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Everything posted by awoody
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10,000' overview of townships - Townships are unincorporated areas that fall outside of contiguous city limits. I.E. no city services like trash pick up, snow removal, city police or fire protection, et al. These things are privately funded, handled by the county, or custom governed by an ad-hock committee formed by the township itself. The main draw - you do not pay city income taxes, are typically more rural, and are not subject to standard city ordinances.
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We live in the Township in between Mason and Monroe. Take us about 10-15 minutes to get there. Straight shot down 741 to Kings Mill and onto Kings Island Drive. Visited the park 40 times on the nose last year. Made the Gold Passes and All-Season Dining plans well worth the investment. We like taking our 2 and 5 year old in the evenings after work. Grab dinner, hit a few rides in Planet Snoopy. Gets them all tired out and they fall asleep on the car ride home. We can hear the fireworks every evening at 10. :-)
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Bumping from last year - Fit on everything in the park sans Drop Tower. Kids are a bigger this year and tall enough for Flying Ace in Planet Snoopy. Any thoughts or insights on that one being a tight fit or no go for a big boy? (6'4" and 260)
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Bumping this topic from last year. My daughter is now tall enough for Surf Dog and Flying Ace in Planet Snoopy. Again - good sized guy - 6'4" and 260. Fit into Surf Dog just fine. How accommodating is Flying Ace for big boys? Big broad shoulders/chest don't always agree with kiddie rides. Especially with OTSRs.
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Could have been worse. They could have run out of chili... We walked to CM Skyline and had our food within 5 minutes. Zero line. No big deal.
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So IS Skyline just ran out of spaghetti. 15-30 minutes until they are ready again.
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Festhaus LaRosa's is closed due to their fryers being down. Employees say it "should" be open by 2:00PM. Causing the lines at Panda to get a bit longer than usual, but they are doing a GREAT job moving people through to accommodate. Also, Hanks was still not open. People milling around inside, but doors locked. Several guests knocked and tried to ask when they were opening, but they were ignored. All of the tabl a our front we're getting full of people waiting.
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For anyone who is looking for a "healthier" food option: broccoli beef, mushroom chicken, and steamed rice at Panda is only about 650 calories. Tons of broccoli and zucchini. Pretty filling. I'm sure the sodium destroys all the positives, but it's worth a shot as a "healthier" option to pizza and burgers.
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While taking a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower earlier this week, I was chatting with the op about plans for the Crypt building. She said that there is nothing on the docket for it right now but KI is currently evaluating options and doing preliminary surveys on the land between the SoB station and The Bat for something "big" and gave a wink. Perhaps teasing he Giga or just hyping the park and entertaining riders?
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Reds and Hanks closed today. (Fri 2nd)
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I stopped over for lunch today, right during prime time. (12:15) Tom + Chee was about a 20 minute wait, which I didn't think was bad at all. Good sandwich. The griller only had one sandwich going at a time, which held things up a bit. Overall, good service. IS LaRosa's was wrapped down to Graeter's. IS Skyline was still closed. Chick-Fil-a was half way to the Eiffel Tower. RT Potato Works had a massive line. Hank's was closed. The two things that surprised me were: 1) the lack of drink stations open. (20-30 people deep by Diamondback) Freestyle Market and Freestyle by Train were closed. Tower Drinks closed. 2) Planet Snoopy Grill was closed. First time I've ever seen it closed this year.
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Heard the same thing about the Island Smokehouse. Hoping to give that a shot in the near future.
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I was more interested in today. (Saturday) it makes sense that weekdays would have limited staff. Thought the unofficial weekend kick-off to summer might have made it all hands in deck.
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Now that it is memorial day weekend, is anyone noticing that more restaurants and drink stations are open today? what are you seeing and where are you eating this weekend? I would love to hit Reds hall of fame grill tonight if it is open.
