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Kettle Korn, Potato Skins, & Ice Cream!!! But I'm not a member of ACE.

Darien Lake: bring a neck brace and a bottle of Oxycontin. You're going to need it. Predator was open when we went on Memorial Day weekend. But the track work did nothing. The ride still blows. The only advice I have is to not skip Waldameer. It's such a cute little park. Also, be aware that they sometimes close before the posted closing time. I think they closed 90 minutes early when we went.

I'm with Michael on this. He's the prison warden. He can get any piece of ass he wants.

What should I eat next time I go to Dollywood? I had a cheese steak last time I went, and frankly it was just OK. Penn Station makes a better cheese steak.

Oh well, I see you wasted no time filling my seat hole.

He "blue"' himself for no reason. I know what you're thinking. It's not a support group!

Tobias was David Cross's character on Arrested Development. He was a de-licensed physician who pathetically pursued an acting career that he had zero chance of obtaining. One of the subplots involved Tobias being on-call as an understudy for the Blue Man Group. Of course, he never got the part.

I hesitate to put up too many pictures of dark rides/walk throughs. But, I don't think I gave anything away. Maybe I should have put up a picture of two of the inside of the Den of Lost Thieves. I really like the inside of that one.

Thanks! There is a run down quality to the park, but I really think the place just works. Most of the rides are fun, the concessions are reasonably priced and tasty, it usually doesn't get that crowded, etc. They actually do a pretty good job of maintaining their rides. I saw what looked like new wood on all of the woodies.

I'm unqualified to make that assessment because I've never actually tried the water park. However, the water park is pretty small. Don't expect Splashin' Safari!

It's just dark and campy. Be sure to give it a whirl.

Even the Scrambler is good at Indiana Beach? That place is full of surprises. Thanks for the tip.

Maybe you guys should try using Depends if you can't hold it.

Why stop at Fatone? I think all Italians should be locked up. All they do is steal parking meters, eat pasta, jump line, and plan hits.

Nonsense. Your party needs to take care of all necessary business BEFORE entering line. If it means spending half the day at the bathroom, so be it. You move slower in large groups. Deal with it. I also wonder if your party is the type who always blocks the queue entrances while they take 75 minutes to deliberate whether they want to ride the ride or not.

I've got a new proposal. Parks should put line jumpers into the electric chair, especially if they are gay beaners with AIDS. If the park happens to be a Cedar Fair park, they could just force them to marathon ride one of their notoriously well maintained woodies. 12 hours on Mean Streak, Ghostrider, SOB, etc is worse than any form of capital punishment.

My experience is that smaller parks take better care of their woodies because they are the star attractions at those places. I've actually had the exact same thought about the DBH; that I need to get down there before it gets jacked up. I also feel a sense of urgency to ride Renegade before CF brings it up to their corporate standard for woodies.

Thanks. If you can make it out there some time, I don't think you'll regret the trip. Though it is pretty far from where you're at.

Kings Island used to have these awesome signs at all their queues which said something like, "Line jumping is not a sporting event at Kings Island amusement park, and is cause for immediate ejection from the park." The signs had these awesome cartoon drawings of some sinister-looking dude jumping line. Back then they meant it! They'd chuck you out of the park for the most minor of indisgressions. A friend of mine used to get chucked out on a weekly basis. I think the ultimate solution is to revoke season passes for line jumping. That'd stop the problem in its tracks. I don't understand why this isn't already standard at all parks. It doesn't take a neurosurgeon to realize that line jumping is terrible for business.

