italianchef Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Every year (except for two in which I was in Japan) I watch the apple fall from the top of Times Square on New Year's Eve. This event is associated with Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's Eve. Here is my question - would it be possible for PKI to hold a similar event? Can a ball be dropped from the top of the Eiffel Tower? Is the structure strong enough for such an activity? If so, couldn't live bands play at one or more of PKI's theaters? I wondered if PKI couldn't pull off a smaller, similar New Year's celebration as NYC's Times Square. Just a thought. Please let me know what you think. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Italian Chef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabloRM Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 That would be great. Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbus coasternut Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Sounds like a neat idea.I remember years ago here in Columbus the used to light up the elevator on the nationwide insurance building and drop it at midnight.Pki could proubly do the same thing with the tower if they wanted to have this type of celebration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYoung2003 Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 And they could follow it up with a fireworks display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 That 20 inches of ice and snow is sure gonna be cold to sit on though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Heres an even better idea! String a bunch of christmaslights to Drop Zones gondola, and drop it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Back when they had Winter Fest they would turn off all the lights and count from 10 to 1 lighting up the big star on the tower and then shooting off the fire works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvesterofyoursorrow Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Ohhh! Lights on Face Off and have it sync'd with DZ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Or cover Son of Beast's supersturcture with lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvesterofyoursorrow Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Ohh! Congo Falls, DZ, Face Off, Delirum, TG, and SoB ALL in lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Rider Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 are people a little bit "light happy?" Dont Forget to leave the lights on Vortex, and Racer going! and decorate NC and HB with lights... kids love lights and music... but not too loud... as far as Face/Off, that would be a smidgeon difficult, and sob would be terrible, i do like the idea of Drop Zone and Delirium, like leave the "ball" at the top, and drop it on cue, oh! uncover the queue line, and have people file in there! and count down, that way they get a blast after it comes down! also have a contest to have the XSF be ridden at the stroke of midnight! the cord is let at 12:00am Jan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Snapper Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 It might be a cool idea but i see Cedar Point doin something like this before we would (not taking anything away from Pki) but becasue Cedar Point just is bigger and theres more resorts nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Rider Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 It might be a cool idea but i see Cedar Point doin something like this before we would (not taking anything away from Pki) but becasue Cedar Point just is bigger and theres more resorts nearby. omg, always talking about Cedar Point, cedar blah blah blah blah blah point, ha ha just kidding, but it seems as if all your posts are about Cedar Point Cedar Fair, or pki being renovated horridly to be bought by CF, which wont happen! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Back to the original topic..... The COULD drop a ball on the tower, as long as it didn't weigh too much. Just put a pole on the top for the ball to be attached to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 For the love of God, people! It may be 30 years old, but it's not like it couldn't support a pretty massive amount of weight. I'm getting this "if the ball weighs more than 50lbs the tower will fall over and kill a bunch of people" vibe. Seriously, the reason why it seems flimsy sometimes is because it's made of steel, which is intended to bend. That's all. The structural integrity is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Kinda Guy Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 String a bunch of christmaslights to Drop Zones gondola Grrrrrrrr....It's not a gondola. It's a "magnetic frame car" or "chair ring". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 It's called a Gondola, according to Intamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Bowser Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Now that would be cool a New Years Eve at PKI sounds good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyman Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 If people are foolish enough to stand in the cold in New York, then why not at PKI. They could add this on to Winterfest. There are plenty of area where events could be held inside to keep people warm. Have a few rides open and some live entertainment and your in business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Yeah, if they reincarnate Winterfest, this would be a perfect event to attract more people through the gate. They could open the IR again, and have some sort of party up there, if you were willing to pay the presumable high prices. I would imagine PKI would do a good business on New Year`s Eve. Also, I think they would do a good business at Winterfest as well. Only time will tell if they decide to bring it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI_Diana Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 For the love of God, people! It may be 30 years old, but it's not like it couldn't support a pretty massive amount of weight. I'm getting this "if the ball weighs more than 50lbs the tower will fall over and kill a bunch of people" vibe. Seriously, the reason why it seems flimsy sometimes is because it's made of steel, which is intended to bend. That's all. The structural integrity is fine. Amen, Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 OK I guess i exaggurated (sp?) a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Call Drop Zones gondola what you like. It sure isn't a rolling stock. And it has many seats. If they were going to do something, we would have heard about it by now. So if they do, it won't be this year. Winterfest might do something like that - but how long is winterfest? I mean are there enough people around here that would go to PKI every day to ice skate to keep it open November, December and New Years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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