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  1. 14 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said:

    April 20 - May 31, 2024

    • Banshee
    • Sol Spin
    • Woodstock Express
    • Woodstock Whirlybirds

    June 1 - July 31, 2024

    • Diamondback
    • Snoopy's Soapbox Racers
    • Woodstock's Air Rail
    • Franklin's Flyers
    • Snoopy's Space Buggies

    August 1 - October 27, 2024

    (Except Fridays, beginning August 16)

    • Orion
    • Mystic Timbers
    • Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
    • The Great Pumpkin Coaster

    Great line up this year! Glad to see Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers will be open on or before June 1st!

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  2. 22 minutes ago, Timchat2 said:

    https://www.visitkingsisland.com/entertainment

    The 2024 summer show lineup has been posted.

    https://www.visitkingsisland.com/events/summerbration

    Grand Carnivale will be July 20-August 4.

    Very sad to see that preview day is only 4:00-9:00. 

    Also I just wanted to point out that if drones are back I would imagine the launch area is still in the old Vortex plot of land which would most likely mean no coaster there for 2025. 
     

     

  3. I know it’s very unlikely but I would really like to see the return of in person announcements. It makes sense that there wasn’t any in person announcement for Camp Snoopy or Adventure Port since they are relatively small additions but whenever we get our next big coaster I would like to see them return. I really miss the level of excitement from those announcements.

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  4. 39 minutes ago, WoodVengeance said:

    I got this email this morning. Seems like Kings Island is getting ready to roll out their new app. It should be the same style of app that Cedar Point just got and will likely be rolled out throughout the entire Cedar Fair chain.

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    I got the same message as well. Cedar Point released theirs the Friday after I got the message about a new app so we might see it release tomorrow.

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  5. 51 minutes ago, johnjniehaus said:

    I'm kinda afraid of the regular que when this thing opens....

    I’m afraid of all the queues when it opens. It’s probably going to have a three hour regular line and an hour Fastlane line. 
    I don’t know for sure if it would be the best option but maybe they could implement access passes that you can only enter then queue at a certain time. That may help with the lines.

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  6. 2 hours ago, DispatchMaster said:

    I think you're misreading this. It states that season long FLP gets you one FLP wristband per visit, and that FLP wristband provides unlimited access to all the rides therein, including TT2. Taken the way you're interpreting it, season long FLP would only provide one ride each on all of the FLP rides per visit, which I'm fairly certain is not the policy.

    You are correct. They have changed it on the app. I was able to get a picture before they changed. Here is the current and here is what it used to say.IMG_0790.jpegIMG_0788.jpeg

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  7. 2 hours ago, LuvingKI said:

    I'm going for 10 days in June, I got the season fastlanes, so this should definitely shorten the line up as the day goes.

    Not necessarily. There is some confusion going on because the app states you only get access to TT2 once per visit with season long Fastlane but the website says unlimited access. We’ll have to wait and see which one is correct.

  8. 2 hours ago, BoddaH1994 said:

    Saw this online:

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    Notice: one time through for daily FL+. I know this will be controversial; however, I think it’s a really good thing for crowd management. 

    Weirdly enough, the app states that all season Fastlane plus only gets you one ride on TT2 per visit. It shows the starting price for FLP is also $115 and not $99 which is correct because when you click on dates to buy it the lowest price is $115.

    Does anyone know if you purchase a Fastlane it will be available for you to redeem any time of that day you selected? So let’s say I purchase a Fastlane and I don’t get to the park until 3pm, can I still redeem it or will someone have taken it by then?
     

  9. 8 minutes ago, WoodVengeance said:

    I mean, the purple kind of made sense when it was originally themed to Danny Phantom, but they didn't really change it much when they rethemed it to Linus Launchers.

    If they’re keeping the name I hope they at least put some work into painting it and maybe adding a bandana and a beagle scout hat to snoopy so it fits the theme more of the surrounding area.

