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^ Everyone who goes to Darien Lake will love this. Everyone who goes to Darien Lake and posts in this thread will complain for the next year. Sounds perfect.

Great addition. Pendulum rides are dope.

Really surprised by this one. Hope it works out well for y'all. Enjoy your Subway sandwich per month with that savings.

Well, well, well. First Outlaw Run and now Powder Keg. At least Great America's getting their ride ideas from a good source.

Yeah, the fair was cool, but they definitely were relying on Kentucky Kingdom to carry the bulk of the rides offerings. Without it, the midway was pretty small. Most of the photos of rides were taken between 1:30 and 2, so they weren't operating just yet. Fair attendance was pretty good, but not many people went over to the rides. Lines were pretty short all day. I think both of those rides were officially called 1001 Nachts. I tend to call that ride type Ali Baba because that's what the first one of those I rode was called. Fun rides. Dude, I freaking died! Nice TR. KK closed = Beer Man and lobster carbs. Nice recovery! Thanks! Figured you'd get a kick out of that one. if you make him say "MUIBRETTY" he has to go back to the 5th dimension. He told me once back in Knott's, WCB 2016. But I can't repeat it, or he'll kill me. Hahahaha. ih-TUR-bee-yum. It's an unusually stable radioactive element found primarily in Sweden and first discovered in the legendary Ytterby mine, which is the place where the greatest number of new elements have been discovered. I've always been fascinated with it, because I'm a nerd. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterbium

Cool, makes a lot of sense to replace Highland Fling with the new version of that same ride. Hopefully we get that waterslide running next year too.

Looks good to me. This is a very appropriate upgrade for this park.

QFT. Pretty much exactly what I was thinking. This, Hang Time, GotG, and Star Wars Land...should be a fun time. Glad Magic Mountain is sprucing up that area. When I was there in '16, I thought it was a bit empty. I went there for Apocalypse, which I thought was fun, but afterward never really felt any need to go to that area again. This should definitely help.

I would love it if Nathan's were to sponsor this ride and it has hot dog shaped boats. It would be the best flume ever.

^^ OMG, this is too good. This thread is a f*cking train wreck. A train carrying propane and lighters.

Awesome! This event really does look great every year. This one was extra scary, though. That horse looked hungry.

After a recent Ohio/Pennsylvania trip, no changes. Rode some good coasters, but Millennium Force still is the best in Ohio, and Phoenix is the king of Pennsylvania. Arkansas - X-Coaster California - Ghostrider Georgia - Cannon Ball Illinois - Goliath Indiana - Voyage Iowa - Monster Kentucky - Lightning Run Michigan - Shivering Timbers Minnesota - SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge Missouri - Outlaw Run New Jersey - El Toro New Mexico - New Mexico Rattler Ohio - Millennium Force Oklahoma - Silver Bullet Pennsylvania - Phoenix Tennessee - Mystery Mine Texas - Superman Krypton Coaster Wisconsin - Meteor

