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kikid74

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  1. The Beast is open for business. Banshee 15-20. Diamondback 30 Delirium 20. Great day to be here!
  2. Sorry, I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not? Are you saying that you think the unlimited drink plan should allow the purchaser of a single drink plan to ask the cashier to scan the drink pass 4 times, get four cups, and get a drink for each of the four members of their group?
  3. Thanks! This has been the case in the past. Our last two trips this year, they've been asking us to show that the # of passes we have match the # of people we have (six). We always have them, and show them...but they've actually counted them the last two trips. So, I'll just keep whatever ticket or receipt I get for my friend, and hopefully security agrees with the person responding on Facebook!
  4. Not sure if it's been stated, but unfortunately, the 15 minute rule isn't intended to be a "gotcha". The rule is in place to discourage people from sharing/abusing a single unlimited drink plan.
  5. Wow! Really low prices covering a lot of days. Typically with schools back in session, those have been great days to visit the park. They always have their lowest individual price entry of the season during this time, but I don't recall seeing it this low (relatively speaking). This is BAF only...not sure how the other standard "non-friend" online prices will change. Will it drop below $40? The first week of this deal is the final week of full operating (10am-10pm) days. The following two weeks is 10am-8pm before weekends only. Personally, I'd say next week is our final week of "core season". Some kids in the tri-state area are actually heading back to school this week! And each week, more and more schools start up. Personally, I'd consider Memorial Day through the last week of July as core season, and August is always "price drop, get more people in the park." Does my friend get in 30 minutes early along with me?
  6. This is my second year with the drink pass and knew there was a time gap between drinks...I haven't run into it this year, but I thought it was 8 minutes last year? Anywho, if a drink mix is out, I always tell one of the workers...not to complain but to let them know as it is usually their job to change it, too. If no one tells them, they wouldn't know unless they drink that particular drink themselves.
  7. For those of you that have been to BAF Wednesdays, how have the crowds compared to other non-Wednesday weekdays? Trying to figure out if we'd be crazy to plan a Wed trip vs a Tuesday/Thursday trip.
  8. We also start the day with a wristband. It lets us, our kids, and the ride ops know what they can ride. I always feel sorry for the kids who get off a ride crying (seen this several times at Woodstock Express) because their parents either tried to "sneak" them on, or were just completely oblivious to the height rule...or perhaps an upset kid and parent are actually correct. Perhaps they actually had been allowed to ride it before... Last fall was the first time my youngest was 54"...and right at the 54" mark. Since they can give wristbands at the ride itself, we got him measured at Diamondback. Last fall, he rode Diamondback on back-to-back trips....on his third time to the park after being 54", we do the exact same thing. He gets a wristband at the ride's entrance, and we proceed to get on the ride. We ride it once, then get back in line for a re-ride. They must have had a recent height-check issue just in that 5-10 minute period because the person at the ride gate, asked for his height and started to measure him, but saw his wristband and said "go ahead". After we got on the ride, the ride operator made him get off and get measured, while acknowledging that he had the wristband. He took a few seconds to do this because this stick seemed to be less favorable to my son's height than the stick out front. Feet together, stand up straight, back to the pole. I thought he wasn't going to let him ride. I had warned my son prior to going each subsequent trip that he might measure a little differently each time (either they have a measuring stick which is slightly different, or the height station is different than the ride entrance, or the ride greeter won't give a wristband for exactly 54", etc.) And I know ride operators have discretion to check and refuse rides regardless of wristband color worn...but that would have been pretty hard news to a 9-yr-old who legitimately rode what was becoming one of his favorite rides just 5 minutes earlier. The ride operator did look at me, which I took the opportunity to state that we received the wristband from the ride entrance, and this would be our second ride of the day. No reason to yell or make a big deal about it. I understand being upset or feeling like you (or your kid) is being treated "unfairly". However, it just usually makes those types of situations worse. The ride operator did deem him exactly 54" and we rode again. Still a toss-up between this and Banshee as his favorite rides. :-)
  9. How do you get to this? I'm not seeing it on the website and probably just not looking in the right place. I live in Indy (with gold pass) but we will take friends and family on a couple of occasions. I would be interested in the pricing.
  10. Have there been lights on in the tunnel before? In other words, a new feature or bringing back an old feature? I can only recall it ever being dark.
  11. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/tickets-passes/season-pass-early-ride-times Mystic Timbers, Banshee, Bat (and select Planet Snoopy rides) through June. Mystic Timbers, Diamondback, (and select Planet Snoopy rides) July thru October. Doesn't apply to Friday night openings during Haunt/Winterfest. I personally prefer the Dback/MT combo and wish that if MT is open early that Dback would be as well. The times I went last summer, they didn't open the gates until 9:30 exactly...and we always hit MT first since those lines were the worst. I think we once hiked across to Banshee after riding MT and got there just as 10am was rolling around...future visits, we just rode MT twice, then hopped in line for the Dback 10am opening.
  12. Never been to the gold pass opening night before...given the pleasant weather forecast, what is a typical pass-only crowd like?
  13. Individually, none of these things are under rated, but I'd consider this oddball combo one of my favorites: Banshee, front row, at night, barefoot.
  14. For those who saw the rides listed, was it a mix that changed by month like last year? I liked that MT was ERT all season, given the lines it had as the day went on. I also like the month(s) that Dback was ERT since it is right next to MT. Given the Dback lines, I wished that they had MT and DBack as ERT every month. The coasters are right next to each other and both get longer and longer lines on the nice weather/crowded days. For me, the months with Banshee and MT weren't very doable. We'd almost always hit MT before 10am then just wait and ride Banshee later in the day.
  15. Does this mean gates (and international street) open at 3 and parking open before that? We went a few weeks ago when there was a 5 o'clock open, but international street was open at 4pm.
  16. They told me Saturday you cannot buy the day of online.
  17. Do they have early opening times for pass holders? Any idea on impact to ice skating if it is 50 and sunny tomorrow?
  18. The KI website still has the 2017 yellow cup available for sale. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/tickets-passes/drinks-dining
  19. I wonder why the yellow cup wouldn't include Winterfest?
  20. The Mystic Timbers fastlane line is back to the ride entrance.
  21. It's pretty busy for a Sunday. The great weather, obviously, playing quite a role with that,too.
  22. But that's just me...plan for the worst, hope for the best. Have fun!
  23. Busier than last Saturday? Wow! I thought last Saturday was insane. Really, just two GREAT weather Saturday's, back-to-back. Next weekend is the last weekend before Halloween and 50/50 chance of rain with highs in the mid-50's. Anyone looking ahead knew that this was the best weekend to go. That may impact your Sunday crowd today, as well. I'd expect at least Planet Snoopy rides to have a bit of a wait.
  24. Just the two that freaked out or did they have to evacuate the entire train?
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