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Does your friend run a bulldozer, by any chance?

It's too bad that Skillet won't be at the event this year. This summer they're taking some time off from touring to write more of their next album. It is still an incredible line up however. Family Force 5, tobyMac, and Switchfoot are some of my all time favorite musical groups. It may take some convincing to get somebody to drive me the whole 9 hours to get there!

Negative acceleration, indeed!

A friend of yours was "placed" at Crypt this year... If it is any other department besides Rides Operations, please, do tell.

It looks like a publicity photo of sorts...is the lady someone I should know? (Sits here wondering what kind of response I might get from The Interpreter. )

Lord willing and the creek don't rise....so to speak. Here is an oldie but goodie! pilotank

Photo #24 - Bat Station

Maybe Vortex will get ERT this season.

Doesn't it say in the terms of service that any information stated as fact needs its source listed? I'd be very interested in hearing yours, what with this "assured" stuff.

Can we get an over-themed indoor eagle ride? I know where they could put it.

I had a dream that Kings Island announced dueling suspended Crypts for 2012 - two of them, face to face in the building. In the commercial advertising it, they were shown falling toward red fountains. I was in heaven. Rest in peace, my friend!

I think you'll find that you should always be open to things, given new information or perspectives. Otherwise, having a discussion becomes difficult.

You're right that Disney's Fastpass system is included with park admission, but I wouldn't say it's "at no extra cost." Keep in mind, a one day ticket to a single Disney park (no parkhopper) is $80.00 plus tax. The cost to build, stock, and upkeep those Fastpass distribution machines is factored in there. The problem with a system like that at Kings Island is, the price for a daily ticket would need to be high every single day to manage that system, but the system itself would only be used on Saturdays in the summer and Haunt nights, so someone visiting on a Wednesday in May would need to pay more for their ticket, then have access to a system they didn't need. I also suggest that, if you truly only visit once every two years, you come here to ask for help planning for the trip. There are only a few days during the years that any of Kings Island's rides approach a wait time that I would call "hours." If you really only have one visit every two years and you choose a Saturday in July, you've dug your own grave. I would say on an average day in the summer, the longest line you'll find is Firehawk at 45 minutes to an hour, while everything else will be between a walk on and 30 minutes. On most days, you can do the entire park in a day. Also as you've read here, many make the case that this world affords more to people who will pay more. People often bring up an interesting argument: If it is indeed immoral for someone to pay extra to have "no wait," then is it immoral for you to come to Kings Island at all, since there are people who can't afford it? Is it wrong that there is a tiering system in place there? There's no right or wrong answer, and I understand your frustration. But on another level, the worst thing you can teach your kids is that life is fair. They needn't know the whole story, of course, but you can say "Those are the people with big houses and lots of money." It's something they probably already know as reality, or will learn soon.

Yes We are.

Trees...Better..... Asphalt in July...... Too Hot!!!!! I'm curious about that green grassy patch at the end of the fountain by the entrance. That must have been a bear to keep healthy, could you walk on it? Why was it there?....What does it MEAN????

I too like the trees better. I-Street just looks naked without them.

I love the fountain. It's such an awe-inspiring entrance for a park between the fountain and the Eiffel Tower. I don't really think there is any park that captures that magic of an amusement park when you enter the way Kings Island (and by default, Kings Dominion) does. As a side note, I'm guessing back in 1974 the women's restroom was split in two, as the building that houses the Men's restroom does not exist? That's one of my favorite parts of your pictures is finding the things that are not like the other, but that blend in so well.

Forgive me for making educated guesses and using deductive reasoning, whether I'm right or I'm wrong, there's no reason you have to be a jerk about it. HTCO and I have worked at the park in the past couple of years. I know my department was in rides and my comments are going off of what I've been told by higher ups. Whether or not you work or have worked in the park as maintenance gives no cause for holier than thou replies.