CoasterBuzz Podcast #163 - November 2, 2009

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

• Ridiculously slow news week, plus enthusiasts were busy doing final weekend stuff at seasonal parks.
• Mike has a good weekend with Natalia at Great America, Jeff is astounded by the low attendance at Cedar Point. Weather was a huge issue this fall.
• Jeff starts in an off-topic rant about radio, and is sad about the low participation at his college station.
• Legoland coming to Southern Illinois? Plus hotel expansion in California.
• Also off-topic, Jeff attends a baby shower.
• Oh, and look, the crew starts talking about cross-country driving, Google and Bing maps and the location of Devil's Tower. Carrie did an 11-hour drive to Holiday World last year.
• Southern Star misses a bond application deadline. Isn't it funny how Nickelodeon will whore themselves out to anyone who can pay, yet Hard Rock backs off hard when a licensee fails?
• Busch parks won't have to deal with ridiculous net 90 terms for their vendors as they did under InBev rule.
• A Shanghai Disney park looks like a go. China's a nice market to go if you're trying to expand.
• Mike describes really strange Halloween treatment for Space Mountain at Disneyland. Special access loading platforms are a good idea if you can afford to build one.
• Programming note: The show will be off the next two weeks, and return November 23, starting a bi-weekly schedule for the off-season.
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