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Best cake ever!

is he really? Yes. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Phil, keep in mind that Morey family owns some of the hotel properties. https://www.moreyspiers.com/stay/resorts

Three new rides and you bring me two ride signs. We need a new Texas correspondent!

Please use this thread

David and John, thanks. I used added a couple of your photos

It is a recreation of the famed Booby Trap in Orlando, Florida. https://www.google.com/search?q=florida+orlando+booby+trap&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrxK6ZgMzMAhWC0RoKHdfDAl0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1366&bih=628

Feel free to use this existing thread. The moderating team at TPR creates discussion thread for parks, when necessary. themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71758

Seriously, no one asked yet! Will the park have a woodie?

And all you have done is validate Robb's assessment of your thinking.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2016/05/02/playland-amended-contract/83596396/ A decision has finally been made about the leadership of Rye Playland. Standard Amusement's agreement has been extended another 30 years. Westchester County will chip in $32 million for improvements (cosmetic to the buildings and ride restoration). Standard Amusement will invest $27.5 million in the park over the next 30 years. Th article is included below Standard Amusements will run Playland, county to invest $32M Mark Lungariello, mlungariel@lohud.com 12:53 a.m. EDT May 3, 2016 WHITE PLAINS – The Dragon Coaster got a new pet-sitter late Monday night. Westchester County lawmakers voted 13-4 to give the keys to Playland to a management company called Standard Amusements, a hedgefund-backed group headed by Harrison native Nicholas Singer. The move ends a six-year process to find a private-sector manager to take over day-to-day operations of the financially-strapped county-owned park. The county, which will maintain ownership, is also expected to chip in $32 million to restore the park's deteriorating Art Deco infrastructure through projects including a repaving of the parking lot and restoration of some historical rides. "I believe with this vote, Playland amusement park’s future is ensured for generations to come," Board of Legislators Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, a Democrat who heads a bipartisan coalition, said. Standard agrees to invest an additional $27.5 million of its own money in the deal, which runs for 30 years. Under the terms of the agreement, Standard pays Westchester escalating annual payments starting at $300,000. After the company recoups its initial investment, Westchester gets 8 percent of net income generated at the park. Westchester’s cut increases to 10 percent after the first 10 years of the deal and increases to 12 percent in years 21-30. Legislator Catherine Borgia was one of four Democrats who voted against the contract, but were expected to vote in favor of the county's investment as landlords. "At this time, I do not believe the county has represented its taxpayers as well as Standard has represented its investors," she said. The county first reached a deal with Standard last June, but negotiations continued to amend some contract terms and to include an obligation that Westchester invest in infrastructure repairs there. The original price tag for those repairs was $58 million, which led some lawmakers to express sticker shock and threatened to sink the deal. More negotiating took place to reduce the county’s obligation by more than $20 million by scaling back some of the projects and deferring some work including restoration of the colonnades there. The effort to privatize the park goes back to 2010, when County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, came into office and sought bids for the park which suffered from a pattern of financial losses and declining attendance. Standard bid on the work, but finished as runner-up behind a nonprofit group called Sustainable Playland, which formed specifically to run the park but backed out in 2014. Steve Vasko, a member of the group Save Playland, had opposed the Sustainable plan but said he favored Standard as the manager. Vasko, in a recent interview, said one of the appealing aspects was the company’s ability to make an upfront investment in the park. “I say we move it ahead and we should be moving wholeheartedly,” he said. Under the terms of the contract, Standard has the sole discretion on whom it hires. The deal also gives the company the option of contracting full-time county employees to work at Playland on annual basis. If Standard utilizes the employees, it agrees to reimburse Westchester 100 percent of salary costs and 30 percent of the benefits owed to them. If the company keeps the employees on for two years, it agrees to pay 100 percent of the benefits. The president of the Civil Service Employees Association Unit 9200, which has 25 members working at Playland, said he met with lawmakers to ask that they add another layer of protection for workers so that they could remain union members and have their time on the job counted toward their public-sector pensions. President Kwabena Manu said prior to the vote he was disappointed with the agreement. “It’s just baloney,” Manu said. Although the long-term fate of Playland seems to be sealed, one aspect of the plan remains floating in uncertainty: whether the Playland pool will be replaced with a water-view dining vista. The company had originally suggested filling the Playland pool, but that plan saw pushback from some residents and Legislator Jim Maisano, a Republican who said removing the pool would be a dealbreaker. The company has since said it would leave it up to the county whether or not to remove the pool, but repairing rather than replacing it could inflate the cost to Westchester from $4 million to more than $10 million. Lawmakers will decide what to do with the pool within three months after the vote tonight. Playland opens for the season on Saturday.

