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https://www.cedarpoint.com/what-s-new/cedar-point-partners-with-ljff Don't expect any information on Mantis/which ride will be renamed, Cedar Point seems to be having great fun winding up enthusiasts.

I realize i'm a bit late since the whole Frozen/Norway thing happened but I finally got out to one of the bigger shops to find the drink Robb was talking about. Sorry about the quality, my battery had swollen on my iphone a little and pushed on the case so my lens was crappy, I got it fixed a few days after. It was hidden behind the jerky and didn't exactly have prime placement in the rice-wines I didn't have a fancy glass like Robb had (or any clean ones) so settled for a mug from the days when I actually liked Everland.

Was kind of surprised to see T Express wasn't in the top 10 woodens but then looking at where Balder is, it's maybe due to less voters having ridden it.

A lot of the Korean parks have lately been running a similar system to the Anna & Elsa thing and completely closing the standby line for popular rides so it's either grab a ticket or miss out on the ride/shows.

Are Sim Theme Park and Theme Park World the same thing? Were they released under two different names for some reason?

That bit in the video about the 4 themes having the same amount of attractions really doesn't make me excited for this at all, it makes me think of theme park world not RCT. If Americana is actually a generic theme, i'd rather it got the majority of rides and then the other 3 have some themed rides instead of being shared equally between the 4. Although the other option could be RCT2 style they all share the same style attractions but have different themes, but the more I read about this the less excited I get, It could turn out to be different, but in my mind i'm picturing that one patch has to be western themed in the park and the monorail that takes me to the next patch which would have to be a sci-fi area etc.

I'm a big fan of South Korea's rice wine, it's called makoli here and the biggest crime is I rarely see people pick up the flavored ones like ICing off the shelves in the big marts and despite the amount of alcohol in the 24 hour stores, I rarely see it there as well they tend to mostly only have the plain makoli as opposed to flavored ones. People tend to forgo taste and just get drunk as fast they can with the $1 soju bottles, i've even seen that in what look like juice box cartons I might actually have to stop in some of the 24 hour shops and see if there is any ICing the convenience stores after work and try it again, its been a while since I have had one.

Hey don't distract him, he's protecting all the money for future projects.

Quit spreading this BS rumor around. There was never anything to "drop." There was no contract. Just because CF doesn't have any current Intamin projects doesn't mean they never will again. This is the same stupid rumor that people said about SFMM for YEARS. And then all of a sudden SFMM went and did 3 Intamin projects in a row! Heck even the one that does exists only trax's these days, I haven't seen the aqua in a few years, I dread to think what would happen under SFMM

NO!!! It is to be taken SERIOUSLY! Mantis WILL be re-located. AquaTrax WILL be built!! Wait, I thought they were converting Mantis into the worlds first B&M Aquatrax.

Maybe i'm wrong but I assumed the black boxes that say blockpoint locations in the above photo were so there can be multiple trains on the track. It says there will be 8 trains so i'm assuming more than one will be going round at the same time.

At least for the last ride if it's one station wouldn't they have to dispatch the empty trains for you to arrive back into the station so you'll duel an empty train?

retheme idea:

Was it the dippin' dots guy?

I asked the same question just after the announcement since the length described confused me that two sides just over 4000ft each would become one ride of 5000ft even with bits cut out of the ride and I think it's understandable that people are confused. I mean i'm probably going to have to eat my words on this since so many people have already poked fun at the people who were unsure but i'd just assumed that the video was just for illustration purposes and had combined them for whatever reason and wasn't 100% accurate. I got it after some-one else explained it but I think its understandable people are confused, not something that is easily apparent within seconds of the video starting.

Just to add to the non portable vibe, here's lotte worlds smaller version that probably is just a park version of the carnival ride.

Isn't calling this a clone of a zacspin, a bit like calling Gerstlauer spinning coasters clones of Mauher Sohnes spinning coasters, or B&M flyers clones of vekomas flying dutchmans? I mean yes very similar concepts but isn't clone a bit too far?

it's not a racer...it's one track with 2 lift hills. so, i hope there is something that can sync the trains on the lift. The press release says That length doesn't match up at all with it being one long ride, wouldn't that mean it's staying the same as a racer with two sides?

The castles for the current night time parade/show, the area is usually a central point to hold things for the parade, in this case the castle and floating lanterns that expand out to surround the rink during the showand to people a place as the parade goes around while the floats are coming. I haven't had a chance to see the current night-show since I generally hit the park in the mornings to get fast-passes and quiet morning ridesbeing in the middle of the city, night-times pick up a lot of students/couples/workers buying evening passes but here's some videos on youtube someone has posted of it, it looks really pretty so I do want to see it at some point though, if everything as similar as the pictures look so far expect an updated/copied version to show up at Romon World : The castle is mainly in the beginning and ending segments [youtu_be] [/youtu_be][youtu_be] [/youtu_be][youtu_be] [/youtu_be] This was the center piece before the castle, a giant inflatable santa claus was inside.

