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  1. 2 hours ago, robintodd said:

    I'd love to see some attention to the train ride.  Maybe not bring back the shooting Indians of old, but having a sister city to Bonesville at Cedar Point would be awesome!

    Completely agree! 

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  2. I would suggest to never buy Fast Lane online before actually seeing the crowds in person whether at the beginning of the day or during the day. You could buy online and truly not need it. 

    The weather could keep the crowds away, however, if it's warm enough I'd say there is a chance it'll still be busy. 

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  3. 2 hours ago, Honorarius said:

    It's one of the things I dispise about theme parks... The push-shove rush of the herd at rope drop, who cares if someone gets tripped and trampled... Would it be so wrong to walk the rope back in an orderly fashion???

    Some parks do this already...however, when you have parks like Cedar Point and Kings Island with ERT rides on different ends of the park it is kind of hard to do such a thing, especially with many different routes to those rides.

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  4. 2 hours ago, KevM86 said:

    I would eliminate red. We already have two B&Ms that are a darker shade of red. They almost certainly wouldnt build another red B&M.

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    I hope they have used all of the red paint they got on sale with Dick Kinzel as the head of Cedar Fair :P

     

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  5. 2 minutes ago, MonteCristo said:

    Did you?  I seem to remember getting off on the opposite side, and there was a big white staircase.  You'd walk up the stairs, over the tracks and back down again to go out the exit.  

    You enter the station for those cars in Frontier Town by crossing over the tracks on the stair case and exit the station on the opposite side of which you enter. 

    The cars at the front of the park, you enter and exit from the same side of the station. You have a ride associate drive your vehicle from the stop sign to where they need it to go before exiting out of the station. 

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  6. 16 hours ago, malem said:

    Just a heads up that wholesale prices at Customcat are going up on Thursday, April 11 by $1 per shirt. Since KIC doesn't make any money on these, the prices of our shirts will go up the same amount.

    To get the old pricing, be sure to place your order by this Wednesday at 11:59:59pm EDT.

    I'm still waiting for additional colors.

  7. 1 hour ago, Winterfestguy said:

    With the new fountain design and since CF cycles their shows throughout the chain, I can see KI borrowing this show from Canada Wonderland sometime soon

     

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    I would love this, but it won't be a part of the park entertainment this year.

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  8. 2 hours ago, nicescoot said:

    Does anyone else find it interesting that there is only one side to the station? I mean this as in loading and unloading will probably occur on the same side. My only experience with antique cars is at Cedar Point where you enter and exit on opposite sides so that's why I'm curious 

    The Cadillac Cars at Cedar Point near the front of the park have you enter and exit from the same side of the station.

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  9. 1 hour ago, silver2005 said:

    I don't want too steep of a drop or else it may have to need OTSR's

    Kind of like the OTSR's on Top Thrill Dragster since it's got that steep drop after cresting the top of the ride? :P

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  10. 2 hours ago, KevM86 said:

    Ok, I can remember seeing the plans for Banshee posted online for the first time around the end of July I think. Maybe "leaked" the wrong word but it's not a big deal so chill out just a bit.

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    Chill out a bit? Excuse me for asking a question and you taking it as I’m attacking you. My bad, sorry I hurt your feelings for questioning how something could be leaked if it is available to the public. Please. 

  11. 3 hours ago, KevM86 said:

    The plans for Banshee were leaked online towards the end of July I believe. I can't remember when MTs plans were leaked but I want to say it was even earlier then Banshee.

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    How were they leaked if they were readily available to the public?

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  12. 1 minute ago, BeeastFarmer said:

    If something is presented before a city committee, I would think it would be a matter of public record.  

    It is public record. 

     

    Let me clarify, I don't know if there is in-fact plans actually at the Building and Zoning department in Warren County.

  13. 1 minute ago, FlightTimberHawk said:

    KI isn’t that close to any park. I highly doubt CP cares about that.

    They are roughly 200 miles away....in the same state and owned by the same company.....the same company isn't necessarily going to put the same or close to the same ride product in our park as the Flagship park within a short amount of time frame since they were installed at their flagship park. Kings Island isn't owned by Six Flags....their goal is not to make both Ohio parks the same....it's not a good business model....different markets call for different things. 

    Even outside of Cedar Point....Holiday World is the closest park with a Wing Rider...which is "the only launched wing coaster," why would KI add a wing rider with a 2nd one within ~200 miles of the park and a 3rd within ~300 miles away?

    Why would Kings Island get a Dive Coaster when there is one in the same state, ~200 miles away....and there are 2 others that could be visited on a day trip from the park? 

    Why would a Flyer be added when B&M hasn't added a Flying Coaster in the United States since 2009? Why would KI add another Flying Coaster after removing one? 

    KI is a lot closer to other parks than many realize. Cedar Fair is the ones to make the decisions, not CP and I'm certain Cedar Fair is actually concerned about over-saturating their parks/markets with the same type of experience, especially within the same state.

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  14. 2 minutes ago, FlightTimberHawk said:

    Nobody has given a valid reason other than “I don’t want one”.

    That is not true at all...many have given reasons including things such as proximity to other like coasters, the similarities to what we already have, etc. 

  15. 35 minutes ago, FlightTimberHawk said:

    Are you guys still not considering it could be a wing, flyer, or dive? Lol

    Yeah, look through this thread....many have given all the reasons of why we think those options wouldn't work.

  16. Last year, I started a thread for the 2018 Season for bucket list items to do a the park....I've added the list to this post for an example and will post a bucket list for 2019 a little bit later today.

    Feel free to post your 2019 Bucket List. Update as you complete things and/or add more if you find something else you want to do.

    Here was my 2018 Bucket List in no particular order:
     

    • Night Ride on Firehawk
    • Ride The Bat at night (I've ridden at dusk, but I've not done a true night ride)
    • Ride Congo Falls
    • Ride Race For Your Life Charlie Brown
    • Ride White Water Canyon
    • Play more arcade games
    • Play at least one midway game
    • Ride Slingshot
    • Ride Xtreme Skyflyer
    • See Off The Charts (Didn't see it in the past)
    • See Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show (mainly to see a show in the International Showplace Theatre, haven't done that in a long long time)
    • Get FunPix picture taken at the front of the park with a stranger and/or an entire family.
    • Watch the fireworks from the Eiffel Tower
    • Watch the fireworks from International Street
    • Have a fireworks ride on WindSeeker (Had one at the first Coasterstock and it was a blast!) 
    • Ride Boo Blasters and don't attempt to get any points
    • Visit Soak City more
    • Ride Woodstock Whirlybirds (because why not?)
    • Spend a bit of time in the evening before park close on International Street
    • Eat at Subway with my dining plan (because Subway is expensive outside of the park)
    • Sample all of the fudge flavors at Sweet Spot --- partially completed!
    • Try all of the cotton candy flavors at Sweet Spot
    • Spend a day at the park with my phone in the locker or car
    • Feed the fish in the Oktoberfest Pond
    • Meet at least 15 people from KIC that I don't already know
    • Split a big funnel cake with toppings with friends
    • Get a picture with each of the Peanuts costumed characters (those of you on here who are character escorts, make this happen please ) -- Almost completed! 

    So again, what's your 2019 Bucket List?

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