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Nope. I find the seats perfectly fine. Their more rigid posture request makes sense for the kind of ride that it gives. So its not a bother for me.

I'm sure this has been a point of frustration for those looking forward to riding this and the constant delays in opening it. I for one am glad they have been taking their time with getting it right because no one wants a lethal or potentially lethal accident to occur on this coaster since it already has a past. I'm sure they got way in over their heads with the amount of rehab this coaster needed, but good to see they finally got a POV uploaded. I will say that I wish they had just done a traditional POV instead of whatever this fish-eye/360 degree garbage this is.

I will say again, I truly do not understand how the heck "pass perks" work. It should be a simply, clearly laid out process by which you are rewarded for your visits as they state for passholders. But I have heard time and time again by so many on various forums saying they have visited a great many times over the season and didn't receive one single perk while someone who maybe visited twice got a perk. It almost seems as if the computer in charge is just randomly giving perks out vs actually rewarding folks. Please, for the love of whatever higher power there is, please implement a rewards system that actually makes sense and preferably one with an actual interactive part of the app where you can see a meter or some visual representation of what you've earned and what exactly each earning category gets you. Like 1 visit=100 points or something like that. I've said something pretty verbatim before on another thread and it is definitely worth saying again.

The Prestige Pass has already taken many for a "ride". Might as well make it an actual enjoyable one

You jest, however I have personally experienced them stopping the carousal for someone taking their phone out just this past summer! Ride-op literally cleared it for start up and literally stopped it within a couple of seconds because a lady took her phone out to take a picture/video of her child. Ride-op spoke to the woman, warned her, let her take the photo and resumed the operation of the ride. It was all pretty wild to say the least.

Huh?

Did the Coney Island Nights of Lights last night and enjoyed it, however it just made me more excited for Winterfest!

I know they would probably never do this, but I kinda wish that they would do what the Fountain Square ice rink in Cincinnati would do where they have one half of the rink for skaters and the other half has bumper boats made to skirt along the ice. I think that would be really fun and would give more options to folks who may not want to be on ice skates but still want to participate with a fun activity on the ice. Offer a single deal ticket for one or the other or a double deal ticket to do both.

After seeing the official line up of rides announced to run during WF, I am both happy and shocked that Sol Spin will be operating. I love that ride, but I was honestly wondering if it would be able to run in the winter with the exposed hydraulic lines. I will be happy to get some more rides on it before the year is over!

I hope they list any possible new or special food offerings soon. Also, I know the meal plan is still valid. This is actually my first season having the meal plan in years and my first time having the meal plan while Winterfest is going on, so what kind of food offerings are available? I know not all of the restaurants are open during Winterfest, but which ones typically are? And will Cinnabon/funnel cakes be available too? You'd think I would know all of this seeing as this isn't my first year going to Winterfest, but I never really paid much attention to food offerings before seeing as I didn't have a meal plan previously in recent times. TYIA.

I truly do not want to see any of our original rides get the DC treatment/overused SIX IP's such as... Banshee=Batman: The Ride The Bat=Ninja Drop Tower=Superman: Ultimate Escape/Tower of Power Invertigo=Two Face: The Flip Side Delirium=Wonder Woman's Lasso/Whatever other SIX IP name unrelated to DC Congo Falls=Aquaman Power Splash Yeah you get my point. I am in the camp of not wanting to see a copy/paste "make-over" While I am all for Action Zone getting a retheme or at the very least a face-lift, I'd rather the area get rethemed to something more original. I once saw someone suggest the idea for "Cryptid Creek" and I thought that was a neat idea for the area seeing as there are already two spooky rides and I think that would be so much cooler/unique than something you can experience in any of SIX's properties.

Yeah I was thinking that very same thought. Going forward I wonder what the pass structure will be, cost and how add-ons will look. If there will be a seperate "all CF passport, all SIX passport or combined passport" type structure. I have sooooo many questions that I know cannot be answered at this time because unfortunately this is fresh news and only time will tell with how things play out and look. Ooof.

As someone who always tries to be optimistic in cloudy situations, this is one I simply CANNOT feel optimistic about. I have never been a fan of SIX and their way of running their parks. Too shady and too greedy. Granted my experience as a guest on their properties is limited, I don't have a lot of great memories as a whole. And from what others have said throughout the various park pages I follow, I haven't heard very many good things from folks when it comes to SIX parks and their experiences with their properties. I get that at the end of the day, business is business and these two companies are always going to be about the bottom line/dollar, but this is a sad sad day for myself and many others. I really do hope that good things will emerge from this, I truly do, But I fear this situation is going to end up in many parks getting dumped off on the side of the road GL, KK and SFNO style. Maybe that is a dramatic reaction, but seeing as how SIX seems to dump properties like kittens at a pound...I cannot help but be scared of what they might have the power to do in this situation. I get it, they don't own the entire merger, but depending on how the lead heads in charge duke it out...well...we will see. I am sad. That is all I can say.

This may not be so much of a wish list of improvements so much as an event thought. In much of the same fashion that Cedar Point has Winter Chillout, I think it would be really neat if they held a similar event at Kings Island. I think it would be really neat to experience the park during the off season and get more in-depth behind the scenes looks at things one normally wouldn't get to see. I know WCO up at the Point is a big deal, so much so that they decided to do a ticket draw last season and I imagine a similar event at KI would also be a huge success as well.

