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  1. Firehawk, of course. Diamondback close behind.

    Diamondback is such a common ride; up and down hills the whole time.

    Even if a hyper design like Diamondback isn't an amazingly unique doesn't make it any less special to the Kings Island park goers. I think it was desperately needed addition that really brought Kings Island's coaster line up to the next level.

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  2. So I guess, earlier in the day, it was open to Toyota employees:

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    And that crowd seemed to be building up just a bit when we arrived.

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    but after some waiting the gates opened and we headed into the park. And we decided to purchase some frightlane!

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    And then off to to our first haunt [Razmataz's first ever], Carn-Evil. Pretty good fun, some good scares, and the mirrors. God, I hate the mirrors. Always come out of that one laughing! 8/10

    Then we waited inline for some thrills on Diamondback while the sunset. 15140549527_931def0a40_c.jpg

    Then by the time we got off of that Beautiful B&M, it was dark and we set off for Tomb Stone Terror-tory. Which, even ontop of the pun, is one of my favorites. I love taking the train back, because who doesn't love trains? And then having to jump back in sheer terror as a bandit decides to whack the train for some reason! We made out way back through the eerie forest... Loved it! 9/10

    Then we headed to Madam Fatals Cavern of Terror, which I enjoyed quite a bit, it was our first haunt to use the really cool special feature with the Skeleton key, and got a little something special.

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    You are escorted down a stair case, and then greeted by Madam Fatale herself and she introduces you to her collection of snakes, that have kept her company oh, so long. But then suddenly the lights go out and snakes fall from the ceiling and you must rush out into the wax museum!

    I love this haunt, you sit there trying to tell whether or not they're real, but it really doesn't matter because they're going to get you, and you're going to scream! 9/10

    Then it was on to the new Slaughter house, by The Beast. This one too has a Skeleton key room, and was by far my favorite of the 5 with the special feature.

    You are welcomed into the slaughter house and you walked through how you "going to turn this cow, into these fine cuts of meat" and then stuff happens...

    Then we went onto Urgent Scare, which was pretty fun, however the Skeleton Key room

    was pretty gross, there was **** all over the room walls, and a scare actor in his underwear acting crazy about a cure and what not, and you're offered to eat a maggot. Which I did :P

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    Then onto the new one, Killmart, which was actually pretty good.[url=https://flic.kr/p/pm86oD]15323919501_11efb21fc0_c.jpg[/

    You are greeted by a man with no hands, and he tells you to get the key out of a big bucket of spaghetti, but then once you get it and open the door, he is attacked by another monster,

    and you must run through the store to escape the evil. Great haunt. 8/10

    Then we headed to Delta Delta Die which had the last Skeleton key, you basically get a more in-depth welcoming/hazing from the head of the Sorority. And you have to put on blindfolds and take a shot of some gross drink,

    and then head through a party crazed house with some scares here and there. 6/10

    Then we stood in a half hour line to get an Aunt Annie's Pretzel before we went through Corn Stalkers.

    I loved Corn Stalkers from last year, traveling through, what seemed the most mid-west-ish haunt and the scare did a pretty good job scaring, me because I thought I was seeing a decline in scares, but they brought it back. Oh and that swing... that swing... :) 9/10

    Then onto Club Blood, which I found so so, too short, etc. 4.5/10.

    We then went to go watch Blood Drums which I like, and was pretty entertaining, I'm glad they keep these shows going, very enjoyable. And then off to the last one, Wolf Pack, pretty good, some good scares, good hiding places, but at this point I was already pooped and didn't have as much emotion or reaction so when it was over we got a first nigth ride on Banshee and went home.

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  3. Funny how people are saying "Stand ups are out of date","nobody wants them" . Have we forgotten the new invert (I mean the coaster style that hasn't been built in years because they were not popular) Banshee???? I would love to see a Giga stand up coaster!

    I'm sorry but I fundamentally disagree.

    Stand-up Coasters seem pretty dated at this point. I think they were more a fad that has died down. The last brand new, built from scratch stand up coaster was Georgia Scorcher build in 1999. 15 years ago. I really don't see a major comeback for this style of coaster. If you recall, Kings Island once had one, but it was demolished for a couple reasons. At this point in the amusement industry I think it seems unlikely that a park would invest heavily in that option like that when there are other things that are "in" right now. Like wing coasters, which have seen quite a lot of attention from a rather modest series of installations.

    But even it we look past of that, I think a 300 ft. Stand up would just not be feasible. Seeing as most stand ups are pretty inversion heavy like Mantis. And you think that no coaster has broke 200 ft. And had an inversion other than SOB, and we all know how that turned out... Let alone a monstrous 300 ft. Which still, even in the typical coaster style has had very conservative amount of installations.

