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Dropkick Murphys are putting on a St. Patrick's Day concert on YouTube. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

Haha, awesome. This is their one chance, isn't it?

Oh man, I think this may be the first park to push it back to May. All the other parks who optimistically are posting April opening days may still open in May themselves, though, so it might be better to just come out and say it and not get everyone's hopes up.

Sorry to hear that, Zach. I hope you can get the care you need.

Great pictures of a beautiful park! Fury looks especially fantastic.

Knott's is such a great park. Glad you got there before it closed.

I'm sure lawyers were involved, but it was doctors who drafted pandemic response plans (decades ago). Because testing was minimal, closing everything is the only thing left to do. Exactly. Doctors' advice was ignored, so all the corporations are scrambling to protect themselves.

Oh let's not get this twisted. All of these cancellations are on the advice of accountants and lawyers, not doctors.

^ Yeah, you and me both. I miss the place, but I get the reasons. You don't want to be the place where someone caught it.

Good to know,maybe if they stick to that we will make an overnight trip down to soften the blow of losing Texas a bit! I'll keep an eye on it. Well, there's a good reason I hedged that with "at least for now." SDC is delaying opening day until March 28. https://amp.news-leader.com/amp/5030588002

Greene County, Missouri (Springfield) has one confirmed Covid-19 case, but SDC at least for now is planning to keep its March 17 opening date: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.news-leader.com/amp/5030588002

Well, I've learned a new definition today.

Hey now, I am not ambivalent toward otters. They are cute and awesome.

Are you drunk????? Hey now, that's insulting to those of us who can spell words correctly while drunk.

Oddly enough, nothing is any different at all with Carnival. They didn't have to change a thing.

^ Thank you for translating.

Isn't Maverick a terracoaster? I like the term "giggitycoaster"

630 foot coaster confirmed!!! But seriously, it looks great. Really sells the place.

Awesome!

^ That's a C+ Santa Monica Fascist Steven Miller special! Blocking travel from Europe for a virus that is coming from Asia....my God, how stupid can they be? Don't answer that. I don't want to know.

Looks great!

One more week until Silver Dollar City opens. The off-season is almost over!

Robb, you are such a troll. Congratulations on 10 (or 23) years! I'm very glad you've made this the best place on the web to discuss theme parks.

Yeah, US health Care is stupid. Here's basically how it works: A procedure actually costs $100 to administer, you know, for staff and electricity and all that good stuff. Joe Withinsurance pays $100 and Joe Noinsurance pays $100. Good times. The insurance company gets together with the health care provider and negotiates a contract that says the procedure costs $1,000, but that the insurance company gets a 90% discount and the health care provider will bill insurance $100. The insurance salesperson goes back to the office and celebrates the 90% savings they just negotiated with the health care provider. Joe Withinsurance still pays $100. Joe Noinsurance now gets stuck paying $1,000 because he doesn't "qualify" for the "discount."

^ Seconded. It all looks really good!