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This is just awful, I hope they can reattach the girls feet sucessefully. Hopefully after extensive phyiscal and mental therapy she can get back to a somewhat normal life. I worked Hellavator for 4 yrs, and I always feared a accident of some type could occur and prayed it never would. The only way I could see a cable causing this was as the catch wagons were pulling the car up it snapped and whipped back down in a flash and caught her legs. The cables are not attached to the cars so it wouldn't have traveled down with her. it SHOULD have stayed attached to the catch wagons. The local news just came on and reported the girl was 13, and as the car reached the top " a cable" snapped dropping the car. " Eye Witnesses" say when the car came to a stop, the girl was just sitting there in shock and wasn't bleeding much. The news reported that the girl was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. " While the surgery is a difficult one with all the advances it has a very good sucess rate. Kentucky Kingdom has not released a " offical" statement, but says after an investigation they would tell the public what happened.

By the way, the "security" guard incident upset me, but I chalked it up as a teenage boy with " authority, and a look at me I'm a security guard" attitude and shouldn't hold it against him because he couldn't count. As far as the "pot " thing, I had nothing to hide, I don't smoke the #hit, so I let him "sniff" my car.

I'm not saying the whole day was bad, I did have a good time for the most part, but I did experience several things that put a damper on my day, "it was a sunny day afterall" , lol ! I did encounter mostly friendly and efficient employees, but I did come across several that was very bad at their jobs. I worked for Opryland 2 seasons and SFKK for 5 seasons, and one of the main things at both parks was paying attention to your area and surroundings, and several wasn't. The incident that up-set me the most was the young girl walking around the park with her " $ipple" hanging out. I didn't have any young children with me but if I had I certaintly wouldn't want them to see that, and several I walked past, walked past her and didn't say a word. If they were paying attention, like they should be, they would have asked her to cover up. I'm not saying I won't go back, because, like I said we did have a good time for a good part of the day. A few of the rides need some work and some re-programming. " Tomb Raider" hangs you upside down for to long of a period at times, gave me a headache and the "Beast" needs some major help, IMO.

Sorry Rob, and everyone else who tried to read that, I made some corrections.

So me and a couple of friends decided to go to KI for the day. I hadn't been since they added Delirium and wanted to check out the new additions. The day started out bad before I got out of my car. I had just pulled in to my parking spot and rolled up my windows and was getting things together before I went in when a twinkie little security guard on a bike approached my car. He asked me to roll my window down, I did, he than asked why I was sitting in my car with the windows up. We told him we had just pulled in and was getting ready to go in, he than rode off. So we got out of the car and started walking towards the gate, he came back and asked me if he could "sniff" the inside of my car, OK but why, said he had received a complaint about TWO people sitting in a car smoking pot, "Two people there was THREE of us". So I unlocked the doors he proceeded to "sniff" and check my ashtray and look around, told me it was OK and to have a good day. Started walking to the front gate and he followed us to the gate, buy the time we reached the gate he was behind us as well as two more guards in a truck, good way to impress me right off the bat. Bought our tickets and went in, first ride of the day was Face Off, line wasn't too long but took forever to get on because the operator and the front of the line apparently wasn't checking heights because they kept having to unlock the harnesses and recheck heights and refuse rides to kids that were too short, what should have been a 30 minute wait turned into an hour. Next up was the "Racer" which they wasn't racing, wouldn't hold a train for an extra minute to race, then we rode Adventure Express, and express was the word, didn't even give me and my buddy time to get on with our other friend. The seat we were going to sit in, the two girls restraints wouldn't open, mind you there was SEVEN employees up there and not 1 noticed these two girls hollering they wanted off til they came along in "Express mode" checking seats. The girls told them they couldn't get out, so they manually unlocked their seats and let them off, I told the operator we was supposed to get in their with our friend and he just looked at me like he didn't care and cleared the ride. Didn't get to ride with my friend. I was getting thirsty so I decided to get a bottle of water, which was 3.65, took at least 10 minutes after I ordered because the attendant was to busy talking to her girlfriend about her boyfriend. Went to ride IJST, because it was new since I was there last, only waited about 15 minutes to get to the front of the line. Operator asked how many in my group told him 3 he asked us to step to the side and proceeded to let at least 10 people to go ahead and board ahead of us, he didn't know how to group apparently. After about 5 hours in the park I was through and decided to leave. From the start of my day I felt like I had been "flagged" to make my visit the worst I have ever had at a park, felt like I was being watched the whole time. The employees are not friendly, like to talk to much and don't pay attention to the guest in their park. I say that because as I was walking down through Coney Mall, I noticed a young girl walking down through their in her bikini top with one of her *ipples hanging right out there for everyone to see, while employee after employee passed her and didn't say a word. They had to have noticed, like me, because it was just "out there" like a target. I have to say I wasn't impressed with the park at all. Sent an e-mail to Cedar Fair about my visit to let them know about my visit and how horrible their employees are. Side note- The beast has really went down hill, the helix at the end was like being drug down a gravel road behind a pick-up, I actually cracked a rib from all the bouncing and beating it does now.

