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This is a PERFECT way to describe it! It looks so good, but it rides pretty "meh."

They have the vast majority of financing already in place, so not sure where people are getting the idea that they have a long ways to go in terms of financing this project. I could have very well been told wrong, but I was told several big investors backed out in the last however many months. I hope they do get it going though. It seems like I've seen the price of what it will cost to build double from around $250 million earlier this year to about $500 million now. Yeah, I don't know where you heard that. The project is fully backed and funded.

I will be VERY surprised if that happens since so many rumors I've heard tell me that coaster is getting exactly opposite of a refurb... but we shall see!

Wow! Our videos from IAAPA this year just hit 300,000 views! Huge thank you to everyone who watched! Here is our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxk2TNUMCwxmf7Ztadgu9Rd3VLh7QTSB9

First track piece was installed today!

A Google search brings up nothing about this, and I'm sure one of the die-hard Disney fan sites would have been talking about it by now.

Posted one of our best Knoebels videos we ever created today on our Facebook page.... [fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew]

Gonna move this to the Disneyland discussion thread.

Will do my best! Just wondering, better to open a seperate thread per day or is it alowed to make a ongoing one like you did with IAAPA? Ongoing one is fine. But you can do either. It's your choice!

We have had this request come up before, and while there is nothing stopping someone posting a thread saying "I'll be at this park on this date if someone wants to meet up..." there are all sorts of risks and challenge in setting up (for lack of a better term) a "dating service" type of system for TPR Members to meet at parks. There is a huge knock-on effect that happens when you put something like this in place, and we just decided that it's not a core competency of what we do, so it's a feature that we never implemented. Hope that helps!

Unfortunately those are your only real options. There just isn't anything in that part of the US!

^ Because you're using a mobile YouTube link. Mouse over the YouTube box in the post editor and it tells you the proper URL format to use.

^ I think it's fine to quote someone, but I can't stand it when people start weighing in with their "right wing/left wing" whatever crap. Leave that for the political forums. This is about roller coasters and theme parks. Interesting find though on that article. At the end of the day, the dumb will end up weeding themselves out. Regardless if they are 12 or 52. Survival of the fittest, right?

And definitely spoken by a conservative. Bring politics or some stupid crap like this on our forums again and you will be banned faster than you can fall off a log flume. This has nothing to do with anyone being a conservative or liberal, it has everything to do with dumbasses doing stupid things. Please refrain from making incredibly stupid posts like this in the future. Thanks.

^ First off, nobody died in this accident. Secondly, while I know it may be harsh of me to say, sorry but I have no sympathy for the kid. That log flume has operated now for 24 years without any reported incident. I'm sure a LOT of twelve year old and younger kids have been on the ride in that time. But this one decided to do something stupid and stand up on the ride. The knock-on effect of this kids stupid mistake will affect many people and businesses for years in the future. And there is just no excuse for that. It's a shame the kid is going to have to learn an awfully hard lesson and such a young age, but as Darwin would say, "natural selection."

You might also want to ask in the SFMM thread.

Wow! This is all great feedback! Thank you! Without having done any actual count and just scrolling through all the responses, it seems to me that Facebook still is #1 for most people when it comes to posting, liking, sharing, etc. Then Twitter and Instagram seem to be almost interchangeable for #2. I don't see many strong feelings for or against either of these platforms. YouTube for the most part seems to be a passive experience and the majority have said they watch videos on YouTube when linked, but not really actively browsing it. And then everything else... Tumblr, Snapchat, Google+ etc, is mentioned here and there, but not a main source of social media for the majority of people who responded. Very interesting! Thank you!

There is a HUGE DIFFERENCE between doing "dumb stuff" and doing "dumb stuff that puts your life in danger and drags innocent people and companies into drama caused by your own stupidity." Can you really not see the difference in this??? Because of the stupid actions of this kid, a company that has done nothing wrong will be victim of investigations and negative media coverage. I'm sure the ride operators, who are just innocently wanting a weekend job will also get pulled in and questioned, and there will be lawsuits going back and forth. All could have been totally avoided if this kid had a shred of common sense. I might have some sympathy for the kid if the family wasn't immediately trying to blame the park.

