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Basketballs... stupid basketballs...

I don't like "thug looking" teenagers walking around like they own the place.

Rude smokers in line, you should not smoke in line.

What irks you when you're at the park? For me, it's the guests waiting in line for Delirium. The ride ops CLEARLY say to STAND on your assigned number, and when I go to stand on mine there is a pod of guests carelessly hovering over where I'm supposed to stand. It makes me so mad that they lack the ability to listen to simple instructions. Just. Ugh. My blood pressure is rising just thinking about it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And game barkers and ride ops with mikes who think they are the entertainment. Guests who don't wear deodorant. People who talk and/or play with cellphones during shows. People who congregate at ride entrances and won't move. Enthusiasts who have to bore everyone in the park with their "knowledge," much of which is frequently very wrong. Being with a group that keeps engaging in long discussions about what to ride next.

For me it would be kids running around the park instead of walking. People walking on the wrong side of the sidewalk, this isn't England anyways. People making a full line across the pathway to where you have to turn sideways just to walk through them. And finally parents that sit there and let their kids climb on the railings in the queue lines like it's their own personal gym, my 4 year old will ask if she can do it when she see's a kid directly next to her doing it and I will tell her no, when she asks why the other kids can do it I tell her it's because she's better than that and I am not shy about it.

Line jumpers...it never ceases to amaze me how people think its alright to cut in front of a bunch of people to get to the front of a line. I normally am not ok with this, especially if I have been waiting for a long time. I have been snowed plenty of times in the past, I won't stand for it now. If you get out of line, too bad. Go back to the beginning. And if you really do have a group waiting for you...have them come back with you. It stinks, but it is far worse for those who have worked for their spot in line! Or parents who get angry with you when their kids are acting up and being rude and you say something to them for: bumping into you harshly, shoving, running in front of you...etc. The way I see it is, they're YOUR kids keep an eye on YOUR kids and teach them some manners while in a public place! If not I WILL!!! Not least to forget, the "macho" teenage boy who wants to start a fist fight in line and cause a scene because hes angry about how some other equally "macho" kid looked at him. GET OVER YOURSELF!!! Last but not least, a personal peeve of mine is how people have looked at a certain family member of mine and have said cruel things about the big scar on her stomach. She sometimes wears a shorter shirt because its hot outside ( and she personally is not ashamed of the scar ) and its nothing out of the ordinary, but I have seen some very snotty young people stare, laugh and say crude things ( I can read lips very well ) and I have actually said something before because I will not tolerate the ignorance. If they only knew what she had gone through to have such a scar and still be alive today enjoying the park, they might not be so foolish to say anything. This goes for anyone with something different about them on the outside...I can't stand how ignorant and close minded the GP that goes to the park are and how obvious they make it. Otherwise, I generally tend to try very hard to ignore some of the annoying things people do. I am there to have fun and not have a conniption or cause a scene. But I will stand my ground if someone tries to step on my toes or anyone I am with.

Pre-teens and teens, usually but not always girls, who squeal shrilly in mock fear on coasters, frequently right in my ear--Please shut up.

Guests who congregate in big groups in the middle of the midway. Guests who try to tell you they went to Cedar Point (or any other park for that matter) and tell you that they got stuck on ____ (any given ride) for 8 hours, upside down/ at the very top/any given position because another ride vehicle hit the 3rd one, or some far-fetched story.

People who scream like they're on Banshee.... while on the Scrambler! Before it starts moving.

I hate people who are mean to you in line for no reason. My friend doesn't know a lot about roller coasters and hadn't been to the park since he was 5 (now 13) and I was explaining all the changes the park has done since then. Then these two girls about our age call me and my friend annoying. My friend then called her a name I don't wish to repeat for fear of getting banned and then the girls are like, "You can't call us that we're girls! You can't be mean to us." So I told her, "So you're allowed to insult me and my friend and it's okay but when we try to offend ourselves we're the bad guys?" Then about 3 people back some guy just yells, "DAYUM STRAIGHT!" Of course the girls then told the ride op giving people seat numbers that we were being bullies. She asked us to get out of line and go to the back until about 5 people around me and my friend supported us and the tables were turned! They were not asked to go to the back of the line however, They were just politely asked to stop. I was kind of disappointed that more justice wasn't done but I'm just grateful we didn't have to go back to the beginning of the 30 minute wait.