On multiple occasions. a thread like this was started and as a moderating team we merged each one into this thread.

My advice. Buy season passes and convince those friends to return with you to the park for two days during Smoky Mountain Christmas.

As rides open (or old rides close) please let me know so I can update our database in the Park Index.

Thanks for posting those pictures from the event. I put some in the Park Index

^Depends in the program (at least I think they can be programmed to run different cycles) and how the cars are loaded. I rode this model at 4 or 5 parks last summer and every time I was in an unbalanced car. At each park I got somewhere between 8-10 cycles and on all but one ride was the spinning was constant after the 2nd or 3rd lap. They are fun little coasters.

To me it all depends on the volume of people who use the app. If you don't have a broad number of people using the app, having the push notification is nice. But until you reach critical mass on usage it is not necessary.

Thanks for the heads up, when they used to serve the Tri Tip sandwich at Macho Nacho it was very good. I was planning to get it next time at the park since it is new at Best of the West this year, but now I'm not so sure.

Bill - I think I only put in the words year and haunt I do regret not paying the upcharge for Playland's haunted walk through when I visited during the PNE a few years ago. If I get time, I'll try to list all the European Park haunted walk-throughs that I know of and maybe some locals can confirm if they still operate.

http://www.ranker.com/list/how-to-beat-carnival-games/robert-desalvo?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pd&utm_campaign=Dogs_Netflix_Desktop_3&asid=6050711847106 Something semi-useful (or at least interesting) pushed to me as a sponsored link on Facebook

It will be less crowded tomorrow.

The Ghost Ship at Morey Piers, also. Beyond that I can't recall any in the United States with scare actors. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe Frankenstein's Castle at Indiana Beach has scare actors. Some smaller parks have haunted houses (Little A-Merrick-A, York's Kingdom) but they are just in the dark walk thru without actors. As some have mentioned they are still quite popular in Europe and ever park in China seemed to have one. My favorite was the Ghost Ship Gothenburg at Chuanlord Holiday Manor

The jungle room, I hope that is what has completely changed

Atlantic City approves tax abatement for Polercoaster http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/city-council-approves-tax-abatement-for-polercoaster/article_d4e13704-0765-11e6-9067-6fa8b4a255ab.html City Council approves tax abatement for Polercoaster Thursday, April 21, 2016 10:00 am John DeRosier, Staff Writer The Atlantic City Council meeting had a bit of a different feel to it Wednesday night. There was no talk of dissolving the MUA and very little of the political struggle between Gov. Chris Christie, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Atlantic City officials over whether the state should come in and take control of the city’s assets. Instead, the council approved measures that could change a small part of the landscape of Atlantic City. The construction of the much-anticipated Polercoaster took another step forward at the meeting after the council approved a tax abatement, or incentive, to move the project forward. Once completed, the Polercoaster will stand 350 feet tall and take up about an acre of land. It will be located by the Boardwalk, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Mount Vernon and Kentucky avenues. “The Polercoaster is a one of a kind amusement ride,” Council President Marty Small said. “These guys are ready to get things started to bring a much needed family fun entertainment destination to Atlantic City. It’s something to be excited about.” The council also approved a resolution allowing the planning board to prepare a redevelopment plan for the area around Metropolitan Ave, Pacific Ave. and the boardwalk. That plan will come back before the council after the planning board completes it. Additionally, the council adopted a temporary budget. The full budget, however, cannot be completed until the state passes its budget. “The budget is a process,” Small said. “We don’t know how much transitional aid we’re going to get, so it’s not a whole picture as of yet due to the dynamics with the state. Hopefully we’re moving toward a better situation to know where we are.”

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