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Get a Bank of America card. NO foreign transaction fees! There's lots of other cards that do this too.

Years ago (2017) when they still issued physical passes, you had to go to your "home park" as your FIRST visit of the year... That's not a thing anymore is it?

You HAVE to assume that the $$ listed on the Canada's Wonderland site are CANADIAN DOLLARS, right?? If so this order is insanely cheaper than buying from Kings Island!! Only $273 U.S. dollars (before taxes) versus $388 if bought from K.I. !! Can this be??

Have you ridden Fury325? Such a better drop and way more fun ride overall...

Has anyone dug around enough and found WHERE/HOW you get the ALL PARK add on for $65 as mentioned in this article? https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2024/09/11/six-flags-launching-7-new-coasters-2025-how-you-can-ride-them-all/75104736007/ "the company also will introduce an expanded All Park Passport membership add-on that gives Gold and Prestige Passholders and Members unlimited admission and parking to all 42 of the company’s amusement and water parks. It's now on sale at prices ranging from $65 to $125 depending on the Passholders’ Pass or Membership level and purchase location."

Almost same experience at Cedar Point Oct 11&12 of this year. Lots of big major rides "not operating" or "broken down" at all times of the day which put INSANE stress on the lines of the 4 or so big rides that WERE running. Were talking 90min-2.5hr waits... Crazy... Got stuck in line (at the bottom of the stairs) for a breakdown at Maverick. Toughed it out for 30-40min, finally got on and my train got stuck in the launch tunnel!! Then the ride was closed the rest of the day. If all the major coasters would have been operating, I bet the longest lines would have been 45min to an hour. But either the lack of employees to run them(?), not wanting to spend the $$ running them(?), or them just being broken, made our 2 days there VERY disappointing. I think we only rode about 7-8 rides (many of them flat rides) in the full 2 days we were there!

It was stated in many articles today that.... "The companies plan to leverage their licensed intellectual property in their parks, with Six Flags holding a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery for rights to characters from DC Comics and Looney Tunes, and Cedar Fair controlling rights to the Peanuts universe."

Wow! 20oz beers at KI for $4!!

Why would they NOT use DC? They (now) own the rights to it! They would be crazy not to use it. Probably a reason they bought Six Flags! Also, I would MUCH rather have Looney Toons for the kids areas rather than the lame, boring, Charlie Brown crap that no kid even knows what the heck it even is. One of the lamest things that Cedar Fair partnered with...

There is NEVER a such thing as a "merger" no matter what bull**** line of sunshine they blow at people. I've been at companies that have been bought and sold and supposedly "merged"... Someone is ALWAYS buying the other. Cedar Fair has BOUGHT Six Flags. PERIOD. New name (for whatever reason) is Six Flags. Bloomberg website says Cedar Fair bought Six Flags for 1.9 billion.

Got the ALL PARK upgrade to our Kings Island passes for next year. Should we do a trip to Dorney Park or Worlds of Fun? Both are ~9hrs from Cincinnati. Had platinum passes last in 2017 and did Carowinds, Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, Knotts Berry Farm, and Canada's Wonderland. Definitely plan to do some of those again as well...

Went to Cedar Point last weekend for the first time since 2017 and was SO excited to get an Elephant Ear again back in the back western town area and they don't have them anymore!!

WHERE are Elephant Ears at K.I.??!! Super excited if you are correct!

B Y O... That's what (plastic) flasks are for!

I'm still hoping for an RMC RAPTOR (single rail) coaster there. Like Jersey Devil, etc. Fun ride, nice compact layout, and a massive "line eater" since it never stops moving even in the station!! Super cool. Anyone have any idea why Cedar Fair only has ONE rmc raptor in all their parks?? (California's Great America).

I'd be ok with that idea of "original" / non-franchise places on International Street. But good luck getting rid of Starbucks! Why it's there in the first place blows my mind...

Holy crap! Can you IMAGINE what the line at the INSANELY SLOW (painfully inefficient) Skyline in Coney Mall will look like now??? You could tell Subway was on the way out, but super shocked at ChickFilA. It was ALWAYS packed! Except on Sundays...

https://KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/45121-kings-island-announces-adventure-port-for-2023/&do=findComment&comment=911495

Wow. Totally "backwards" (upside down?) direction on this one in my opinion. As dilapidated as Adventure Express has become on theming, would it really have been that hard to re theme it to some German/Black Forest idea, simply change the burrito place's food, and revamp/reincorporate this area as "Oktoberfest"?? I mean they are even putting the spinning beer barrel ride back in for God's sake!! Hello! What a missed opportunity rather than creating a completely NEW area. I feel like someone in Sandusky (or California?) came up with this idea and had no concern for what is already right there... Just silly. I'm glad they're doing SOMETHING, just such as ass-backward decision on how to do it.

Not sure WHY. But ORION was shut down again at ~9:15 last Friday night and I don't think it re opened that night. We got in line for it about 9:05. They only had the first set (right hand side) of turnstiles open, but they were full. After being in line but maybe 5min, we heard an announcement that it would close at 9:45 for the fireworks, but the way the line was moving we thought for sure we'd make it. At ~9:15~9:20 the stopped ruining trains and announced they were having technical difficulties. At about 9:30 I saw an operator (maybe it was a maintenance person) walking out on the track side walkway over to the break run. I was directly under that area and couldn't tell if a rain with passengers was stopped there or what was going on. We abandoned the line at that point and headed to the Eiffel Tower to watch the fireworks. I kept looking over at the lift hill, I don't think it ever ran again that night. I assume it was open on Saturday? Btw, it was GREAT how moderate the crowd was on Friday evening!

I hope they repaint all the FOOTPRINTS for the re opening! They are VERY faded...

99% of the time they have let my son use MY pass (with the drink plan on it) to get a drink. Even on days that I haven't gone with him to the park. BUT there was one time last year where someone would NOT let him and told him it had to be ME to used it.

They couldn't have "thrown it" in the gigantic CRYPT building instead???

Yea! I was shocked on the prices too! How about the $10 PER TICKET "service charge"!?! Makes 2x $20 tickets cost $60! Honestly, with the names they have coming, all the shows SHOULD be FREE!!! I'm not complaining at Kings Island, I know the bands are charging them...