John Peck

It's not really a remake, it's a new storyline as it features an adult Rusty. Maybe a mid-life crisis sort of movie?

So it looks like this will have the Walley World scene shot at Six Flags over Georgia as it looks like Goliath in the background as they come through the gate. From the article: http://www.slashfilm.com/new-vacation-movie-photos/ "First ‘Vacation’ Reboot Photos Reveal the Griswolds and Walley World Walley World is officially open in the first two images from the new Vacation movie. The film, which is out July 31, is both a sequel to and a reboot of the original franchise as Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo reprise their roles as the Griswolds and Ed Helms plays their son, Rusty. Now grown, Rusty wants to take his own family (including wife Christina Applegate) on the Walley World vacation he never got as a child. He tries, but as you can imagine, it probably isn’t going to go so smoothly. Or is it? As the moose out front probably told you, in the first official photos, you not only see the full Griswold family you get a look at Walley World. A Walley World that’s apparently open this time around. See the new Vacation movie photos below. Also, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the most crucial member of the family in that photo: The green station wagon. It seems this Vacation movie is really going for the nostalgic references, as well as the modern laughs. Hopefully we’ll see a trailer soon. Vacation is out July 31. It’s written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Horrible Bosses, The Incredible Burt Wondersone) and stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Beverly D’Angelo, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Chris Hemsworth and Chevy Chase. Here’s the official plot description: The next generation of Griswolds is at it again—and on the road for another ill-fated adventure. Following in his father’s footsteps and hoping for some much-needed family bonding, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprises his wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate), and their two sons with a cross-country trip back to America’s “favorite family fun park,” Walley World."

Looks like Inverted or Wing Rider (Canada's Wonderland?) track from the way the ties are curved, but it's hard to tell so far away.

Thanks, John. Your story is equally harrowing. Thanks, Paula!

Aw, Paula! Glad you gave it a go! Sorry about your first (Allen Herchell) Helicopter ride. I have a similar story: Our local carnival always brought many rides, and I did the kiddie ones with no trouble. I stayed away from many of the "big kids" rides. So one year, when I was 7 or 8, they brought for the first time a Allen Herchell Helicopter. I was looking forward to it, as I rode all sort of rides in the kiddie areas by then. I was the first in line, my parents behind me. The ride operator came to the gate, and proceeded to remove the safety chain (yes, they used chains then to keep people out of the live ride area). My parents yelled "go! go!" so I would get the best car. The ride opt yelled at me "stop!" I was horrified—and cried and cried. My parents pushed (not physically) me to go on in once he was letting people in, so with tears in my eyes I found a "helicopter" car to ride in and sat in my seat, still wet with tears. Calming down, the ride eventually started, so I pulled back on my bar, because I could read the instructions stickered onto the inside of my mighty helicopter. Nothing. Trying again... nothing. All the other "copters" were soaring by now, and I was still on the ground. My parents kept yelling at me to "Pull back the bar! Pull back the bar" and I could only just sit there embarrassed. The ride cycle would eventually end, and I would have stayed on the "ground" the whole time, picking the only broken tub on the ride. I wouldn't ride it anymore that day. I would eventually try the ride again and soar to amazing 12 foot heights, but that first ride really put a damper on my start to the carnival.

The Zamperla version:

^ Yeah, I think that Ouimet was referring to the two other B&M stand-ups when they were talking about converting Mantis. I can't find the exact quote, but it's out there somewhere. I just think most stand-up rides suffer the same fate: People will ride them once and move on. Plus, capacity really suffers.

Cool that you got to ride the Eyerly Loop O Plane. Those are great old-school rides. In your future travels, you want to find the Chalmers gas engine ones—those have a pretty intense "Kick" and sound to them (like a lawnmower engine). La Feria used to have a Sky Wheel as well, but it looks to have been removed.