Here's another article, and I agree with this statement right here: I'm sorry. I have zero sympathy for stupid kids that do stupid things. IMO, this is a perfect example of darwinism. And I don't care if the kid is only 12. My daughter is only 8 and she knows enough not to stand up on on a ride for ANY reason. And it's even worse that the family is trying to blame the park. Look, I get it, it's devastating when something happens to a child, but take some responsibility for their actions. Don't go try to blame someone else for someone's unfortunate actions. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/breaking/2015/11/28/boy12-injured-ride-castles-n-coasters/76496462/ A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured on a ride at the Castles N' Coasters amusement park in Phoenix on Friday afternoon, police said, and now the boy's family and the park are blaming each other for the cause. The boy was riding a water log flume ride at the amusement park at around 4 p.m. when he stood up for unknown reasons, Phoenix police spokesman James Holmes said. He caught his foot on the ride and was dragged before he fell an unknown height into the water. Holmes said the boy was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but was last listed as being in stable condition. On Saturday, family members revealed the injured boy's name is Dominick Leal, a seventh-grader from Casa Grande. His grandmother, Carroll Stevenson, said the fall left him with several gashes and a traumatic brain injury. He had emergency brain surgery and is now in a coma, being treated at Phoenix Children's Hospital, family members said. That's where agreement about what happened ends. Park managers issued a statement saying they were "devastated" by the mishap, but said the boy would have been safe if he had stuck to the park's rules. But Stevenson said things went wrong because the ride was unsafe and operators ignored the boy's cries for help. Arizona is one of eight states that does not regulate theme parks, according to industry watchdog non-profit saferparks.org and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Rather, state law requires parks to obtain a permit and receive a yearly inspection from a private agency or insurance company. According to the Commission, Phoenix has no local municipal ride-inspection program, but Prescott does. Stevenson lives less than a mile away from Castles N' Coasters. She said she and her husband take her grandchildren to the amusement park every year around Thanksgiving. Her 6-year-old granddaughter wanted to ride the log flume, and Dominick agreed to join her. Stevenson said she watched in horror as Dominick began shouting when their boat approached a 30-foot drop, but the operator did not turn off the ride. "He started yelling that they were sliding," she tearfully said. "He fell out of the ride, fell 30 feet and hit his head." "There was blood everywhere," said Stevenson, adding her husband and a bystander jumped in the water to rescue Dominick. In an interview, Castles N' Coasters General Manager Darsey Grantham said she wanted to clear up reports that the incident was caused by operator error or a ride malfunction. “We at Castles N’ Coasters are devastated by this unfortunate incident, and our sincere condolences and prayers go out to this young boy and his family," Grantham said in a statement. "We want everyone who comes to Castles N’ Coasters to enjoy a safe and fun experience. ... We have an impeccable safety record, one of the best in the industry." She maintained that Dominick fell because he stood up. "The boy tried to get out of the boat," she said. "If he would've followed the rules, he would've been fine." She added that his sister was next to him on the ride and was unharmed. A ride operator tried to intervene before the boat went over a steep drop but then Dominick panicked and fell out. "We feel horrible that this happened," Grantham said. Stevenson said since the incident, Castles N' Coasters management has not contacted her or the rest of the boy's family. She said Castles N' Coasters is falsely trying to blame this tragedy on her grandson, and she contacted an attorney. "I want people to know what really happened there," Stevenson said. Dominick's aunt set up a YouCaring crowdfunding page for his medical costs. Stevenson said she hoped Dominick would be in people's prayers, and she thanked the unknown bystander who jumped in the water to help rescue her grandson. "I owe him so much," she said. "My grandson would not have lived." Leal lives in Casa Grande with his mother and father and attends Villago Middle School, she said. The 14-ride amusement park and adjoining mini-golf course, near Interstate 17 and Dunlap Avenue, was riginally opened over 40 years ago. The "Splash Down" ride Dominick was injured on featured two large drops, tunnels and waterfalls. In 2005, 11 people were trapped midair for three hours on a ride at Castles N' Coasters while rescue teams worked to bring them to safety. No injuries were reported. Earlier this year, two brothers, ages 4 and 12, suffered serious burns on their legs after their bumper boats at Castles N' Coasters caught fire. Dominick Leal, 12, poses with Santa at Castles N' Coasters 10 minutes before he fell 30 feet on a ride.

I don't, sorry.