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Unlike the poor mechanics and artists working to refurbish the SFSTL Carousel.

I'm not sure how accurate this is, but I saw someone say that it's not the first time that's happened. They designed the vent the crumple like that for this exact reason. There's a huge air bag just below the wall there, too. The animatronic was back in action the following day.

Honestly this is only a reason to take the bus from Pigeon Forge. It's fifty cents and drops you directly in front of the ticket gates.

“Only half of the trees are currently in place, so expect 3-4 more”

If it's anything like Halloween Kills then it'll be a match made in hot horseshit. Seriously, how was Halloween 2018 so damn good but Halloween Kills one of the worst flicks in recent years?

A week ago, I went back to the pizzeria place that used to be my "usual spot", way before the pizza place opened across the street from us. Sunrise Pizza isn't Neapolitan style, like Via Tevere serves. Sunrise's pizza are loaded with cheese and cooked in a regular oven. And they're pretty filling too, for one person! Here's how it went... On my way to Sunrise. Lots of really nice yards and gardens around us in the neighborhood. Here we are! This pizzeria has been in it's location for "almost" 50 years! Inside of the place. Pretty plain in the daytime. Looks better at night IMhO. A nice lager to start with. First, a Single Greek Salad. And this one was HUGE! More than I remember it being. My 'usual' which was a pepperoni and mushroom, and black olives. What I can see of Commercial Drive, from where I'm sitting. I have too much food! So the rest went home with me. Everything was excellent!

Nearly all S&S and Intamin towers have had secondary seatbelts for 20+ years. It's nothing new and will not affect the ride experience a single bit, and likewise won't really affect operations either since it clips to the outside. It's a no-brainer move in my opinion.

Looks like a missed opportunity for WoF to market it as a new attraction.

Universal Orlando has announced that Universal's Great Movie Escape, two themed escape rooms inspired by Back to the Future and Jurassic World are coming to Universal CityWalk! Universal Orlando Resort will soon debut Universal’s Great Movie Escape – featuring two escape rooms. Packed with innovative storytelling and theming, the destination is inspired by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s blockbuster films Jurassic World and Back to the Future. Concepted and designed by the same creative masterminds responsible for the wildly immersive haunts of Halloween Horror Nights, Universal’s Great Movie Escape will bring two distinct and extraordinary escape adventures to the heart of Universal CityWalk. Through interactive state-of-the-art missions, captivating storytelling and intricately detailed sets, guests will be swept into the dinosaur adventures of Jurassic World or the time-traveling chaos of Back to the Future.

No good reason? Really. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/us/icon-park-orlando-teenager-death/index.html I can almost guarantee every single one of these towers will now have seatbelts for insurance purposes.

New entrance? Trams are a bit further away and people complain about the parking everyday. And they continue to remove history and cut down trees on their way to building a much, much bigger park.

I love seeing a first timer's screams of terror turning into giggling like a child, it's fun to watch and hilarious all at the same time.

Where are you getting this stuff from??? The last thing vegas wants to be is the orlando of the west when you have Anaheim AND LA right there. Vegas is doing just fine being Vegas.

Based on what?!?!?!?! All the other successful parks still running there??

On June 11th, Tom Scott posted a video on his second YouTube channel of him getting over his phobia of coasters at Alton Towers.

Yeah, It's almost as if we never hear about a mass shooting at least twice a month or how we have an increase sense of no regard for anyone's safety as the days go by. Heck, we are lucky to even have people willing to work at theme parks lately due to the stress they receive. No matter how much you don't want to see it, it is dangerous and scary out there in the world.

Maybe the ride op was "fragile" or maybe a person that simply does not respond well to pressure or maybe afraid she was going to get in trouble. My son had a supervisor give him a safety once over some people ignoring him when he directed them to stay seated until the go karts had all been parked and he was pretty sure they did not understand English, so hardly his fault but the supervisor didn't care. Impossible for anyone to pass judgement when they don't know the person/situation/job pressures, etc. On the other hand maybe people could stop being so defiant and just follow directions once in a while. All he had to do was wait on the ride and the whole thing would have been avoided

Inspired by multiple comments on the article being shared...

Damn Steve. You're old as hell.

"The rest of the vacation was okay, but when we got to go for a ride in that beloved and adorable Chevy Traverse that was a memory that will stick with our family forever."

This will never get old. I love it.

I bought Some boots. and then I just bought some MORE boots

My wife, foster youth (his first time) and I all went to CP this last week, Wednesday-Friday afternoon. Wednesday crowds were light, Thursday was quite busy with lighter crowds again on Friday. We have gold passes, so we also enjoyed Cedar Shores (first time for all of us). Nice park. Don't know if I would travel 2hrs to just do that, but staying for an extra day would be ok. Not a lot of variety of slides. We DID appriciate the heated pools on all their slides. However, the lazy river... freezing! Haha. Because it was only June the lines were nonexistent in the waterpark. THAT I liked the most. Back in the park things were running well. A little annoyed that Maverick never opened before 10, even though it was listed as ERT. Raptor kept having fits the whole time. Fortunately, every time we wanted to ride it it was open. But it was down a lot... like Mavrick lot lol. We introduced our boy to Cedar Downs. OH MAN! Wildest ride ever. We ended up being stuck on it for 15 minutes! "Stuck on Cedar Downs? How is that possible," you may ask. We start the ride, normal. The ride op announces to sit up and obey the rules spiel... 30 seconds later... "please remain seated as the ride is temporarily stopping." It slows, stops and we hear "please remain seated." 5 minutes later a man who looks like a Hollywood Hogan knock off Halloween costume that was the row in front of us gets off his horse, grabs his 6 yo daughter and begins to exit. "PLEASE STAY ON YOUR... SIR, YOU CAN'T LEAVE. STAY ON YOUR HORSE, SIR..." The man ignores her and goes through the first exit door. The second is magnetically locked. Panic hits this man's large mustached face. He picks up his daughter over the locked gate and then jumps over it himself. BUT WAIT! He left his 8 yo son behind!!! Yeah, boy #2 still is on his horse. Within 5 minutes security is there, Purple polo employ shows up (supervisor?) And Hollywood runs away. He went to the bathroom, hid, took off his dew rag and then hid under some trees. This was about 10 minutes in. After a change in ride ops( she was pretty shook up) the ride restarted and we got a full cycle. When we exit, boy and girl are crying with their non-riding mom while dad watches from about 100 yards away. His "Don't tred on me" shirt seemed to take on a new meaning that day. So, that happened! I will never not love Cedar Downs and that last ride prooved it all the more. In all seriousness, well done park team. You were keeping everyone safe and following the policies in place. Thank you. Last thing, food. Great experiences all around. We opt for the day meal plan. Food every 90 minutes, can't beat it. Backbeat BBQ is so good, along with the shrimp skewers at Crystal Rock in Cedar Shores. We wanted less than 10 minutes for any food. All in all, a good trip.