BeastBuzz 2006

Well we had a great time this year and I must say those who missed it missed a great time. There was food, fun, games and the scavenger hunt. Ok so, now it is time to start posting answers to see how we did. Any of the top 3 want to post answers and explainations?

I'd be glad to give the answers I remember, but I don't remember the questions. Did anyone walk away with a set of questions?

Yeah, I remember them. I will post them in a general way tomorrow.

I'd also be happy to give away the answers I can remember once you post the questions.

Off the top of my head, here are a couple of the more difficult ones. Some I don't remember the answers to; either I forgot, or our team didn't get it during the hunt. I was on the eventual 2nd place team (after I had a brain freeze, and inverted the size of the Beast's first drop -- I said 153'; it's 135'. Doh).

-The "call before you dig" question was found by finding the green box out by the PKI marquee in the parking lot.

-The question about finding the slogan underneath a creatures paw was found on one of the items hanging up in the Top Gun queue.

-The question where you had to visit the History of Paramount and count 79 squares netted an answer of C79 (I think). You then had to go to the airbrush tattoo place near action zone, and look up that design code, which was a sun.

-VIP parking spaces: 69 or 70, depending on whether they considered one of the empty areas on the parking lot a parking space.

-The Starbucks question was found by getting the name off the sample credit card pictured on the front of the Starbucks Visa card application.

-14 was the number of the fire hydrant located outside of the FestHouse.

-The name printed on the fish food vending machines near Viking Fury: OAK.

-The two rides with incorrect height requirements were found on the park map (Planktons Plunge and Phantom Flyers).

I'll add some more if I can remember them. I'm working on about 4 hours of sleep, so everything is a bit fuzzy.

Anyway, the entire day was fantastic, in spite of the large crowd. My thanks out to the PKI marketing/PR team, and Jeff for pulling it off. I sincerely hope that BeastBuzz continues after Cedar Fair takes the reigns next season.

Jerry

You guys would not believe the estimated number of people at the park yesterday. *** Edited 6/19/2006 12:24:30 AM UTC by ttdmfwtm***

Yes we would. :)

Yes, Indeed I had a blast! I look forward to the challenge of future scavenger hunts, and I have to say it was an honor to take 3rd place!

The estimated number of people at the park was 36,248.

We left before the late night ERT and based upon the mess in the parking lot, 36K seems almost too few.

It was a great time and I look forward to next year.

Maybe the SH winners could share one of their "opoly" games for the answers we swapped with them. Like the Starbucks one, or Oak. ;)

*** Edited 6/19/2006 2:02:24 AM UTC by CoasterDad64***

The hunt was WICKED. We managed to get about 20 of them correct, and we just ran out of time and had to just guess some of them. The night ERT was great, it was the first time I had stayed for a BeastBuzz ERT, and I got a decent number of rides in.

I'm going to do a big TR soon, including all the scavenger hunt questions, and what I can remember of the answers we got for them.

Between the crowds and the heat, it was crazzzy!
...but it was still a GREAT time. Jennifer was almost too good with the scavenger hunt questions.

Here's to hoping for a BeastBuzz '07, Cedar Fair style! ;)

(...and to put a face with a name, since I didn't really get to meet anyone, I'd be the person that was wearing the yellow Cedar Point "Get off your (donkey) and ride" t-shirt.)

I was not able to go because I was backpacking and kayaking around Catalina Island in the San Pedro channel for the last week.

I had this planed for over a year so that is why I did not plan around it. How was it?

To put a face on this name. I was wearing the orange maXair shirt and always had my camcorder out.

Man, I've had a 2006 PKI pass and still haven't gotten down there this year yet.....Im slacking! (actually, Im re-doing parts of my house)

Both me and my riding partner gowithgravity tried to work on some of the questions while in queues like the Italian Job, but we quickly realized that it would take us all day long. We did come up with several answers or possibilities, but we didn't have time to investigate all of them. We hadn't visited the park since 02', so there were many new rides for us to conquer first.

The one question that had us baffled was about Viking Fury. Who exactly are the golden guys? I was guessing maybe they were the dancers in the karoke show, but I don't think that's right. The numbers of nails quesiton about The Beast also was difficult, because as far as we could determine, it's no longer listed. It's not on the stat sign near the ACE plaque, and it's no longer in the station, so where would we find it? [on a t-shirt perhaps?] It was great time, and I would love to do another scavenger hunt when the park's not so busy and we wouldn't have so many new rides to us.

Maureen held the answer to the nails question...and that number shall be forever engraved into our minds. :D

Intamin, The Golden Guys were the Gold Fish in the Pond. It threw me off to.

Here are the answers as I remember them. I could be wrong though. I believe this is all 37. I am way tired, and typing fast. I believe I caught them all though. They may not contain the exact answer, but at least where it was found.

~You had to count 74 spots.. the answer was c89, which was a Sun.

