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Would a certain poster not understand that at least one of us here wears long pants to the exclusion of shorts, regardless of weather, and dresses in a shirt and tie in the office as well even on so-called casual Fridays? That poster has also been to parks dressed in a suit and tie on ninety degree plus days. Within certain societal limits dealing mostly with decency, how theme park patrons dress is really not park employees' business. Being privately curious is one thing, saying something about it to the guests borders on rude. Terp, known for, among other things, almost never wearing a coat in his younger days (and that in a sometimes frigidly cold area).

Ed Hart only wants one thing, money. He will do and say whatever it takes to get his hands on KK. Most everyone else that has seen the park as it currently sits will tell you, it is indeed a Trash Heap. Was just talking about this park with a group of people last night. They all agreed that the rides were not enjoyable and the park should just go away. The few die hard fans however, continue to keep their Blinders on.

You might have been already been told that there is a edit button, and please excuse me if I sound rude I'm not trying to be, unlike some people.

I never understood why people complain about hearing rides at nearby amusement parks. Generally the theme park was there first (because they usually build in rural areas that later become developed.) So why would people buy a home near a theme park and get mad when you can hear it? I would understand if you lived there before it was built, but hardly that is the case.

To some people, a new restaurant is a major new attraction. Or an updated menu. Or a new park playlist. Even new benches!

Or will we? Anything is possible my friends. Well, almost anything......

I don't think Cedar Fair really acknowledged KI's 40th anniversary in my opinion. Oh sure, they had new shows and a new logo as well as ride changes for the year but I believe the changes made this year still would have been made even if this wasn't KI's 40th season.

I mean Trains sorry

I hate at work when people comment on what I am wearing... I work at a school as a professional (speech therapist), Very seldomly do I ever dress "down" even on Jean days. Since I am not a teacher, I like to dress professionaly, button up shirt and dress slacks while working... Terp's right, being privately curious is good, asking questions is just rude. Some people want to dress to impress or dress to be comfortable...

Wow! Lot of hate for The Crypt! All in all, it was a good year. No attention to the dry park as far as offseason improvements go made it a little boring, but the waterpark needed the renovation. I'm at least hoping for a flat in 2013. To me, food options were the biggest thing to come this year. After all not much really happened in the dry park. I couldn't care less if Son of Beast was being demolished or not, but I am never going to be happy with the removal of The Crypt!

So the Haunt is over... and I would like to send a BIG thank you to all the guests that came out and allowed me to scare the crap out of them. You all were great. Also, thanks to my fellow haunters for dedicating themselves and making the job the best I've ever had. But to keep it topical... How 'bout that Slaughterhouse, eh? I totally didn't work there.. I just thought they were probably the most awesome thing that's ever happened. I wouldn't say that if I worked there because I definitely didn't. That's crazy.. Me? Working there? Ha.. ha.. er..

Most of us would give advice based on our own experiences, but I doubt anyone else has lost their 2011/2012 pass and then renewed a pass that we no longer physically possess. This really is an ask guest services or the season pass processing people when you go to the park question.

I'll have to go with the ubiquitous "Ask the park", because I haven't the slightest clue.

well based on the shorts conversation... I will many times be cold on my arms and hands but not my legs... If I am running to the store Ill wear my shorts and a hoody, even if its 34 out. Not a lack of common sense. Just me knowing my body. But if I am going to be out all day, Ill wear pants of some sort if its chilly.... but its all relative... if we are talking 50/60s in October we are cold... 50/60s in april we are warm...

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.

