CoasterBuzz Podcast #124 - September 29, 2008

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

• Halloween for kids. Jeff's research department determines Kings Island included it with normal admission.
• Lo-Q kicking it financially with Six Flags.
• The Gravity Group launches a podcast and blog.
• Universal Studios Japan turns around with guru manager, addressing the cultural needs of the locals.
• Disney is apparently not adding any big new thing for Orlando, but do they even need to?
• The boys look around at renderings of Schlitterbahn's new Kansas City complex, which does not translate well to listening.
• Hard Rock Park files for bankruptcy, and, big surprise, they say that a lack of out-of-market advertising was a problem. We were saying this at the beginning of the summer.
• Talking about Hard Rock leads us to Universal Orlando, where we wax nostalgic about The Enchanted Oak, which is gone. But there's a lot of excitement building around the new Harry Potter stuff.
• The Fall Affair was a great success. Voyage is still so physical, in a good way.
• CoasterBuzz Club events coming up this year: BooBuzz at Cedar Point. Visit the CoasterBuzz Club page for more information.