[goodyellowkorn182]

Either way, I doubt there are any other theme park operators clawing at the chance to have Hanna-Barbera characters. A few scattered parks around the world use them, so it must not be an expensive thing to do. And even if it did expire in 2008, they certainly used the characters this year at Howl-O-Fest.

[Beast Man]

Oops,I was off a year.It expires this year. http://www.kicentral...development.php

[khaoskat]

The only really bad NU name was Fairly Odd Coaster, imo. I don't think BB will change, since, using the same logic, all CF parks could simply be renamed Cedar Fair. That'd save on printing, too. And some legacy CF parks have different names- Soak City, Knotts Soak City, Oceans of Fun, etc.

Ocean's Of Fun was not a property originally owned by Cedar Fair. OOF was originally owned by Lamar Hunt, who also owned Worlds of Fun and the Kansas City Chiefs. They also had snoopy theming in the parking well prior to the park changing hands. I know they had it as far back as 1992, when it was still owned by Lamar Hunt.

I know this all from my personal knowledge of having been an employee for several years at both WOF and OOF and having lived in Kansas City.

[CedarPointer]

Ocean's Of Fun was not a property originally owned by Cedar Fair. OOF was originally owned by Lamar Hunt, who also owned Worlds of Fun and the Kansas City Chiefs. They also had snoopy theming in the parking well prior to the park changing hands. I know they had it as far back as 1992, when it was still owned by Lamar Hunt.

I know this all from my personal knowledge of having been an employee for several years at both WOF and OOF and having lived in Kansas City.

They've owned it since 1995, so I was referring to it being a "legacy CF park" because it was pre-Paramount purchase, and they owned it for almost 11 years before the Paramount purchase.

[Browntggrr]

And Peanuts are no more unfamiliar than Hanna-Barbera characters. Let's suspend reality for half a second and say that the Peanuts are on TV five times a year, and you're anywhere between 5 and 10 years old (some of Planet Snoopy's main audience). Would you willingly say, "Hey, I've never seen this cartoon before! I think I'll sit and watch it," while five channels away, the new-fangled fast-paced action-filled cartoons of Nickelodeon are familiar, and actually grab your interest? Or better yet, if your mom or dad puts on the Peanuts specials and says "Oh, I loved these when I was a kid!" Well now the kids are interested, right?

Exactly. When the Peanut specials are on, Nick gets turned off, and that is my kids' choice. We also have the privledge of having paid TV for Nick, many families do not, so the luster of Peanuts has not worn off as opposed to Sponge Bob which they can see at any time.

Even more satisfying is now that my daughter is getting old enough to read on her own, she opens the newspaper to the comics and reads Peanuts (But her favorite is Baby Blues).

I would love to see HB come back to KI, but since CF has Peanuts, that will probably never happen.

Why buy theme parks if you only do amusement parks? (Granted, they have gotten better.)

Good question. Why did Paramount purchase KI and destroy the themeing KECO laid out? Rivertown? Gone. Octoberfest? Gone. International Street? Gone. Hanna-Barberaland? Gone. Adventure Village? Gone. I really did not expect CF to bring back those themed areas, they are not in the theme park business. In the video: "Riding History to the Limits" http://www.cetconnect.org/KingsIsland/ you can clearly see the themed areas that were lost during the Paramount years. It is quite apparent that Paramount was more intrested in promoting their own brand as opposed to what the park patrons wanted.

It's not like most people on here don't gang up against Paramount, seemingly forgetting that without them we would have all of about five roller coasters, if not be in about the same boat as Australia's Wonderland.

With the exception of FoF, you are happy with the 3 other coasters Paramount installed in 13 years? I would rather have FH & DB in the whole 3 full years CF has owned it.

[CedarPointer]

Good question. Why did Paramount purchase KI and destroy the themeing KECO laid out? Rivertown? Gone. Octoberfest? Gone. International Street? Gone. Hanna-Barberaland? Gone. Adventure Village? Gone. I really did not expect CF to bring back those themed areas, they are not in the theme park business. In the video: "Riding History to the Limits" http://www.cetconnect.org/KingsIsland/ you can clearly see the themed areas that were lost during the Paramount years. It is quite apparent that Paramount was more intrested in promoting their own brand as opposed to what the park patrons wanted.

Paramount was getting better in their later years (TRTR, IJ:ST). Granted, they didn't follow the KECO themed areas very well (why on earth was TRTR in Rivertown?!), but they did at least try. CF does seem to be trying, though, and that's a good thing.

[KI Kevin]

I had never heard, and never expected to hear, even one person say "FACE/OFF? That's the name of a movie! How lame..." Most people didn't connect the movie title if they ever knew it to begin with.

Oh, that's odd, because I seem to recall a giant banner for the movie FACE OFF on the building attached to the Paramount Theater right next to the ride.

[Coaster Kid]

Nick-O-Round - Character Carousel

What?! Are you kidding me? And while it is likely that Avatar will be GR8 SK8, theirs is a magic carpet, not a Disk'O.

Maybe Avatar will be a conoe.

[RingMaster]

I had never heard, and never expected to hear, even one person say "FACE/OFF? That's the name of a movie! How lame..." Most people didn't connect the movie title if they ever knew it to begin with.

Oh, that's odd, because I seem to recall a giant banner for the movie FACE OFF on the building attached to the Paramount Theater right next to the ride.

If the posters from Face/Off and Drop Zone weren't in front of or next to their prospective rides, no one would've ever assumed they were based off a Paramount flick.

[faeriewench]

No, I'm referring to Balloon Race, Lolli Swing, Tilt A Whirl, Camp Bus, Head Over Heels, Krazy Cars, Pony Promenade, Road Rally, and other rides in Snoopy areas at CF parks that do not have Peanuts names.

Well isn't that Camp Snoopy? CP has different kinds of kiddie places, I don't think other CF parks have those generic names......do they?

Knott's Berry Farm home of the original Camp Snoopy lol