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Kings Island Central and The Coaster Crew announced today a partnership that will bring the world's largest Kings Island fan-based community and one of the most reputable coaster clubs together in 2014. "We here at The Coaster Crew think this is a relationship that will bring value to all members of KICentral, both growing their online community and our member base, as well as continuing our mission in bringing people together to create new friendships and creating fellowship." Said Tim Holloran, VP of The Coaster Crew. "We are all here for the same reason, to have fun! We look forward to working along with KICentral in future events!" "There are a lot of opportunities for paid coaster clubs, which is something we didn't want to expand into. We looked up with setting up a partnership and The Coaster Crew just seemed like a perfect fit." Said Dane Thomas, president and webmaster of KICentral. Kings Island recently announced that card-carrying members of certain coaster enthusiast groups, including The Coaster Crew, would be invited to attend Banshee's Media Day this April. Highlights of the partnership include: - A discounted membership option for current KICentral members with a valid username - A forum area to discuss and be informed of Coaster Crew events. - Co-branded merchandise with the KICentral and The Coaster Crew logo (coming soon!) - Partnered events and outings (to be announced in the future) - A great opportunity to meet new people KICentral requires that all forum members and event attendees adhere to KICentral's Terms of Service. Coaster Crew requires that event attendees adhere to their list of rules. Current KICentral members who wish to join the KICentral-Coaster Crew Alliance may begin signing up immediately by following this link. Per Kings Island - You must have registered a KICentral username by Friday 1-24-14 in order to participate in this offer and attend media day.

My brother and I summer of 2004 mourning The Antique Cars.

Sunday is a religious holiday for many, and normally requires premium compensation for construction workers.Also, avoid Chick-Fil-A on Sundays.

Kings Island's Great Pumpkin Coaster in 1999 when it was known as Top Cat's Taxi Jam.

My hat goes off to these guys just for working in the bone chilling climate.

I personally am looking forward to the Banshee sign going in.

I am very excited that the parks in Ohio have decided to include us in these days. It makes sense since we have the most compassion and love these airtime machines! When the media is filming us it shows how good the ride is as opposed to GP that might have mixed feelings or get sick easily. I am ready for April!!!! So.... Who is going?!?!

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/Bansheemediaday EDIT: 12 seconds late. So close.

Hopefully the crane operator knows...if it is working.

Let's capitalize KI's ride names. Some are registered trademarks...

easy: zephyr hard: scrambler expert: Firehawk from Firehawk's queue

I am happy to say that since April 18th is on a Friday that I don't have classes (which means that my last day of classes is on Wednesday) so I can come home for Media day and Opening day! My day has been made!!!!

One of the problems with that is keeping the orcas from getting into things they should not (besides bacteria of course that can make them sick), especially so if we are talking a more natural environment. A Japanese facility has tried something similar at the Taiji Whale Museum. Nami, who lived there for a long time, used to eat the rocks, and orcas in the wild DO take in rocks. There are necropsy reports to prove just that on what they eat and things like rocks and random junk we throw in the water just remain in their bodies. They are animals, and curious ones at that and nothing stops them from trying to eat anything in sight. Which is why the shows tend to be important. The health and safety risks kind of outweigh the benefits of such a thing. Cetaceans hide illness very, very well, so once they show any signs of being sick (often in the form of loss of appetite) it is too late to save them.

They should blow everyone's minds and install a loop. Physics schmizics!

Wings of the night creature await their silent signal from the moon....

I'm sure if everyone just capitalizes properly Terp would stop. He does what he does for a reason, and that's all I'll say about that.

If I can convince my parents to let me skip school...Which means that we'd also probably get to go for opening day...But then I'd also have to convince them that we'd still be able to set up and get things ready for Easter dinner at our house in time for Sunday... It would all be worth it. I hope I can go!

Who are you, and what have you done with The Interpreter? Sent from my VS840 4G using Tapatalk

It has been Icee, Slush Puppies.

I'm hating the cold and tired of the slush....

^Am I the only one that kind of cheered but also had an empty feeling at the same time when Son of Beast was so crudely imploded in that teaser video?

Expert: KIC Group photo from Opening Day 2013 not taken by me but taken from my iPod Easy: International Street Hard: Flight of Fear Queue Expert: Crypt/ Tomb Raider Queue

When I saw all of the progress from the past week or so, here is my reaction:

Even though it means taking two days off work, I plan to be there Media Day and Opening Day! My sons will be there Media Day, too, and the whole gang will be there Opening Day.

Seriously though, even after erection of a ride is complete, there can still be some exciting milestones such as queue area being finished, stations being finished, and of course the ride beginning its testings. Also, even though visible progress won't be as often, we can perhaps pay more attention to a ride's repainting

And that's one instance where Terpy won't be capitalizing a trademarked name. Context.

When you consider driving from 2 hours away just to see the park standing there, inactive, in all it's beauty Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It does get annoying when people do not use proper capitalization. I don't know why it takes so many reminders to get people to use proper capitalization. I would think with the amount of reminders and support from those who run this site, people would think before responding with incorrect capitalization. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe I should get her to make a KIC account, have her read this thread, and have her feel sorry for me.

