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Sharing this from @KingsIslandPR Instagram! The station looks great!!! Edit: the caption says "A look inside the station on Mystic Timbers" Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

^^ Pretty soon, it will say please don't disturb the operator. What's in the shed may come after you. Lol

Probably not in the shops, since they moved them into the arcade as prizes (to be purchased with tickets) the last few weekends the park was open. I assume this was to get rid of them because #WhatsInTheShed will no longer be a pertinent question in approximately a month. Chances are there will be something similar in the shops though, and probably a plethora of new shirts to choose from.

It's not the walk. Its the distance you must go with only one destination. A sentiment Thunderbird doesnt fully fit into with the food, drinks, restrooms, and one flat back there with it. Im used to the walk to The Bat but I do understand why some think the walk back isnt preferable. Thunderbird's walk is also really weird despite having other things and makes me hope they relocate hyena falls, utilize the old pilgrims plunge, and one day add more flats along that path

Yes! I hope that shirt is still around come opening weekend.

My friend Kaeli had her interview today and she got hired! She will be working in the "North Pie" of Planet Snoopy! On a side note: 6 days until my Orientation.

I LOVE that door lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also, Thunderbird would like to say hi.

Indyguy4KI and I bought our tickets this weekend - 4pm Beast tour. The 2pm slot was full. I will miss part of Friday morning as I'm flying back from Florida that morning. One of my niece's is graduating high school in Florida and I can't miss it. I'm glad I was able to figure out a way to celebrate her as well as attend Coasterstock. Edited to add- I brought my 13-year-old nephew the first year for his birthday present. As much as he was used to going to the park with me, it was a long and exhausting weekend for him. We arrived for the morning ERT time and ended up not staying for all of the evening ERT time. He fell asleep during the talk in the theater and sat down and conked out during the train talk too. We even went out to the car and took an hour nap the one day. He had a blast but it was a bit exhausting for him. For people with kids, I would recommend watching for signs of them dragging. Visiting the park open to close is a bit different than Coasterstock. There is enough time in the weekend to take breaks as needed or skip out on something in order to get some rest at home/hotel/car. Making sure you (and the kids) are well rested will make for a far more enjoyable weekend!

While it may seem strange, busy days at Coney are usually the days I love most to work. The time goes by quickly, there is never a dull moment, and it is fun to see the park so full with people. Busy days sure beat slow days when the park is slow and time drags on so slowly. Just as a friendly reminder to those that have been hired on at Kings Island. Remember to be careful what you post on here. Posting of anything which you are not authorized to do, can and will result in your termination.

Think they would / could every put something else back that way? or even a few things? I like the walk, its a nice break while in the parks but maybe if there were other thing/s back that way it would attract more people to that area. Just a thought

Its all relative lol I've heard some east coasters that consider Cincinnati to be the west... Uhhhh

So for the check in on the first day do you HAVE to be there at 6:30 or can it be in-between 6:30 - 8:30 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Last year on Saturday I took the last Beast tour, and had an early lunch. This gave me a large enough gap to hop in my car and drive to my hotel and get an hour or two of sleep in a bed. The bad part is you loose your parking spot, but I feel like it was worth it and might try it again this year.

I love this idea as a whole, minus the names you came up with for Action Zone. I do everything you have said & id call that area of the park Haunted Hill.

I love how secluded the area is! You get some great photos of Banshee back there, also some nice views of Banshee from riding The Bat.

Right?! I actually kinda like the little long walk it takes to get to The Bat. It almost feels like your not in the park anymore.

As Terpy liked to say: Line length is not an indicator of popularity. To add my own two cents: Why? Assuming that each train or cycle is mostly full, there is functionally no difference in total ridership regardless of whether the ride typically has a 5-minute wait or a 45-minute wait, because the number of trains/cycles dispatched per hour is not affected by the line length. The same number of people are riding it either way; the only difference is that many people think one ride isn't worth losing more than 5 minutes in line, while many people think the other ride is worth losing 45 minutes of their day. But that too, is not an indicator of whether the ride should be removed, else all small rides would be removed and replaced with shiny new record-breaking roller coasters. Each ride fills a need in the park. The Bat, in combination with The Racer, serves as the "next step" for a 48" child after conquering Adventure Express and Backlot Stunt Coaster. Congo Falls also helps fill a hole: it and White Water Canyon are the only two rides with a 46" requirement, so it gives those who have conquered everything in Planet Snoopy (where the biggest height requirement is 44") something new to do while waiting to hit that magical height of 48". Essentially, some people here are trying to make it as simple as "this has short lines and thus isn't popular, so let's get rid of it", but that is wrong on multiple levels. There are many things to take into consideration here.

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Cedar Fair buying the Busch Parks would scare me. I don't want them getting rid of the animals in Tampa. I like competition. But Cedar Fair really would be smart to buy a park they can operate year round. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yea Thunderbird has a long walk but as stated above it has its own little pavilion, whereas The Bat is all by itself. Plus the Thunderbird plaza looks amazing with lots of detailed scenery and The Bat is very bare bones with just a flat metal station and the track. (Though the new orange track and dark grey supports look great.) As far as putting stuff back by The Bat bit sure how feasible that is as that whole area is essentially in the side of a hill. They would have to construct platforms to put anything else along there so don't see much else getting placed in that area in the meantime.

It'd have to be pretty special or a diverse collection of things to attract people over there that aren't necessarily riding The Bat.

