CoasterFanatic
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^ I would give it a little more time. I know that Mitch has been getting bombarded with ballots. Usually people procrastinate a little better
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Just submitted my wood one. It was pretty easy since I only got a couple new ones this year.
Top 10:
El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,y,1 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA,y,y,2 The Voyage Holiday World IN,y,y,3 My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,n,4 Raven Holiday World IN,y,y,5 Thunderhead Dollywood TN,y,y,6 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN,y,n,7 Viper SFGAm IL,y,n,8 The Legend Holiday World IN,y,y,9 Phoenix Knoebel's PA,y,y,10
Bottom 5:
Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,y,82 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA,y,n,83 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,84 Predator Darien Lake NY,y,n,85 Son of Beast Kings Island OH,y,n,86
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^ Mitch will typically send one within a day or so. It could a little longer though. Since both polls are running at the same time, he is probably getting slammed with ballots.
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How much time do I have before the timeout?
Getting my 100+ woodies probably won't be a problem, but I'm leery about doing 300+ steelies and then having it crap out on me.
The timeout has been increased from 20 minutes (system default) to 8 hours. I hope that is enough time
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The problems on the CoasterFanatics.Com helper were caused by a session timeout. It was no coincidence that it was happening to only people with large lists to rank.
I have extended the timeout
I really wish I could have caught this earlier. Sorry to anyone affected.
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Catrina posting as Ted:
The West Virginia card was mailed out last Friday, so you should get it sometime this week. Sorry for the delay!
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so there really is only the disc-o being added for next season.
And to think that there were rumors of them buying Conklin's Doppel Looping. Well ... we can still hope I guess.
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Much better seat than on our visit last month, but I did manage to get this photographic gem.
and this one ...
We didn't get into monument park either. It is not an easy task.
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This is like the Ultimate Anti-Trip Report.
// No photos?
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40% off merch
Uh Oh.
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^ That and they LOOK really pretty.
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Tall woodies pretty much suck except for Voyage and who knows where it will be in ten years. The Dinn monsters of the nineties have all been tamed to the point of boredom and understandably so.
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Hersheypark was the worst day. I'm not sure why it took so long, but we ended up getting back to the two coasters at about 9:15. Even still I took 3 rides on Fahrenheit and 7 on Storm Runner in about 30 minutes.
That is pretty standard at Hersheypark. Any ERT I have ever been a part of there has been late. If you started only 15 minutes late, then you did pretty good.
My last was Storm Runners first season and we only got the last 5 minutes of our session in.
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Nope. Cause if the park can't support itself, then it won't be around anyway. It is not going to leech anything off of Parque.
If Parque carelessly dumped money into the park, it would make them no different than the Six Flags chain. And Kennywood would in turn become the next Geauga Lake.
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^ But isn't that what a loan is for. If Kennywood was certain that any improvement or upgrade would increase revenue, they would have already done it. It is as easy as driving downtown and visiting their local PNC loan officer.
I am sure their credit is pretty decent and they have plenty of collateral.
Kennywood is a million visit a year park and has been for years. They are mostly interested in keeping the loyal visitors coming back. That is what has supported the park for years
// BTW, did anyone hear that they are doing season passes next year
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Velocity at Flamingoland
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Yeah, that's what I have been saying. Instead of constantly basing their yearly upgrades on revenue, they now have a huge corporation's money to "play with," if you will.
I don't think you get how this all works. Parque merely consolidated all the Kennywood assets. The management and philosophy are not changing. I don't think that any responsible owner, whether it be Parque or the Henningers, are going to "play with" money.
// Wishes he could still ride a log flume or dark ride at Cedar Point, but is happy he still can at Kennywood
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I guess it is time to update mine:
Just the coasters ...
2008
Ravine Flyer (Waldameer)
2007
Maverick (CP)
Starliner (Cypress Gardens)
Griffon (BGE)
Minor Mike (Knucklehead's)
2006
The Voyage (HW)
Goliath (SFoG)
Stealth (Thorpe)
Speed (Oakwood)
Kentucky Rumbler (Beech Bend)
Kumali (Flamingoland)
Tatsu (SFMM)
2005
SheiKra (BGA)
Kingda Ka (SFGAdv)
Hydra (Dorney)
2004
Thunderhead (Dollywood)
Storm Runner (Hershey)
J2 (Clementon)
Silver Bullet (Knotts)
Steel Dragon (Waldameer)
Cheetah Chase (BGT)
Tomb Raider (Canada Wonderland)
2003
Top Thrill Dragster (CP)
Scream (SFMM)
Superman Ultimate Flight (SFGAdv)
2002
Wicked Twister (CP)
Primeval Whirl (Disney AK)
2001
Phantom's Revenge (Kennywood)
X-Flight (Geauga Lake)
Hypersonic XLC (Kings Dominion)
Cheeta (Wild Adventures)
2000
Kraken (Sea World Florida)
Flying Unicorn (IOA)
1999
Exterminator (Kennywood)
Gwazi (BGA)
1996
Mantis (CP)
1991
Mean Streak (CP)
Steel Phantom (Kennywood)
1989
Magnum XL200 (CP)
1988
Thunderbolt Express (Camden Park)
1987
Iron Dragon (CP)
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GO PITTSBURGH!!!
Agreed. Real men play football outside.
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That was under old ownership, where everything was based off revenue. Being owned by a giant corporation like Parque makes multi-million dollar upgrades and investments not out of the question anymore.
I think there is this big misunderstanding concerning the buyout. The only reason for the buyout was the park had split to something like 200 different owners. For lack of a better description, Parque is pretty much acting as a silent (at least for now) investor. The Henninger family will most likely run this park the way it has always been run.
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Look at how rapidly Holiday World expanded, and they're not even near a big city like Pittsburgh.
Actually, Holiday World is positioned very nicely between many medium-sized cities. The park also includes a water park, easy highway access and almost unlimited expansion area. I wouldn't expect Kennywood to come even close to that kind of expansion without the Mon-Fayette road and they might not even get an exit.
Also, Holiday World charges $139.95 for their season pass.
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Send me a picture of the big pile of money you have to pay for this and I will give you detailed hotel reviews for the parks you are looking to go to.
I would hate to do all the work if you don't end up going.
// Seen this too many times
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Now that I am back from my latest adventure and have time to actually post my opinion ... here it is:
I think it is a bad idea. Mostly because the bread and butter of the park (the people who have supported it for years) do not go to the park more than a couple times a year. If you do anything to change the norm, such as longer lines, pricier food or even pay parking, they will turn their backs. This would be the deathblow for the park.
I also remember the days back in the 80s when the park had a low general admission and it was scary. The park has really positioned themselves nicely and I hate to see anything throw the balance off. Of course, in the end, I don't think many people will buy the season pass. I would consider it my home park and I wouldn't do it.
Now if we could just get Knoebels to do this. It would be a little harder to do since you dont pay for admission or parking, but it would be kinda neat to have a pass for the season.Didn't work out so well for Conneaut, but they did it.
West Coast Bash 2009 at Six Flags Magic Mountain
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We also got some of the cheapest airfare ever for this trip (of all our WCB travels).
PIT -> SNA (Orange County)
Thursday
$82 Delta
SNA (Orange County) -> PIT
Monday
$82 Southwest
// Now in search of that crazy cheap car rental