KingsIsland1972

Hello. I was there Sunday to process my season pass and low and behold...something looked different. NO METAL DETECTORS. It was so weird to see the open space before the gates. So...what is security going to do to keep us safe? I remember working those gates back in 2005 as a TPSO. (Sarcastically Speaking) Those were the days of where it was just so much fun to make our park guests even more "PIS*Y" before having them enter the park. I'm sure Guest Relations heard an earful that year. It was as bad as going to the airport. I felt as though we were making the park safer, (you should have seen some of the things people tried to bring in), but sometimes people waited an extra 15-20 minutes in line just to pass through us only to get to the next long line to get in the park. (blah) Personally...I felt it broke up their wait and it would have been the same wait time with/without us being there to sift through their belongings. Still again...It was real close to the 9-11 era and some thanked us for doing it while others...well, you can only imagine what was said.

I used my KI season pass one time last year(disappointing) before landing a job in Gatlinburg, TN in June of 2011. The perks came with a VIP pass to Dollywood to use all year which I hadn't been there since a child and Lord only knows I would have NEVER rode a rollercoaster then. Being a lover of the Woodies...I've come to love and appreciate Thunderhead in Dollywood and had a chance to ride it at least 50 times while there and had a new found love for that particular ride. I have ranked it really close to my Beast Experiences but both give two opposite kinds of mixed experiences so I'm torn. Is there anybody that could explain in detail the difference between what the two are because no two coasters are alike? I love The Beast for the special smell you get at night: the musk and moist breeze that graces your face of the forest, the dark cover of the trees and of course the Helix is 2nd to None(when it's pitch black)!!! But....Thunderhead seemed to have sharper hairpin turns, more air time and even races through the station. I seemed to smile and laugh "A LOT" while riding it and gave me a natural high of happiness and completeness. Would anybody like to give their 2cents worth? Thanks.

Hi everyone...I wanted to shout out that it finally feels nice not to be the last kid picked last in gym class. I'm your newest Team Mate for the Coaster Marathon! I can't wait to meet all of you in person. Here is my page! http://www.firstgivi...ard/KingsIsland Let's All Have Fun!!!

3 quick questions...(1) Almost hard to see at first, but could anybody please tell me what the name of the sky ride that's going over the building and (in your opinion) why another one hasn't replaced it yet? (2) What were those red poles (3 in the picture) that are identical in the childrens area? (3) I don't see any fencing anywhere...where people polite enough to stay on the sidewalks and didn't need corralled back then? I remember some of KI, but being under 5 back in those days...I get KI and Americana memories mixed up. Coca-Cola had their employee days there at Americana and coming to KI was a bonus. All I can remember at KI at that age was the Log Flume, something with the Flintstones and seeing people walking their invisible dogs on leashes...oh the live water show. Thanks.