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^^ "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

Now there's an idea for the old building. Put the Scrambler inside the Galaxy Theater, add lights, pulsating dance music and fog and you'd have a new attraction - the "Technodome". That would be ironic, since Seabreeze got rid of the same thing (Gyrosphere) a few years ago. By brain still cannot disassociate ELO's 'Fire on High' from that ride.

I don't understand how this could be headlining national news. Local news, sure, but national news!? Directly form NBC's news report: "There were no immediate reports of injuries, Luong said. Knotts Berry Farm is using its own maintenance crew to handle the malfunction. Orange County Fire Authority firefighters were not called to respond to the malfunctioning ride, OCFA Capt. Marc Stone said."

I will pick Marquette to win March Madness!

The wheel that was pictured isn't from WEM's Mindbender, though- as the wheels were intact at the time of the unfortunate accident. In fact, it was the axle/mount that cracked, not the wheel as is a popular urban legend. Excellent job, Eric! R.D. Indeed, that wheel is not from Mindbender. It is from the Jack Rabbit at Seabreeze! (I can't believe I actually remembered that; it has been over a month.)

I would love to see another Mad House installation! I rode the one at SFGadv on the New Hotness trip and loved every minute of it.

I'm going to pick the Houston Astros to win the World Series! I can dream right? Also, my guess for this round is 7 duckies.

That song gets stuck in my head all the time. Troy is the name of the town 20 miles south of here.

^I know; it's getting surreal, especially since I have to move two days before I leave for the trip.

I have to go with 10 duckies as well. That Knoebels report may very well be the the best PTR Big Mike has ever made. I'm so excited that I will be there in just over a week!

^ The original trains, I meant.

Son of Beast!

Sad day! I don't have cable, so I went over to a neighbor's to watch. Travel Channel is 72 in our area, but standard cable only goes up to 70. Also, the Travel Channel is one of the few channels I know that will not post full episodes online. I feel like they could make a lot of money in advertising if they did. Anyway, I guess I'll have to be happy with clips.

The Gravity Group already has a launched shuttle coaster designed. They are just waiting for some Chinese park to buy it. Timberliners were designed with launching in mind.

Funny you'd mention that. One of the Seabreeze Waterpark managers used to make someone (or a group of people) sing before we'd open the park for the day. It was usually good for a laugh and started the day on a positive note.

I'm going to guess 9 duckies; all of those higher guesses are worrying me, though.

Schmeck seat for the win! Bruised thighs are just so satisfying. Also, with the way the station is set up, the lines for the front of the train are much shorter than the lines for the back.

^All of Ohio (and some of Indiana) is in the Eastern time zone.

Kings Island put on an incredible event; everything was very well-organized. A special shout out to Savannah, Eva, Cody, and the entire Racer crew. They made riding 95 times that much more enjoyable. I am so impressed with how much money we were able to raise for this amazing charity and hope that our efforts will allow even more kids to experience the awesomeness that is Give Kids the World Village.

In case anyone missed the e-mail from Kings Island: Check-in will take place between 7:15am and 7:45 at the front gate. Guests arriving later than 7:45am will not be able to check in until 10:00am at the Racer. Enter the park through 1 Team Way located off Western Row and park in the VIP parking lot located across from Human Resources. All participants will be given a Coasting for Kids t-shirt which must be worn for identification purposes throughout the event. A group photo will be taken in front of the Racer entrance before the event begins at 8:00am. Photos will be taken from different areas of the ride between 8:00am and 9:00am. Please attempt to keep one train full during this time period. Lunch will be served between 12:00pm and 1:00pm in the International Restaurant. Prizes for the top three (3) fundraisers will be awarded along with the introduction of the Gilkinson family. Ride time on the Blue Racer for the event will end at 5:00pm. A Beast tour will be available for Coasting for Kids participants at 5:30pm. Please be in the ride entrance plaza area at that time if you are interested in taking the tour.

I can confirm. Also, the park was not too crowded today. I was able to ride all of the coasters and at least 5 flat rides before 5pm. I'll be back at the park tomorrow for the Coasting for Kids event. P.S. It's still not too late to donate.

...and done. Thank's for your support. I am still $100 away from my goal if anyone else would like to help me out.

$10 to the page of the next person to donate $5 or more to mine!

Well I was low last week, so I'm going with 8 duckies this week.

I actually like that KI started limiting the station to 2-3 trains worth of guests. It makes it a lot easier to spot the shortest line on rides where position doesn't really matter to me. Also, since people generally gravitate toward the shortest line, prime seats (usually in the back for me) tend to have the same number of people as any other seat, which didn't use to be the case, especially on the Beast. Like you said, on rides with seaters, you can always request a specific seat.