Think of going both Saturday Night for the ambiance, then returning Sunday to view the cute things. I take it the rides are open Sunday, also? This has been the worst month ever to plan my Haunt trip. I tried to go early, but had to visit family for the OU Homecoming game. I didn't have a choice. edit 10/28: Saturday night was crowded. I met two friends from Cincy there, I suggested we do what they want first, because it will be crowded, and it did get more crowded as the night went on. We were lucky that my friends enjoyed the flats, because that's all we could squeeze in after a while. The big rides just became purgatories of the exiled souls with the lines. With the Haunts, you can tell that it's a room by room story. It starts off soft and gets more insane as the rooms go on. I liked Madame's for it's subtle creepiness, Holiday has great theming, but Slaughterhouse always starts off Bang from the gate crazy and goes from there. My friends liked that one best. They were particularly fond of the funhouse barrel in the clown house. More of things like that would be fun. A chainsaw is a chainsaw. I thought the fake chainsaws were as good, though they could do to be louder. There's a lot of noise going on in the area, and a louder chainsaw would create a bigger climax. They must at least get the job done, because the lady's restroom by Slaugherhouse is always available with no line. I saw a few women approach the restroom, and then veer away due to the guy wielding the chainsaw. I thought a lot of the makeup was much better this year. To be honest, Club Blood and Cornstalkers were snoozers. I understand it takes a lot of work to create the frenetic energy to scare people, but these two houses were asleep. I enjoyed Blood Drums, but had to move on quickly due to some bottlenecking that was happening in the immediate area.

All the rides at Kings Island will be going into hibernation in just a few short hours (didn't the park just open for the season yesterday?). At the same time-much like getting strapped into Flight of Fear-we will soon be launching into six months of speculations, conspiracy theories, rumors, bickering, supposed "in-the-know" information from "some important park official", as well as things mentioned by the Dippin' Dots guy. Although we all hate to see Kings Island close for the season, we can all be kept warm and merry by reading nearly-daily updates ranging from potholes being filled on Kings Island drive to sightings of semis carrying ride parts anywhere within a 300 mile radius of Mason, Ohio. While we say farewell to Kings Island's 40th anniversary season, who's ready to discuss 2013 and beyond??

Last night a worker told me that the employees at Kings Island get these Employee days where half of them are riding the rides, the other half is operating and it rotates. I want to know, but is this true? ( I need actually employees, not people that aren't, because how would I know you are giving me false info.)

What ride are you trying to get on last tain of the year. Mine is DB.

Well, time for another "annual" poll. The last 2 years, I did this BEFORE Halloween Haunt began...this year, I decided to wait it out a bit longer...oh well, last-day-of-the-year works... This is really a simple poll: how well do you think Kings Island did in 2012, and which of the several events that happened this season was the most "noteworthy" to you (there is also an "other" option for those who think something other than what I listed was important for question #2)? Enjoy the poll...if you dislike, click back...

Perhaps... HTCO, because Terpy would.

There will probably be no new attractions for 2013 or they would probably have already announced it

Less than 40min till park closed for season...

Wow, seems like our Opening Day trip was just last week. My family will be patiently awaiting the 2014 season.

There's an app for that.

Unfortunately you can't live in it until you're 55 years old. During the winter you can see all the rides through the trees but during the summer you can't. You can also hear The Beast's roar in the woods. It's pretty cool.

If they expanded to the river I know my grandparents would be mad, as they live in the very back of the subdivision you see pictured to the right of the river. You can already hear the rides well enough.

I know I'm ready! I'm really sad that the season is over so I'd love to get excited for 2013! The only thing that disappoints me is it looks like we won't be getting any major new attractions next year. :/

Moderately priced, easy to duplicate, easy to market as a family ride and a thrill ride, and I would imagine that the cost of the second wave was somehow subsidized by the manufacturer after the problems from the first wave were "fixed."

...because he did such an incredible job at Magic Springs, right? How'd that work out?

