Oddly, this press release appears on KI's website, but NOT Carowinds, nor have I received it officially:

http://www3.cedarfair.com/KingsIsland/news...cfm?item_id=654

New Wave Pool, Cabana Service Highlight Expansion of Boomerang Bay Water Park

Bondi Beach headlines bigger, wetter, better water park in 2008

Charlotte, N.C. (Oct. 24, 2007) – Carowinds Boomerang Bay water park will undergo its second multi-million dollar expansion in three years for the 2008 season, adding a new, 600,000-gallon wave pool, rental cabanas with chair-side service and numerous other amenities prior to its opening in May.

Bondi Beach (pronounced Bond-eye), Carowinds second wave pool, will total 34,000 square feet – 9,000 more than the existing Great Barrier Reef wave pool in Boomerang Bay™ with 275 feet of "beach frontage" (shallow end width) giving guests ample opportunity to sunbathe as they watch the waves roll in on the zero-depth entry. Bondi Beach will measure 75 feet at its widest point on the deep end, with a maximum depth of six feet. Special water effects (geysers) also will be located in the shallow end of the pool. The attraction is named after the world-famous Australian beach located less than five miles from Sydney.

The park also plans the addition of 16 rental cabanas around the new wave pool. The cabanas will provide a great way to beat the heat in a comfortable, shady setting, and come complete with chair-side service from one of Boomerang Bay's eateries.

"Boomerang Bay continues to grow in popularity each season at the park," said John Shanrock, vice president and general manager of Carowinds. "Even with expansion occurring just two years ago, there's a need for additional space and attractions, as well as demand for the new amenities that we'll be offering in 2008. Our guests are telling us that they want to see more in the water park, so we're happy to give them Bondi Beach and much more."

In addition to the new wave pool and cabanas, the expansion of Boomerang Bay also includes Beach Bites - a walk up food stand with patio, a new restroom/bathhouse facility, tube rentals for the wave pool, additional rental lockers and Outback Outfitters, a merchandise and apparel store.

The additions will expand the size of Boomerang Bay to 20 acres, bringing the total size of Carowinds to 112 acres.

Inspired by Australia's breathtaking Gold Coast, Boomerang Bay is an Outback oasis of family fun that features a number of exciting water attractions that appeal to all ages. Besides Bondi Beach, the water park features three additional pools – Kookaburra Bay, a zero to three foot depth lagoon, as well as Kangaroo Lagoon and Wallaby Wharf, designed with the youngest guests in mind. The fast-flowing collection of water slide thrills includes Sydney Sidewinder, Awesome Aussie Twister, Platypus Plunge, Down Under Thunder and Pipeline Peak – an 80-foot tall, spiraling giant that contains two tube slides and two body slides. For a slightly slower pace, guests can float leisurely down the 1,000 foot-long Crocodile run, a lazy river that travels through two states, or splash and play at Jackaroo Landing, a three-story water jungle gym with a 1,000-gallon drenching bucket.

"You only need to take a walk through Boomerang Bay for a few minutes during the height of the summer season to see the popularity of all of the great attractions that our water park has to offer," Shanrock said. "Bondi Beach and the other additions next season are sure to add even more memorable summertime experiences for our guests."

Carowinds is the only theme park in the Carolinas to offer two great parks for the price of one. Admission to Boomerang Bay is free with the purchase of a ticket to Carowinds.

Now is the time to purchase a 2008 Season Pass to enjoy visits to Boomerang Bay all summer long. For a limited time, every Season Pass purchase receives free parking, good at all Cedar Fair Parks all season long, as well as a free, lined Cedar Fair windbreaker with all purchases by Nov. 11. In addition, 2008 Season Passholders can visit the park for free during daytime operation (not including SCarowinds) on Sat., Oct. 27 or Sun., Oct. 28. Log on to www.carowinds.com to buy season passes now.

The expanded Boomerang Bay opens to the public on May 24, 2008, and is open every park operating day through Sept. 1.

Carowinds will open for its 36th season in 2008 on Easter Weekend, with an extended operating schedule of Friday through Monday (March 21 – 24) during the holiday time period. The complete 2008 operating schedule (including days of operation for Boomerang Bay) will be posted at www.carowinds.com in the near future.

Carowinds is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: "FUN") is a publicly traded partnership headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. The Partnership, which owns and operates eleven amusement parks, six outdoor water parks, one indoor water park and five hotels, is one of the largest regional amusement park operators in the world. Its parks are located in Ohio, California, North Carolina, Virginia / District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, and Toronto, Ontario. Cedar Fair also owns and operates Star Trek: The Experience, an interactive adventure located in Las Vegas, and operates the Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park in Gilroy, California under a management contract. Cedar Fair's flagship park, Cedar Point, has been voted the "Best Amusement Park in the World" for ten consecutive years in a prestigious annual poll conducted by Amusement Today newspaper.

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Coming in 2009 to Carowinds....

Carowinds will become exclusively a Water Park Attraction....

OK... what coasters/flats do we want????

I call dibs on their Top Gun!

To heck with Top Gun, if that happens, I want to see Danny's Phantom Flyers back at Kings Island as The Flying Eagles.

--The Interpreter, just sayin'

I want our Flying Eagles back, dang it.

why would you recieve the press release "officially" ?

...because I receive them in one of my capacities!

--The Interpreter, who tells what needs tellin', in the appropriate place at the appropriate time and to the appropriate audience, knowing full well that there are limits in this life!

... how insightful...

maybe that capacity has something to do with all the news stories you relay on here...

Maybe he happens to be on the carowinds season pass holder email list?

That, too. And is said elsewhere on this site:

The Interpreter doesn't make personal statements currently. Rather, he interprets. Or so he claims.

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showuser=1227

^Interp, have you seen any press releases from CF before seeing it in the wrong place in the past 2 years? If so, then I need to have a discussion with a certain individual who lives near a lake. I have not been getting the regular news letters or press releases like I was before the sale. I guess I don't own enough shares.

I still get releases from every park in the chain except one...

One in Mason, Ohio.

I have always found that rather interesting...to say the least.

^That's funny, because the only one from CF that I get on a regular bases is KI. Every thing else I seem to fall upon it in the wrong place before I receive it officially. At least they are not as bad as SF, they like to recall every thing and then re-send it without any changes.

maybe the park utilizes a selective screening process...lol

^I would laugh, but it took me 4 or 5 years to get on some of the mailing lists that I am on now. There is a park in Australia that took me 2 years to get on their mailing list, and it's the same news letter they mail out to the general public. In my line of work, that does not help me out at all.