malem

There will be showers Saturday morning, but they should taper off by the time the park opens. Crowds might be light when the park opens, but it will certainly get packed. Friday's hourly forecast looks eerily similar to the Haunt meet-up earlier this month, with lower 60s dropping to upper 40s and rain all night. That night, the park was nearly dead. If you go, do the outdoor haunts first before they get shut down. And dress warmly. Sunday's forecast has improved; it should be 40 by 10am improving to 52 by the afternoon. It will be a lot less crowded than Saturday. There will be quite a few people from KICentral at the park on closing day, as is tradition, so try to meet some new faces if you go. (See http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/26671-ki-closing-day-2012 )

^ If you consider karma votes ("likes") to be points, he got two.

KI is offering $25 tickets (+$5 fee per order) today only, valid Friday and Sunday. This would seem to indicate that they aren't expecting huge crowds on those days. But yes, Saturday will be packed - the weather will be nice, it's the last weekend, and Sunday is forecast to be quite cold.

With all the delays those have suffered, they might not want to announce them again until they're delivered, on the track, and tested.

Presumably this will require the park to be open then, making this good news for people who want night coaster rides and aren't able to come to HoliWood Nights or in the fall. As-is, it's a rather "dry" ride, especially for a water park. Perhaps they'll look East add some spitting giraffes after the flume. Then there's that long walk connecting Giraffica+RhinoBlaster+future expansion to the rest of Splashin' Safari. This is a park that pays attention to details, so I'm sure we'll see some changes along that route now that it's "in" the water park. (Misters, shade, and seating?)

Since the 2012 pass was lost, how did you renew it? To renew online, you would have had to enter the barcode number from that pass. By the way, you posted this question a couple days ago and got several replies: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/26653-gold-pass-2013-renewal-question/ My advice would be to call the park tomorrow (Sunday) while they're open.

For future reference, using cameras on Sky Ride isn't allowed. The only ride this is allowed on at CP is CP&LE RR. (And formerly Space Spiral.)

They're definitely able to. If the ticket windows are open and Guest Services is crowded, they might direct you there instead. Keep in mind that when I renewed, neither the Fast Lane booth nor ticket windows were operating. The easy-pay isn't a discount. It is online-only, however, so it isn't compatible with the Fun Perks voucher.

Yes. The music itself is out of copyright, but modern performances are certainly not. Symphony performances are often complex, as royalties may be due to each performing member. Arrangements of classical pieces for modern orchestras are also protected by copyright. Getting copyright clearances on a classical performance usually isn't an easy task.

^ You can only use the music if the copyright owner(s) have given permission to Google. In this case, ads will be placed on your video with the commission going to the music studio. Some music studios don't have such an agreement for YouTube videos. In these cases, the soundtrack and/or the entire video is pulled.

^^ I'm not entirely sure that the $20 coupon works on platinum passes; I've heard that these coupons are for gold passes. If they process your 2013 pass as a renewal, you won't have to process it next season. When renewing at Guest Services, I got a receipt that included my 2012 pass number: (Apparently their point-of-sale system doesn't know about DST; this was at ~12:50am on October 6.)

And the video is now marked as "private" on Youtube. Music rights issue, perhaps?

Did you renew the lost 2012 pass for 2013? (If you renew, the original pass is valid for the next season. There's no voucher and no processing.) If you lost the pass and weren't planning to replace it, you should have purchased a new 2013 pass instead of renewing. I'm not sure how you would have renewed a lost pass, however, since you need the barcode number from the pass to renew. This number would not have been on your purchase receipt for a new pass. By the way, you can be admitted with a lost pass without paying a fee by visiting Guest Services. You probably would have to pay a fee to get the pass replaced, unless they make an exception because it was lost inside the park. If you do lose the pass at the park in the future, you should visit Guest Services before you leave.

^ As are Knott's and Carowinds'. Those events were never "free". Charging customers extra for something that used to be "free" is always a challenge.

What were standby lines like? Were any major attractions under 60 minutes? Even passholders who drove a long distance could be upset having spending the entire night in lines. However, not everyone visits expecting to (or even wanting to) do rides/haunts non-stop all evening. Some groups have a lot of fun just being together. If excessive passholder re-visits are making wait times unacceptably long, perhaps gold/platinum passholders should be limited to one "free" Haunt visit per season. Haunt nights are extremely limited in quantity, after all. (I'm assuming there would be too much passholder resistance to upgrading KI's Haunt into a fully upcharge event.)

Pepsi still doesn't have an answer to Coca-Cola's Freestyle machine, so a Pepsi contract would be a downgrade at least for KI. These things seem to increase soda revenue, so I'd imagine they are a huge selling point. Revenue aside, there could be some bias away from Pepsi with Cedar Fair's new multi-generational marketing. Historically, Coke's marketing has targeted a wider range of ages than Pepsi's, so perhaps it would tie in better with "Thrills Connect". It's been years since I've consumed a carbonated beverage, so I really don't care which brand of sugared syrups flow into the parks. (Although the Freestyle machines do make really nice chilled water dispensers.)

You hope someone is arrested for posting for posting offensive content online? Don't freedoms mean anything anymore?

The original thread about a new KI entrance gate, in which these drawings were posted, is: http://www.KICentral...new-front-gate/

This picture came out really well - I love how everyone has a different expression on their face. Thanks again for taking it and posting it! jcgoble3, stashua123, ohiocolts, malem, ohiocolts's mom (nickname TBD), Beastie1980

Splashin' Safari. The county auditor does. Their auditor's website even has a handy map that lets you click on individual parcels and see who owns each one: http://spencer.in.wthgis.com/ (Just zoom in and start clicking the parcels you're curious about) You can also do this for Warren, Erie, and beyond!

Most commercial pizza sauce contains lots of sugar. You'll find ample amounts in pizza from most national chains, most frozen brands, and most ready-to-use sauce preparations. Real pizza sauce shouldn't contain any sugar.

Glad you enjoyed it despite the weather and the issues with finding people. It was a pleasure meeting you and your family!

The first thing I smell is the water from the fountains and/or one of the food locations on IS. The variety of scents throughout the park would be my "favorite"; I can't pick out any particular one. My least favorite would have to be the characteristic musty smell of things soaked with water from the water rides, most notably WWC. This can be smelled long after drying off.

It's possible, considering we'd likely be timing ourselves to get to the park around the same time. For what it's worth, I was there on the first Sunday of the season, the first Soak City "preview" day, August 24, last Friday for the "KIC Haunt" thing, and one other time I can't think of the date for. One of those trips, I took Rt 42 (2-line road most of the way) instead of I-71 all the way to Mason, driving through Cedarville, Xenia, and Lebanon. It's about the same distance and much more scenic than I-71, but I don't suppose jcgoble3 would like that route. (I'm going slower on these roads, so extra gas mileage is also a bonus.)

The hourly forecast for Friday says 46 degrees by 1:00am. From my misadventure last Friday, I'd recommend planning for 36. (There's a zero percent chance of rain all night, though, which could be good or bad depending on your perspective.) Saturday evening should be dry and in the 60s all evening. It will be packed.