That's another thing. I thought being scared of pigs was just personal issue with me. My sister once raised pigs, and the scare of my life was being chased by a 600 lb. psychotic sow. Plus, they have human eyes. To me, eating bacon is ridding the world of a little bit of evil. The pig noises were unnerving, better than having real pigs. The guy making the sound was very realistic. Slaughter house uses the rationale of bomber art on planes in WWII- the further way they got from Mama, the more edgy it got, until it got into Apocalypse Now territory. I could see in some houses where there were supposed to be people in a nook, and there was no one. The clown house makes up for it sparse workers by design, and you are right, you can't see some of the people in the wax museum, and it's creepy. Easter Bunny was there when I went through, and seemed to have a personal vendetta against us- really creepy. This is the first time I've seen patrons tap ghouls on the shoulder and engage them with tea time conversations. What gives with that? The actor has to be polite, he's hired by the park, but what makes these patrons want to make small talk with a person whose face is falling off? I also saw a lot of little kids. A few times on rides, we'd see a kid that, no matter how much tp in his shoes, was not going to get on a ride. Don't bother to tell the parent that they're wasting their time in line, they just set their brows and jaws. Let them stand in line for a half hour 'til the person with the stick tells them. I couldn't make it to the park on last day. My cousin and I make use of our feet, and take over the park quickly. The men we married poop out too fast- mine's too pooped to return today.

You know, now that I think about it, it might have just been a moose.

(it is good to know some things don't change. Lance, let the park take care of this. And take good care of the new one. You can do it.)

Season not over yet!

I would just like to say that I was very disappointed with the Halloween Haunt this year. The last time I went to the haunt I believe was in 2010, and while it has been a few years, it was quite scary. I remember when Club Blood used to have a guy on a hang glider or whatever it was come inches from your face and scare you, when urgent scare had a siren going off constantly and a creepy outdoor part to it, and when the haunts actually had a ton of people working to scare you just out and about ! This year there was none of that. Before I review each individual house, I have a few general thoughts. Firstly, there was barely anyone out and about just to scare you as you were walking. Secondly, the haunted houses were not very scary at all, but I did see a TON of small children who in my opinion should not have even been there in the first place so that made me wonder if they dimmed them down because of all of the children that end up going to the haunt or if maybe they didn't have enough staff. I also think the haunted houses were less scary because they would send so many people inside of them at once you would see all of them/their scares before they got to you. Slaughterhouse- I thought this one was a little bit scary. Somebody had some type of device that made a pig snort noise and put it right by my ear which made me jump and I screamed a few times. I thought it was a decent length and I enjoyed the woman who was outside with the real rat on her shoulder. Club blood- SO DISAPPOINTED. There were hardly any actors when I went through it with my boyfriend, it was like walking through nothing. Also I miss the person who was on the hang glider thing or whatever it was because that was scary. pirate's cove- not scary at all. I saw all the people before they came out and the accents were horrible and laughable. urgent scare- In my opinion, urgent scare used to be the best haunt. This year, I thought it was disappointing. There was no siren, no outdoor maze, and the people in the maze just kind of looked at you and did not really do anything to scare you. cavern of terror-this was pretty good. The wax figures or whatever it was that came back and forth in the walls made me shut my eyes...actually I am not even sure what they were doing I had my eyes shut. Haha. holiday horror- I went through this at 6pm. I was so disappointed because I thought the santa would be scary and that their would be an easter bunny but I was wrong. massacre manor- It was decent. I really liked the pictures on the wall. Those pictures were probably the best part of the maze though. mysteria- What the ..... is all I have to say about that. Not scary at all just weird. I miss death row being in that spot graveyard- I thought they could've put scary stuff on the train ride. When it stopped and we had to walk I saw better hiding places than where they were scaring you at but overall it did spook me a little bit. wolf- It was alright. I screamed a few times. I think I would put it third on my list. Anyway, I did enjoy myself but I am just a little bit sad that they were not very scary. Also in every other maze, people would come up and blow on me to try and scare me and I thought it was weird. I did not go in corn stalkers because it was boring when I went in it a few years ago and I did not go into the clown one because we were ready to go home but it was alright the last time I went into it.

Guest Services will be able to admit you. There is no $15 fee required to gain admission on a "forgotten" pass. This fee only applies if you elect to replace your "lost" pass. Guest Services should open when ERT begins at 10:00am. If you get there early, look for the group of KIC'ers - see the closing day meet-up thread.

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.

^ 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.

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

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

What are all these footers? I see no footers. Now footings on the other hand...

If you do run, make sure you run in a zig zag fashion. Your chances of being struck by a bullet are much less than if you run straight.

IMO, they still need restrooms somewhere in or near the X-Base area. If they did nothing else but this in the offseason I'd be happy.

