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I'd say their biggest change will be $0.99, unless someone wants change for a bill or something.

In other news, after being on life support for some time, math died today.

I arrived at the park around 9:15 with my buddy and we headed over to Diamondback, where we got 3 rides in. I also forgot to take my necklace off, which got lost somewhere along the first ride. Then after the final ride the park just had opened so we went to The Beast. We waited about 20 minutes and then we got into the 3rd train. Overall the ride was a lot smoother and I was actually able to keep my hands up the whole time. That's a first.Then when we exited the ride I saw the thing that I most dreaded would happen, school groups invasion. We navigated through Rivertown and got a ride on Zephyr + Shake, Rattle, & Roll. Then we went over to The Racers. They only had one open, which is usual. The line looked long, but it sailed through and we were on in about 15 minutes. When we got off it was around 11:30-ish. So we decided to walk around and film a bit. Then we took a ride on the train, which was also packed. After that we went to the Festhaus and I had some Pizza. When I gave the lady my free 20 oz drinks paper, she was confused at first. Then she handed it back and removed the drink from the bill. We were not able to see British Invasion, we only saw them practicing. After we left Festhaus we walked around looking at the lines. To no surprise everything had a line no less than 30 minutes. So we decided to ride Congo Falls, which had a short line. I was absolutely drenched, so I had to walk around in a wife-beater shirt for the rest of the day. Then I decided to do Dinosaurs Alive. This was my first time going through it and I loved it, I think it was worth the 5 dollars. After that we decided to walk through some stores and see what they had. They have a lot of cool t-shirts for the rides now. Then after that we did some more walking and decided to leave around 4:45. It was a pretty good day, other than the fact that it was packed. I wish I would have known about it, then I would have gone tomorrow, but it's over with now. I'll my try going back June 2nd to try out Soak City. I should also add that when we were driving to KI, I saw the Beach's sign. It said, "Thanks for the 27 years of enjoyment." I don't know why, but that made me feel a little sad. Positives from my trip: 1. The employees were very nice. 2. The metal detector's are gone, which opens up the entrance. 3. Fast Lane caused no problems. Negatives from my trip: 1. A lot of employees were confused about the Gold Pass Perks (although it is new.) 2. The Racer's only having one line now makes the ride waits seem longer. 3. I'm not a big fan of the ERT list, but it's better than nothing. 4. WindSeeker was not running. I also took some pictures, however with my Blackberry, so the quality is pretty poor. This was The Racer's line for most of the day, they had most of the "zig-zags" open . WindSeeker was not running again. I wish they would clean up the gardens, they seem dirty. Vortex had a pretty big line too, but that's not surprising. Diamondback had big lines too, good thing we had ERT on it. Viking's Fury also had pretty large lines which is surprising. Action Zone was really packed. Invertigo's new colors look great! That's a lot of buses. A little bit of Soak City. Planet Snoopy. The next pictures are of the Fun Perks brochure, That's all, I hope that I'll be able to post another trip report on June 2nd!

...which wouldn't be a big deal, but for the fact they are advertising this in the park. It should be ready for prime time NOW. Or, they shouldn't be promoting it yet.

As owner of KI, I'd be owner of CF - I'd lower the prices so that more families could enjoy the parks (lower food prices too) and look to enlarge the parks to make them "destinations" a la Disney, so they would be a more than a one or two day visit.

Cedar Fair doesn't "own" the rights to any of the characters in the parks. They pay a licensing fee to the owner of the intellectual property (i.e., Peanuts is owned by a company called Iconix Brand Group) to use them in a theme park environment. Licensing agreements have a finite contract life which may (or may not) be renewed. (Hence the reason CF had Nickelodeon characters in the former Paramount Parks, but no longer do...) As far as merchandise goes (either sold in the stores or given away as prizes) the manufacturer/distributor of the items has paid the IP license holder for the rights to use the license in their product. Cedar Fair has simply bought the merchandise from the distributor. It's the same idea that you can buy Disney character toys at Target, but Target doesn't "own"any Disney character rights. (However, whoever manufactured/distributed the toys has paid Disney for the right to use their characters...)

Cedar Fair REALLY needs to understand many of us dont have Flash. So far, that's cost them many renewals. Now this?

You are all so savvy you've probably seen this before, but in case you haven't... how cool is this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrytoonz/5345109701/in/photostream/

Not nearly as bad as when they replaced with Worst ride? Mission Space, no contest.

As for whats next and the post tallies... I haven't read all 58 pages but am I first to say... TIMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd have a day at the park reserved just for KIC'ers. Once word got around about that day, this place would blooooow up.

Okay, so let's recap today's action in the What's Next For Son of Beast? forum, shall we? BY THE NUMBERS: - 4 posts about the knowledge of new decisions being made about Kings Island - 3 funny pictures - 7...? 7 whats? - 4 posts about the demolition of SoB, including one about Delirium being used as a wrecking ball for SoB? - countless amounts of sarcasm WHAT WE LEARNED(...?) - some people are bent on destroying SoB in any way possible - we have two new Dippin' Dots guys working at the park! - the SoB station is apparently a werewolf lounge - Timberwolf hosts one magical weekend of music all year, and it is named Jeebus Fest (Don't get offended by this post, please. All in good humor, right?)

We used to call that a "Suicide" at the old 7-11 fountain machine. Of course we'd have to chisel our cups out of stone

I wonder if they activated the program they used to make that video...

Good to know I'm not the only one that loves he 80s, even though I was born a whole eighteen years late.

I heard someone make a claim the president of a local company gave them inside/ sensitive information minutes after their first ever meeting. This information came just days after a local media source had an actual quote from a high ranking park official that: "no decision has been made." EDIT: This has made Screamscape, only reinforcing that the claim is crap.

Penn Station is to Subway what Five Guys is to Burger King. Truly. Or what a truly fine Mexican restaurant is to Taco Bell.

... you must go now!

this could be all our enthusiast's where there is a WILL there is a way, All jokes folks someone today sued southwest for her being told to get two seats. Come on we have became a 5th or 6th full meal society. Do your best i'm trying to , shed the way of the gut! Use the force and the people around you and this site evens to help lead the light. First be proud and so smiling about who you are ! http://todaytravel.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/04/11539830-woman-told-she-was-too-fat-to-fly-sues-southwest-airlines?lite Plus the Presidents administration said a thinning healthier less obese society would save 5 billion with a b for health care. Love this topic , all in moderation key to life!

Perhaps next time LegoLand could snap together a power plant?

I don't really know if it's worth being that serious about... Who exactly plans to hold the OP "accountable for his actions?" This isn't some dramatic Lord of the Rings style epic quest... I don't think "disgrace" will come to the OP even if he's wrong.

To interpret. Read on.

Thanks again for a great topic and a look back into 1974 and what the park was. This was really a great topic and every picture never ceased to amaze me. Happy Holidays and thank you again.

Wow, going to miss looking through this thread every day. Thanks for bring these forums back together! And thanks for the wonderful pictures!

Thanks for all the awesome pictures and comparisons!!!! I know it must have taken a very long time and your efforts are definetely apprecitead. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!