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Don't come so that I have the park to myself.

Do you not realize people can handle temperatures that you might not be able to? I wear shorts in the snow sometimes. It doesn't mean I don't have common sense.

There is no tin. It's not a shack. It meets all codes. You'd be surprised how much it cost. And it was built with a life expectancy of decades. See also The Bat station.

I don't think any of the sentences in that paragraph have anything to do with the sentences surrounding them, and I can't make heads or tails of a single one individually. There is nothing omitted. The quotes above are all of your sentences, copied exactly, in order. I am absolutely clueless.

I feel the same way about my car tires.One went flat once. I am never getting in a car again.

I made it a couple of days without Kings Island PR saying this post contains inaccurate information.

^We'll just have to hope for another day like this next year. I promise I'll try more!

^ For what it's worth, I'll likely be wearing shorts at the park tomorrow if the forecast stays as-is. I'd rather risk being a bit chilly than risk something flying out of an unsecured pant pocket. Some people need more to stay warm than others. I tend to be somewhat tolerant of both temperature extremes.

Do: ride the last train of the year on Adventure Express Don't: ride the last train of the year on Son of Beast

Welcome to KIC. We are a collection of individuals sharing a park. May I also suggest you read a few threads and try the search feature, too?

Not to mention that no one knows or can know at this point if or how many lawsuits may be filed for incidents/injuries/economic loss attributed to these rides and occurring prior to now. Browntggrr has it exactly, more so than whatever is causing these rides to shut down, it is the multi-hour rescues that are a serious, unacceptable problem for the parks, riders, and the manufacturer. Such waits are not just publicity nightmares, they are unacceptable in many, many ways; including safety, customer experiences, and now even from a litigation exposure standpoint. Typically, litigation is not filed until just prior to the expiration of statutes of limitation. If and when that happens, there will be more publicity. Especially in California, I'd not assume none of the riders will be litigating. Terp, who is not engaged in the private practice of law in Georgia, California, Ohio, any other United State nor in Canada. There is no legal advice pertaining to any specific situation or client contained herein. Consult a competent attorney in your jurisdiction if you have or think you may have a legal problem.

I don't speak freaky-deaky-Dutch, okay?

So, walking in my old footsteps of my last day rituals, I had a idea of making a thread for people looking for the best last day. Do- Take advantage of last minute sales of merchandise Do a last ride of your favorite ride at Kings Island Do have a great time Dont- Not take advantage of some of the great deals Not do a last ride Not have a great time

If there really is common sense more people would have it.

I am in the process of trying to acquire the video from him. Like I said I am just telling you what I heard, don't shoot the messenger. He has also informed me a ladder was the means of evacuation from the train, only from the train, not down from the ride.

The one I've always noticed is the one directly underneath the first corkscrew--if you look "up" while going through it, you'll see the footer.

ok

I know you guys want WindSeeker removed, but I like the WindSeeker. It's one of the few rides my dad can still ride. Please Cedar Fair, don't remove these rides!!

I'm the one in the blue YMCA shirt and was prepared with a raincoat and extra sweatshirt that night. Thanks for letting me be in the picture even though I wasn't really a KIC member yet! I had a great night, glad to meet you all. Thanks for helping encourage ohiocolts to try new and frightful things. Too bad he wasn't up for going in every maze. Nobody was there and we could have easily gone through everything!

Besides, a reason to not go on that ride again? Make whatever choices you need to make, but that's like hearing about a rollback and deciding to never ride Maverick again. Pony Express? That's a different story.

We do? What specifically about the inversion caused the problems? Terpy, ever curious.

After a lengthy evaluation of all alternatives, the decision has been made to remove the Son of Beast roller coaster to make room for future park expansion. The dismantling of the ride, which last operated in 2009, will begin later this summer.

It is strange that they were wearing their sweatshirt with the hoodie tied under their neck and freezing al the while they were wearing shorts. As the day gets colder and the night approaches, they would had wished they had long pants on. But we might had a sale on sweat pants with KI's logo on it.

Even today, I still observed several young guys wearing shorts and a light sweatshirt. I joked with them saying, you are wearing the sweatshirt with the hood pulled you head and you still wore shorts? They just shrugged it off. I said to myself, don't schools teach common sense anymore? Folks, it is no longer summer but fall with fall temperatures. Dress for the weather even if it is sunny out. The temps will drop and you will be glad you wore a jacket and cloths meant for the cold temps.

Indeed. I was just pointing out that sometimes things are built that are not safe. I never said anything about the loop being the problem.

Yes. In fact, if you look to your right on the ground just before you enter the station part of the queue, you can see one next to the entrance of the shed where they park the trains at night. There's also a few of them under the helix and the first four inversions. During any given cycle of mine on Vortex, I've counted at least 6 or 7, or maybe even 8, at the most.

Now i know you guys said that Don said that he wants SOB to look like it never existed, but what if they kept just the station? This way the new roller coaster can go into it and they save some money on removing steel. I'm sure whatever they plan on building they can alter the new ride in that station. I'm still hoping a ride like Maverick goes in SOB spot. Maybe the world's longest of it's type.

Ed Alonzo, star of the "Ed Alonzo Pyscho Circus of Magic & Mayhem" show this past summer at Kings Island, will be appearing as a guest judge on the Magic Castle special edition of "Cup Cake Wars" Sunday, October 28 at 8:00pm on the Food Network.

Wasnt he on a show about kids who moved from Indiana to California, then they went to college? He was like a magic waiter or something right?

Maybe you should google "Ed Alonzo" he has a pretty impressive résumé..

Good luck getting it to work.

Don did say today on Fox19 that Ed would be back next year.