At least you didn't start twenty new topics in a three hour span like some noobs. Welcome to the wonderful world of KIC!

Welcome to KIC Diamondback27! We hope to see you here often! I try to give new members a welcome photo. All taken by yours truly. Pictures 075 by KIC-Original, on Flickr

So im guessing that Dane or Avatar is the head professor, Interpreter being the paleontologist, and many more references?

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/25899-new-giga-what/ http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/26286-new-giga-coaster-2014/ http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/26096-the-super-dooper-rumor-thread/

Well now I feel even worse about not being able to come! Guess you can always count on ohiocolts for that... =P

I picked up Jesse (Avatar) at 6:30AM and we heading towards Mason, OH. We had a nice conversation and trip over. Once we got there I wanted to upgrade my Gold pass to Platinum. So I headed to the ticket booth to process. Here is a picture of Ro Tag, Tom76257, and Gigacoaster holding up their pass and my new pass. (Not sure what is up with Tom?) We headed to DB and had an amazing ride on it. There was about 7 KIC'ers together at this point so we headed towards Beast. Beast decided to be a little difficult and went down 2 cycles before we got on. We waited it out for a while, but gave up and headed to look at WS. We meet a few other KIC'ers outside Beast and we decided to hit up Crypt to see the new theming. There was some changes in the queue and the music is quite awesome during the ride. If you were wanting a different cycle you will be disappointed, but the ride seemed to be very smooth during the cycle. After Crypt we headed to see WS. Here are the pictures I took of WS during the daylight hours. We then headed towards Racer for a ride. The park was packed and the line was almost to the Coney Mall entrance sign, and that was with most of the switch backs open. Blue side was the side open. There was about 12 of us ridding and when we got 2/3 way up the lift will the train stopped and about 15 minutes later we had to be evacuated from the ride. This was a very cool experience to have been a part of especially when almost half the train was KIC'ers! This will be a great story to share for years to come! Thanks to KI staff for getting us off safely and making this a memorable experience! A few of us went up into the ET and we then meet back up with rest of the group to watch American Country. We decided to hit up Lunch at Rivertown Junction. Ryan, Robbie and myself at RJ. Gary and Jeese Ryan, Robbie, and Jesse After getting over stuffed at RJ, we headed to the train to let it settle. here is Gary and Michael on the train. Robbie and Cory with Keith and Jesse behind them. After the train ride, I had a interview with Don Helbig live on the radio with the Indianapolis radio station I work for back in Indianapolis. I hope to post that interview once I can get to the station and get the interview uploaded somewhere! After the interview we meet back up with Robbie and Michael (Oldiesmann) for a ride on FD. The new painted track looks great! I hope the supports are planned for painting next season! We then decided we really wanted to ride Beast for we had heard the track work was awesome! We got a really great ride on Beast. The track work after the brake shed feels great! Way to go KI! Here we are in queue. Michael and I went and got another ride on DB A few pics of DB WS in the back ground. Looks like a lot of the ride ops lost a lot of phone before the start of season! LOL! We then meet back up with Jesse and headed towards WS to see the light package. Here are some pics. What a great light package. This is going to be an awesome night ride! Jesse and Michael Here is a video I took of the WS light package. This really does not do it any justice. We took a ride on Vortex and got on Racer right before the fireworks went off. WS as we are pulling out of the parking lot after the park closed. Ride Count: Beast 1, DB 2, Crypt 1, ET 1, FD 1, Racer 1.1, Train 1, Vortex 1, Total: 9.1 Even though the park was packed and we did not get very many rides in, we all had a great time. No one was upset lines were long or complaining about line jumpers. We didn't care some of the rides were having beginning of season issues (like being stuck on Racer.) We will cherish this day for years to come and have stories to share with new members and relatives, and that is what it is all about. Opening day reminded me why I became a member of KIC. I joined because I love Kings Island and wanted to meet other people who are just as excited about KI as myself. I hope everyone who was there yesterday or will be going soon will also remember why you love KI and became a member of KIC!