CoasterBuzz Podcast #125 - October 13, 2008

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

• IAAPA's lobbying dollars, not very high.
• Officials worried about Hard Rock Park failure harming Myrtle Beach's reputation. They had one to begin with?
• Bowling for dollars: Reinventing pro bowling, building lanes at Disney World.
• Six Flags New England getting closer to its zoning variance for height.
• Disney analysts say Disney bookings could be down next year. We don't buy it.
• Great Escape just stays closed on bring-a-friend day and doesn't tell anyone.
• Six Flags New Orleans doesn't have a buyer after all. How do you rebuild in a place where the disaster will eventually happen again?
• Lassiter has to endure still more surgery, will likely need it every few years.
• Gonch's kid doesn't care for Arrow loopers, while Alton Towers' Vekoma Corkscrew is retired. We forget how big of a deal these rides used to be.
• Six Flags in danger of getting delisted from NYSE. Shouldn't they get some kind of free pass considering how much the market sucks in general?
• Orlando Sentinel has a nice list of things you may have forgotten about at the theme parks.
• Waldameer is adding a Mega Disk-O. Those are sweet rides. Gonch is sad that the Kennywood installation came at the expense of the Magic Carpet.
• Chance recalls Yo-Yo's. Thank God Dave Althoff is around to explain this stuff to us.
• Cedar Point and Castaway Bay get nailed for huge OSHA fines. They don't sound right, exactly.
• Jeff got out to the Mall of America for Nickelodeon Universe, loves the Intamin half-pipe, but felt luke-warm about SpongeBob. Valleyfair was looking good for the haunt.
• BooBuzz was seriously "E" during the ERT. Most people got around a dozen laps on Maverick on an otherwise busy day.
• Gonch does the hard core kids stuff for Kings Island's Halloween stuff, says the kids dig it.