What food items would you like to see added to the parks menu?

You can say that the women at Hooters are not selling you sex, but that doesn't change the fact that the women at Hooters are selling you sex. You're trying to put up a hard wall of distinction between a strip bar and places like Hooters, but that wall is as thin as tissue paper.

News flash, they don't sit down, smile and make small talk with you because they find you attractive or interesting.

A) I confess to being hardwired to apply structure -- even when it's not needed.

B) My thinking is evolving on this, but basically, you're right. (Long bike rides to and from work allow plenty of time to mull over such important matters.) Whether a strip bar or a breastrestaurant, sex is always on the table (or the bar), and the business is using sex to sell products. Where my brain goes off on a tangent is: the transaction between me and the guy on the bar (folded bill = fondling) vs the transaction between me and the waitress (folded money does not = fondling, but does = lunch). The one is a direct trade, money for titillation. If that makes sense.

See, I think of it in more moral terms than absolute, so my thinking is way more subjective and probably impossible to argue. I've been to a strip club exactly once. It seemed kind of stupid to me, maybe because even in the most superficial of sexual encounters (one-night stands), there's still a certain amount of real intimacy involved. The transactional, no-real contact thing by comparison seems pointless. I'm not saying that I've never looked at porn or never felt lust, it just isn't my thing.

On the other hand, the word "titillation" makes me giggle, so there's that.

I guess this is the best place to post this: http://cpfoodblog.com/cedar-fair-ketchup-partnership-change/

Personally, I love Heinz way more than Red Gold so I love this change. Coke and now Heinz??? This is great!

Titillation.

I really don't have an issue with appreciating someone solely for their physical attributes once in a while. I'm not sitting there thinking, golly, this naked guy is talking to me, he must really like me. It's a transaction. He gets money, I get a cheap thrill, everyone's happy.

Titillation.

Giggle.

This has nothing to do with the park, but I think there should be a Taco Bell over by the Rye Beach Rd. exit. I usually go to the Wendy's or McDonald's over there, but sometimes I would like it if there were a Taco Bell over there. I don't feel like going out onto 250 to go to Taco Bell.

Yes that would be a good Idea. There are a few abanded properties in that area that would be great for a Taco Bell. I've seen two former properties that used to be gas stations that would be perfect for a Taco Bell.

Mrs. Knott's Chicken, but only if its authentic...

So, just like at Knott's? Why not just go to Knotts? :)

Maybe because it's 3,000 miles away.

Who knows, maybe it's worth those 3,000 miles.......... ;)

Maybe it is, but it's cost prohibitive for me to make that trip. I wish I knew about it when I was there in 2004.

Well, it's not since I was being sarcastic. But I will say that it WAS good. Not the most amazing thing ever but definitely a highlight in the park. My point is that I feel stuff like Mrs. Knott's Chicken should stay at it's place of origin. I'm not apposed to them branching out to other parks, but the whole "authentic" appeal means nothing to the 99% of park goers that have not had the pleasure of trying the real deal since they could make any kind of chicken and sell it as "authentic". Only enthusiasts who have been to Knott's and had the chance to try some Mrs. Knott's chicken (or who just read about the hype) will really care. That is if they truly remember what the chicken tastes like.

But like most things anyway, they could still hype it up and maybe people would actually care.

Not sure why you limit the appeal to "enthusiasts" who have been to Knott's Berry Farm (unless you're talking about fried chicken enthusiasts, in which case never mind).

And why would "only enthusiasts" "who just read about the hype" "really care" more than non-enthusiasts "who just read about the hype"? If both the enthusiasts and the non-enthusiasts have only "read about the hype", how are they different?

And, frankly, the fried chicken served at Knott's in 1934 and the fried chicken served at Knott's in 2015 are very different. If Cedar Fair can duplicate the 2015 version across the chain, why not do so?

I'm not really limiting the appeal to only enthusiasts per say. I am only referring to the kind of hype and reaction I see in the enthusiast community with regards to food and other stuff. I don't doubt that there are non enthusiasts that hold such things in high regard.

If they were to install a Mrs. Knott's chicken at the Point and marketed it as "authentic", would there be positive feed back from the community? I wouldn't doubt it. Would there be curiosity from the general public? Again, I don't doubt it. But would they really, truly care if it does or does not taste as authentic as the chicken from the original Mrs. Knott's?

Apparently no one remembers the amazing chicken barbecue they set up about where the Millennium Force exit is back in 1998 or 1999. I don't think I've ever smelled anything as amazing at the park, and it was crazy delicious. It was actually a minor point of disappointment to know it wasn't coming back to that spot, since obviously they were building the new ride.

That was a rare culinary win for the park. I'd love to know how it came to pass.

Didn't get to try it myself, but I heard good things about the limited-time Blacksmith BBQ on the Trail. I think it's an ideal location for that kind of menu, not to mention there's kind of a gap in that area when it comes to full-menu food venues. If it was as good as everyone said it was, I'd be all for that being a full-time addition to the park.

Oh. I thought that was sea gull.

Awesome find, Walt. I vividly remember those grills. I can practically smell it.