Yinz Ready for This? August 2018 Day 1: Driving at Night/State Fair I was driving at night in the cool of the night, getting ever farther from home. Soon it would be light, shining ever so bright, shining on the capitol dome. Which means I was practically there at the Kentucky Fair! Haven’t had this feeling all year! It was just past the bend, past the very next bend, yes the very last bend! I got the old jalopy in gear. I’m here! I’m here! I’m here! I’m here! I’m here! This was my first trip to the Kentucky State Fair, and I’ll bet dollars to donuts it’s the best state fair in this state. It was huge! I had been to Kentucky Kingdom a couple of years ago, but since the time I could get off work just happened to coincide with the fair dates, I decided to make it happen. I was not disappointed in the fair itself, and it served as a great first day to a fantastic road trip, with some new parks, some old favourites, and some good times seeing the sights in between park days. It's like Comic-Con, if the only superhero were Super Belt Buckle Man! Ham judges...er...judging...ham. The fair is basically in a convention center. There's a whole Kingdom outside. Noted for later. Oh man, I love these cakes. Yeah, and all of this too. Winner! Literally. This won. Of course it did, look at it! Oh, Kentucky. At the Fair you can learn all about beef production... ...and then experience the results. Fair food! WATCH THE TRACTOR-TRAM PLEASE! Hahahahahahaha...Butt. Poutine! Warning: Animals ahead! Hahahahahahaha...Cream. Aw, goats. What the f*ck, Kentucky? Some good looking veggies over here. Hahahahahahaha...Melons. Oh yeah, they all surely were! It was LOUD in there. The cow barn was great. There wasn't anything separating you from the cows, but they were all docile and of course no one touched. This isn't a petting zoo. Okay, I guess y'all want to see some rides too. When I come to Kentucky, I expect to see a four wheeler next to something casually racist. This hit the spot. Best fair coaster ever. Holy crap, TWO casually racist coasters? Kentucky has outdone themselves. I Rode a few things at the fair, not any of the coasters, as they were all for children, but they had some good flats, including two Ali Babas, two Claws, and two Himalayas. In fact, they had two of almost all the flats, which made for some short lines. Just before 4, I headed over to Kentucky Kingdom, and pulled up their website to do some last minute planning. And they were closed for weather. Now, it had stopped raining about 1:30 that afternoon, no other storms in the forecast. Kentucky Kingdom was scheduled to be open 4-9, so they totally had time to get it all ready, but they chose to close the park for the whole day. Disappointing, but I get it. There probably wouldn't have been too many people in the park that day, so they likely would have lost money. But it didn't have anything to do with weather, that was for sure. Denied. What to do with the extra time? Hmm...this'll do nicely, I think. Yep, this'll do. And is this a food truck I see? Nothing gets over the disappointment of a closed theme park quite like lobster rolls, beer, and bourbon. The local news was filming as well. And while I'm here, why not take in a show? The acrobats were pretty great. So a slightly disappointing first day of the trip, but nevertheless I made my own fun. Rain would threaten for most of this trip, which would make for an amazing time, starting the very next day at Kings Island.

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Oh man, that was good. I swear this TR was dropping acid the way it got all loopy by the end. Glad you got to ride what you did at Kennywood, but wish you could have experienced the whole park. It really is great, especially with the VIP wristband.

What about dueling churro carts so there's actually two lines for churros at the same time?

Welcome! You're really getting to see American culture there. We are for the most part self-entitled and inconsiderate of others, and that trait comes out worst at theme parks.

I don't think that was consistent all day. It was 45 when Phil and I went Friday evening. Tonight it was 20-30 minutes.

I don't think so... I mean, I'm really clueless about this stuff. But I did have a friend help me retrieve this info: Sweet! Actually you do have a dedicated graphics card, and that's great. It's just that the one you have isn't very good. It's entry level and fine for most things. But good news for you is that upgrading is fairly cheap and easy. That GTX 1060 referenced above is a good card and should help out a lot. You can ask the store to install it for you, or your friend who got the specs screenshot may have enough experience to swap it out too.

Oh god that's even worse.

Outlaw Run!

You're welcome! Hahahahahahaha!

Look fantastic. 40 cent beer! Looks like they're finally getting back to their AB roots.

What an absoultely awful video. Any guest who goes around "bothering" employees asking about a new ride should be removed from the park and have their annual pass taken away. Those employees are there to DO THEIR JOB not answer your stupid questions because you want to get more hits on a poorly produced YouTube video 5 days before the official announcement. And holy shit, is this the kind of theme park video people want these days??? A totally uninformed person yammering about on a subject they clearly know NOTHING about while looking at shaky cam pictures of dirt and trash cans???? I mean, I can go do that in my neighborhood since we still have several houses under construction here and I can go film their concrete pads and construction dumpsters while I just sit and make up "facts" about theme parks or new rides that I know nothing about. Wow, that was 4 minutes I'll never get back and I can't believe I made it that far into the video! This is why I love your site.

That guy is not smoking the good stuff.