Great PTR, love HW, like to see pics of the whole park and not just the coasters.I only live 10 minutes from Six Flags KY Kingdom, but will drive an hour to go to Holiday World. HW is a better park with all the freebies, better food (much cheaper), better rides and much cleaner than SFKK. The Voyage is off the hook, fast paced and exciting. Glad you liked our little park in southern IN.

Really great pics of Maverick, so did the storm last very long? Can't wait til July 16 & 17

I would say HW, it's cheaper to get in, free parking, and free drinks. If . your going in July you might appreciate the free drinks " Gatorade" plus if you have the time Louisville is only 1 hour away and there's SFKK and the Louisville Zoo, we have a baby Elephant now, he's 3 months old. Whichever you choose I hope it's a great vacation for you and your family.

We shall soon find out, replacement track arrived on site late last night, in the process on placing it today

Glad you enjoyed your first trip to CP, it's the type of park if you want rides you have them, more than any other park, if you want theming you don't, except Frontier Trail which is so relaxing and beautiful. So was you not allowed to swim in the lake period, or is it just to early in the season. I always go in July and the beach is packed.

I have only been on two, King Cobra and Chang, could have ridden Mantis, but didn't because Chang is bigger. Would have to say Chang for now til I ride another...

Great PTR,really good pics, love Holiday World, would rather drive 50 minutes to get to Holiday world verses 10 min to SFKK.

Good PTR did mr Kinzel say anything about Maverick? Going July 16 + 17 can't wait

My home park is SFKK only 5 miles away, but it's not my favorite. My favorite park is Cedar Point

Really good PTR, gave me a good idea of what the park looks like now. I haven't been to Beech Bend since it closed in 84, I spent every summer there from 71-84, my dad played music on a floating stage in the park, we would go down on Fri afternoon and camp til Sunday. I really miss the old Beech Bend, but the new looks nice too.

I know when I worked at KK and Opryland we had interns from other countries, most of which was college related. Do you have any links to working at a park in the U.S or are you just wondering how to get a job at a park in the U.S?

The main thing to remember is do and treat everything as when you are a guest. Do your job throughly, checking heights, checking the restraints and interacting with the guests. I worked at Six Flags KK for 5 seasons and Opryland for two seasons and I noticed fellow employees who did things that would have made me feel unsafe as a guest. Their safety is in your hands, by checking restraints, talking to guests to insure them that the ride is safe, and not goofing off will make your guests feel more comfortable. Take your job seriously, you will have countless lives in your hands, its not just the rides design to make sure they are safe but yours also. If a child is too short for a coaster don't let them ride, the ride restrictions are for the guests safety. Explain to the guest if they don't fit the requirements its for their own safety and you want them to have a good day.