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I have never seen Magilla`s that terribly crowded before. Theming at Magilla Gorilla`s Grill? Other than those umbrellas, I wouldn`t say it had great theming.

What company bought those tickets? There were enough people there, that they could have bought the park out! (Although some of the people in the park were gp and pass holders. However, when I left at 12, the Gold Pass lot was only about half full.) As Jeff Siebert mentioned on the morning walk back, they probably made lots of money from concessions and games today!

I heard numerous people walking by IJST today commenting on how they think it will be an exciting and fun ride. I also heard several people that were dissapointed to find the Antique Cars gone.

Yeah, it was busy. I got up there today for the ACE Walkback. Jeff said IJST is getting closer to opening for thos technical rehearsals. He said that they have begun to test the fishtail effect and the actuators which will make the cars shake. Jeff had said that he would be helping serve up food at Bubba Gump`s later in the day. I left the park at 12, having gotten 6 rides in (2 Beast and 2 Flight of Fear). When I left, the parking lot was almost full, and the back up to get into the lot stretched a mile down 71. As Jeff said at the walk back, the park will make a TON of money today. I still have yet to ride Son of Beast. I didn`t even go into the Action Zone today, because I knew it would be a zoo, just like the rest of the park was getting to be when I left.

Do they appear after the Italian Job movie? If so, then i won`t be able to see them, since the Italian Job movie never plays on my Mac. And that is regardless of what browser I am using to surf the net. Both Safari and Internet Explorer. Although, I do have more problems surfing the PKI site when using Safari.

Your decision to buy a season pass rested on whether or not Viacom was going to sell Paramount Parks? Also, while it does say that someonw wrote him stating that Viacom is no longer interested in selling the parks, I would hardly consider that as reliable. I still think it is a possibility that they will spin off the parks into their own entity, similar to Blockbuster, and use them to promote the Viacom properties with some sort of partnership deal. Only time will tell what happens!

And where would these commercials be located at on their site? A link would be helpful.

I just got back from the park. I got there for the morning ACE walkback. Where Jeff Siebert greated us at 9:30 and told us that there would be a lot of people in the park so ride as much as you can as early as you can. I got in two quick rides on The Beast, a ride on The Vortex, two quick rides on Fllight of Fear, and by that time, at around 11:30 the lines were starting to get insane. All the flats in Coney had at least one queue line open. I rode the Carousel and left. When I was leaving the main gate, they had practically every single ticket line open accecpting passes and tickets, and the same was true for the metal detectors. Upon leaving, the line of cars to get into the parking lot did stretch onto I-71 for about a mile. They had Mason Police controlling the traffic light at Western Row Road and Kings Island Dr. By the look of how many cars were waiting to get in, I`d venture to guess the park will be at near capacity today. In the Grass lot South of Deep South, they had cones and Construction mesh set up, to park cars. When I left at 12, the entire lot (minus the gold pass lot which was about half full) was almost completely full already! The crowds, as stated above were due to the 35,000 tickets sold to the group. 35,000 people is a lot when you add in the pass holders and other general public that shows up to enjoy the park. Needless to say, most pass holders will not be at the park long today!

Well, I wouldn`t reccomend distraction one of the sups from their jobs, just so someone can find what ride you are working at. And even if they did ask, you technically should not be talking to them while you are operating the ride anyway.

Yes, normally I have no problem with the pop up ads. I usually try and click them once in a while to support the site. But this add in particular is annoying because of the audio, which is quite loud and annoying when listening to iTunes.

Then you simply were not looking in the right spot.

Yes, crowded will be the word of the day. I heard that last weekend there were around 5,000 people in the park, and the lines were minimal and manageable. Just imagine 10 times that amount of people. I`d say Beast will have about a 30 to 45 minute wait at least. Which, is how long the line for that ride used to be even on the non busy days several years ago!