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I'm 6'4" and 260. 52" chest and 38-40" waist. Broad chest and shoulders. Solid up top. Softer in the mid-section. I'll give you a run down of my experiences on ever ride I've hit this year. - Banshee: Test seat. Fit just fine. OTSR is a little snug in the shoulders. If you want a little more room, hit row 4-5. They have a red belt that is an 1" longer to give you some wiggle room. - Diamondback: Test seat. Fit. Clamshell can be tight if you have muscular or thick quads. Scoot as far back into the seat and melt down into the bucket of the seat to give as much room, cross your ankles to bring your legs down when you get situated, then pull clamshell down. My favorite ride in the park. - Delirium: Test seat. Roomie even with big shoulders. Be careful not to pull OTSR down too far. Did that last week and it made for an uncomfortable ride. - Mystic Timbers: Fit. Cross ankles and angle knees toward center of car. Pull lap bar down snuggly to hit first click. Then apply pressure to the corner of lap bar for the second click. Super smooth. - The Bat: Fit. Most roomie coaster in the park, IMHO. have extra room in shoulders. Nowhere near touching my stomach. - Adventure Express: Fit. Watch your knees and hips. Beat my lower body to death. Cross ankles and angle knees inward. Snug lap bar. - The Beast: Fit. Watch your knees and hips. Beat my lower body to death. Cross ankles and angle knees inward. Snug lap bar. - The Racer: Fit. Watch your knees and hips. Beat my lower body to death. Cross ankles and angle knees inward. Snug lap bar. - Vortex: Fit. Tight on shoulders. Room in the chest. Tons of extra space in the stomach. Head bangs in between the OTSR. - Scrambler: Fit. Tighter on the stomach. Bar hits about 2" above belly button. - Shake Rattle & Roll: No issues. Pretty roomie. - The Monster: Little tight. Bar hits above the stomach. Should be easy. - Invertigo: Fit. Tight on the shoulders. Snug in stomach. Knocks your head around a bit in the OTSR. - Drop Tower: No fit. Not even close. With the OTSR smashed down into my collarbones, the buckle was a good 3" from connecting. Didn't even bother trying to have the operator help. - Planet Snoopy: Fit into everything except Kite-Eating Tree. Daughter isn't big enough for Flying Ace, so not sure on that one. - Flight of Fear: Tight on the knees. Lap bar is snug, but fit just fine. - Backlot: Same as FoF. Snug, but not issues. - WindSeeker: Tight on upper legs. Give it a push for the second click. Should be fine so long as you don't have a massive spare tire. Hope this helps out a bit. As others mentioned, if you aren't sure if you will fit, go to the exit of the ride and ask to do a test fit in between runs. Most operators are more than accommodating and will try to help you out. Good luck and enjoy your visit!
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Just ate at Hank's Mexican Grill. Outstanding across the board. Huge portions. Through the line in 10 minutes. Great service from the staff. My family used our All-Season Dining Passes. Exceptional value as not one of us were able to finish our meals.
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Lord - no. I was at the park this afternoon. I had not used my food pass yet. I went to CFA to get something to take with me, (I would venture to say that whether I consume the food is irrelevant so long as I used my pass to acquire it) using my pass that is very real, valid, and paid for. The cashier told me that I could not use the pass for someone that wasn't scanned into the park. "Only pass holders that are in the park can use the meal plan." To which I replied, "Clearly, I am in the park. We're talking now." They then agreed and provided me with said Dining Plan food. Last week, I was leaving the park at closing time. I stopped to grab a slice on the way out as it had been 4 hours since use. LaRosa's allowed me to use other passes, people not present, to get additional pizza at closing time. Between that experience and the CFA experience today where they told me I was not scanned into the park, but clearly was there and could not use the pass, it prompted me to ask the question. I.E. - Am I missing something or was the LaRosa's experience an isolated incident? As someone else mentioned, your picture shows up when your pass is scanned. At 6'4" with a beard, I highly doubt someone is going to mistake me for my 4 yr old daughter. There is no nefarious plot to circumvent the rules and exploit KI for a $10 meal. Wow - we've got some conspiracy theorists out there. I'm sorry guys. I should have never posed the question.
