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$1.24 billion. The answer, my friend, is in there.

Is KI's SINKING???

Last night was my first night trip on The Beast and it was also my first time sitting in the first row. It was awesome! I can't wait to try it again!

That'd be a pretty cool PR stunt. I'll never forget the implosion of Riverfront Stadium.

Well, apparently Mr. Ouimet is meeting investors soon near Paramount's once flagship.

Canada's Wonderland is supposedly the crown jewel of the Cedar Fair / Paramount Parks, though I've never been. That should be well within your area even if it doesn't sound like it. Their new Leviathan roller coaster is supposed to be quite impressive, essentially adding 100 feet to Diamondback. In Virginia, Cedar Fair's Kings Dominion is a really spectacular park - many, many similarities to Kings Island, but some spectacular differences. Intimidator 305 is their newest coaster, and the first sister ride to Cedar Point's famous Millennium Force. Busch Gardens Williamsburg about ninety minutes southeast of Kings Dominion is absolutely incredible - quality over quantity. It has five adult coasters, but I'd ride any one of them over all of Cedar Point's sixteen. Busch Gardens also has the astounding Curse of DarKastle dark ride, which uses the technology popularized by Universal's Spider-Man and Transformers rides. Really impressive, especially for a regional park. Cedar Point would be a real treat if you haven't been in nearly a decade, and might be a good place to start since it's closer and you can branch out from there. But plan wisely! It's a destination, and a Saturday in June or July would almost certainly need Fast Lane front-of-the-line passes if you plan to really experience it all in one day.

I can agree on some people being barbaric to people with a different perspective, but also there are people that try to make peace with others. Like terp said, not everyone bashed him for it, gosh even I thought about the theory.

you voted for it because your initials are tb!!!

Wooden coasters can last forever as long as they are maintained properly. Wood can be replaced.

Cue Sarah Mclachlan music. I'm hearing this as Patrick Star would say it: "May I ask your source, sir?"

One day, The Beast will no longer be a ride at Kings Island. Really! I guarantee it!

Not necessarily. The park always had a "buy one get one free" sale on passes towards the end of the season, and they had multiple levels of season passes. Still, you would think with that many passes being sold that they'd have money to pay bills and make other improvements to the park. Why do you think they would be able to pay the bills with that? Obviously they couldnt if they closed. If the water was turned off, then it was likely not paid. I think we are all underestimating how much the bills at the park would cost. While the passes sold would give the mark just under a million dollars, thats for the year, not a month. If the park only made 1 M then thats just a little more than $83K per month. If the park has to pay creditors (people that financed the park), bills (electric, water), Maintence (paint, fixing of rides), crew (people have to do the work and run the rides), training, goods (shirts, food, etc), and other bills. All is said, does not seem like enough money. What I meant is that they didn't necessarily make $792k off the season passes. Sorry for the confusion.

The state couldn't reach an agreement with Mr. Hart. Why would the Kochs? They can still opt out. I won't be a bit surprised if they do. And Pat Koch is one of the most brilliant people in the industry. She is an icon AND that. Her non-participation, a position the same as Mr. Hart's by the way, speaks volumes. I hear your frustration and understand, but this plan is ill conceived, has a high risk of failure and could seriously damage Holiday World as well. I am not even a little bit surprised the wise Pat Koch is not a part owner of the Bluegrass Boardwalk business unit. The Pat Koch I know and respect and admire would not aggressively pursue this business venture. I predict the Kochs will pull out of this soon. Ed Hart did.

^According to the state auditor's report (paraphrased)... A cracked vertical timber broke causing a deviation between two joined sections of track. This should've been fine, but due to the heaviness of the trains and the speed at which they traveled this slight deviation caused injury to riders. The ride required heavy trains in order to perform the vertical loop element. The loop was removed, such was the need for heavier trains. I wouldn't hold your breath for a TG style retrofit of SOB. The writing is on the wall folks and a member recently gave a report of his conversation that sounded pretty firm. What's done is done. The ride was never that good anyways.

This is a very un-Shaggy like post...not only am I not used to you "complaining", I REALLY am shocked that you started your own topic to do it! As for my thoughts...I am fine with the entrance as it is, I do like having something somewhat original left. (I still like the feel of walking out from the shade and into the bright morning sun when I arrive.) I do think it is way overdue to get a public elevator for the (former) International Restaurant though.

I agree that it's pretty dated looking, but if they change it, I'll have to redo the gate in my Minecraft Kings Island build. But I'm sure I could deal.

I thought it cost $12 for that locker, too.

How much does it cost to serve a Coke? To provide a parking space? Something has to pay for rides, employees, taxes, utilities, liabilty, and profit for unit holders. Cost and price are two very different things. Perhaps you can use a free locker at The Beach.

Kinda rude don't you think?

Not sure what a Theroy is... Sounds like a first name. The roller coaster you're talking about (shown twenty seconds in on that commercial) was Invertigo at California's Great America, which had the exact same color scheme as our Invertigo used to, but with blue supports instead of red ones. That roller coaster has now been transported to Dorney Park where it's blue all over, and Kings Island's was painted the same way shortly after. I haven't seen the 2012 commercial, so I don't know exactly which ride you're seeing, but I promise it's a ride that already exists, and probably at a Cedar Fair park. Parks (especially within the same company) borrow from eachother and use stock footage. For a while, Kings Island's Vortex was on the splash page for all the Cedar Fair parks. More recently, it was Cedar Point's Maverick. I'd wager that nine times out of ten, even regular visitors don't notice.