I was at the park this past Sunday, and Face Off was running. However, Son of Beast was down. One train was parked half way up the lift hill with the second train on the transfer track storage. I highly doubt they are expecting 50,000 on Sunday (and hope otherwise as I am going up for a couple hours. 50,000 just seems incredibly high for a weekend in April). Based on the weather and the band competitions, I would expect that it would be crowded, or at least more than it was this past weekend.

I`m sort of surprised it didn`t mention the possibility of IJST having technical rehearsals. But i have yet to receive my nesletter. Sometimes the UC email server has a significant time lag. Also, did the letter mention the Gold Pass Parties on the final two Friday`s in April from 5-10?

The old Tiques as scenery? I don`t think so. And yes, I think the Eagles spot will end up being a big grassy area. Similar to what the former location of the salt water circuis has become. But hey, that is better than what has become of the olf Flight Commander spot, a bunch of pay attractions scattered on ugly concrete.

Why change Top Thrill Dragster to OTSR, just because of the seatbelt issue? And why at the end of your post do you seem to contradict yourself? Yes, the seatbelts on Top Thrill Dragster are a little short, but that is due to safety. I personally would not like to see Cedar Point put OTSR on TTD. A classic ride out in Calirfornia was ruined by a similar move. Although that change occures quite some time ago.

Well, all you have to do is visit the park two times and the pass will pay for itself. What with general admission this year now up to $45 a pop! And lets not forget that 20oz Cokes from the vending machines are now $3.00 this season, which makes the season pass souvenir cup with refills for $1 a pop a huge bargain! I don`t know when the park plans on having the first of the "technical rehearsals." There were several sandwich board signs on Sunday that said technical rehearsals would begin in Mid to lat April, and to stay tuned to PKI.com for the latest news involving the opening of IJST. All though, with the way they update their website, you may never know when it opens until you see people on it, and the line open when you are at the park!

I don`t know if there is enough room on the old Flyers spot for a new Jump2. I think a better location for that ride would be the old Flight COmmander spot. That area already has a nice queue area that could be reused with some work. I just think because that pad sits above the midway, it would make a great location to sit back and watch the ride run from the midway. Hopefully they will utilize that location for a new ride in the near future.

Just to clarify what PKJake13 said. I believe he meant to say 2001, and not 20011.

Yes, the launch is thrilling, and so is the ride up and down the tower. But all that lasts only, what, 17 seconds? After a line that can reach 2 hours? IMO, I would rather ride Millenium Force over TTD if they each had a two hour wait.

What abouot the classic Carousel or train? While not high on the thrill-o-meter, they are classic rides that PKI still has, and will hopefully have for the next 30 years, at least. My favorite ride is The Beast, but I equally enjoy the Carousel, with all of its history and the great classic ride that it is. Evey park should have a Carousel as grand as the one at Kings Island, which is one of the few that feature a working band organ (1919), that predates the Carousel (1926) by seven years.

Thank you, it was Final Cut Pro! I knew the title related to the function of the program, but could not think of it for the life of me.

Who said Intamin had to design a train for Son of Beast with hydralic restraints? They could utilize the same mechanism that Son of Beast, Top Gun, Adventure Express, Vortex and most othe Arrow coasters use. I definantly think the Son of Beast trains from Premier will be around for quite some time. My issue isn`t so much the trains, but rather the track in a few spots. It is in those areas where the violent shaking causes my legs to be hurtled into the sides of the restraints. It just feels like in some spots you are being tested to see how much shaking you can take, and IMO, that is not what I want to feel when I ride a coaster. That is the one ride I am hesitant to ride at the park, for fear that it will ruin the rest of my day at the park after I ride it. But I will try it again this season, like I always do, and I will ride it on more than one visit.

Again, nice work. I have uesed iMovie on my Mac exstensively. I have also used anothe editing program on the computers in the DAAP computer lab for a major video project spring quarter last year, but I can`t for the life of me remember it right now! That is bugging me too!

Do we really need two topics on the same thing? The park currently owns 732 acres. They originally owned the land that the Kings Island resort sits on, that the Tennis Masters series sits on and the Showcase Cinemas that is across from the Kings Island campground.