On Delirium, not only do they not stand on their numbers (which I hate because otherwise I forget, I have a goldfish's memory for numbers), but they typically wander about a foot into the pen and stop, and those behind them are hesitant to push past, so everyone else ends up in a wad behind the operator shelter. Also, whoever is standing in front of the gate is never paying attention, so they have to be told like five times "push on the gates and go to your assigned seats." I've taken to maneuvering to the gate myself if no one else is standing on their numbers (especially if someone is on mine so I can't stand on it to remember). Another pet peeve for me is people who stomp on the seat as they're getting off a coaster. Bonus points if they've just gotten off Congo Falls or WWC and goosh dirty water all over the seat. Edited: thought of another one. When a rider thinks it is funny to repeatedly shout "clear!" when the ride ops are doing their scan or whatever it is called. This has invariably been an unsupervised boy when I've observed it.

And some enthusiasts question again and again why parks go to B&M over and over for large coasters. Their rides just work. And open on time. And have an incredible safety record. Yes, they come at premium prices. But, as is often the case, you get no more than you pay for. Pay less, get less. B&M: The engineering goes in before the first footing does. Yes, this is a water attraction. But, extensive computer modeling should have predicted this. It's not 1950.

Those who are loud and obnoxious and should put more clothes on.

Groups who ask if they can go in front of you to keep their group together. Um, no. If anything, it works the other way around. You should be allowing others in front of YOU if you wish to keep your entire group together. I will say that I enjoyed the people at Kentucky Kingdom. Very few of the annoyances I often experience at Kings Island were happening there. On both coasters, I had groups of three ask if I wanted to ride with them since I was by myself. I stood and chatted with them while we were waiting for the next train and had some fun and interesting conversations. Could we please transplant some of that southern hospitality up north of the river?

People who argue with ride ops about their kid, "BUT, she just rode it this morning....pleeeease."

People who block the ride entrance while having their child measured or other assorted long conversations with the employee waiting there. Employees who don't make any attempt to move such conversations out of the way of the entrance. The bottleneck caused by bag carriers and the ensuing discussions (always in the way of traffic flow) is often nearly as long a wait on Banshee as the actual line. At least it feels that way.

Bring a Friend Days.

