Driver8rws
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22 hours ago, super7 said:
plus one will probably have to pay a credit card surcharge for foreign transaction
Get a Bank of America card. NO foreign transaction fees!
There's lots of other cards that do this too.
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Years ago (2017) when they still issued physical passes, you had to go to your "home park" as your FIRST visit of the year... That's not a thing anymore is it?
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You HAVE to assume that the $$ listed on the Canada's Wonderland site are CANADIAN DOLLARS, right??
If so this order is insanely cheaper than buying from Kings Island!!
Only $273 U.S. dollars (before taxes) versus $388 if bought from K.I. !!
Can this be??
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On 10/16/2024 at 7:01 PM, MysticTimberwolf said:
Imagine how much more incredible it would feel if it were a REAL giga as advertised.
Have you ridden Fury325?
Such a better drop and way more fun ride overall...
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Has anyone dug around enough and found WHERE/HOW you get the ALL PARK add on for $65 as mentioned in this article?
"the company also will introduce an expanded All Park Passport membership add-on that gives Gold and Prestige Passholders and Members unlimited admission and parking to all 42 of the company’s amusement and water parks. It's now on sale at prices ranging from $65 to $125 depending on the Passholders’ Pass or Membership level and purchase location."
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Almost same experience at Cedar Point Oct 11&12 of this year.
Lots of big major rides "not operating" or "broken down" at all times of the day which put INSANE stress on the lines of the 4 or so big rides that WERE running. Were talking 90min-2.5hr waits... Crazy...
Got stuck in line (at the bottom of the stairs) for a breakdown at Maverick. Toughed it out for 30-40min, finally got on and my train got stuck in the launch tunnel!! Then the ride was closed the rest of the day.
If all the major coasters would have been operating, I bet the longest lines would have been 45min to an hour. But either the lack of employees to run them(?), not wanting to spend the $$ running them(?), or them just being broken, made our 2 days there VERY disappointing.
I think we only rode about 7-8 rides (many of them flat rides) in the full 2 days we were there!
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It was stated in many articles today that....
"The companies plan to leverage their licensed intellectual property in their parks, with Six Flags holding a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery for rights to characters from DC Comics and Looney Tunes, and Cedar Fair controlling rights to the Peanuts universe."
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Beer at PKI is around $4.00 for a 20 ounce cup
Wow! 20oz beers at KI for $4!!
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2 hours ago, KIghostguy said:
I don't know if I would ever go back to Kings Island if they started using DC IP.
Why would they NOT use DC?
They (now) own the rights to it!
They would be crazy not to use it.
Probably a reason they bought Six Flags!
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I would MUCH rather have Looney Toons for the kids areas rather than the lame, boring, Charlie Brown crap that no kid even knows what the heck it even is.
One of the lamest things that Cedar Fair partnered with...
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There is NEVER a such thing as a "merger" no matter what bull**** line of sunshine they blow at people. I've been at companies that have been bought and sold and supposedly "merged"... Someone is ALWAYS buying the other.
Cedar Fair has BOUGHT Six Flags. PERIOD.
New name (for whatever reason) is Six Flags.
Bloomberg website says Cedar Fair bought Six Flags for 1.9 billion.
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Got the ALL PARK upgrade to our Kings Island passes for next year.
Should we do a trip to Dorney Park or Worlds of Fun?
Both are ~9hrs from Cincinnati.
Had platinum passes last in 2017 and did Carowinds, Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, Knotts Berry Farm, and Canada's Wonderland. Definitely plan to do some of those again as well...
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Went to Cedar Point last weekend for the first time since 2017 and was SO excited to get an Elephant Ear again back in the back western town area and they don't have them anymore!!
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On 10/7/2023 at 8:02 PM, IndyGuy4KI said:
Do you ever get a pretzel, elephant ear, something at sweet spot?
WHERE are Elephant Ears at K.I.??!!
Super excited if you are correct!
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On 10/11/2023 at 3:57 PM, Tr0y said:
No Bourbon cream or baileys hot chocolates? Bummer.
B Y O...
That's what (plastic) flasks are for!
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I'm still hoping for an RMC RAPTOR (single rail) coaster there. Like Jersey Devil, etc. Fun ride, nice compact layout, and a massive "line eater" since it never stops moving even in the station!! Super cool.
Anyone have any idea why Cedar Fair only has ONE rmc raptor in all their parks?? (California's Great America).
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54 minutes ago, brenthodge said:
Next goal should be to get a great park-specific Italian concept in the IS LaRosas and let the “historic” one in Rivertown be the main location in the park. I think it would be great to get ALL franchises off on IS so you don’t enter the park and have it look like a local outdoor mall food court with AuntiaAnns, Cinnabon, Graeters and the like. All of em gone or at least no corporate branding slapped prominently on the building.
I'd be ok with that idea of "original" / non-franchise places on International Street. But good luck getting rid of Starbucks!
Why it's there in the first place blows my mind...
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Holy crap! Can you IMAGINE what the line at the INSANELY SLOW (painfully inefficient) Skyline in Coney Mall will look like now???
You could tell Subway was on the way out, but super shocked at ChickFilA. It was ALWAYS packed! Except on Sundays...
12 hours ago, super7 said:The one at Kings Dominion is great. This is a wise move by the park. The chain restaurants Skyline LaRosas Subway etc have the worst quality food in the park and have brought down the overall dining experience for a long time.
Except LaRosas and Skyline have been @ K.I. since the early 80s!! That IS Kings Island!!
My whole childhood I never even knew LaRosas or Skyline were "real" restaurants. I just thought that was Kings Island Pizza and Kings Island Coneys...
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Wow. Totally "backwards" (upside down?) direction on this one in my opinion.
As dilapidated as Adventure Express has become on theming, would it really have been that hard to re theme it to some German/Black Forest idea, simply change the burrito place's food, and revamp/reincorporate this area as "Oktoberfest"??
I mean they are even putting the spinning beer barrel ride back in for God's sake!! Hello!
What a missed opportunity rather than creating a completely NEW area.
I feel like someone in Sandusky (or California?) came up with this idea and had no concern for what is already right there... Just silly.
I'm glad they're doing SOMETHING, just such as ass-backward decision on how to do it.
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Not sure WHY. But ORION was shut down again at ~9:15 last Friday night and I don't think it re opened that night.
We got in line for it about 9:05. They only had the first set (right hand side) of turnstiles open, but they were full. After being in line but maybe 5min, we heard an announcement that it would close at 9:45 for the fireworks, but the way the line was moving we thought for sure we'd make it. At ~9:15~9:20 the stopped ruining trains and announced they were having technical difficulties. At about 9:30 I saw an operator (maybe it was a maintenance person) walking out on the track side walkway over to the break run. I was directly under that area and couldn't tell if a rain with passengers was stopped there or what was going on. We abandoned the line at that point and headed to the Eiffel Tower to watch the fireworks. I kept looking over at the lift hill, I don't think it ever ran again that night.
I assume it was open on Saturday?
Btw, it was GREAT how moderate the crowd was on Friday evening!
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I hope they repaint all the FOOTPRINTS for the re opening! They are VERY faded...
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99% of the time they have let my son use MY pass (with the drink plan on it) to get a drink. Even on days that I haven't gone with him to the park.
BUT there was one time last year where someone would NOT let him and told him it had to be ME to used it.
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They couldn't have "thrown it" in the gigantic CRYPT building instead???
Kings Island to add “family thrill” attraction in 2026
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I think it will either be a(nother) total revamp in the Boo Blasters building, or possibly a new dark ride in the Tomb Raider building.