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RCDB now lists Invertigo as SBNO since July of last year.

If I were to do a piece on the 10 dirtiest parks in the amusement and theme park industry, Kings Island makes the list. It’s sad because for decades it was among the top 10 cleanest parks.

Also, I'm CPI trained and on our Crisis Response Team. I've dealt with kids in their most extreme and difficult moments. I work in a school currently that has the wealthiest families per capita and they have the exact same issues I had in the school with Title I funding for being the highest poverty school per capita. Sure, there are times poor parenting is to blame for student struggles, but that is not the case most of the time. From my 15 years of experience working hands on with children. Now, when I was an intake officer and licensed probation officer working at the juvenile detention center, many of those kids had difficult family situations, but that is a very small percentage of the youth population being arrested and brought to the detention center. I would not extrapolate the issues I saw at the detention center to the regular issues happening in schools and the like.

I'm a special ed teacher. I've worked in both elementary schools and high schools for closing on 15 years now.

The park NEEDS to address this. This is horrible, terrible, gross. What's worse is that while enjoying our Skyline, no fewer than 4 employees in Supervisor attire were nearby standing, talking, walking by, etc... addressed nothing. I didn't take a picture of the Brew House mens room... which I felt like my hands would have been cleaner had I NOT washed them. Water all over the floor.

I'm hoping that food lines will be less extreme as more associates come in after schools let out. A lot of people said that yesterday was a wash for Cedar Point because their operations were insanely bad, but I feel like they really just experienced a slightly worse Opening Day than normal. Should they be able to get everything done during the off season and have it all running in May? Yes, but I also don't think that would necessarily improve the food lines or the nightmare that was the VIP lounge. (At this point I really think the park should consider rebuilding the DA! bridge and turning the Forbidden Frontier space into a giant outdoor VIP Lounge.) I think it's good that the All-Season Fast Lane is starting to sell out at each park. Leaving it up and available all season isn't great IMO. Hopefully we will also see the total number of daily Fast Lane pass sales reduced.

The associate at the register told us to put it on the sticker when he handed it to us. I think your experience might've just been someone forgetting to say it since those are new.

Yes. Must be new wheels.

It tested yesterday as well. Have you noticed how quiet it is?

It would certainly be at least 2027 or 2028 before I think KI even attempts to do a big coaster again. I might be biased cause I recently went to Disney World, but I absolutely loved the Tron motorbike format ride that they had there. It was a great experience and honestly would love to see something in the same format at KI. Maybe themed around A safari adventure tour gone wrong that you're trying to 'race' out of. Ties into Adventure Express, The Racer, and The Beast nearby in a way. Honestly if nothing else, I would just like to see some small upgrades overall in the park. I would love if thee was more theming in the ques for rides throughout the park. I was reading where they said this has been done for the new phantom theater ride, and I think it would be cool if we could implement more que theming/staff staging at rides. Flight of Fear's still holds up IMO, Orion is decent-ish.

One has to wonder when the lines out queues for food and Fast Lane will have an impact that can't be written off as a weather variable. I know many people that forego their 2nd meal because the lines are just too long and said this is the last year they get meal plans. I know many have said the Fast Lane lines are too long and they won't renew Fast Lane next year. Yet, we hear this every year, and the majority of those same people end up renewing anyway. And until that changes, the value of the product being offered will continue to erode. All season Fast Lane just sold out at Kings Island, so the trend continues.

Invertigo is testing this morning however they still have the ride will not operate today sign up.

Had the breakfast sandwich with the potatoes at French Corner yesterday and am going back this morning. It's fantastic! Kudos to the culinary team on this one. Definetly worth trying.

I noticed those also, the only problem is they don't make it clear to put the puck on the sticker. Maybe I missed something but it wasn't very intuitive that i had to do it. I'm pretty sure it works off the sticker and it's more of a way to have the server know where to look for it.