Or people who stop right outside the ride's exit and clog the traffic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My mom and I arrived at the park around 9:30 and made it back to Maverick in time for one early entry ride and rode in the back. My mom saw one of her high school friends and her 2 younger kids. They hadn't actually seen each other in person for a very long time and they had fun catching up, and her 7th grade son is a major enthusiast. He was so funny! Then the line just started to fill up but we managed to get on it again, this time in the front, with only a 5 minute wait. But as soon we we left, a lot of the main queue building had already started to fill up. We were glad to get our Maverick rides in when we did, since we hate waiting in that line. We headed over Mean Streak and waited a couple minutes for the front and had the smoothest ride I ever have on it. The layout's still as boring as ever, but it was actually pretty enjoyable. Dragster was next, and we waited or the front row which came out to be about a 45 minute wait in total. It was so nice to get back on it and to just hear and see it running. Coastermania was so strange without it. After this was the longest wait of the day, in total an hour and a half for the front row on Millennium. It was fun and worth it, but we were surprised by the line. It seemed to move very slow, much slower than usual even though it was running 3 trains. It was around 2:30 and we got lunch at Panda Express. Talking to one of the workers there, she said how it has been a rough day and that there were lots of rude guests, so we made sure to be extra nice. I don't get why people feel the need to act that way, and I felt bad for the employees. And let's just say that throughout the day, we have our fair share of interesting guest experiences (More to come about that later). We just sat for a while and just relaxed. With platinum passes, I love how you never feel rushed and can take your time. It was fun people watching and enjoying the park's atmosphere. Then we decided to take a jaunt through the Frontier Trail. We stopped for about 20 minutes at the Barnyard. I still love this little surprise addition for this year. No matter what day we go or what time of day it's always so much busier than it used to be, and it's great seeing all the families with little kids who are smiling and laughing. Even though it's not a ride, I love Barnyard so much. Then we stopped and watched Snake River Falls for a little bit. It was fun watching both the riders and the people standing on the bridge. If it was hotter I would've gone on. I want to get on the water rides at least once this year but at the time I didn't feel like getting wet, but I'm sure later in the summer I'll have a better opportunity to go on. We decided to ride Mine Ride when we walked by, and we actually had to wait about 15-20 minutes and went on the front row. A couple little kids in front of us were funny, since one of them was very serious that Mine Ride's station used to be a house and that it was turned into a roller coaster. He couldn't be convinced any other way. It was so cute. We noticed that SlingShot had been testing earlier with dummies, but while in Mine Ride's station, we saw people on it. We wondered if it could have opened already, but Jason tweeted that it wouldn't open until hopefully Tuesday. So after a fun ride on MR, we went over to SlingShot where there was a pretty decent crowd standing around. Employees were testing it and it was so much fun to watch. It was hilarious listening to the onlookers' reactions whenever the ride launched. People are just mesmerized by this ride, and even though it will be expensive (a worker told us it will be $25 to ride and $20 to buy the on-ride video) I will definitely try it. I really love the color scheme once seeing it in person. While watching it, we met Alex from MyOwnCP. He's really nice and it was fun meeting him. Rude guest incident: a group of middle school ages kids were sitting around the new planters near the Gemini restrooms. After they left, we saw that hid ripped a lot of the flowers and were drawing and writing inappropriate things on the planters. There were 2 sweeps that came and they were frustrated. So after watching SlingShot test for a while, we rode Magnum. In the ejector seat. It was painful, but fun. Then we went on Dragster again and waited about 20 minutes for the back row. While in line a kid around my age noticed the Banshee shirt I was wearing and said he works in the Diamondback shop at Kings Island. He says he actually doesn't like working at the park and doesn't like The Beast. Oh well. It was his first time on Dragster so he was looking forward to it. We waited about 5 minutes for Power Tower drop and faced the lake. Arms out and legs out is the best way to ride. We then decided to go back on Dragster again, but the line had lengthened a little bit. We wanted to ride in the front again and waited about 30-40 minutes. We headed up toward the front of the park and went on Cedar Downs (I won!). Then we waited about 5 minutes for the front row on Raptor. I was looking forward to going on it after riding Banshee, and I have to say, Banshee is better. Raptor is still fun and is intense, but I love how re-ridable and overall just more enjoyable Banshee is. Since we were right by it, we decided to get a quick ride on Blue Streak. Only waited a couple minutes, sat in a middle seat, and had an incredibly smooth and fun ride. Next was Gatekeeper and we rode the back left after about a 15 minute wait. I got a good look at the new structure that supposedly might be for a new haunt. The steel framework is up, and it definitely looks big enough to house a new haunted house. I got a picture from outside the ride. After Gatekeeper was Wicked Twister, and we rode in the 2nd to back seat after 1 ride cycle. It was as enjoyable as ever. By this time it was almost 8:30 and I decided I wanted to ride Dragster again and then finish off with Millennium. We went to Dragster, only to discover it was closed due to mechanical reasons. We decided to wait around for a little while. Eventually it ran an empty train and it had a rollback. After seeing this, most of the general public became freaked out and left the line that was forming outside the entrance. Then a few other people were concerned that "the ride was leaking" after seeing the water used to cool the ride dripping down from the track. Another kid said "the ride is peeing!" which was pretty funny. Then there were some kids who were karate chopping and ripping out parts of the small bushes near the ride's entrance, which was annoying and disrespectful. Eventually there were only a handful of people left and I was in the front of the line. My mom has a