^yes, you totally can. At check-in, you'll receive a schedule of what is happening when and where, and you may show up with your credentials to as many or as few as you like. While groups tend to meet up, hang out and ride together, regroup, etc in between the scheduled events, nothing is required. If I could have easily left for a nap, I very well might have in past years. This year's event is a little shorter so it shouldn't be as grueling.

Thanks @IndyGuy4KI! We are local, so we always have a way to bail if we need to do so. But, I don't expect that because our kids are used to early mornings and late nights with lots of activities, including KI. I really think she'd like it. It seems like you can come and go if you like, right? I mean, if we skipped something we could just meet back up with the group at the next activity?

I don't know when testing for MT will be, but the earliest picture I have of Banshee testing is March 15th, 2014. Sooo hopefully testing will maybe start by late next week.

The KI app agrees.

There is a cap I believe......the sooner he can get the tickets the better.

Well said jcgoble3, you also have to remember that when Top Gun was installed in 1993, the lines length was do to heavy theming pre-ride and also do to it being "FighterTownUSA" or something like that and made it feel like a unique area of the park being the only coaster back in the area. It was like that and very secluded until Son of Beast was built in 2000.

Yay! Trains are in! (Heh, we're all pretty excited)

Yeah it's defiantly a great coaster to ride for an easier, less intense ride and great for families. It's also pretty smooth. But your right, the queue line is way too long. The Bat is something I hope sticks around at Kings Island.

Thanks to everyone for your replies.

That'd be sweet. I can se it now. Freak's wife- "Why the h*** is there a piece of wood in here for. It doesn't go with anything and it's just clutter. Errrr". I've had that battle more than once (in two different houses.) about my 2 millionth Banshee sign, and has actually won that battle everytime. Well, I guess it's one of the only battles I win.

Yep, both years have been the cup that is typically $1/refill after the day of purchase, but extended to give free refills through all days of Coasterstock (then $1 the rest of the season). I have a feeling we'll be getting drink wristbands rather than cups this year but we'll see. I haven't heard anything, that's purely my speculation. I want one of those Mystic Timbers wood offcut prizes, SO BAD, like a completely unreasonable amount

I received the bottle which includes refills for only the day of purchase. You can use it the rest of the year but refills are a dollar each.

Does anyone remember what souvenir cup they provided in the past (the daily or the season long)? I am trying to figure out if I should add a cup to my Platinum Pass or just wait it out? I realize this next one might not be as easy to answer since FunPix is so new but does anyone have any guesses for FunPix? Will it likely be two daily tickets? Did they provide this last year? Thanks!

I too got freaked out when the e-mail came saying that I had not done the second part of the registration for me and my friends (when I actually was very careful after buying the season pass tickets and then separately registering each of us). Must have been a pretty big glitch or someone not paying attention to how they were running the comparison report (e.g. tickets purchased vs actually registered). As most have said before, it would be nice if the system sent an e-mail confirmation that registration was complete, rather than relying on the "on-screen" message.

I went solo last year, are you allowed to bring a guest this year or do they have to be a coaster club member as well? I'm a member of ACE.

Wow. They are on it. Just heard back and we are all set!

In the same boat. Just sent the email.

Last year we were given several coupons at check-in. Then when you used one at a photo booth the employee printed a receipt with a code which allowed you to download the photo.

Awesome! Thanks! I knew it was a photo program but I was curious out it fit in to CoasterStock. I kinda of assumed the same thing that we would have it for the event etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

FunPix is a photo program that rolled out last year. It's unknown at this point to the public how it'll work for Coasterstock. It'll likely be FunPix for just the 2 days of the events. You will be able to take your card (I'm assuming that's what they'll give everyone) to any of the ride photo booths to redeem your pictures to download them later. It also will work for the front gate photos. The program is fantastic. I have it all season long (I did last year) and absolutely loved getting the pictures from my trips. This year, more parks than KI and CP will have it.

Since HW closes at 4, why not drive toward KI that night? That would be much better than leaving at 4AM to get to CS. My bad, I thought you were heading to KI the morning of CS, but you said Thursday and CS starts Friday, so that could work.

Or working at the park, going to coaster stock, then back working. I think energy drinks will be my go to for that weekend lol.

How many years old is the HWN event? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

^ When you save a webpage to a file, a matching folder is created for that page's resources. This includes images, style configuration files (css), JavaScript, and more. This way, if you open the saved HTML file, those other parts of the page still show up. Saving your order configuration in this way isn't the best idea, as the dynamic order information might not load properly. I suggest printing - either to paper or to a PDF file.

Hi guys, this probably won't make any sense but.... On my computer, I used the "snipping tool" to snip my purchase orders for Coasterstock, then I saved the webpage and well, I was uploading some new photos and sorting them into the appropriate files, and I found a file in my photos called "Kings Island Coaster Stock_files" and theres alot of blank white page photos labeled things like "chart(1)" or "ki_coupon_3". I don't remember making this and it's not cause any issues with my computer, but is it stuff that I'm supposed to have and didn't download or should I just delete it and move on! I know it sound really strange, but I hope I explained it okay.

Coasterstock cheaper than Coasterstock? . I know man, I loved it last year. I've wanted to do Mania the last couple years. If I was just born rich instead of so good lookin.......

Coasterstock for sure! Multiple days, more than likely cheaper than Coastermania, Mystic Timbers, Great ERT sessions, Guest Speakers, The Don Helbig, great perks/gifts AND I may have forgot, but Mystic Timbers! Need I say more?