Honestly, having made a few trips this summer vacation with friends, I don't think it's worth the money even then. It's a shame you can't buy it in park minus the admission costs when you can judge the crowds. We went on a quiet day with friends who have children so I knew they would be operating on half day operations but generally because I go on my own I didn't realize how difficult that made it when you had a whole family and pram to push around. Championship Rodeo/The pirate ship on the top level, let's twist/rock spin in the middle and mystery mansion/rotating house on the bottom all alternating with 10-2 and 3-closing times combined with a lot of the younger childrens rides either being closed or only open for 2 hours and some of the more family friendly rides only opening after 1pm at meant we spent most of the day running up and down the hills to grab everything and missing a lot of the timed stuff we'd reserved tickets for because we were constantly against the clock to get a ride in for one of the children and just to exhausted to run back up the hill for our time in the playground/concert. I went by myself on a rainy day on a weekday after some training assuming crowds would be dead and hit 70 minute lines for flat rides and T Express pushing a 2 hour line with operations the same above meaning it was constanly a rush when another attraction opened. I've found that going on weekends when they only have Mystery Mansion and Rotating House open on the half days, actually easier to get around and less waiting than weekdays. It's just pot luck, i've been weekdays that are dead but you face the clock still for getting around and weekdays where there have been huge lines whereas weekends and fridays you know there will be a queue for the safari rides and flume ride but the rest of the park (even T Express) you can walk on a lot of stuff if you know what time to hit which areas. On another note, i've noticed that the heli-cycles haven't run in a few months now, I hope they do something with the area because Everland already has so many pieces of old rides sitting around rusting throughout the park.

I think thats kind of unfair, I don't really see negativity in the TR, he talks about how great the new reservation system is. What I see is someone who regularly visits and so can point out flaws against previous visits or things that can be addressed. I think this is true for many people's TR's who frequent the same parks over and over. Look at most of the SFMM and Fuji Q TR's by people who have frequented the parks often or my own Everland TR's compared to when I first visited Korea. There's a big difference between being negative just to hate on a park and appearing negative because you are comparing to earlier personal experiences.

^ It has and I always felt there were some similarities but it wasn't until this update just now looking at that glass dome and the castle that I suddenly felt like I was seeing almost an updated Lotte World, even the building from the outside looks so similar to Lotte Worlds before I could see comparisions here and there but it really clicked with these photos and looking back at my own. The stage, the pillars, the carousel and pirate ships placements etc.

I'm curious with all that talk about retheming Battlestar that went on a few pages ago, if they would ever consider turning the whole sci-fi area into just a transformers area when it reopens, instead of humans/cylons turning it into autobots/decepticons. I love my what the frak t-shirt and loved the tv series, but the ride always seemed one of the quietest on my visits, perhaps turning the red sides trains into something optimus primish and the blue side into megatrons would help revitalize it. Converting the battlestar and cylon ship into transformers ships wouldn't be too hard. Coming 2015, Transformers: Battle for Cybertron.

One more update from something I mentioned in my TR, Everlands fast-pass I spotted at a special ticket booth and posted in my TR is now being advertised on the website for foreigners as well and became available on the 4th of August, it's a little on the expensive side for only 3 fast-passes (it includes entry but you won't get the foreigner discount this way) but something to consider if you have limited time and are there on a peak day if T Express is running fast-pass only with a closed standby line. Unlike the Korean website however you can't book in advance and there are only 500 a day so arrive early. The fast passes for T Express take you up a path which I believe is mainly used for the operators to get to the station and will bring you right into the station so you'll be on the next train, the safari rides we used in the past have a seperate entrance where you will merge but is still a very small wait. http://www.everland.com/web/multi/english/everland/everland_guide/news/1210136_10988.html http://www.everland.com/web/multi/english/everland/everland_guide/news/1210138_10988.html

I was watching Hook the other day as well with my students , although I can see people are already posting about it on the dead celebrities thread: http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51312&start=1270 I finally saw a 4Dx movie here in Korea, I saw How To Train Your Dragon 2, I'm glad I experienced one since they seem unique to Korea for now, but I'm not sure i'll see another one in 4d. In a theme park it's fine but for a long movie it was basically slightly tilting seats and a wind machine which was more distracting than anything and one or two times I felt the wind machine drowned out dialogue and music. I'm not a tall guy by any means but my knees got a whack or two during the movie when the seats in front tilted back. The cinema also boosted SoundX which i'm not quite sure what it is but there were a lot of speakers, maybe to compensate for the wind machine.