Rivertown Rider

The seasons kind of blend together after awhile, I didn't realize it wasn't open last year either. I completely agree about that being a dead area of the park. Hopefully they improve it with something in the next few years.

My experience is that the service has gotten better as the season has gone on. I would like to see more variety of options like they have at some of the other parks.

I've noticed this year that the arcade beside Zephyr has been closed all year. I know they use it for Haunt but I'm pretty sure the arcade was open last year. If you took that arcade space along with the old Flight Commander pad and the Dinos area you could put some flats in there and really improve that area of Coney. I would love to see a Screamin' Swing come to the park.

Kennywood is a great park. Phantom's Revenge is one of my favorite steel coasters and all of the woodies are great as well. I also really enjoyed Exterminator. The day we were there a couple years ago the park wasn't that full but a lot people say Exterminator's wait times build up, so you may want to do Phantom and then go over and do Exterminator as they are pretty close to each other. As far as parking downtown Pittsburgh for the Reds game, there is a lot right behind the stadium that you can get cheap rates at if you are there early in the morning. A lot of the locals suggested parking downtown beside the Roberto Clemente bridge as well. The city closes that bridge down during games so you can walk across the bridge. It is a short walk from the downtown area over to PNC. PNC is a great park and my favorite park other than Great American (I'm a Reds fan what can I say). We did a ballpark tour and I would recommend it as it a great tour.

I agree with Liz. Everything I rode today was minimal waits. Diamondback was under ten minutes and the most I waited all day was Mystic at around 20 minutes.

Congratulations and best of luck to both of you!

I really wonder if parks should go to a system where you send a text if you see people doing things (line jumping, bad language, smoking in non designated areas, etc.) many stadiums have.

I have noticed that MT has helped lower wait times on both Beast and BLSC. It is always good to see wait times more evenly distributed. I hope whatever our next additions are that they also are capacity eaters like DB, Banshee, and Mystic have been. I think adding several flats would also help.

I'm hoping that our next additions are some flats. I think that they could do a bigger flat while also adding a couple smaller family flats like a Tilt-a-whirl, Music Express, or something like the old Keggers ride.

That would be wonderful. It will be interesting to see what they are doing.

The longest I waited today was Mystic at around 55 minutes. Beast was around 30 and everything else I did was less than 20.

I feel like ride ops have been in top form on most of the rides I've been on this year. I appreciate their efficiency. I would also say that food service was quicker for me this past weekend compared to opening weekend.

I rode King Cobra once and never had a desire to do it again.

I rode both sides of The Racer today. It was running good on its birthday. Happy 45th Kings Island.

Especially when it is pouring.

I don't really remember the Keggers but why were they taken out? Were they not that popular or it was it maintenance related. I would love to see Oktoberfest get more flats though.

I think the overhype came as much from fans and enthusiasts as it did the park. I think the marketing was smart in that it got people interested in talking about a coaster that didn't break any records. If you remember when the first povs came out many people were talking about how the ride didn't look that exciting but they wanted to know what was in the shed. The marketing worked and we got an exceptional ride.

An approximately 11 year old kid behind me in the MT line on Sunday was telling his father that MT was about on the same level as AE. Even the dad corrected him and said that it was better than AE.

The music was a nice welcome change. It adds to the whole ambiance of International Street.

I guess I was the other one.

This is true.

It does take several trips to get a good idea for what the whole story is. I feel like I saw something different I hadn't noticed before each time I rode it.

I think it is hard to compare the two. They are both wooden coasters but that is about all they have in common. I think Beast is still probably a better night ride, but Mystic Timbers is a close second.

After having the night to ponder more detailed thoughts, the park has an incredible addition with this coaster. As of right now, it is in my top two in the park after The Beast and it may eventually rise to the top. This ride does not stop after it leaves the lift hill. Using the speakers on the lift hill to enhance the theme was great. The first time I rode it, I had my lanyard on top of my shirt and almost lost it right after the first lift. Luckily, I did not and tucked it under my shirt on future rides. I had high hopes for this coaster and it exceeded them. It is nice to have an air time machine at KI. It is one of those rides that you ride and then you want to get right back in line and ride it again. As far as the shed, the first time I wasn't quite sure what happened but it grew on me over time. As others have said it is much better than sitting on a brake run waiting. If you have high hopes of what the shed might be, just accept it for what it is. I think what is in there helps with the re-ridability of it though. The theming with the truck, queue, station, lift hill, and shed are all well done. Hopefully this is something that the park continues. Whoever had the idea to use the classic Bat commercial audio during the truck's loop gets a shout out from me. That was ingenious. I would say this ride is a cross between Thunderhead and Lightning Rod with a little bit of Jack Rabbit from Kennywood thrown in. When the announcement was made a lot of comparisons were made to Racer and Beast, but this is completely different from either of those coasters. As someone who loves all three coasters, this was a great addition. It was a great coaster during daylight and even better at night. I wouldn't argue if anybody has this as their best coaster in the park. There are a lot of reasons this coaster is getting rave reviews, it is certainly well deserving of that mantle. I'm in the Mystic Timbers shirt.

It was an amazing ride. I got 10 rides in this evening. It really doesn't stop after the lift. Kings Island has a winner on their hands.