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Does monster ever have a short line? Even with one que full you have to wait like 30 minutes for it haha

They are putting the tubs on right now

Is it just me or did they also removed the left set of ques?

Thank the maker!

Looking at the webcam now, the arms are indeed all on and they are now putting the smaller spokes on the ends of each arm (the smaller pieces that hold the pods) I can't make out of there are any pods on the pad yet. Curious if they are repainting the CP ones and that's what they hold up has been?

Anyone else wondering if monster isn't going to be ready for opening weekend? I'm not sure how much goes into the prep but they still don't seem to have the pods on it yet or the privacy fence removed To be fair zephyr is also not fully assembled yet

I actually liked the websites. Very easy to navigate and find what you are looking for

On that particular cycle the targets in the scene I was stopped in front of were not working. I have had it stop in the last for an ADA loading procedure or because something slowed down ops in the station with them needing to stop the turntable and in those instances the targets kept working resulting in massive scores. The time I was referring to was a break down of some sort because the ride stopped and the targets at least in front of me were not working

Interesting that this strategy works for you. I have heard people say to start in Thanksgiving and work your way back to the front. I might give this a try especially since I plan to be there at rope drop. Do you feel that park is a 10-8 type of experience or is 10-4 or 10-5 also enjoyable? I'll want to ride a couple of the unique flats too as well as all the coasters

I'm not a water park person so I'm not worried about that. It's kind of a debate if I want to get together with some friends who live in Hanover, IN that evening I'm hoping to stay with and the switch from Central to Eastern time is kinda screwing me out of an hour at the park. For example park opens at 10 and we'd need to leave by 4 to meet them for a 7pm dinner. Could leave the park at 5 and be to their house by 8. Just wondering if I'm selling myself short on the park considering I'm traveling from Seattle

Does anyone have any current information on how long the lines typically are at Holiday World? Planning on going on a Saturday...is that a mistake?

I have only gotten stalled on two KI rides that I remember both times they got them running again and didn't have to do an evac - Boo Blasters - got stopped on that one once for longer than the typical loading stall. Some of the targets and animatronics also went dead until they rebooted and got us moving again Peanuts Car Ride - forget the name but it's the track one next to Woodstock Express. Remember being a kid and just coming to a halt right at the bottom of the bridge and the car behind us was already on the decent from the little ramp so it bumped us haha. Then the employees walked over to us and got us all out. The ride was broken but because we were nearly to the end anyway not sure if it counts as an official evac.

It will also be ironic to me if they do a half job at fixing ours up when they had all the parts of the CP one to work with. Theirs even had the bottom skirting. I like that ours kinda has a green and white color scheme at night but I agree hopefully they can reuse or get new lights because 2024 alot of the bulb sockets near the center on the arms were empty and the center pieces hasn't had lights for a VERY long time

I think it would be hilariously ironic if they put those directly on the ride after shipping them down there. Honestly the black frame with the red,. orange,. and yellow pods would probably look sharp

For sure. Yes I visited in 2023 and twice in 2025 and the park just left much to be desired on the operations side of things. I also don't love that they ripped out scorpion and the log flume because those were some of the rides you didn't have to wait an hour to get on. Williamsburg has the stronger flat ride lineup as well. Glad your experience was better than mine though and it's true that worse rides but better guest experience equals better time

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14T8rv9Ln86/ Pictures of monster pods on their way to KI!

Yeah I thought I'd heard the part came in during the season and they just waited till the off season to do anything. Didn't the monster also have a season around 2016 where it was gone temporarily and then came back? I know shake rattle and roll definitely disappeared for a season

It's got the arms on it now! That's a good sign... I'm still waiting for the multi color pods from the CP one to show up on it. Kinda interested if there will be any paint color changes to the ride and if they will go all out and fix the lights too

BGT has the stronger coaster collection... well if they are all open. Been to that park 3 times and all 3 times two different coaster were just not open. In numerous cases no refurbishment listed on the website, not broken down temporarily, just not open or staffed... The 3 times I've been at BGW all the coasters were running with the exception of Verboten was closed two of the three times with workers activity working on it both times. Also they at least put that on the website so everyone knew before they went. I agree Tampa has better coasters but their operations of one train consistently on iron gwazi and burning me now three times with 2 non operating coasters has made me a believer in BGW. BGW has always delivered for me when I was there and as I said while verboten has had some up time issues the last few years, at least they are transparent about it unlike BGT

Oh 100% agree it should have been reflected somewhere on their website

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2026/04/cedar-point-retires-longtime-ride-after-more-than-50-years.html%3foutputType=amp I mean maybe Cedar Point hasn't made a social media post or blog post about it but clearly Tony Clark talked to the news at some point because there's plenty of articles out there. Does not sound like he anticipates it being replaced anytime soon

https://battechenterprises.com/pageserver/service Also for anyone interested this company Battech based in Salem is the one who does some amount of service to the older Eyerly rides however I don't see "Monster" specifically mentioned at all. Also an interesting find is they manufacturer new models of the smaller "Spider" version that they are calling the black widow. I thought Kings Island was waiting on a part from Italy or somewhere over seas for our monster so I'm curious if they were working with Battech and they had to get something fabricated or if Battech doesn't support monsters anymore hence it seems that both the KI one and the CP were at the end of their service life

From the press announcement sounds like it won't be replaced by anything

I was wondering the same thing!

https://www.sixflags.com/canadaswonderland/attractions/the-daredeviler Looks like wonderland just officially announced the refurbishment of their SLC using the trains they acquired from Six Flags America