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Club News
GOCC Planning Meeting
March 27, 2010, 1 PM, at the home of
Michael Burkes. E-mail
Michael Burkes
for information and directions
GOCC Spring Fling
May 22-23, 2010...Indiana Beach,
Monticello, Indiana. More information and registration form
soon. CORRECTED DATES
GOCC Whirlyball Event
June 6, 2010...A new post-Coastermania event.
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION.
CLICK HERE FOR RELEASE FORM.
GOCC Mid-Summer Scream
August 14, 2010...Waldameer Park,
Erie, Pennsylvania. Joint event with WNYCC. More
information and registration form soon.
GOCC Fall Afffair
September 18, 2010...Holiday World,
Santa Claus, Indiana. Joint event with Coasterbuzz Club.
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION REGISTRATION FORM
GOCC Freak-Out
October 16, 2010...Kings Island,
Cincinnati, Ohio. More information and registration form soon.
Park and Industry News
Save Money on Kennywood Tickets with
GOCC
The Great Ohio
Coaster Club is offering discounted tickets to Kennywood, West
Mifflin, Pennsylvania. GOCC is offering Kennywood tickets for
the discounted price of $23.00 ($35.99 at the gate), good any day of
the 2010 season, except Phantom Fright Nights.
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION AND ORDER FORM
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom...Who
Owns to Rides?
Six Flags, Inc.
recently
announced that, they will be clsing
the Kentucky park. However the Commonwealth of Kentucky
has filed suit that, due to the
rides being connected to the ground, that they own the rides, since
they own the land. The bankruptcy judge will decide their
fate.
Cedar Fair Unitholders Voting
Unitholders of Cedar
Fair, LP are now voting on the proposed acquisition by Apollo Global
Management, with the voting to end March 16, 2010. Q4 Funding,
a Texas hedge fund has been very vocal about its intentions to vote
"no" on the proposal, and has been
contacting other unitholders
encouraging them to also vote no. They currently own over 18%
of shares, and 34% must vote no to kill the acquisition.
Worlds of Fun Light Show
Following the lead of sister park Cedar
Point,
Worlds of Fun, Kansas City, Missouri, has announced they
will have a Peanuts based "immersive" light and sound show,
featuring over 1 million LED lights.
Ride Auction for Intimidator 305
Coastermania 2010

If
it’s the first Friday in June, it can only mean one thing – it’s
time for Cedar Point’s 22nd Annual CoasterMania!
This year’s event will be held on Friday, June 4 and Saturday,
June 5, 2010 and promises to be bigger and better than ever
before!
Can you say more than
15 hours of ERT on
11 (yes 11!) of Cedar
Point’s best rides? We’ve got Top Thrill Dragster, Millennium
Force, Magnum XL-200, Gemini, Maverick, Shoot-the-Rapids,
Skyhawk, Disaster Transport, maXair, Blue Streak and Raptor.
How about not only one, but TWO
CoasterMania!-exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of Millennium
Force and Maverick? (Be sure to bring your camera!)
Back by popular demand will be
the CoasterMania! Games of Skill Competition, Miniature Golf
Challenge and the ultra-popular CoasterMania! Film Festival.
You could win prizes ranging from exclusive ERT to winter tours
and more!
And of course there free food,
giveaways, special presentations, exclusive deals and events for
guests at any Cedar Point Resort and much, much more.
The action kicks off on Friday,
June 4, with a special presentation from our keynote speaker,
all the way from Switzerland, Walter Bolliger of B & M! Bring
your cameras and questions because this is one presentation you
will not want to miss!
Cedar Point
Amusement Resort is located in Sandusky, Ohio.
For more information, log on to
www.coastermania.cedarpoint.com
NAPHA Mountain Madness II
The National Amusement Park Historical Association heads to
Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, for Mountain Madness ii, on
April 30-May 2, 2010.
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
FORM
From the GOCC Webmaster
I am improving after
my heart attack and heart by-pass surgery and I apologize that updates to
the GOCC website have been slow and delayed. Thanks for all the
well wishes that have been sent during my recuperation.
GOCC on Facebook
We have started a page on
Facebook
for the Great Ohio Coaster Club. For those on Facebook, search
for it and join, upload pictures, video, and post items on the wall.
New Pictures To Be Posted Soon
I have received a lot of pictures
from GOCC members John Marn, Cathy Schwab, Michael Burkes and Ray
Osburn/Gravity Photography. I am getting the pictures ready
for the website and will have them up soon. May is one of the
busiest months in our business, and we traditionally run behind this
time of year. Thanks for the understanding.
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