Update: More what's new

Just a quick update with some more new for '06 photos:

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?a=448

Great pics! Just wondering, where is the Pizza Hut Express? Is it in Breakers, Castaway, etc.?

Hotel Breakers, in the location once held by Mama Chetta's.

I take it those US Flag banners are new, or did I just miss them?

I don't believe they were there on opening day.

I think that the clues they are leaving us are just very generalized. AS for the one that says yall are in for some serious sindwinding...I think that is means just a lot of twisting. Look at this picture, it is a lot of footers.http://pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=3625

Good, at least I'm not losing my mind.

I noticed that new parking area next to MF on opening day ... who is that for?

Man that is a big hot tub!

cyberdman said:
I noticed that new parking area next to MF on opening day ... who is that for?

More marina parking.

Great pics of the hot tub. We loved the thing on the Friday night before opening day. What a great addition.

Has anyone posted pics of the new storage bins on ride platforms? For years people complained about the lack of them on Magnum, now they've installed them and I don't think anyone has even mentioned them.

This might not go along with this thread but Skyhawk was in it, and I was just wondering how long the wait was on average, when the park is considered crowded or normal? And also about how many footers are on the old WWL site?!?!?!

Nice. Yeah, that hottub is nice. That pool was always packed last year, so the addition should be helpful during peak season. We were also there on opening Friday, but it was pretty dead.

I don't know what they were thinking with that Island Accents joint. Personally, if I go shopping at CP, it's for CP merchandise.

The specialty pizzas advertised at Pizza Hut Express are only 12", compared to the 16" pizzas that Mama Chetta had last year. This also seemed to be a last minute change, since I didn't hear about Pizza Hut being there until we arrived. Oh well.

I thought the Catered Events signs were installed last year? Or was it just the message boards and not the actuall sign? I do remember the message boards being there last season.

I noticed what looked like new seats/lapbars on Mine Ride. Any pics of those or am I crazy.

Also, the new shades over the Skyhawk que look really great, that whole ride from que to compressors fits in very well.

The new seats on Mine Ride were a couple of years ago. :(

The wood coasters got new seats this year. :(

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I don't remeber grey seats last year, while I did not ride yet this year, I saw grey seats and orange lap bars from Skyhawk's line.

cpfan101 said:
I think that the clues they are leaving us are just very generalized. AS for the one that says yall are in for some serious sindwinding...I think that is means just a lot of twisting. Look at this picture, it is a lot of footers.http://pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=3625

I personally think that is where the station will be. There is a row of rectanular footers in that mess that looks like it could be the foundation of a station.

99er said:
I thought the Catered Events signs were installed last year? Or was it just the message boards and not the actuall sign? I do remember the message boards being there last season.

No, you're right; they were installed last season.

I thought so, but it was one of those small things that I couldn't remember.

Dave, based on your :( Im guessing the change in the Wood Coaster seats didnt take us back to bench seats with buzz bars?

Can't a guy have dreams?