Jeff and Pat review this week's news in the amusement industry.
IAAPA's lobbying dollars, not very high.
Officials worried about Hard Rock Park failure harming Myrtle Beach's reputation. They had one to begin with?
Bowling for dollars: Reinventing pro bowling, building lanes at Disney World.
Six Flags New England getting closer to its zoning variance for height.
Disney analysts say Disney bookings could be down next year. We don't buy it.
Great Escape just stays closed on bring-a-friend day and doesn't tell anyone.
Six Flags New Orleans doesn't have a buyer after all. How do you rebuild in a place where the disaster will eventually happen again?
Lassiter has to endure still more surgery, will likely need it every few years.
Gonch's kid doesn't care for Arrow loopers, while Alton Towers' Vekoma Corkscrew is retired. We forget how big of a deal these rides used to be.
Six Flags in danger of getting delisted from NYSE. Shouldn't they get some kind of free pass considering how much the market sucks in general?
Orlando Sentinel has a nice list of things you may have forgotten about at the theme parks.
Waldameer is adding a Mega Disk-O. Those are sweet rides. Gonch is sad that the Kennywood installation came at the expense of the Magic Carpet.
Chance recalls Yo-Yo's. Thank God Dave Althoff is around to explain this stuff to us.
Cedar Point and Castaway Bay get nailed for huge OSHA fines. They don't sound right, exactly.
Jeff got out to the Mall of America for Nickelodeon Universe, loves the Intamin half-pipe, but felt luke-warm about SpongeBob. Valleyfair was looking good for the haunt.
BooBuzz was seriously "E" during the ERT. Most people got around a dozen laps on Maverick on an otherwise busy day.
Gonch does the hard core kids stuff for Kings Island's Halloween stuff, says the kids dig it.
You want an odd thing... The Bowling tour was bought by a group headed by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame and the sponsor you were thinking of is Denny's. Nothing says healthy like a meal at Denny's.