Yes, someone is. So many, it's embarrassing.

"Pwetty Pwease, mommy!" Haha I'll try my best. Believe me, my mom would love to go too. I'm just not sure if we'll be able to.

I'm a mid-50's kid, who often thinks he was born 20 years too late. Goodman, Dorsey, etc. And a bit of Madonna, for that matter...

Tee hee...all who are involved know why I lol at this :-P

If by animal, you mean slug or turtle. I just kind of meander...

They, unfortunately, have not gotten worse. That would imply they once functioned well....

Please capitalize the names of Kings Island rides, past and present. Most are registered trademarks.

Sunday is a religious holiday for many, and normally requires premium compensation for construction workers.Also, avoid Chick-Fil-A on Sundays. But Sunday is usually the prime day that I want Chick-Fil-A

IMG_0490 by KIC-Vortex_BFF, on Flickr Easy: Any flowers in the park Hard: Floral Clock Expert: KIC group photo

I'm off work that day. I have never been on opening day before. Going to try and make it this year.

Sorry for the double post... Decided to finally sit down and watch this documentary. I am about 30 minutes into it. Initial thoughts: This is a well done documentary, even if you dont like the message. Not sure if I feel its anti-Sea World or just saying its informative... at this point.... Currently, they just spoke about Tillicum's incident at Sea Land... I'll just edit this as I go.... The documentary does raise a few questions that I wish Sea World would have answered for example: separation and mixing of family pods? purchase of aggressive whales? Tilicum being used as a breeding whale even if he had a history of aggression? I really get the feel that the trainers love these whales. No doubt about it. However, they have a few questions about the way the company goes about their business..,. The more I watch this, the more upset I am that Sea World answered this documentary with a press release on their website. I dont feel that this documentary is ever saying that Sea World is all bad. But it does raise some basic questions about park safety and whale usage... These questions are fair to bring up, but they could have totally been answered by a quick and good response by Sea World... Sure Ill have more to say as the last 30 minutes show up... EDITED AGAIN: Here is my amateur thought (I am not a whale expert nor am I a trainer, but I do know human tendencies), if these animals rake or bite each other when they are upset, why wouldnt they do that to a trainer? This would look very aggressive because the whale is 6 tons and a human weighs 150? If I am upset with a person I would get into a fight, maybe punch or kick. If I punch or kick someone my size it doesnt look like much. However, if I were to punch or kick a little kid then it would look like an aggressive move. I think there are calculated risks everyone has at their job for an accident and a possible life threatening accident. Should humans be in a pool with whales doing tricks? Maybe not. Should Sea World go away? Probably not. SW does do good things for the mammal world. As we learn more about these animals the way we do things now will look barbaric. Just like the video from the 70s of the trainer in a bikini riding a whale looks silly. Orcas do get bored. No Doubt. But you cant just take these whales and release them. But how cool would it be to visit a Sea World park that has a huge open water pen. You can view Orcas there. That would be cool. Zoos have done similar changes. Look at the reptile building at the Cincy Zoo. It was the former Ape house. We learn and change as a society. I do think the over all tone of the film is anti-captivity. But it is well done. I didnt walk away hating SW. I do have some questions I want to see SW answer. But will this keep me out of the park? I cant say it would. I plan on going to Orlando in 2015 and would like to visit SW when I am there. It would be nice for SW to answer a few questions raised by the film though... EDITED: Thanks terp... but I think I only had one incidence of non-cap SW or Sea World

Easy: Festhaus Hard: Diamondback in mid-splash Expert: Picture from any opening day

As long as track installation is completed by the end of the week, I'm good.

I'm wondering when the full operating calendar will be posted? I would guess pretty soon? I'm curious to know if they will be open on Easter Sunday which just happens to be my birthday this year?

Shark, Did you find that you wanted to go to the park? I'd like to think I wasn't the only one that went off message. I think the outrage over a relatively small number of captive whales is due the 'baby steps' method some activists use. There are so many cars, so many poor, and so many crooked politicians out there, and trouble in the middle east seems to go on forever. PETA can't demand we let all of our pets go, there's too many of us, and we like our pets. If a group of activists succeed in freeing this small number of whales, they can use this success to proceed to the next step in animal freedom. The Shamu Stadium redo must have been in the works for a long time, it seems more by chance than design that the Seaworld is answering some of the questions brought up with their "Shamu Up Close" show. Videos are showing the trainers using a giant WaterPik to brush the orcas' teeth right in front of an close audience. I didn't get to see all what happened, because I have to rely on park guests' videos. The show seems to present what trainers do every day to take of the whales in their care. (And I, too, wish to see this Up Close.)

I think the fact that it is running through the woods the whole time is enough theming on its own. Don't know many other rapids rides that are as woods as ours. Usually they have all those waterfalls and things so that you don't see the sidewalk that is right next to you with food carts.

SeaWorld (and Sea World) and related service marks are registered trademarks and service marks of Sea World LLC Limited Liability Company Delaware. As such, word forms of the marks are always capitalized.

yeah right

Yeh, it's theming is "Ohio". I think the ride's setting in the Midwestern flora is the theme they are shooting for.