CoasterBuzz Podcast #163 posted

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Jeff, Mike, Pat and Carrie review this week's news in the amusement industry.

Ridiculously slow news week, plus enthusiasts were busy doing final weekend stuff at seasonal parks.
Mike has a good weekend with Natalia at Great America, Jeff is astounded by the low attendance at Cedar Point. Weather was a huge issue this fall.
Jeff starts in an off-topic rant about radio, and is sad about the low participation at his college station.
Legoland coming to Southern Illinois? Plus hotel expansion in California.
Also off-topic, Jeff attends a baby shower.
Oh, and look, the crew starts talking about cross-country driving, Google and Bing maps and the location of Devil's Tower. Carrie did an 11-hour drive to Holiday World last year.
Southern Star misses a bond application deadline. Isn't it funny how Nickelodeon will whore themselves out to anyone who can pay, yet Hard Rock backs off hard when a licensee fails?
Busch parks won't have to deal with ridiculous net 90 terms for their vendors as they did under InBev rule.
A Shanghai Disney park looks like a go. China's a nice market to go if you're trying to expand.
Mike describes really strange Halloween treatment for Space Mountain at Disneyland. Special access loading platforms are a good idea if you can afford to build one.
Programming note: The show will be off the next two weeks, and return November 23, starting a bi-weekly schedule for the off-season.
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