Great quote from Dick Kinzel...

I just came across this from Motley Fool...

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/02/12/i-love-ceo-confessions.aspx?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y&bounce=y

" "We put a $4 million building around this dog ride and named it "Disaster Transport." I still remember on opening day a gentleman walked out of the ride and came over to me and said, 'You named that one right -- that's a disaster.' And you know what, he was right. That was by far the dumbest thing I ever did."
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How true. It's the Worst coaster at CP. I had to ride it once to see how bad it really was.

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"Welcome to Alaska!"

I've been on worse coasters.

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In a similar article months ago he said Top Thrill Dragster along with Disaster Transport were the worst business decisions he's ever made.

Forced to wonder how much of this "dressing up the dog" idea came to mind when CF decided to *fix* Sonny....

Nice outfit though... ;)

P.S. I really do HOPE that Son of Beast becomes a much better ride...knowing what we now know (i.e., trains), I seriously doubt that will come to pass.....

He also made similar comments on the podcast we did with him. (#7)

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I don't know, for me personally, it would be between Cedar Creek Mine Ride & Mantis. They both absolutely tear my back and neck to pieces. Disaster Transport, while a bad idea from the beginning, has it's own bit of charm (in a totally weird way). Plus, since I have younger children I have to ride it quite often.

They should tear it out and put some flats their.

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DT is one of my favorite rides at CP. To each his own.

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I actually thought Disaster Transport was ok when it opened. The queue was well done and interesting, and the ride was "unique" for CP. Granted it was no Space Mountain, but I thought it was nice.

What makes Disaster Transport an abomination now is the fact that Cedar Point let it fall to pieces. They haven't kept the theming up at ALL and the queue is just an embarrassment to the park. I refuse to let any Cedar Point "newbies" go on that ride because it really makes the park look bad.

Its not a great ride if your into the big thrill coasters. But if you like coasters and not the mega ones, than DT is right up your alley.

Disaster transport is a great family ride.

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I can think of far dumber things Kinzel has done.

Remove the Orient Express, put Dan Keller in charge of WOF (and CP), fire all the Paramount general managers ...

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why did he get rid of Orient Express. it was a nice ride.

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^No removing the Zambezi Zinger was by far the dumbest thing they did at Worlds of Fun. People are STILL pissed off about that and refuse to go to the park because of it.

Not buying the domain name www.kingsisland.com. They let some online advertising company from Canada grab it...

I actually think Disaster Transport is fun, except for the low capacity it seems to have.

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Paramount not owning www.kingsisland.com is pretty amazing.

He has said that many times before. My question is, why doesn't he have the balls to do something about it?

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Orient Express has serious structual issues, otherwise it would still be there.

Thats the thing about buying "used" parks, you never know how well the rides were maintained.

Look at Geauga Lake, for example.

Ok I think Disaster Transport is fun when it is hot out and there arent any lines for it.

I rode it over 8 times last trip to CP, and it was fun, nothing to write home about but ok.

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