LongLiveTheSmurfRide

Wow, can I be your 29 year old son? I want to go to the Magic Kingdom so bad. Haven't been there since '94. Hopefully when my fiance and I get hitched, I'll talk her into stopping by there on the honeymoon.

Yeah, that first page is pretty sweet. The rest is alright. But I'm just saying, the other two CF sites are much better than http://www.visitkingsisland.com/special/haunt/index.html

Nice detailed report. Voyage rocks, right? I love that coaster. It like never lets up and seems to get faster near the end. By the way, I don't think there's anything you can do to their eagles to get good snapping. I've gone there 4 times and always try, but they're either too slow, or the cables are too spaced out or something. If you go to http://www.flyeraddicts.com/ they rate different flying scooters. The ones formerly located at KI rate a 5 out of 5 where the HW ones rate 2 and a half, if that tells you anything.

I was thinking the same thing. Both sites are pretty sweet.

Yeah, the route rocked.

I'll only be nervous that it might break down while I'm waiting in a 3 hour line.

If the rice looked like maggots, I wouldn't eat it either. I'm not saying Dead Awakening was horrible. It had its moments, but they made some horrible decisions that hopefully they'll rectify this year. I just don't think it warrants all the hype some people give it. But it is just my opinion. I'd never say someone was wrong for liking it.

I think, based on this pic, it's Intamin. If you look down in the lower right corner.

Same reason boy band concerts were so popular. Popularity is not an accurate measure of quality.

I SO agree. When visiting Halloweekends at CP last year, I thought that the scare zones were the best part. Total fog and you couldn't see the people until they were almost in your face. And the best part is that you don't have to wait in line everyone just walks through. Word. I've been to CP's Halloweekends for 5 straight years and the scare zones have always been the best part. I thought last year's Halloween Haunt scare zones were going to emulate those, until I got in line.

I hope they make the scare zones more like the ones at Cedar Point where you just walk through while people scare you. That would be tough with ones like Worksite and Cemetery where they have stuff in the paths that people could run into, but they could leave the theming to the sides and have lots of fog and lots of scares with little wait.

The Beast - Main Title and First Victim (John Williams - Jaws) Vortex - Anvil of Crom (Basil Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian soundtrack) Son of Beast - Vespertilio (James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer - Batman Begins) The Crypt - The Temple of Doom (John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) The Racer - Finale (Danny Elfman - Pee Wee's Big Adventure) Adventure Express - The Feeling Begins (Peter Gabriel - The Last Temptation of Christ) Flight of Fear - Main Titles (Vangelis - Blade Runner) Invertigo - Futile Escape (James Horner - Aliens) Flight Deck - Top Gun Anthem (Harold Faltermeyer;Steve Stevens - Top Gun) Drop Tower - All Systems Go (James Horner - Apollo 13)

What is this? A coaster for ants??? It needs to be, at least 3 times this size! That cracked me up.

Not that I plan on posting every time the crane moves, but if someone is that excited and wants to discuss what's happening in real time; I don't see what the big deal is or why they should be criticized. If you don't want to read through all of it, just make a note that this thread is not for you and don't open it.

You have to go to where you set up your background. Hit "customize desktop." Hit the "web" tab Hit "new" Put the URL in the "location" field When it finishes loading, hit OK then hit Apply on the desktop part again. It will show up as a small window on your desktop. Put your mouse near the top of the new window and hit the little down arrow on the left. There you can select to "cover desktop" for the full screen effect.

It'll be my 30th birthday next July too, so I'll be celebrating with my favorite ride at the park.

I love the Force. Every hill on that ride has airtime. The only one that seems to be ejector-type air is the little bunny hop near the end. Not sure if you rode on a cold or windy day and it just coasted over the hills, but I've ridden it around 10 times over the years and I've always had brilliant airtime on it.

Wood: Voyage Steel: Millenium Force Flat: Eagles

Hah....please! I'm with you there. If it was the best show ever at KI then the standards have really gone down. The idea was kind of cool, though a little confusing. But whoever selected the music really bombed it. If you're going to have a dark show, play dark music. If you're going to have a story, play music that goes with the story. Don't just throw in contemporary pop hits like "Rehab" because they're popular at the time. Once they sang that, I was totally out of it. I saw a small stage show of A Christmas Carol in Cincinnati a couple years back and they used current music to push the show and it worked because they sang songs that fit the mood and the story. They didn't just throw music out there because the audience might recognize the song. If Dead Awakening could pick better songs or, god forbid, create some original music; it might be worth all the hype it got.

I was just down in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg for my brother's wedding but didn't get to Dollywood. I haven't been there since the early 90's and can't wait to go again. I've heard mixed reviews about Mystery Mine, so I hope I like it when I finally get to ride.

I've never had Krystal, but hate White Castle. When I was a kid, my dad used to threaten us that if we weren't good, we were having White Castle for dinner. If you want a REALLY good little burger, go downtown Miamisburg to the Hamburger Wagon. It's just a wagon on the sidewalk that sells these little burgers with onion, pickle, salt and pepper and they're amazing. You know you're in for something good because there is always a line for these suckers. Thankfully they just closed the White Castle here in Kettering.

I lined up with all the others last year for Club Blood because it was new. I don't think I'll hit it this year. Like it was said before, it wasn't even remotely scary. I didn't even think it was all that "sexy" either. Just confusing. It went from like a club to a hospital with a pregnant vampire? I didn't get it, and neither did the folks we were with. I think it was hyped up too much.

They should do Skyline coneys.

I'm interested in the 2009 pass +1 (didn't get a pass this year because I bought my first house), but it doesn't give the price or what it costs to upgrade to gold.

^Me too about the train. I refuse to call The Beastie by that other name.