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7:30 am and red racer is on the track with the station lights on. Looks like Racer may start testing today! Getting closer still.....:)

The first slide piece was installed on RiverRacers! From KI's Facebook and Instagram story

It's moved forward, and additional screening lanes have been added. Area closest to Guest Services (at bottom of image) which is unused now, has been added.

Permit (BLD25-0259) filed for reconfiguration of the front gate queuing, security, and exit areas. Looks to smooth things up a great deal. They gotta boogey to get it done by April 19th ....

more has been added, you can see from the webcam: https://www.visitkingsisland.com/live-video

So how is this any different than what they had at the end of last year?

Missouri Jane is up to some mischief with the fountains and clock. Tired of scaring people at WWC.

YEAH The fountains didnt run at all in 23 and were actually removed in 24. How hard can floating fountains be that run for years in retention ponds all around KI

Hopefully they can get it working this year, along with the fountains in the ponds of Kings Mills Antique Autos, I noticed they weren't there (or weren't working), it's a beautiful attraction, and the trees are starting to get bigger now, so we can enjoy that as well, while on the ride.

Siren's Curse has been officially added to the Cedar Point app. Here's the details I've noticed after comparing the area before and after on Google Maps: The midway appears to be slightly more narrow due to the addition of Siren's Curse Iron Dragon's new queue will take up the former spot of the Celebration Plaza stage The area I've highlighted with a purple box appears to be where the in-queue lockers will be located. There's also a wider path section right before you get to the stairs leading up to the station. I assume that's where the metal detectors will be located. The exit will have you go through some sort of building, it's unclear whether this building will just be used for on-ride photos or if it will have a gift shop in it as well. There's also another new building located right next to the exit building, what this will be used for remains to be seen. The parking lot located between Siren's Curse and Valravn is new. The rerouted perimeter road goes through part of where the current parking lot for the marina is, so the new parking lot will likely be added to make up for that.

One of the best to talk to was Lew Hooper.

I got bored and did a cost breakdown comparing 1 day at Epic Universe to 1 day at Kings Island to a Kings Island Gold Pass and thought I'd share it here. I looked it up and here's the math for a Saturday 6/14 visit for anyone who's curious: 1 Single Day Epic Universe Ticket $179.00 1 Single Day Epic Universe Express Pass $239.00 Tax (calculated at checkout) $27.24 TOTAL COST: $446.23 That's nearly $500 for one person, not including travel, hotel, parking, food & beverage, or any other expenses. Everything was about $50-100 higher than the listed "Starting from" price. Not gonna lie, I expected it to be expensive, but it makes me happier about that being the same price for a Kings Island All Park Gold Pass with some of the bells and whistles on it. That cost breakdown for the same day at Kings Island is currently: 1 2025 Single Day Admission to Kings Island $55.00 (online price) 1 all day Fast Lane wristband $135.00 1 2025 Premium All Day Dining $45.99 1 2025 Single Day Parking $30.00 Processing Fee $8.99 Tax (calculated at checkout) $3.10 TOTAL COST: $278.08 And lastly for those wondering what you can get for $14 more than the price of admission to Epic Universe with an Express Pass, a new Gold Pass with the All Park Passport, Gold All Season Dining—All Park, and Drink Plan Plus Paper Cup is only $460.63 at checkout! That's for access to all Six Flags parks with food and beverage included for a good number of them. I'm not going to say they are even close to comparable experiences, but this just reinforced for me how good of a deal this is.

In front of one of the many bars, so if they say no, you can drink your sorrow