Ok, so I was browsing 937moms.com and ran across this....

(Reason I am posting it in rumors is that I don't know the truth of any statements, so if this is the wrong place please move it)...

http://937moms.com/forums.html?func=view&a...30&id=25082

No More SOB; No More Nick

Vortex is sinking, being torn down and rebuilt...

per a guest who was told by a park employee in Nick shop.

Please stop...Gah!

Vortex is not sinking as said 50688271837728271 times and the Nick sale is no more then a sale according to most people.

Well, Nick may be no longer, and the same could be said about SOB. Only a small select group of people know, and even fewer people on here know, if any.

i heard in 2002 people saying that Vortex was sinking and going to be torn down in the winter. infact ive heard guest say that alot of years since but it hasnt happened yet.

Am I the only one envisioning "Pilot Snoopy" in place of Avatar on the gondola for that ride next year?

Or a red bearing sign? A (Cincinnati Red?) baron sign?

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign....

Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

Vortex is sinking, being torn down and rebuilt...

WOW! As said before Vortex IS NOT SINKING! I thought we were over this phase by now!

this gets so annoying that people think that. Kings Island needs to put up a huge sign by the entrance saying that Vortex is not sinking.

I think The Vortex sinking rumor resulted from the Magnum sinking into Lake Erie rumor.

Is it just me or is speculation being turned into "fact" funny to anyone else? NO, Vortex is not sinking! I'm sure SOB will reopen some time. As for Nick U, who knows? I could see Cedar Fair keeping the Nick license for the simple fact that Nick U is the best kids' area in the world for many years now (8 in a row I believe). I could also see it turned into a Peanuts area just like Cedar Point. Can't we all just wait and see instead of speculate when we don't have solid facts right in front of us?

Is it just me or is speculation being turned into "fact" funny to anyone else? NO, Vortex is not sinking! I'm sure SOB will reopen some time. As for Nick U, who knows? I could see Cedar Fair keeping the Nick license for the simple fact that Nick U is the best kids' area in the world for many years now (8 in a row I believe). I could also see it turned into a Peanuts area just like Cedar Point. Can't we all just wait and see instead of speculate when we don't have solid facts right in front of us?

I like how you get the point across!!!

I just cannot imagine Cedar Fair paying Nick to renew, nor can I imagine Nick aka Viacom giving Cedar Fair a good deal after what Cedar Fair paid CBS for the parks that Viacom used to own...

Stranger things have happened, but it just is not very likely.

It may be expensive to re-up the contract, but more so than a whole new Kiddie area?

I'm thinking of things like, Blue's Skidoo, Avatar, and the small rides like that. The coasters can just be re-painted (maybe), and re-named.

But some of the other stuff have nick character cars. Those would have to be replaced to.

And Viacom knows this and knows it well. Don't you think they will take that into account when pricing the renewal, provided they even offer one? Know that Viacom has already licensed Nick to others right outside Valleyfair...to a mall that once had a Camp Snoopy operated by no less than Cedar Fair...now a Nick Universe at Mall of America.

If you read the post, the family was told this by the Cashier in Nick U shop, when they were checking out.

I don't necessarily believe any of it myself, but since it was employees saying it...figured I would post it...and hence the reason I put it in rumors to begin with.

Given there has been no public disclosure, as required by law, of the fate of the Nick contract, there is NO way a cashier in a shop would know that which the public does not. Not to mention the original poster in that thread you cited has many, many facts wrong, right down to the name of the company that owns Kings Island. It is not "Cedar Fairs."

If it's wrong, let the thread go. lol

SOB is back open I think - Nick is also in a contract until 2010 and Vortex - that's a STUPID RUMOR. Sinking. Give me a break!

SOB is back open I think - Nick is also in a contract until 2010 and Vortex - that's a STUPID RUMOR. Sinking. Give me a break!

Sources of SOB being open please? Or did you see it? Or did the dippin' dots guy tell you?

If SOB is open...tell me!!!! I have to go soon!!!

If SOB is open...tell me!!!! I have to go soon!!!

I'm going today. I'll let you know when I get back. But more and likely, No its probably still closed.

On NBC, local news, it said "Back on rolling" and it showed a SOB. I did not hear anything else.

I was there for a few hours this morning. It was NOT open.

On NBC, local news, it said "Back on rolling" and it showed a SOB. I did not hear anything else.

Showing a SOB* could be different than the SOB.

*Take it for what its worth

^lol! Yeah you see a lot of SOBs on the news any more.

I've heard many times that Nick is gone after this year, and I honestly believe it since all of the nick stuff is 50% off this year. They're trying to get rid of it.

Not sure why they're doing this, other than "to save money" but honestly - wouldn't it just be cheaper to pay for the licensing for Nick than to re-theme the entire kiddie land AGAIN??

Given there has been no public disclosure, as required by law, of the fate of the Nick contract, there is NO way a cashier in a shop would know that which the public does not. Not to mention the original poster in that thread you cited has many, many facts wrong, right down to the name of the company that owns Kings Island. It is not "Cedar Fairs."

Actually, there are many things employees know that aren't disclosed to the public. (no I'm not an employee but I have connections and sources). That's all I'm saying as more would be putting jobs at risk.

Yes, because don't we all have our 'sources'?

I wonder what the news was talking about then - maybe Beast? Was that ever being repaired lately?