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Actually those people have good lives, and one is a friend of the family who has had traumatic things happen to him and his family. So I think you might want to edit your comment and be a little more respectful before you say someone doesn't have a life just because they find joy in their life riding and enjoying a roller coaster.

Yeah. They'd be as pathetic as a guy who trolls a website all day long and used to go by the name of "Big Sexy."

Anyone who reads this make a drawing of you're favorite ride and coaster at ki and post a pic of it!

update for today:

Beautiful arguing over the interwebs..

I TOLD you the first drop was going to look "sick" from the midway! (Photo courtesy of KingsIslandPR) "Photo: A look at the first drop on Banshee from the Coney Mall area of the park." Link for mobile: https://twitter.com/kingsislandPR

Its going to be really close to delerium, I can wait to ride delerium and whe it swings out you meet ppl from Banshee :-) Well you certainly are patient.

Come back from lunch and I see this. The drop looks awesome

Gnarly... (Another piece of track added)

So, here is a rather delayed trip report from the KICentral event back on September 8th. Most of the pictures are just from the special festivities in this PTR and not really the rides. My mom (DiamondAceExpress) and I arrived at Kings Island at about the time the parking lot opened. We were the first of the KIC group to arrive at the front gate. I unfortunately do not completely remember the names of everyone and such that showed up, because I forgot to mark it down. But, in no particular order, I believe BeastForever, malem, jcgoble3, thedevariousaffect and his girlfriend, mattr, IndyGuy4KI, and possibly a few others showed up before the gates opened. We chatted and waited for the gates to open, and soon enough they did. Our first stop was Diamondback for ERT. It was a walk on, and a great airtimey ride. We eventually decided on doing Diamondback again, but this time the line grew to about a 15 minute wait. Still an awesome ride! We then headed over to The Beast, as the park opened to the public. Beast’s line was about 5 minutes, and an awesome ride through the wilderness on the longest wooden roller coaster in the world. Now that the park was already open, we headed out to X-Base to get a spin on Firehawk, which wait was still only 5 minutes. After that flightful ride, We headed into Hanger 18 to go see what all the aliens were up to. They had the same spaghetti bowl layout planned for us, which was pretty cool as usual. We all saw Fire-Beast-of-FEAR when we exited Flight of Fear, and he joined us as we headed to guest services to pick up our lanyards. Fire-Beast-of-FEAR/Duncan wasn’t thrilled his first ride of the day was going to be on Drop Tower. But I’m glad he rode it. I kept warning him it was an Intamin. We waited 5 minutes. It was a nice ride, I guess, but Duncan really overreacted in my opinion. Wolf Pack was also already advertising its lights on tour. We then all headed over for a fun ride known as Fligt Deck, which was a walk on. Yay fun ride. We now decided to head over to our first activity, the Todd Frazier Q&A session. On our way, we stopped for a few hot dogs at the Eiffel Tower as part of dollar day Sunday. Then we got into the International Showplace. At a bit after noon, Todd Frazier came out. A long line of people formed waiting to ask Todd a question. I couldn’t think of anything, so I Just watched. I can’t really remember all the questions, but I do remember a few like “Why does Jay Bruce strike out so much”? (How Rude!). Also, the big common one was “Can I have a hug?”. But this one kid was too cool for hugs and asked for a handshake. jcgoble3/Jonathan asked “What is your favorite baseball player of all time, in any era”? The answer was Pete Rose. Another question he asked was “What is your favorite ride here at Kings Island to which he answered The Diamondback. So, it was kind of cool, and nice seeing Todd Frazier! Now it was time to go and ride The Crypt… Err Madame Fatales. NO FENCE!!!!!! Here are a couple blurry photos from the queue line. It was just so amazing to be back inside the building of The Crypt. The wait was around 20 minutes for the tour. I got to see my old friends the weird monster statue things, but Mr. Bat Demon was not lit up. A huge disappointment happened when I was told video and photo taking were strictly prohibited, despite Don’s tweet saying to “Bring your camera”. Oh well. The tour was very cool, and I even got to see my old bestie the scary Goddess on the wall! The tour guide kept joking about how I should come when the maze is actually open. Ehh… Our next exciting Haunt Tour was for the Haunt The Son of Beast Station. It was awesome being back in the old Son of Beast queue line as well, but for the Haunt The Son of Beast Station. We waited about 10 minutes for The Son of Beast Station Lights-on tour. I liked Madame Fatales theming better, but it was still really good. They did do a really good job theming it to The Son of Beast Station. Oh wait I forgot, its called Wolf Pack. Since Flight Deck was close by, we went on that again. Walk on. Fun ride. But earlier, that hot dog wasn’t enough, so we headed to the Festhaus. We waited like 25 minutes for pizza. I miss being a Media member. At least the food was only a dollar, but I preferred the free Prime Rib. After eating we took headed for a quick spin on Adventure Express. The wait was 10 minutes and a fun Adventurey ride! My mom and I then headed to the Festhaus again for the reserved seating at Rock ‘n’ Roll Never Forgets, for their next to last show of the season. Nice show, a lot of KICers were there for it. Luckily, I checked the Colts score to a pleasant win over the Raiders, and let No Chickens, another Colts fan know. Next was a Racer Red walk on, followed by a Racer Blue walk on. Both sides were great! But now it was time for my 3rd time (Yes, 3rd time) behind the scenes of Banshee. There was at least a hundred KICers by the Banshee fence. No way I could remember everybody. My memorie isn’t that good! The following will mainly be now very outdated pictures of Banshee construction. Photobombed by KingsIslandPR/Don, IndyGuy4KI/Brad, and Beastie1980/Melissa. Views of Delirium were great from the construction site. And that concludes our tour of Banshee! But wait, isn’t there another B&M at this park, that is actually open and operating? Oh yeah! Let’s head to the Diamondback tour! Train! And that concludes our tour of Diamondback! Next, we attempted to get VortexBFForever to her 200th Vortex ride. I believe she was at 193 before we started. I, VortexBFForever, and Fire-Beast-of-Fear took 5 rides on Vortex, were we all had to get back in line for each ride, because there was a crowd of people every time we returned to the station. BeastForever rode as well, Beast1980 had a few rides but then had enough, and MDMC01 eventually joined, saying that we could all “Grey out together”! Our 7PM Don Helbig Q&A Session limited VortexBFForever to only her 198th ride. WE hoped to come back later, but were not able to. Now, we headed to the International Restraunt to ask Don questions. It started off with a speech by Boddah1994/Ryan, and then a bunch of random questions wee aksed to Don. Pretty cool. It took up a lot of time, so next was our last festivity, the final rides of the summer on The Beast. We had a fun, awesome ride! Then it was time for Don to pull a name for the winner of a Banshee Media Day pass. I forget who the winner was, but it took 3 tries to draw somebody who was actually here. After this we headed to our cars after an amazing day at the Island of Kings! A couple of notes: *HUGE thanks to Don, Kings Island, Ryan, and all who were involved in making this event happen. There were a bit of difficulties along, the way, but thank you so much for making this amazing free event. *Sorry if I didn’t include you. Just so many people! *I hope for more of these events in the future! It was a great summer! Thanks for reading!