broken toe so decided to wait on the benches across from the entrance. At one point the ride host offered his stool to anyone who wanted it, and the people around me knew I had been waiting there the longest and was first in line, so they all told me I could have it. So at least these people were nice. I got to talking about Banshee with a guy and he said he went on Opening Day, and he said is was such a big mistake. He didn't even end up riding Banshee due to its line so he and his son plan on going back in the fall. We also started talking about Coastermania along with the ride host. I then explained to a man and 2 teenagers behind me what Coastermania was after they asked. It was actually pretty fun just sitting outside the entrance talking with the ride host and some of the other guests. The ride host, Plamen, was hilarious and was really nice. He joked around that we needed some firewood, s'mores, and a guitar while we waited, and made lots of other fun jokes and interacted great with all the guests, despite the tons of times he had to explain to guests approaching the entrance that the ride was down. He's great at his job. Then one of our other favorite Dragster (and all time favorite) ride ops, Ashli, came over and we talked with her for a little bit too. I also found out that there was Magnum ERT that night, which surprisingly I didn't even know about. That was fun to learn about. Then about 5 minutes til 10, Plamen got a call that the ride would unfortunately not reopen. He thanked everyone for waiting around, and then my mom and I quickly headed to Millennium. We managed to get past the Luminosity mob and thanks to the 8 minute grace period, got in line in time. There were only 7 people behind us by the time the line was closed, so we had high hopes of getting on the last train of the night. Then when we were about halfway up the ramp, a woman came walking right on past everyone saying she was trying to get to her family. I can't stand people who do this, and try to cut everyone to reach family or friends who have previously been waiting in line. Even if she was telling the truth, it's still annoying. Then something very strange happened when we were almost to the top of the ramp. A woman came barreling through, furious, along with several other people. We were thinking that this is just ridiculous, with all these people cutting us, but this time there was an employee following them. As the lady in front walked past us, she kept saying how a man left his 7 year old kid with her and her family and they had him all day. She said she saw him run onto this ride. Well, several minutes later when we were almost to the unload station, we hear someone screaming as soon as a train pulled through the brake run. The lady was standing below on the exit ramp yelling up to the train that had just come back. She was screaming and swearing at the top of her lungs, meanwhile everyone on that train just looked confused. Everyone around us waiting in line peered over to see and listen to what was happening. Basically the lady was calling the guy on the train out for leaving his young kid with her and telling him what an effing this and effing that he was. I have to assume that there's more to this story than what happened. Maybe could this man be an ex boyfriend or ex husband? They seemed like they knew each other, but who knows. Also, for the lady screaming up at the man, don't you think she would not have wanted to make such a huge deal of it in front of everyone, especially little kids were in line and on that train? Apparently she just wanted to make it an even bigger issue, and was perfectly alright with swearing at the top of her lungs around all the kids. Classy. So classy. Such a great way to relieve a situation. So then after the guy got off the ride, everyone around us in line starting booing him and taunting him as he walked by, which made him even more mad. I just stayed out of it and didn't say anything. Who knows what the circumstances were and I was not going to partake in behavior like that. So anyways, once in the station they announced there would only be 2 more trains, and we were in the 2nd to the last row on the last train of the night! I love getting on the final train. It's so cool knowing you're the last people to ride that ride for that day. By then it was 10:30 so we quickly went to Magnum for the ride night. We ended up getting in 2 great rides. We could have got more since at 11:10 when we walked by, they were still letting passholders in but we were tired, hungry, and had an hour and a half drive back home. Just outside the main entrance was the family who had the issue with the man abandoning his kid with them. I still don't know the whole story, but based on what I heard when I left, the man had an older son with him and the 2 of them wanted to go on all the big rides, so they left his 7 year old with that family. Like I mentioned earlier, I just don't see that he would leave his kid with a random stranger all day, and if he did, why didn't that family contact security or other employees? It just sounds fishy to me. It also sounded like the police had been involved, and the lady, surrounded by her own young kids, starting saying how the man kept saying "effing this and effing that right in front of the police officer." Again, this woman is not censoring this in front of these young kids. So this whole situation was just very very strange. That's a horrible thing to leave your kid with someone else, but I feel like there's definitely a back story behind it. Then the lady used this opportunity to completely call out the man, paying no regard to her foul language around all the other guests. So personally, I think the lady is no better than the man but I'll hold all firm judgments since I don't have enough information to do so. Then on our way out to our car, we saw this written in large letter with chalk: "Don't park my cars butt!" What???????? Just something else to add to the strange things that day. And on the causeway, there was a car pulled over by 2 police cars and it looked like the car was being searched. The day was so much fun and was a blast, but between strange occurences, and a whole day full of rude guests, it was just very odd. But thankfully we met lots of great staff and patrons too, and did talk to a bunch of friendly people around in lines throughout the day. Plus I have to give honorable mentions to Jasper of Maverick, Ashli of Dragster, and Plamen of Dragster. Best 3 employees of the park this year, at least as far as I've seen and have gotten to know. And in total, we got in 18 rides which is pretty good considering it was fairly busy and we took our time throughout the day. It was great to get to the park one last time before out vacation!

