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Themepark Season Ticket Discount


If it's August, it must be time for season pass discounts to themeparks. Kings Island has an especially good deal. Buy your 2006 season pass now ($69.99 each if you buy 4 or more), and you get the remainder of this season free plus all of 2006 season. It includes free parking. In other words, if you go twice, the ticket pays for itself. Anything over that is gravy. I haven't checked, but I suspect that the Six Flags parks will soon have a deal that is equally as sweet. Six Flags season tickets have the benefit of being good at all the Six Flags parks across the country, and there are are a lot of them.



Paramount's Kings Island Ohio's Premier Theme Park and Entertainment Destination (Cincinnati)


GM Booth a hit at the Indiana State Fair

I recently visited the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. GM had two good-sized promotional tents at the fair. The tents included most of their notable 2006 models. Overall, the cars made a good impression.

I may have to eat my words about the HHR being a flop-in-the-making. This was my first hands-on contact with the car. In particular, the interior is very well-done. The fit and finish of the materials was good by any standards. The instrument panel was probably the best executed that I've seen from the general. Actually, all of the cars showed a corporate commitment to better quality interiors. The new GM style is much like the Honda style that debuted on the 2003 Accord: Quality without frills or gimmicks. I still think the niche is too narrow for this to be a mass market hit, but if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

If you have a chance to go to the Indiana State Fair before it closes this coming Sunday, you should make it to the GM tents located near the natural resources building at the "back" of the fairgrounds. By the way, they give away stuff.