Here is the second half of my photos. If you don't want to play my way, I'll take my banana and go home. I'll leave this one up to your imagination. Even the crow got in on the action. Sorry ladies. I'm taken. The Bluth family presents the John Holmes edition frozen bananas. These things are quite tasty. We avoided this one because we were somewhat traumatized from an earlier ride on the Music Express. Indiana Beach has torturously long cycles on some of their spinning flat rides. It does look fantastic though. The lit up rides are very hypnotic, but I think the overly illuminated midways take away from the effect. Indiana Beach at night is legendary, but I wasn't astounded. I prefer Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom at night. However, we only got about 30 minutes of darkness, and most of the rides were shut down. I'll try to go back for a longer night session. Here are the swings at night. I was too busy trying to get night rides in to wait for an action shot. The Falling Star is now my favorite ride at Indiana Beach. I suggest riding on the edge in your own section. The laterals and airtime are insane. I only wish the cycle was a touch longer. Watch out before they take your other hand, Buster. Indiana Beach has two mini golf courses. This one is included with the pay one price wrist band. The nicer course down by the Ferris wheel costs $3. Not being generally fond of upcharge attractions, we blazed through this one in about 10 minutes. The sky ride lets you see the roof of the Den of Lost Thieves. Some guests enjoy watching the piranhas feed. The scrambler ride as seen from the sky ride. We didn't bother to ride it. This is how they used to handle line jumpers before the piranhas invaded Lake Shafer. Liz claimed to be scared by the haunted house. Me pushing her towards the animatronic scare scenes did nothing to allay her fear. A peek inside the haunted house. Jed looks very excited about his ride on the sky ride. Here are the deadly Indiana Beach piranhas. They live off a steady diet of line jumpers, litter bugs, and screaming kids.

We've been wanting to go back to Indiana Beach ever since we first visited it briefly last year. We basically did the coasters and the dark ride last year, and ignored the excellent flat ride collection. So, I rounded up Liz and a non-enthusiast friend, and we headed deep into the heart of corn country. It was a great day. The park was dead, and it never really rained despite the looming presence of rain clouds for most of the day. We ate way too much food, and rode most of the rides in the park. The park was this dead all day. Some random girl told us that she marathon rode Cornball for 2 hours without having to get off. The litter bug who left that cup was fed to the deadly Indiana Beach piranhas. The Cornball Express is easily the best coaster in the park, and a solid contender for the best in the state. Ride in the very back seat to get some very powerful drops. Liz and Jed approved of the giant Tiki head. Your gold or your life! Jed claimed that the IB crow was his favorite part of the park. At the very least, I bet he could beat up the Holidog in a UFC cage match. My what a giant booty you have there Mr. Crow. Arrrrrrr....thare be no escape now mateys. (I wish IB would bootleg the theme song from the PoTC ride.) Although it needs TLC and many will disagree, I think this is the best shooting dark ride in the state. Actually, it's my favorite one ever. Liz prefers Men In Black, but she's wrong. Falling water is good Feng Shui. As much as I love Indiana Beach, the water from Lake Shafer smells funny, tastes bad (in the drinking fountain), and looks repulsive. You'll never catch me in their water park. Presenting the original CCI aquatrax. This is my favorite swing ride because it takes the rider out over the water. It's mildly scary, and fun at night. Falling water is good Feng Shui. The haunted house is a must for any trip to Indiana Beach. It's an upcharge that costs $3.50, but I think it's worth it. Watch the Dr. Frankenstein animatronic closely, and he does something VERY cool. I'm not going to ruin the surprise. Liz made fun of me all day for calling this "LoCoSuMo". It's a unique ride that could be better realized with a less rough experience. Random pontoon boats in Lake Shafer as seen from the bridge. We entered via the bridge, which is an intregal part of the experience. It is especially fun to jump up and down on the suspended part of the bridge. Welcome to Indiana B! Indiana Beach attracts only the most classy clientele. GET AWAY FROM MY CHEEZBURGER!

I don't understand. My experience with Disney parks is that you have to display your Fast Pass to enter the Fast Pass queue, and then they take your Fast Pass when you get to the station and board the ride. Were they not following this procedure? Also, I don't understand why line jumpers aren't being ejected from parks more. Repeat offenders should have their season passes revoked.

Hurray for the sensibility here. It really beats the op at Geauga Lake yelling at me for taking pictures in Villain's station.

Huh??? There are many factors that go into how quickly a coaster can be installed. Size is one of them. It's cheaper to build a coaster slower because you don't have to pay for rush shipping on materials and you wind up having to rebuild less sections when you aren't rushing.