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WOF announced today that they are going to be adding the 1926 MC Illions Supreme Carousel that used to opperate at Geauga Lake to the park for next year as well.  This carousel will feature 64 horses and 2 chariots.  The horses are completely made of hand carved wood and this is 1 of only 2 operating in the world of this model (there were originally only 5 made).  This will be one of the largest carousel operating in the country when it opens and the largest in the state.

It will be located where the former Festahaus catering tent was, which coincedentally has been retired in lieu of a new permanent catering facility that handle groups into the thousands and multiple events at the same time.

These new additions in addition to the already announced Camp Snoopy upgrade to Planet Snoopy bring next year's capital investment to over $8 million. 

Work has already begun on all three projects and look for a tv special on one of Discovery stations on the rehab of the carouel on their show Extreme Rennovations in the near future.

Your name is Swoosh (well my real name) and citizens, PR staff, and Brad himself recognizes me and ask how I've been doing.

Midterm for 2nd quarter is Friday.  thank goodness

If the state does away with tenure, you better believe I am running for the border (Iowa) as fast as I can.  While their teacher retirement is not as good as Missouri's their lack of BS is encouraging.

You'll have to watch their Babes in Toyland show and tell us if it's as lame as it looks.  I'm scared that it will come to SDC.

My friends tried to watch it last year and they fell asleep.
'Course I couldn't make it through the new show that Dolly produced out there either... now the SDC shows I have no problem with, so IDK.

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WHO IS EXCITED THAT TURKEY BREAK IS ALMOST HERE?
ME! ME! ME!

Not a Husker Fan sanddunerider, just like to see MU lose. lol

Then it would have been more correct to have said "Go Tech" since that was who they were playing yesterday.

Why is this coming up in the teacher's thread?

[Southwest]

Southwest Missouri State University's Band played Red Gold Heritage Hall tonight and marched with the parade tonight, it was fun and awesome! We had a lot of fun tonight. Go "Missouri's Great State University Who Beats SMS at Everything" is what I told people in MU clothing! 

FIXED. 

<--- COMPLETELY BURNT OUT. 

^Way to go!  I bet that is a nice feeling.

I survived the JH basketball "Booster Kitchen" season.  That's a nice feeling.  I'm always happy when that is over with. 

2 weeks until Dollywood.

swoosh, do you have all this info in a file to recall? or do you have magical websites to look up history on?       

To say that I am a theme park trivia nerd would be an understatement, and especially when it deals with Worlds of Fun.
I think I've only met one person that knows more about the park than I do -- and to answer your question, it's all in my head, I don't have any of this written down anywhere, it's amazing how I can remember completely random (and to some useless) information with ease but cannot remember what I had for lunch later on in the evening.

Random trivia time.  Ths showboat that was at Worlds of Fun was the actual Cotton Blossom from the musical SHOWBOAT by MGM

Didn't they (WoF) just demolish the showboat?  I heard that somewhere, and I was sad.

I love that movie, by the way.

Towards the end of Hunt Midwest's control of the park, a lot of maintenance became... well let's just say it wasn't the best.  By the time Cedar Fair took over, the Cotton Blossom needed a lot (let's just same most of the ship) of wood replaced.  The cost of replacement did not warrant it mainly because it was just a retail shop.  It was taken out and RipCord replaced it in 1996.

...and once again completely random.  There were originally 3 ships at WOF

The Cotton Blossom from the MGM movie "SHOWBOAT" (river boat)
The Victrix from the MGM movie "All The Brothers Were Valient" (masted boat / pirate ship)
The USS Henrietta modeled off the ship from the movie "Around the World in 80 Days" (keel paddlewheeler)

Hey have you checked out that shavethewhales poster?  I mean seriously, who would pick a moniker like that? 

What if they did something like Worlds of Fun used to have and build a stationary paddlewheel/steamboat on the banks of the lake and have it as a restaurant?

Random trivia time.  Ths showboat that was at Worlds of Fun was the actual Cotton Blossom from the musical SHOWBOAT by MGM

Any different than riding a train in the dark?