I look at it this way, every person does or enjoys something that someone else thinks is stupid or should "get a life". Whether it be marathon riding a coaster, posting to forums, playing a sport, collecting comic books, spending time on Facebook, or in the case of youngstud, if his physical dimensions are what he says, spending too much time in the gym. The singer Adele has stated that smoking is her single most pleasure in the world and she will not stop, even to the detriment of her voice. What somebody does with their own time is their choice - you may decide to build big muscles and someone else may decide to ride a ride X number of times. The point is, regardless of what the activity is, it obviously takes time and dedication to achieve the goal. Those mentioned about being the king of a certain ride all have led tremendous lives and by no means are losers and certainly do not need to get a life - many of them have experienced things most of us could only dream of. Ask the Diamondback king how many different roller coasters he has rode - you would be amazed and impressed with the number, as well realize that he has been all over to hit that number of different coasters. YoungStud, I would be shocked if you have rode more Intamin coasters than he has. We are all unique - if everyone was the same, it would be a boring place. What floats your boat, may not be of interest to anyone else, but if you enjoy it for whatever reason, as long as the activity isn't illegal, I am not one to criticize it just because I personally wouldn't partake in it. If more people followed their passions and enjoyed life instead of disrespecting and always finding the negative in things, the world would be a better place. I leave you with this, Babe Ruth was known for many years as the home run king; he could have just as easily been known as the strikeout king as he led that stat for many years (haven't followed it in a while to know if anyone else has taken the strikeout king total). Point is, it is all about what you focus on - positive or negative and that will ultimately determine how you live your life. (edited to better convey intent)

