CoasterBuzz Podcast #194 - October 11, 2010

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

• Carrie says recounts her experience at Phoenix Phall Phunfest at Knoebels. Accommodations are "challenging" around that area. Watch out for severed chicken heads.
• Canobie Lake Park waiting on the traffic study to proceed with Euro Fighter.
• Extreme World civil suit settled out of court, criminal trial of operator yet to come. We're still not comfortable with the precedent of someone doing a minimum wage job being charged with a crime.
• Food & Wine Festival begins at Epcot. It's about cheese and wine, not drink around the world advance mode. Sidebar: box wine.
• Checketts is out at S&S, no longer holding any stake and not consulting. What's with entrepreneurs that totally let go of something they started?
• Cedar Fair sets out concrete financial goals for 2015, and reinstates the distribution. Does the entire sale fiasco seem even more ridiculous? This causes zero confidence for the executive team.
• Another orca dies at SeaWorld Orlando, tired debate resumes about "free" versus captive animals.
• Good clowns protest portrayal of evil clowns at Alton Towers. We all agree that it's probably a scam. And when did clowns become primarily evil? Sidebar: Insane Clown Posse are Evangelical Christians. And still not musicians. Also sidebar: Katy Perry and Elmo on Sesame Street.
• Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announces a swing tower. They're the new drop tower.
• Minor accident involving rollback on Pony Express at Knott's Berry Farm injures ten people. Expect the state to shut it down and investigate for two years.
• Zippin Pippin rises in Green Bay. How many roller coasters did Elvis actually ever ride?
• Mental illness advocates ask Cedar Point to shut down its asylum haunted attractions. Mike says it's the fault of Hollywood.
• BooBuzz returns to Cedar Point on Friday, October 15.
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