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O'Rourke isn't just demolition as seen on their web page: STRUCTURAL DEMOLITION SELECTIVE DEMOLITION INTERIOR DEMOLITION IMPLOSION DECONSTRUCTION / DISMANTLEMENT INVESTMENT RECOVERY / DECOMMISSIONING HISTORICAL PRESERVATION / SALVAGE ENVIRONNMENTAL SERVICES WASTE MANAGEMENT / RECYCLING / LEED EXCAVATION / SITE WORK CONCRETE CRUSHING OTHER SITE SERVICES EMERGENCY RESPONSE Given the number of projects they support, they are able to continue a viable business.

For an enthusiast perhaps not, from a business perspective, it is completely practical. Any contractor cannot be shoe-horned into a single aspect of construction. There just is not enough business to support it.

There is a Viagra joke in here somewhere......

Vortex's removal is part of the long term plan for KI. This can be confirmed with knowing the same firm that is assembling Orion will be disassembling Vortex.

So it wasn't a great ride?

Have any examples?

Many comments surrounding DT @ CP were along the lines of: "man that ride sucks! The building is ugly too!" But when the queue line was used primarily for HH: "That is a good haunt."

If the ride is great on the inside, nobody will care what the building looks like on the outside.

Knights Inn is very inexpensive- but don't expect too much, you get what you pay for.

There are so many variables, I would assume there would be data that is needed to be crunched such as: Time chain lift motor is running/ amount of train cycles (train weight)/ amount of passengers (additional weight). I also assume that the chain slack would be checked periodically and once x-links are removed due to stretching the chain is replaced. I'm sure I oversimplified the process, but you get the idea.

Good business practice, especially concerning publicly traded companies, is to listen to all offers. But it doesn't mean it's going to happen. It's interesting that this news would be leaked. Or was it leaked with an ulterior motive for public/ customer backlash to squash it?? Easier to say no to a deal if most are not behind it......

SFKIcentral?

Interpreter's post from 2013.

Interesting news. Not sure why either entity would want (or allowed) to acquire each other.

Same complaints are made about Beast, Magnum and even DB due to the shimmying (which still boggles my mind). Younger generation has been "spoiled" by the smoothness of today's technology- and that's not a bad thing, it just is what it is. Rest assured, there is a plan in place- give it about 3 years. Given the terrain, I'm guessing a multi launch coaster, but that is an easy guess. -OR- A complete long shot- they could blow everyone away with a similar layout to the original Bat.

Bad reputation? How so?

This is a bummer. Not totally unexpected, but still a bummer. I can remember when Vortex first opened as Bat's replacement and being pleasantly surprised on how good the ride was. I expect there will be the same surprise in the coming years. There is always a plan.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/carowinds-copperhead-strike-coaster-closed-after-guest-injury/978116773 Changes are being made to the seat backs.

Waldameer in Erie has gone exclusively to card only system for everything. No cash accepted in the park.

Not necessarily a coaster commercial, but one that always had an impact for me as a kid. It meant school was starting soon........

http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/copperhead-strike-at-carowinds-closed-due-to-hand-injury-sunday She had her hand "stuck in the ride"?? Sounds like a seat restraint issue, but the reports are incredibly vague (accuracy also is in question). I guess this is better than having her hand strike the ride while in motion....

The safety stories that always make the hair stand on the back of my neck typically consist of: "I was on x-ride & the kid never check my kid's restraint. It was up all the way up and I put it down just before going down the hill. I haven't been to x-park in years because they are unsafe & I'm never going back. The lines were too long and it was too hot. The cost of getting in is horrible and they charge for parking. The parking lot was full and we got there at noon and had to leave at 6:00pm because I have to work in the morning."

I can remember in 2000 when SoB first opened the issues it had. We drove from Erie PA to KI 3x before finally getting on (only to be incredibly disappointed, but that is another conversation). It's easy to have hindsight, but waiting for more than 30 minutes for a broken down MF was not a good decision. The ride has been around long enough that the bugs have been worked out long ago. The pic you took looks like an indicator light/ proxy switch replacement (possibly the proxy switch indication for the transfer track), which can take some time to tweak in just right. There are likely safety protocols in place for x-cycles needed when a device like this is replaced.

Amusement park accidents have increased as social media has increased. Yeah, it sounds dumb, but think about it. How many videos/ pics have we seen of a coaster being evacuated on the lift hill & have it described as an "accident" in the past decade? Many don't understand that a coaster being evacuated is likely due to the safety measures put into place. Is a car broken down on the side of the road considered an "accident"? There will be amusement park accidents. Trying to explain why it happens to a person/ group of people who are "headline trolls" (my definition of those who only read the headline as fact and refuse to read the actual story then argue that the headline IS the story) is impossible. Then there are many contributing factors: pre-existing injury, ride/ park location (in USA or in 3rd world country), moving carnival or stationary ride etc. Many do not want to hear those things simply because they don't understand them.

Racer was never designed to go backwards & only did so as a one-year promotional stunt due to the various issues with The Bat. That one year promotion turned into a 26 year reign. CF took over & made the change back to how the ride was originally designed. I have a hunch the liability insurance that CF is required to carry had a hand in the decision too. When KI made the move in 1982 we did not live in the litigious World like today. It would be easy for a lawsuit to come up that an "injury" occurred due to the ride being operated in a way that it was not designed for.