My grand parents worked down there in the 1920's to 1940's and lived in Kings Mills, which was a company town for both the King Powder Company and Peter's Cartridge. King founded the town around 1880 and they constructed the Baptist Church, an opera house, school and a trolly system that ran from Kings to Mason. The King Powder Company had mills all along the west side of the river, to avoid them all blowing up if one exploded. Now all you find are over grown trees and weeds and worn down foundations of the wood buildings. It had buildings down below where The Beast is now and stretched past the bridge up to the darn that they built up at the bend in the river. There were several explosions and one in the late 1890's was a heck of a blast that was felt as far as Lebanon. There were lots of train wrecks along that stretch of the Little Miami, with the last one around 1970. I used to hike down in that area and all my friends kidded me and told me to watch out for the lions that escaped from the circus train that had derailed. Also, the land that is now Kings Island was owned by the King family and part of their operations. Some of the buildings were rehabbed to serve as shelters for the animals for the Lion Country Safari.

It would be fitting if a woman would be the one to ride Banshee the most.

How do you do that? How do you make these pictures? They are very cool and I appreciate them greatly. In reality... Photoshop

Im pretty late on this. oopppsss. Just some imaginational thinking here... Some black lights would look really cool. Although, Im pretty sure Banshee isn't fluorescent (lol).Even though its not, it would be neat to see peoples clothes light up in the station. It could be just about as neat as the fog on Flight deck and Gatekeepers lit up train eyes!

YoungStud, I got this for you BRO. No.

They grow up so fast *sniffle* Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

QFT. What people do with their spare time is their choice and their choice alone, and we should not be dissing or making fun of someone—anyone—for their choice of leisure activity. Let me point out that I've recently begun to use some of my spare time to write Star Wars fan fiction. Do you do that? Most likely not, and you probably think I'm wasting my time on it. But it's something I choose to do because I enjoy it. I don't know what you do to amuse yourself, but it's probably something that I don't understand why you would want to do or wouldn't enjoy myself. And that's the point: just because YOU wouldn't enjoy it doesn't mean it's right to make fun of the other person, and that's what you guys are doing. Different people get enjoyment out of different things. I wouldn't make fun of you because of what you do in your spare time, and neither should you make fun of me for writing fan fiction or Gary Coleman for riding Diamondback as many times as he has. It's just flat-out wrong.

Thanks for sharing, good TR. I agree with you about Cutthroat, Eden Musee & Bayou, those are always great. Unfortunately, I also agree with you about Eternity Infirmary. This is consistantly one of the weaker haunts there, and I don't mind skipping it whenever we go. When we got our cards for the Zombie Crawl and I saw that EI was one of the ones we had to go through, I groaned. Thankfully we didn't have to wait too terribly long for it. I always liked their CornStalkers. In all the years I've been going to Halloweekends, I've only had one bad trip through there, which was a few years ago. This time, there was a Screamster that tried about 4 times to scare me in there, but he failed each time. He finally said to me, "You don't scare easily, do you?" to which I laughed and replied "No, I don't!" He then asked "Do you do this for a living too?" I don't know how he might have known that, but I told him that yes, I do at KI. I think that made him feel a little better. He was good and tried hard, and would have scared a lesser person. Zombie High School had great scenery, but the acting wasn't up to par. Like devarious, several off-color jokes came to mind, especially when we passed the cheerleader cheering for the school mascot, the Beavers. My friend and I figured out what bothered us most about the house though, and that was that the actors were talking to us. In most zombie movies, zombies don't talk! They moan and groan, not speak in complete sentences. Eerie Estate was good as always, and I too miss the Overlord addressing his Screamsters. It just wasn't the same without seeing them swarming the area and getting that "pep talk."

He is very familiar with it. I did the Avalanche challenge with him on June 5th, 2011. We agreed we weren't going to race, but of course I timed it anyway. I completed it in 37 minutes, 55 seconds, he did it in 52 minutes, 14 seconds. We were not rushing by any means, and took time to talk, etc. He wants to do the Fire and Ice Challenge with me, and one of these days we just might, but I don't know if I can handle that much jalepeno popcorn! If you had gone to Slaughter House and Sam had noticed your shirt, he would have said something too. And that host at CarnEvil is none other than KIC's very own rotag.