Honestly this looks like it was too much fun. Wish I could have experienced that! I know it would never happen, but too bad they can't recreate something like this over in Soak City. Call it Snow City lol

The Bat -Bring back the fog machines that it had while operating as Top Gun, but have them placed throughout the layout to give the ride a more ethereal, creepy vibe -Add some spooky music -Extend the tombstones and gothic theming from Banshee to the area. There is soooo much unused space that could benefit from some relatively inexpensive décor -Make the station feel more like a cave Flight of Fear -New trains please. Those more open-air styled ones that Premier has now I think would really give this a more "flighty" sensation than the bulky old ones it currently has -Reprofile the track! Not sure how much longer this coaster will be around, but if they intend on keeping it, a full reprofiling would do wonders for the ride quality Backlot Stunt Coaster -Anything, literally ANYTHING to improve this ride. Again, if they plan on keeping it around awhile longer, this is yet another old Premier coaster that could greatly benefit from better trains and reprofiling. Not to mention any inkling of theming that it has left is just watered down and a shadow of its former self. I honestly don't think any real investments will be made to this ride TBH though. I truly foresee it operating in it's current state until it meets the scrapyard for another family-style replacement of hopeful better quality. Until then, I repeat ANYTHING for this coaster would be an improvement at this juncture. That's about all I can think of at this time. Sure, a little more theming here and there for Diamondback would be cool but overall I don't feel any of the other coasters need much. They're great as they are.

I selected "other". My reason being, I would like to see more public operating days/hours during the fall. I enjoy Winterfest, but I see no need for it to be extended past New Years Eve. The idea of an earlier opening in the spring would, in theory, be awesome, However being in the Midwest, sometimes its unusually warm and sometimes its still brutally cold with snow. Also, allowing the park more time to get things in tip-top shape is important too. And as someone who thinks fall weather is just perfect, the idea of having more days/hours available to enjoy the park then is far more preferred in my opinion.

How tall does one have to be to ride the Coke Freestyle machine?

I really look forward to that section of the park having more life brought back to it again. Not that Coney Mall feels completely dead per se, but removing Vortex created a large void in more ways than one. It will just be nice to see something else occupy that space and really revive that back area. Just hoping it somehow leaves a respectful nod to Vortex and it would also be cool if it somehow had some tie in to the original Bat. Not sure how that would work but that plot of land holds some important history. Even if the ride theme itself is something completely different, a Vortex/original Bat marker would be cool to have tied into the que ala SoB in Banshee's que.

Are any of these the hard rock/metal instrumentals used on I-Street, or are those custom for the Haunt this year/last year?

Oh I've got some doozies from yesterday...these unfortunately were not necessarily funny as they were rude and uncalled for. First time in a looooooong time and first time all season I have had to deal with this level of interaction while by myself... 1) Standing in line for the front row on Diamondback as a single rider, man behind me tells a random dude in the second row who also happens to be a single rider to "come on up and sit with this guy"....I was glad that was immediately turned down by that person but I honestly was irritated by this for a number of reasons. I don't mind making friendly acquaintances when I am alone at the park and if we vibe I don't mind sharing a ride, but if I have the option in the matter and I haven't had a chance to even say a word to a person...the answer will always be no. Not to mention the guy behind me thinking he could call the shots was just outright rude. Didn't even ask me how I felt about it. 2) I wanted to go take a whirl on Invertigo but it was down at that moment. Decided while I was over in that area and while it wasn't crowded in any capacity I would go ahead and make use of the restroom. Now, as someone who often feels better when alone using the "family" or unisex single bathroom option when available, I saw the opportunity presented itself and went ahead to use it. Of course, not even a few seconds in, someone knocks on the door. Fine. Whatever. I was in there for less than two minutes when I opened the door to step out and some smart@$$ guy with his family had to make a remark to me in the likes of "you sure had a big family with ya all by yourself in there". At that point I couldn't help but snap back with "it's a public restroom and I am free to use it"...he went on again about something in regards to family and I just told him to pound sand. I don't normally let this kind of garbage get to me, but goodness sakes folks. Leave people alone. It's not like I was in there for an hour. Even if I was, you don't know what kind of situation was being dealt with. Just saying. Be kind. I went about my day and enjoyed it despite that uncalled for hostility. Bonus for actual humor: While it wasn't anything that was said so much as something that was done, while waiting to ride Sol Spin, some gross kid in front of me kept taking his index finger, dipping it in the top of the bamboo and putting it in his mouth. I really wanted to tell him that if he was thirsty they give out free cups of water and you don't have to succumb to stagnant rain water sitting inside bamboo chutes

I'm all for a haunted re-theme for Action Zone since Banshee and Bat reside there. I once read someone suggesting a "Cryptid Creek" theme for the area and I thought that would be really cool since Ohio has a lot of cryptid lore.

A new Vekoma flyer would be insane. As I've stated before, having something like that screaming through the woods could be a really insane experience especially at night. And seeing as there are no current new-gen Vekoma flyers state side, that could be a really unique and thrilling addition. @IndyGuy4KI I hope to experience Time Traveler soon as I would like to see for myself how I would handle it. I'm not of the knocking it before I try it,

It will be interesting to see who takes over this position at the very least

I am of the Vekoma Launch/Ground up RMC camp. I think the former is more likely than the latter, but those are my feelings on the matter. The Vekoma launch feels more likely for reasons stated above as it could be part of a package deal in place that we are unaware of OR the new family boomerang could possibly be a tester for them to see how that relationship could go with a larger more complex product. In a dream world I would love to see a ground up RMC, but I know the reality is quite slim to none. I've yet to ride a Mack Extreme Spinner, and I would like to try one out, but for myself I am not much on spinning due to my motion sickness. I can combat it to a comfortable degree with Sea Bands, but anything that spins too much will override the effectiveness of those. I still, however would like to try Time Traveler just to see, but honestly my vote just isn't there for one of these rides personally.