    Now do I think that Diamondback will always be the tallest coast at Kings Island? I believe it will remain the biggest and baddest coaster for a couple more years. Banshee filled a very import gap in Kings Islands Coaster line up, but I do see the possibility of giga down the road. Like what is up far, far north.

  4. I'd still rather have a traditional, non shooting dark ride but oh well.

    Much agreed. I prefer to sit back and relax while being transported to a new place, being immersed in the story.

    Haunted Mansion, Harry Potter thing (forget the name), ect. They are all fantastic and enjoyable, with out the the sprinkle of Operation Desert Storm. I much prefer those to Boo Blasters, Buzz light year, and MIB.

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  5. I should be able to do what ever I want to my body as long as it only affects me

    The problem with that is that it doesn't just affect your body. There are numerous cases where second hand smoke has killed non-smokers.

    Although it would be very difficult to successfully outlaw smoking; It wouldn't really be feasible.

    Although banning it from the park; I don't really see the need for smoking within a park filled with children and families. If some really needed to get their fix, they could go outside of the park. I also think that park employees should be a lot more proactive when enforcing the designated smoking area, and not let people smoke around the park and especially in line. I don't know how many times I have been stuck right behind someone who doesn't care about the rules, the annoyance of others, and even the well being of others... and other guests are forced to enforce park rues when the park employees are paid to do that exact thing.

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  6. Recently I've been having issues with trying to post Youtube videos, usually I'd just paste the link and it would auto embed the video... But for some reason it doesn't always work anymore. After try after try it eventually will do it, but it gets annoying & I liked it much better when it would just auto embed the first time.

    If any of you are having a similar issue, one of the things I noticed (I don't know if something was changed) that it auto-hyperlinks youtube links, thus I suppose disabling IP Boards auto embedding of the Youtube videos. Like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KZ3jgbbmI

    When I paste it here in the text box, it automatically turns into a hyperlink in the editor.

    And an easy way to fix that is to do the following:

    1. Paste link, if turns into link...

    2. Click on the link.

    3. Click the hyperlink breaker thing in the editor menu (just to the right of the create new hyperlink button)

    4. Post

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  7. Recently I've been having issues with trying to post Youtube videos, usually I'd just paste the link and it would auto embed the video... But for some reason it doesn't always work anymore. After try after try it eventually will do it, but it gets annoying & I liked it much better when it would just auto embed the first time.

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  8. What happens when someone leaves line for an unexpected reason? What if you drop back in line to your friends? It does seem in theory to be an awesome concept, but I'm already seeing some issues that could arise, if they can work out all the kinks I think it will be a fantastic prop to reduce line jumping.

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  9. The fact that it stopped on the lift hill, I think is a good sign. It means the B&M's safety features are functioning properly and as expected and Operation crew is working to ensure the safety of the guests. After all I'd much rather stop on the lift hill to be safe rather then go through a possibly unsafe ride scenario.

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  10. Obviously being kind and courteous is one of the things you should expect from any employee of an establishment you are giving money in return for a service or product. Security's, as hinted in their title, main job is provide security and maintain a safe environment for the guests of the park, and they are doing their best to make the park a safe place.

    I got stopped by an officer last year for almost the same reason. Some teen in Planet Snoopy was telling the little kids before getting on The Great Pumpkin Coaster that it was going to break while they were on it. I guess he forgot that kids often times tell their parents about those things and the guard told me to wait with him until they caught him. I kept telling him I needed to talk to my dad but he wouldn't let me take my phone out to call him (He was on International Street with some friends getting us lunch). When he finally budged and let me call him my dad started yelling at him and we were asked to leave. They called and said they caught the kid and apologized. My dad asked them if I could have some kind of front of the line pass on one ride and they hung up! I was so ticked off I didn't visit again until August.

    This I found quite a bit more troubling than the original post (no offense or anything you should voice any and all concerns with the park at Guest Relations), I don't know everything about this, but considering "the guard told me to wait with him until they caught him" this implies that he didn't actually believe you were the culprit. And the fact that he denied you permission to call your father, which is something that he should definitely be informed of and involved in, it real rather disheartening. To the point, where I'm not sure I would want to return the park after something like that with my children.

    I don't know what Kings Island Security can and can not do, but I don't think he really would have the right to prevent you from calling your father, after all you weren't really under arrest, & even then you should be allowed to make a call (right). The fact that they wouldn't reimburse you didn't surprise me, after all they were just doing their job, right? That would be something to take to Guest Relations.

    I know I would be very ****ed if my Best Day Ever was interrupted by rude security, I would expect some sort of compensation for my cooperation, and at the very least an apology for the confusion and inconvenience.

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