome. The level of customer care was outstanding. KI is my home park and I love going there, but I can say that KD is my favorite park even though I like KI better. Hard to put into words.

What a great sound to be added to Rivertown!

And especially now since we can buy the drink plan without the souvenir cup! KI keeps getting better!

Maybe you can look into a SF season pass? I'm not in the know with their trends, but I bought one on the labor day sale for around $60, which is the equivalent of the CF Platinum pass, so I have definately got my money's worth thus far. Maybe they have spring specials? I totally had fun there, just had to internalize my frustration. I would hope in June they would have all the coasters open, they were all fun (the ones I got to experience--except Goliath, but even a bad coaster can be better than no coaster at all!) Knott's, on the other hand--even with less coasters, was a first class experience.

I spent a day and a half in both parks last month. The coasters and other rides at Knott's are very easy to do multiple times. The longest line was for Goldstriker, about 45 minutes. They have so much to do there that the crowds are dispersed nicely. As mentioned above, Calico Mine Train was awesome was the Timber Mountain log flume. The train ride was not working while I was there, but the stagecoach ride was alot of fun. I didn't try Mrs. Knott's chicken, and the rest of the food was pretty much like other CF parks. Many of their food locations do not accept the meal plan. SFMM---I was really let down by this park. On Saturday, it was raining, but people didn't leave in droves as I expected. The coasters that were open had very slow operations and one train operations. On Sunday, it was a beautiful day and the park was packed. I did get the FlashPass so I could get in as many coasters as possible. You can only get TC and Superman once with this pass and it will only allow you to reserve one ride at a time. Ride operations were still very slow and had one train operations. Food was actually very good--the grilled chicken salad by the little store by the fountain was excellent. The park was clean and actually themed nicely. I am not sure if there is a sewer problem, but there was the Boy Scout latrine smell that wafted around was not pleasant. I'm not sure about summer crowds at SFMM, but I wouldn't have been able to do what I did without the FlashPass, and they had several of the coasters down. My thought is if they keep the same operation mode in the summer as they had in the winter, even with minimal crowds, line would be an issue. Tip: at opening, lines are horrendous for security. As you face the gate, they have an overflow at the exit and you can get through security quicker here. No real tips for getting into the gate from there. Tip: it is about 60 miles between the parks and on a Sunday evening it took me almost 2 hours to drive between the two parks. I'd plan for this or more, if you are driving on a weekday. Don't miss TC and Superman, as well as New Revolution (VR was not an option while I was there). Goliath was a terrible ride, Scream! is (I think) a clone of Dominator, the log flume was fun. Quality at Knott's was much better than quantity at SFMM. Hope my experience helps!

I think they would look for southern parks to acquire as they could operated on a more year round basis.

I've been mostly pleased at RHoFG, but they seem woefully understaffed most of the time, which seems to echo at most of the locations. I am no foodservice guru, but it seems that when you are understaffed, the existing staff becomes demoralized, which leads to a spiral. That being said, I think things are slowly improving, albeit at a snail's pace.

I'm a frequent critic of KI foodservice, mostly about speed of service vs quality. I think the dining plan is a tremendous value, but I just wish the park would at attack the issue. Even the most basic issue, like handling food after handling money should be a no brainer. The other FUN parks seem to not have an issue with speed of service.

Seems Coney Island is jumping on the logo change bandwagon--and in my opinion, it is a downgraded logo. I do, however, like the brown circular portion that helps envision an island.

It's a much simpler BLSC, themed well and most importantly, not a junkyard coaster. It was a fun coaster, but very strange restraints.

I would totally get this for KI. I wonder when we can expect our upgraded website? I also wonder whey they chose to put the copyright mark on Carowinds' page after the "r" in the word Carowinds?

Railrider, yes and no. When I lived in Chandler, it was, on average, about 5 degrees warmer than Casa Grande, due to the heat island effect. I urged people to visit in the winter, but summer visitors raved about the dry heat--"This feels so much better than (KY, TN, etc). As a resident, I wouldn't touch the park in August, but would revel in it in the winter months. I think if it were marketed correctly, and had a mixture of atrractions and amenities for residents and tourists alike, it could work. I'm just concerned about the HUGE water requirements.

It also said the CP program is good at all CF parks. I was tempted to get the all season cup at Knotts when I was there earlier this month; but I decided to just drink water. At Magic Mountain, I didn't even take my bottle in the park (SF meal plans come with a "free" bottle for all season/all park refills). If KI doesn't offer and the CP version can be used at all parks, I will pick up one up there when I go before Coaster Stock.

More details were released tonight. I haven't had a chance to digest it, but the storyboard looks interesting. On page 14, there is an upscale lodge that looks like GWL with totem poles instead of wolves. I'd have to question the wisdom of locating a water intensive park of this scale in this location, even if grey water is used where appropriate. But then again, California uses an incredible amount of water and most of the state is in a desert climate. http://www.azfamily.com/story/34578951/developer-proposes-disney-like-theme-park-for-casa-grande?autostart=true

Being that I just came back from a trip "out west" to AZ and CA, I thought this was a timely article. If it happens, it would give me another reason to visit friends in the Valley of the Sun! http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/developers-looking-to-build-the-next-disney-world-in-casa/article_13c3cfce-31d9-5a0c-92f6-2706a5326fb5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share

I never saw Snoopy's Starlight Spectacular, but if it's anything like like the "night show" at Kings Dominion, please no. The lights were cool, but the music was too loud and I felt like I was at some kind of crazy dance club. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Great video! I personally prefer The Beast, but love the Voyage. Since you have a nice talent with creating videos, could you look into doing a video/videos that involves comparing the animation POV and a real POV? I always thought a split screen of that would be great, but I have no talent for such things.

In my limited experience with park food, KI is the worst of all. I had no issues at CP, KD, Cwinds, SFOG, DW or SFOG. I had a slight issue at KK in that the place I wanted to try near Storm Chaser was only open once, and when it was open, it was "drinks only" so I had to waste 10 minutes. In my experience, KI's food service is severely lacking, be it early season, mid season of Haunt season. At the Blue Ice cream stand, on a dead August weekday, you shouldn't have to wait 30 minutes for a cone, to find there is one register open with the cashier handling money and food without proper hand hygiene. And the supervisor was indignant about me wanting a clean ice cream cone. Oh and the lack of trays at Skyline....lol However, I did see glances that may point to better times. At Skyline on IS, the drink person actually helped the chili maker a few times which sped up the line greatly.

On a screen, crisp and clean looks great. However, white looks generic. I've noticed that Kroger has gone "retro" on its' remodeling of stores. It's gotten so bad that stores that were converted to MarketPlace stores last summer are being reconverted--from furniture and jewelry to clothing, with 70's design principles. However, I'd LOVE for KI to go retro with its' logo similiar to what KD has done.

If the information at the ACE event comes true, a lot of land can come open to the park.