Double posting because I'm full of ideas I'll just put this out there: assuming there won't be a major attraction next year, 2027 would be a great year for Kings Island to finally receive a non-coaster focused front gate renovation! It could also be a good year to update some more signage around the park and/or to bring back some unique looking signage to the park. I'd love to see the old height signs and some of the green text on a cream background signs make a return. A new event would also be nice. Will any of this happen? Probably not. All of the Opening Day footage I've seen so far from Cedar Point makes it look like they really only got a renovated restroom in Frontier Trail and a new pass-through between the Pagoda Gift Shop/Sweet Spot/Peanuts at The Point (oh, and some new anti-Vortex shearing stuff on TT2). I hope Kings Island would advocate for a larger renovation or a new restaurant if it's set to be an off-year, but who knows what will happen at this point.

When you try to place an order, it will tell you sorry not available.

Yesterday I had my eighth meal of the season at the Miami River Brewhouse. I got a Pub Burger and a Coca-Cola (with ice) using my meal/drink plan. It was a decent meal, though I rated it as being on the lower end of "good" (4/5 stars on my meal plan scale). The tater tots could've been cooked a little better. I think they might've also changed the bun? It was hard to tell, but it didn't look like the same flavor/brand of bun as I've had previously. The service was very good and they had the associates calling out the order puck number when they brought each tray of food out. I didn't pay too close of attention to it but I did also think the metal tray looked/felt different. Something interesting we saw was that the Brewhouse has new order locator pucks! The old ones had the sticker with a number on top and just buzzed when your order was ready. The new ones have a digital number display on one side and there is now a sticker on each table that you're supposed to put the locator on. It seems to be nicer than the old system, but we'll have to see how it works out over time. I did my daily check of whether or not mobile ordering is available and it was for Rivertown Potato Works and at least one more dining location. We didn't get too far into that menu since we'd already gotten in line for the Brewhouse, but I'd be curious to know how well it works and if you can order your drink in the same transaction. Kings Island definitely still needs to implement the order number system and install order number screens outside of each location though.

My new theory for the feet behind the curtain is that it’s meant to open to reveal a pair of disembodied legs that allude to the sawing in half trick (either being implied to be Larry’s or just another random characters). On the call board there’s a note from Houdelini asking for a new assistant for his trick, so maybe this calls forward to this? I lean towards this being a broken effect since the air blast seems out of place, and I think the legs peeking out is too subtile of a detail compared to where they hide small gags in the rest of the ride.

My understanding is it was the conflict of Nickelodeon Universe and Scooby Doo that made the dark ride part of I-Street. Likely, to avoid future issues, it just never changed.

In PT:E, during banter about NLL wanting a spot in the show, Maestro tells him something to the affect of "You should never have volunteered for Houdelini's 'sawing an usher in half trick.'"

I keep hearing things about the "feet" behind the curtain in the houdelini scene. People have been speculating that the curtain is broken or some affect there doesn't work however isn't there lore about no legs Larry losing his legs during a magic trick? Any thoughts on if this is a broken effect or is this an Easter egg? Has anyone else heard that lore story about how Larry lost his legs?

A funny glitch on Carowinds' website. The "Rides & Experiences" tab has been relabeled as "Fast Lane". It still contains all of the normal content, only the tab name at the top of the page changed for some reason. Also peep the new park logo 👀

I think the Larry on the turntable is the static figure and the gargoyle counts as a prop.

Is the curtain drawn in that image or is it more or less ripped? One thing I'd have liked to see come back is either the Shakespearean statue or the Centurion. I think the "static figure" mentioned alongside the 33 animatronics was the gargoyle, whose eyes seem to switch between a static color light and multicolored lights. If either statue were to come back I think they could go great on either side of that "audience seating" screen where there are currently just curtains. There's not a ton of room between the set and the wall, but there's probably enough space for a statue.

This is probably the best explanation but I still have a gut feeling something’s supposed to be there. From what I’ve noticed from my rides is that the air blast is aimed directly at the cars coming from a tube to the left of the curtain. Maybe there’s supposed to be audio in that section that would’ve given context that was turned off. I know the quality is 2 pixels tall, but the curtain seems to be open in the (admittedly very early) concept sketch so maybe it’s an effect? The most hot or miss effects have been the two screens that have been broken since opening weekend, and the two heat effects have been on and off. There’s been noticeable changes within the audio, so hopefully they’re focusing on the major areas and are working to maintain the ride throughout the season.