In response to the person who wanted to know the first B&M. As of right now, there are 90 B&M's in existence. I have ridden 30 of the 90, and have ridden something that falls into each classification. Here is a list of B&M styles IN ORDER of their opening. Year - Classification - Name - Location 1990 - Stand up - Iron Wolf - SFGA 1992 - Inverted - Batman - SFGA 1993 - Sitdown - Kumba - BGT 1998 - Dive Machine - Oblivion - AT 1999 - Hyper - Apollo's Chariot - BGW 1999 - Floorless - Bizarro - SFGAdv 1999 - Hyper (200+) - Raging Bull - SFGA 2002 - Flying Coaster - Air - AT 2011 - Wing Coaster - Raptor - Gardaland 2012 - Hyper (300+) - Leviathan - CW While Apollo's Chariot's drop is 210 feet, the lift hill is only 170 feet. At only 144 feet tall, Hollywood Dream: The Ride at USJ is the shortest B&M Hyper. B&M does not classify Leviathan as a giga, they still classify it a Hyper.

I beg to differ... A fan milking a joke that has gone on long enough.

"The first drop on Banshee is going to be wicked." - KingsIslandPR (facebook) (Photo Courtesy of Kings Island)

I guess that will be the so called money shot for the park. Delirium swinging with a Banshee train passing by.

Too funny considering I typed it on mobile - and along with where this thread seems to be heading - what you may think is too long, don't read may be deemed too short by others to properly convey/understand what is trying to be said. Thanks to Goble for expanding on what I said - I wanted to expand more, but when I filled up the screen, I thought it was enough.

Yes, but will Banshee have maXair?

I find the whole concept of tl:dr arrogant and offensive.

Really? They are well written and definitely worth the read. Well spoken you two.

Has this really turned into another YoungStud hate thread? Already? It baffles me how one singular user can be the subject of so many of these tangents and not be banned. And yes, yes, I know - people have a right to their opinions. But this transcends that. People don't dislike YoungStud because of his opinions, at least not entirely.

Can he just be shunned?

I always feel good about myself.

Let's compare notes. Did your diss I respond to make you feel better about yourself?

I chickened out on that ride over the weekend.... It just freaked me out too much lol I'm not a fan of straight drops down. Though I did go on Maverick twice, the first time at night without knowing what it did, and I about had a heart attack lol

Somebody with no life IMO.

Updated for today:

Later this evening I will be listing a lot of two press kits from Kings Island on eBay. They are for The Beast and Son of Beast. They are complete kits. I just wanted to let you guys know. I'm trying to get some money together so I can buy a decent vehicle. My eBay id is les_paul_junkie. Thanks!

My wife just found out she is going to be attending a work training in Charlotte the 14th-18th. If I can get off work I plan to go down with her and would like to hit Carowinds while we are down there. Hoping some of you fine folks can give me a bit of insight into the "must do" attractions for Scarowinds in case we only have limited time in the park. Figure the scariest part will be waiting to see if our platinum passes go all "Terpy" when we try to get in. Any insight is much appreciated!

To quote a very famous line from a very famous movie:

I'm pretty sure Don said that tombstones and fog effects WOULD be incorporated throughout the ride. EDIT: Here it is:

YoungStud reminds me of a car accident. Its a terrible thing, but everyone can't help but stop and look. Eventually the crowd will scatter.

I think the camera will be at the bottom of the batwing element.

Btw responding to the page before this, I still prefer Voodoo/Posessed to Wicked Twister. That rear spike is excellent And Banshee looks very nice, I'm really ganna miss this

The thing that will keep me from marathoning Banshee will simply be the crowds

In a broader move into the entertainment business Herschend, operator of amusement and theme parks such as Dollywood, purchases the Harlem Globetrotters. See New York Times Dealbook column for more details: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/new-owner-for-harlem-globetrotters/?_r=0

Tis the reason we only go a few times per season with a trip to a new park thrown in for good measure. Helps keep things fresh and fun. Have toyed with the idea of moving closer to KI in the past. I think that would lead us to visit too much and suffer burnout. Back on topic, I hope things really work out for KK. That will give us a new park trip to make next year

At the risk of turning into a pillar of salt.

^ Doesn't count. That one is only half-twisted.

I love this place. It's possessed.

Suddenly, this ride runs up (somehow), screaming "NO! ONLY I AM WICKEDLY TWISTED! Banshee IS JUST REGULAR TWISTED!" (Sorry, could not resist...)

From Kings Island's Twitter: "Workmen have begun installing sections of track for the first drop of Banshee." This picture's perspective is really cool and emphasizes just how steep and awesome this beast is! I seriously can't wait.