Don is like please!! I just want to forget it was ever here!!

If you sat up there three hours during the latest Knott's incident, you'd still have had about 40 more minutes to wait. Imagine all the things going through your mind at three hours, as you wouldn't know for sure how much longer it may be...ten minutes? Three more hours? All while nervously hoping for a safe rescue, perhaps sitting embarrassed in a puddle or worse, having children on the ground perhaps, missed a ride home from the park or a wedding or even a funeral...all manner of things. Imagine the pacts with the Almighty. Lord, if I get down from here safely, I'll....

TR I got your joke, and my point was just my personal thoughts on it, not connected to yours. I do applaud your effort at getting every SOB talking point into one post (had you done that over at the SOB page, it might be 40 pages shorter). Dwight, Im with you. 3 hours makes me rethink about climbing into the ride. If Vortex breaks down, or The Beast, you get climb down a set of stairs (which is super frightening for me anyways), but it would be done and over. 3 hours waiting for someone to use a hand crank... yeah not cool

^ But I can see WindSeeker's seats on Google Maps! Clearly, KI just refuses to make a decision about the ride! Seriously, all those people complaining about how long it took to get the people down are sissies. They clearly just rode it on a bad day. I got stuck on WindSeeker once for like three hours. It was awesome. Best flat ride I've ever been on. (Hopefully that's everything?) EDIT: A clarification after reconsidering The Interpreter's post a page or two ago: I'm kidding.

KIExtreme is the reason I became friends with certain enthusiasts and still talk to them today. When it was in its prime, as standbyme said, the community was fantastic, even though it was so small. Even though the community was much more minuscule than KIC, I remember being much more active and constantly talking to many of the active members (some of which I still do). The website was also constantly updated with new features like KITunes (PKI Unlimited, anyone?), a great photo gallery, desktop wallpapers, and history section (sigh). The fact it was ad-free was pretty nice as well. Such a shame what a waste of potential KIE had. There were some really fantastic things that were in the works and it had potential to be such a great resource for information for both enthusiasts and curious common-goers alike.

Yes, yes I am. I'm also a Whovian, and, believe it or not, a Muppet fan as well (Surprising, I know).

Happy Leif Erikson Day.... Hinga dinga dürgen!

Anyone that knocks KI Extreme did not know the site it in it's prime...which was the problem. No matter how much great content they added, they couldn't seem to draw a big audience. There was/is no justice. No Kings Island fan website ever had more of an enthusiast heart than KI Extreme. "Don't let it be forgot. That once there was a spot. For one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot."

Bigger is not always better. Terp, cross threading. (Donkeys, anyone?)

I joined KIE back in 2010 and posted about 2 times. You would be lucky if there was even one other member online at a time. One thing I always loved about KIC is how it still attracts a large crowd and let's hope that never changes,

In 2009 two of the key members left the site, and along with a stubborn admin (who didn't update), it was basically abandon. I could go on and on

An important distinction: Blacking out is the body physically being rendered useless - passing out. This is, of course, dangerous and should not be happening - losing control of one's body and literally going unconscious during a ride is bad. If you have indeed blacked out (again, this is losing consciousness) you would likely wake up exhausted and disoriented, unsure what just happened. Graying out is a not-uncommon feeling when blood is pulled from the head by centripetal force, common in tight helices (example, the beginning of Backlot Stunt Coaster or Intimidator 305, and on many "double loop" configurations where the body is subjected to odd rhythms of having blood pulled to the extremities). It is dizzying and disorienting, but not anywhere near as serious for most people. Graying out is just a sensation of seeing stars during a particularly forceful moment and for a few seconds afterwards. If you've simply "grayed out" on Flight of Fear or Invertigo (which would not be incredibly uncommon given the rapid acceleration and the rapid altitude changes on both), you have little reason to worry. One way to avoid either is to just breathe steadily. Don't scream at the top of your lungs - you'll exhaust yourself, reduce the oxygen circulating in your body, and aggravate people all in one fell swoop. Most importantly, drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep the night before you visit. Again, if you truly mean that you blacked out and went entirely unconscious, unaware of your surroundings, you need to speak to a doctor. If you grayed out and saw stars and felt like you couldn't see for a few seconds, that is much more normal.

I don't understand why people are trying to figure out locations for new rides within the current park area if KI owns mass amounts of land that is untouched.

It means you will climb high in the world, and go gradually down. It also means you should knock off the LaRosa's and Skyline after 6 p.m. Terpy, who knows these things

A bizzare dream I had a few weeks ago- Son of Beast reopened after the recent injury, with new trains.Trains that looked like...baby carriages!?!? Wheels and all. Yes, I rode it in the dream. And it was rough (I even woke up with back pain!), though I have never rode Son of Beast in real life (I have said it before, KI trips are rare for me and the one time we went recently, on May 16th, SOB broke down). Perhaps I was given this dream by the image of SOB shown at the end of "The Beast: 25 Years of Terror" film on Google Video... Yep. Imagine that, but larger for adults, and on Son of Beast and you'll get the idea...and all the cars had the SOB Logo on the side.

You should probably avoid red beans and rice after 7p.m. Terpy....well, you asked

Share some with me, would you? Not having any this off-season is starting to tick me off. It keeps the withdrawals to a minimum. And no...it's not just you. The dream that made me the maddest was a dream I had that LeSourdsville Lake was open again. I was sitting in the train of the Screechin' Eagle ready to dispatch and woke up via the alarm. Needless to say, I was MAD. Just take a look at my avatar - that's a photo of Screechin' Eagle. The words "dare-to-fly" were printed on the back of the train. We're big fans.