~Amount of Nail in the Beast, 375,000 Pounds.

~Lara Crofts Vehicle was $175,000

~ 280 was the number of maximum occupants in the beast arcade plus the number of seats on one Beast train.

~ Kansas City was the name of the city in the "banker's" question.

~ FairHope Alabama was the name of the City of The Binoculors (sic?)

~ Dora had a blue flower

~ 90720 was the Zipcode of sevylor (or something like that).

~ The Number of parking spots could have been 68, 69, or 70 depending on how you interpreted a couple lines

~ I believe Sandy was the name of the matron of the house on the "tall trees" question.

~ Ages 6-14 on the Milton Bradly Game.

~ 14 was the number on the Fire Hydrant

~ The Number of the Dig was near the front marquee sign

~ Montgomery inn of the "paramounts famous corporation." Or something like that.

~ 14 was the number of the fire hydrant by festhaus

~ 30 red benches is Action Zone (you had to look)

~ 12 conies could you buy with 24 dollars (black squares around the water Tower) or 11 if you include Tax.

~ Opposite of The Hunt for red October was another movie which opened on WEDNESDAY.

~ I believe there were 45 candy tubs in the candy store across from Racer.

~ Florida was the Liscense Plate Question

~ 42 blue lines, although 47 may have been the answer too.

~"Bob's your uncle" was the phrase to mean that was understood.

~ Canada was the country of the manufacturer of whatever ride that was.

~ The answer for the green paw question was fund in the Top Gun cue line. I forget what the answer was.

~ I believe the beast has 14 or 16 over and unders

~ The answer for the School of Rock question was 12 I think (8 exits + the number 4). This could be way wrong though.

~ Hippo was the answer to the "Sprite" hoops question

~ The Hotel and whisky question was $.45 or 45 cents A hotel was $.25 and the whisky was $.10

~ 60 total choices in the Hip Hop competition show, though only 10 were Hip Hop (or was it pop?)

~ Miner's express was the name of the "metal" train.

~ 13 upper teeth on reptar

~ 15-30 SPF for sunscreen

~ OAK was the "tree" on top of the fish food dispenser.

~ Venice was the name of the Italian City on the Shirt.

~ I do not remember the date of the on ride photos at Scooby's Haunted Castle, but that was where to find the answer for one of the questions.

~ The two rides with incorrect height requirements could be found on the park map, which were Planktons Plunge and the Phantom Flyers.

~ The lady of the Sea question was for Starbucks, and the name was printed on a sample card you could get inside.

Ok here are the questions:

#1 Count of people allowed in Beast Arcade + number of people in one train on Beast. 244 + 36 = 280

#2 Italian city for shirt. Venice

#3 Candy bins. 45

#4 Man gets chased by animal and can not keep his pace. Hippo

#5 Bankers money city. Kansas City

#6 Paramount corporation. Montgomery Inn

#7 Paramount history. Sun

#8 Number of upper teeth. 4

#9 Year pictures were taken. 2005

#10 Color of flower. Blue

#11 Sixth ingredient. Spice

#12 Lara's ride. $175,000

#13 Game age range. 6 - 14

#14 Name of metal willed express. Ironhorse
(This was the name on the train)

#15 Need its number not name. 14 (but we found a pipe to the side with 541 on it)

#16 Number of cheese coneys. 12 with no tax, 11 with tax

#17 Tree on food dispenser. Oak

#18 City on viewers. Fairhope, AL

#19 Number of song choices. 60

#20 State plate on mini cooper. California

#21 Number of nails. 375,000 lbs (tour answer)

#22 Cost of room plus 2 whiskeys. 45 cents

#23 Down under phrase. "Bob's Your Uncle"

#24 SPF Level. (Not sure)

#25 Name of lady of the house. Sandy

#26 Name of sample card. (did not get)

#27 Number to call before you dig. (did not get but was told maybe 5920 as it is the number of communications so we guessed that)

#28 Height requirements wrong. We only put Plankton's Plunge

#29 Day did the film open. Wednesday

#30 Objects home zipcode. Found it but I forget the number.

#31 Red things to rest your back. We guessed number of seat backs on train.

#32 Two word slogan you saw. dont know

#33 Number of blue lines. 47

#34 VIP spaces. We did Premier parking and were wrong. Ok blame me.... (FYI it is 400).

#35 Artic slide country origin. Canada

#36 Exits + Alexis Flex's number. Did not get

#37 SOB crossovers. 12 (answer on tour)

Well there you have it. Any corrections or fill in the blanks?

Okay... Like I said, I probably got some wrong.

I disagree with Coasterdaddy on 1 question.

#14 asked for the name of the Metal express. Iron Horse was the name of the engine, Miner's express was the name of the entire train.

As for the blue lines, I have to apologize to Coasterfan. He said 47 originally, but we changed it to 42 based on Joe C. Recount. Whats up with that Joe? ;)

A fun time was had by all though.