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  10. 2 hours ago, BeeastFarmer said:

    RFYLCB to Kings Mills Log Flume

    Backlot Stunt Coaster to what the area really looks like to Junkyard Coaster

    The Area Formerly Known as Coney Mall to Coney Mall

    Woodstock Express to The Beastie (this could bring back nostalgia and tie into Camp Snoopy (ghost stories are told around campfires!)

    All the buildings on International Street to their countries--The Spanish Building, The Italian Building, etc.

    Drop Tower to something more original

    I’ve always liked the idea of Action Zone being rethemed to a haunted area to tie in with Banshee and The Bat.

    What if Drop Tower was renamed to Scream Zone to pay homage to Drop Zone and also fitting the new theme at the same time.

  11. 1 hour ago, johnjniehaus said:

    Not a huge fan of the name changes with the exception of Franklin Flyers (that one was good) We will now have Woodstock Express and Woodstock Air Rail (two Woodstock coasters...hmmm ok) and there was nothing wrong with the log flume name in relation to the area in my opinion 

    At least they didn’t go with Woodstock Express 2. 

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  12. According to the updated Cedar Point and Carowinds app’s, it seems like they will continue to offer single use Fastlane’s at those parks. I imagine when we see our app update soon it will show single use Fastlane as well. Does anyone know how much they charged last year?

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  13. I would really like to see Orion’s soundtrack return in the station for 2024. I heard it early on in the season but sometime in the summer it went away. Just like Millenium Force, Orion’s soundtrack in the station really sets the mood for the ride and I just wish it would play more often. I could also throw in the Banshee fog machine in this discussion. I haven’t seen it run in a long time. Man I miss that thing. 

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  14. 58 minutes ago, Orion-XL200 said:

    I mean the area where the coaster will be was already sectioned off. I think most are surprised that Good Gravy is essentially ready but SSBR isn't vertical yet. Could the track had already been installed? More than likely if it was on site.

    Vekoma has a deal with Holiday World that they would be the first to open up a family Vekoma boomerang in the US. That’s why KI is taking their time because they can’t open SSBR until Good Gravy opens. 

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  15. 1 hour ago, Orion-XL200 said:

    Saw this on Facebook this morning....that's normally Coasterstock weekend. Guess it's no more. Many thoughts on this....what are your thoughts?

     

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    I received a message from ACE about it this morning. If it makes the event more exclusive I’m all for it. This could be great or terrible we’ll have to see.

  16. 10 hours ago, SonofBaconator said:

    Loch Ness Monster is getting some major attention with BGW choosing to preserve the ride by retracking it. That being said, could this be a sign of hope for all existing Arrows across the globe? Let me be clear, parks are going to make decisions based off of a number of factors such as ride popularity, maintenance, etc, so of course it’s not likely that every current Arrow is going to last for decades to come….but still, it does make you think. 

    I don’t believe most Arrow’s will receive the treatment. I just think parks would just rather opt for a new coaster instead. Maybe the iconic ones like MagnumXL-200 could be retracked.

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  17. 6 hours ago, KIghostguy said:

    Construction update blog and video that the park just posted: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2024/january/camp-snoopy-construction-update

    Among some other interesting tidbits, it's worth pointing out that this says Camp Snoopy will be opening "late spring 2024." Does not seem optimistic for opening day, unfortunately. 

     

    Looks like it’s coming along well! I did not expect Woodstock Gliders and Linus Launcher to be a part of this but I am all for it. I think it makes more sense instead of just having two things in the back of Planet Snoopy that are Camp Snoopy. I know it wasn’t mentioned but I still really hope to see the new gen Vekoma trains added to Flying Ace. Also, are they going to stick with the Flying Ace name and not change the name? I just think that’d be a bit weird with the completely different color scheme.

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  18. I didn’t want to create a new thread so I thought I’d just ask my question here.             To anyone has stayed at Carowinds on site hotel, do you know if you can purchase or redeem Fastlane at the hotel’s front desk? I’m asking this because I know you can redeem Fastlane at Hotel Breaker’s front desk and gift shop. Thank you in advance.

     

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