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I stopped in for lunch and coaster earlier. Firehawk was about 50 minutes. Chick-Fil-A was sloooow. Close to 35 minutes. I understand that there were significant school crowds today, but food services has got to up their game a bit. Not sure if it is training, lack of staff, or apathy. Hoping to head back with the family this evening, but will likely spend the whole time in Planet Snoopy. Also - ride times in the app were not working earlier. Hope the get that fixed.
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Gotcha. That's what I thought and that makes perfect sense.
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At 6'4" and 265...Vortex is rough. Outside of car #1, my knees feel like they've been beaten by a bag of quarters and my collar bones are usually red and sore at the end. Having said that, Vortex has a certain nostalgic value to it. Growing up and coming to KI in the late 80's / early 90's...Vortex and The Beast were the top of the food chain. Riding either of those as an 8 year old (or when even you were tall enough) was a rite of passage. The only way I would ever promote tearing it down would be if you've got the shovels ready to start building something bigger and better the next day.
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I like Firehawk. I don't love it. It's a long wait for a short ride. I also find it to be a bit slow, lacking speed. As many have said, the loading and unloading process eats soooo much time. Does it ever run two trains simultaneously? Every time I've been on it - loaded - run - unload. Never has one loading while one is on the track.
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When in the park this afternoon, the KI app ride times were not updating. In fact, many of the rides weren't showing at all. The only one's (thrill section was all i checked) loading were Mystic Timbers, Sling Shot, WindSeeker, BLSC. Tried closing the app and reopening. No luck. Restarted my phone. No luck. Anyone else experience this issue? Fixes? Heading back tonight with the family. Hopefully, it resolves itself.
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That one I'm not sure about. After I explained that POV to the cashier, they agreed and processed. That and my experience with LaRosa's is what prompted me to ask the question about being present to use the Dining Plan Pass.
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@chugh43 My apologies for the use of sarcasm when describing my pass as "old". Facetiousness doesn't always translate well on online forums. The last thing I want is people in line using old, fake, or expired dining plans. It took me 30 minutes to get a chicken sandwich at fries at 11:30 today and close to 45 minutes to get Panada Express last Friday at 6:30. The lines are long enough without freeloaders. I mean it makes sense to only allow the food pass IF the person has been scanned into the park and present. I am assuming that this is the policy. Or is it meant for you to be able to use all passes / dining plans that you've purchased, even if all parties are not present? I.E. - my family has 4 All-Season Dining plans, but only my daughter and I are the only ones here. (Wife and son stayed home) The two of us wouldn't be able to order food for four - right? Honestly, I have no intention of eating 8 cheese conies and 4 baskets of fries and then riding roller coasters all afternoon. That isn't going to end well for anyone. :-) I'm walking out of the park at night after going with friends. I stop at IS Larosa's to grab a slice of pizza on the meal plan. My family isn't there with me. LaRosa's allows me to use all four food passes to get a whole pizza to take home, even though my family isn't present. This occurred last Friday. Was the cashier not supposed to do this? Or is that allowed? Were they just liquidating end of night pizza? Based on my experience, I'm not sure. That's why I am asking the question.
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No...it is not an "old" pass, it is entirely new, valid, current, and paid for. I mean "old" as "good ole' trusty tried and true." No need to call the FBI. Deep breaths. Trust me, we've all got better things to do than create a pass holder conspiracy plan to "cheat" KI out of a $10 meal. Hell, $10 barely covers my gas there and back. Let alone that the 20-30 minute wait. $10 is hardly worth my time to "scam" the system. LOL. on the other hand, if there is a training issue with their staff, then that needs to be addressed as well. Simply sharing my experience.