Standing in line and having(usually teens or younger kids) go excuse me and push past you and others cause they are with someone much farther up the line they know(or so they claim). My GF has got to the point where she will intentionally block them and tells them no cause it has happened so much. Also people who get to the entrance to a line and block it standing around talking, waiting for someone way back, deciding if they want to ride the ride they are blocking etc. Ugg stand off to the the side people lol

Of all of the rides at Kings Island, it is The Beast that closes temporarily due to the fireworks.

Guilty, particularly in KIC groups, very guilty.

If it were up to me, souvenir cups wouldn't be sold and loose articles wouldn't be allowed in lines or stations.

They do that all the time on Viking Fury too, it is quite annoying and very few have ever seemed to think it was as funny as they did.

Groups who tell a ride op that one member of their group isn't riding and will be taking their bags, then proceed to shove their belongings and bags under shirts and all other places imaginable (particularly in line for Firehawk). We all paid for a locker for a reason!! People who loudly complain to anyone who will listen about losing belongings on the ride when they are repeatedly told to keep them secured or in the bin. People who complain about getting "too wet" on the water rides.

Add to that: the tweens whose mothers let them go off on their own and reap the benefits of being discipline free for a few hours by causing a ruckus. One time while in a 40 minute FoF queue, about five 12-13 year old boys kept shoving each other into me on purpose. I followed them back to their parents and about told on them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Non-riders who claim that they won't ride roller coasters because they're dangerous. Bonus points if they are a parent who sits and waits while they let their children on these alleged death traps and who participated in an exponentially more dangerous activity by driving to the park that morning... Thanks, local news media, for falsely convincing people that one of the safest forms of amusement you can find is apparently dangerous...

Crepe hangers. Misinformed people telling other riders that people died on what ride and when. They make it sound like Vortex ends with a guillotine. The parents that sit on a bench during Haunt and let their kids, that invariably smell of urine, stand on the rails in line in front of you so that you, too, can appreciate the urine smell full blast. Smokers outside of the personalized, comfy coral that was devised for them and only them. Attention mongers- girls that laugh too hard and falsely in line, etc., The Mad Max Stroller Brigade. I understand that having a kid makes you the Only Person in the Universe, but to me, my shins are real, and that metal bar you use as a weapon hurts.

People yelling while you are going up the lift hill " We're all going to die."

I must say, I have heard young guests mock scream on the lift hill of The Beast, only to start genuinely screaming (you can tell) when the train starts barreling towards that tiny, "head-choppin'" tunnel below. Cracks me up every time!

I would take that any day over those who cut through closed queues and "join" the line half way through.

Only if you buy Cascade Lane. It's a Cincinnati thang. This post brought to you by the letters P and G.

TTD-120-420 works there. I hope he's alright.

Guilty, particularly in KIC groups, very guilty. One technique to solve that problem is to pick any ride and get half the group to start walking in that direction.

You could ask Six Flags about hissing c o c k r o a c h e s. Guests seemed to eat them up. Until one died immediately after a similar contest at another venue. (A contestant, that is). One serious incident. That's all it takes.

A good deal indeed. And oh, so healthy.

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The only thing that really bothers me is a lack of personal hygiene from others. Other than that, I refuse to let other people ruin my day. Although I am a naturally laid-back and easy going person anyway...

Uh, the Entertainment Department selected it. They could have gone with a Justin Bieber revue. Be thankful.

Rude guests, "Macho" teenagers, Line jumpers, Smokers in general (it's okay if they want to smoke but I think they should have like a smoke box at KI were only smokers can go and fill their lungs with a wonderful shade of black), People getting mad cause their child they kept telling over and over again can ride this ride, really can't, and when their child starts crying or gets mad, because they can't ride the ride, the parents/child get mad at the ride op... abnormally loud people, People that think it's a great time to start talking about sexual related stuff in line...

I need to. It is at the top of my "can't wait to ride" list.

I don't think too many people would argue that Mean Streak isn't visually impressive. It certainly is. I personally get far more intimidated (in a good way) by the massive wooden structures of rides like SOB and Mean Streak than I do by the taller but less substantial structures of rides like Dragster and Diamondback. If only they ran as good as they look/looked.

Well, that's why I had Diet Coke.

For me, here's the thing with Mean Streak.... I'm not a fan of the ride itself, because it is honestly quite boring, but I do have reasons for riding Mean Streak once during every visit to the park.....(and only once) I'd say it's usually about 7:00 in the evening, or somewhere around there, when the sun is starting to go down, I head for Mean Streak, and generally walk onto it, or wait 1 or 2 trains. Soon after the "all-clear" is given and we head for the lift-hill, I start to realize exactly why I decided to ride Mean Streak. As I head up the lift hill, I look to my left and take in a view that, to me, is one if the best in the park..... The structure of a wooden roller coaster surrounding me, while looking out over the lake and watching the sun go down. The lake sparkles so perfectly and for that moment in time, I am truly pleased with my view from the peninsula.....And Mean Streak. There's not much more I can say to describe the perspective of the lake that you get while on the Mean Streak lift hill. If you haven't gotten a ride in on Mean Streak during that time of day, I would most definitely recommend it!

Some of them I'd gladly pay to watch run. Or, rather, try to.

I really do wish them the best. Having a choice is a good thing when you're a consumer.

Make sure to fill out the online compliment form on CP's website so they can get the reconintion they deserve!

I first misread this as "Run with Security." I thought it was a charity running event of some kind. For real.

Most guests don't even know they are line jumping. Let's be realistic: are those couple people just trying to catch up with their group really going to make your wait that much longer? 10 teens catching up with 2 people is one thing, parent & child catching up is another. Like my grandfather always told me: "Fight the battles that are worth fighting."