Tough question. I think where I would start, is to go to Amazon and find movie scores from Paramount movies prior to 2006 and click on the sample tracks. I know Kings Island would play selections from Titanic, Mission Impossible and the Star Trek movies at their height of popularity, so you can start there. Here is a list of Paramount films from wikapedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Paramount_Pictures_films

^ Thanks for the confirm. I thought it was odd when i heard it, but wanted to pass it on.

I'm sure the Cedar Fair execs have made another trip up to Great America to try out Goliath. When Bill Koch was running Holiday World, he would take Pat and their whole caravan of kids around the country to amusement parks to get ideas. Now that the kids are grown up, they do the same.

From what I heard, they put the Diamondback crew on Banshee last year because they were the fastest crew in the park. Not sure how much truth there is to that.

It doesn't make sense to spend the money installing a ride into the ground (Park Mount) when you are just going to move it, when you could have installed it above ground. Yes, I understand, but it would make sense to buy a "small" ground-mounted ride to place temporarily (2 or 3 years) as the initial cost of the ride is less. Parks move stuff as they grow.

If you are talking about the Mad Hatter (Zamperla midi Tea Cup), it's a Permanent Mounted Model, like Lagoon's and Hershey Park's. Yes. That one. Notice it in the overhead shot: the Mad Hatter (left side) seems to sit on a very large ride pad (the old Dodgems pad), and I've got to wonder if it may move again some time in the future as they begin filling the park back in. I think the train tracks are going where the car ride was, near the Breakdance on the right:

I bought two pairs of glasses last time I got mine, and I use one of those pairs at the parks—in case I lose them. I use a strap, and I tighten them when i get on a ride and so far, no problems, though I will push my finger to the bridge if I feel the ride is really aggressive (Maverick).

Yeah, that would be a little thing we call "rust". If they are moving the kiddie train to the kiddie area (from near Bluebeards), does that me the train site is going to be home to something else? The kiddie Tea Cups also have an enormously large ride pad (old bumper cars size I think), so i wonder how long they will sit there before they are moved.

^ one of the coasters they showed is actually KI's Vortex.

Thank you for the description of Sea Dragon. That catalog name is actually a Mack "Sea Storm", and Mack also built the ride "Tradewind" (the Muzik Express). Carowinds has a Sea Storm (as someone referenced to), and that ride was relocated from Canada's Wonderland. Darien Lake had one which was removed and Marineland has one still as well called "Hurricane Cove"

That was an Eli Bridge Cycloid and the only one ever built. Not sure if Bates still owns it or not.

Could you guys tell me what the Sea Dragon was? I looked up the Gauntlet—that was a pretty crazy ride, it looked like a Mondial Supernova.

Wow... they are very lucky. This could have been very bad.

I know the Crazy mouse is owned by Amusements of America. Not sure why it didn't show up last year. Not sure if the Galaxy coaster was owned by Amusements of America, but if it was, and named "Avalanche", then that would have been the one they sold. Avalanche would have been owned by Geauga Lake and then Holiday World in its life. The Indoor park used to much larger as previously stated, but I don't think it was ever at the point where it took up the entire IX Center, but I would say about 2/3 of it. I went the first few years as a kid and it was simply amazing, mostly because I hadn't seen many of the rides before. (Some rides they had in the past: Falling Star, Scrambler, Spider, Sea Dragon, Typhoon/Orbiter, Blackout/Force 10) I missed a few other seasons, went in 1996 when they debuted this interesting "new" ride called "The Chaos" and I think again in 1998 when they debuted the "Inverter". I think the last time I went was in 2000.

I haven't gone for a very long time, but It has a great selection of rides, mostly supplied by Bates Amusements of Wintersville, Ohio. The Chance giant wheel that goes through the roof is a permanent ride, and it operates when the IX Center holds events during the year. One main reason i stopped going was the fact that it got so loud and the rides tend to kick up some dust, so my allergies take a wallop. I guess I'm getting old.

The park is streamlining itself for what i think would be an expected attendance jump in the future. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a massive new coaster in 2017 or 2018 like that of Fury325. Diamondback and Banshee are so popular, I would really think they would go with B&M again.