CoastersRZ

April 2nd and 3 (not sure on the hours though). Then the last two Friday`s in April the park is also open for gold pass holders (most likely from 5-10pm)

PKI has now linked to the passholder perks on their season pass page. They have some of the information online. The only thing that it really details is that Gold Pass holder will get a limited number of tickets each day to bypass the line for Italian Job Stunt Track from June 6-August 6 (The speed lane thing) It essentially sounds like a version of fastpass at Disney.

Ok, thanks for the reply.

Yes, I agree that the tunnel and the crates do not blend in well. Also, that whole area that used to be full of trees is now full of metal crates and is exposed with lots of views across the park. It makes the center of the park feel more open. It will be interesting to see how they landscape the ride. I can`t imagine them covering up or hiding too many of the crates by the time the ride opens, but who knows. I definantly do not think that they will hide the helicopter from the midways, unless they plant some tall trees in front of it. However, I think the ride will be an incredibly fun ride. I think the general public will really enjoy the new ride, and I expect that it will have really long lines for years to come. Hopefully the park can maintain the theming and show effects in the coming years, since the ride experience relies on them s heavily. I can`t wait to experiene the finished product in May!

Wow, that`s four gold pass holder only days in April! That`s nice. What exactly did it detail about the rewards plan?

Last summer Charles Jaques was collectiong pictures and stories of Paramount`s Kings Island at several local libraries. I don`t know when the Kings Island book is expected to come out. His books take some time to write. But when they are done, they are extremly well written and full of tons of informative information! I for one can`t wait to pick up a copy and read his Kings Island book. His Coney Island book was very nice!

The alphabetical listing of information is, IMO, more confusing than when they had the attractions listed by area. Not to mention the fact that they do not have all of the rides and restaurants listed.

Well, Preston`s served hamburgers and such, which is what the Happy Days Diner will serve. I haven`t seen any plans, but what Tucker`s needed was more places to sit down and eat, and be in the shade. They had a couple tables on the main Coney midway, but they were only covered by small umbrellas. I definantly think it will make the park look better, like Bubba Gump`s did, and be another example of the Hollywood style the park is going for.

Well, the Hanna Barbera Rights are left over from when Paramount bought KECO in 1992, and apparantly the rights expire in 2009 (which is one reason why Carowinds removed any evidence of Hanna Barbera this season with their new Nick area.) Rumor is that next year, it will be PKI`s turn to remove everything Hanna Barbera. The exception is the Scooby Rides, which Paramount has a license through Sally, the manufacturer. The article, which was in today`s Enquirer, does not really mention the possible sale of the Parks. It just meniones that the company would divest itself into two seperate companies, with the Cable channels comrpising one company. I would imagine that they have two options, sell Paramount Parks, and the other slow growth assets, or split into two companies with the high growth and slow growth assests in seperate companies. Only time will tell what the fate of Paramount Parks lie. Either way, I believe that they will retain the licenses for all the Viacom properties. It is so ingrained in the parks now, and the advertising it provides for Viacom properties reaches more than millions of people every summer.

In an article that appeared in today`s edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer it states that Viacom is considering splitting into two seperate corporations. The article mentiones the slow growth of the theme park, radio and outdoor advertising under the same umbrella as high growth names such as MTV being one of the reasons Viacom`s stock has lagged.

I`m assuming it will just be IJST, with a stop by at the new Happy Days Diner and Graeter`s location perhaps.

They already have all the shopping you could want, one exit south on 71 at Fields Ertel Road.

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We need to send out another huge thank you to the park! Once again, they are going above and beyond the call of duty! Thank you PKI for providing us with such wonderful opportunities, and being so kind to the enthusiast and King Island enthusiast community over the years. It is greatly appreciated. I will definantly be there! With all the updates in the pictures, it will be nice to get to walk around the ride and see it in person.

And those big bucks are most definantly out of Coney`s budget! It would be impossible to build the Shooting Star as it was in the exact same spot, because the turnaroung for it is now the western part of Riverbend.

Looking good! It is really taking shape nicely! Those care look nice. They also look kind of tiny. Anyone else agree with that?

Are they going in by the ACE brick, or are they moving into the location that was vacant in 2004, right by the entrance to HBL, right past the LaRosa`s? I know the park maps last year said watch for a new eatery in this location. Great to hear another Cincinnati favorite making its way into the park.

Well at least they will be able to begin testing the ride, regardless of how the train got to the park! Hopefully the next batch of updates to the PKI site will show close ups of the trains.

In years past the park has announced their gold pass perks way before now. I wonder why they have yet to announce them? Is it possibly because of what I heard a couple weeks about the announcement of the perks including a special "surprise?" I really hope they reveal their perks soon! Especially the hours of the season pass preview days.

Park reps for both parks have stated it will travel up to 40mph, have three trains each with three cars holding four people. They have also said that there will be seperate load and unload stations as well as three areas that will use LIMs and that the ride is being manufactored by Premier Rides. Beyond that they have not said anything. The only other thing I want to know is how long is the track. People have been estimating around 3000 feet (which seems like a reasonable guess, based on the amount of track in place). In which case, it will be about as long as Adventure Express.

Well, that should not have happened in years past, because as long as I can remember, smoking has been banned in ride lines. Hopefully, the park will be able to enforce this new rule. I definantly think it can make the atmosphere more family friendly and enjoyable to non-smokers. And, they do have a large amount of designated smoking areas, so it should not be that hard for smokers to find one of these areas when they are in the park.

Yes, I don`t forsee FearFest disappearing anytime in the near future! The park has been packed the last couple of years since they made Fearfest free with park admission.

If only PKI coould have kept the flyers and rethemed them to Nick in the rumored 2006 Nick expansion! Honestly, the Flyers look good in their new home with their new paint job. I`m sure they will be a big hit in Carowinds. Also, it looks like the whole Nick area is going to be wonderful and give PKI`s kid`s area a run for its money this season!

A simple search on that page reveals that they do not have any Coney Island maps.

The is not much to the layout of the park. I have a park map somewhere around here, but I don`t have time to scan it in (I need to be studying for my history final tomorrow). Anyway, the Coney Island park map is not that detailed. The illustration they have for the Spin-A-Ree makes it look like it is a Flying Eagles ride. Unfortunatly, it is no where as close to the size of the Eagles. In fact, The Eagles would be a good classic ride for the park to install. I do not know of any sites that have an online map of Coney, sorry.