Captain Nemo

It's great to hear your making a trip to PKI; I hope you have a great and awesome time! I have some information for your questions you will find useful. There are many Hotels in the area in general; some hotels do accommodate Kings Island. Hotels listed offer a Paramount's Kings Island room and admission package that include General Admission tickets to the park. Packages are based on availability, most are valid weekends only. Package prices are at the sole discretion of the hotel and are subject to change without notice. http://www3.paramountparks.com/kingsisland...comodations.cfm Some additional information, some cool news, your 1 year old can go in the park free. For the rest of your kids it's $29.99. Now there are ways to lower this price. Other than what the hotel you stay at does price wise, you can see if they will accept coupons. Coupons are found in most products the park is partners with. There partners are all here... Partners The Park web site does it's best to help you with your trip, enough to give you some list of rides your whole family can enjoy. http://www3.paramountparks.com/kingsisland...isit_kids_6.cfm Strollers, no problem. I have never had to use one... I'm too old, but I know from what I have seen and heard no one has had any problem with them. They are made of basic hard plastic and come in doubles or singles. Strollers also come with an extendable sun-roof! The shuttle bus should allow you to bring your own stroller on the bus to the park but the park stroller can't leave the park. Hope this helps along with the info given by other posters. Have a wonderful trip!

Flight of Fear may work if they added another train to increase capacity. Face-Off is one of those rides that are hard to make a speed lane for. That ride itself needs to work hard to get the line moving at a good pace. Now the crew this year is doing a great job and the line has been moving quite well so it could work. But why buy a speed pass when you can just go on a day the park is not crowded?

This article is a tough one for me to decide on, do I agree or disagree? In most cases during my read I did not agree 100% with what BENJAMIN ROODE had to say about our park. His constant know-it-alls really got on my nerves, and I also did not like how he compared every ride here with a ride at Cedar Point (Face-Off being Wicked Twisters answer?! I don't think so). You can tell by the way he wrote this he was bashing our park, or he just want to make his home park look better which is understandable. As far as the statement about Cedar Fairs children’s area being "better", all I have to say is... Golden Ticket Award!!! Now any person whose home park is Cedar Point is obviously going to think that it is the best park and see what ways their park is better than others (admit it, you probably do it to when you visit another park).

Maybe it's that Mine drop ride from RCT3 ... I would think this is a coaster, most likly a dive.

Mystery Mine -The Journey Something was seen up in the hills long ago... something. No one is to go into that area. Is the rumor true, or just a made up story to scare children? It is said that whoever entered this "place" never got out. What is this place? ...The mystery continues! ~The June 9th update can be seen by scrolling down~

This parade is gonna kick it all over town! I have heard it is a different song this year so we should be ready for a new beat to get stuck in our heads.

I know of someone who knows all the Action Zone songs from 2005, I'll see what I can do about finding those songs out. All you need to know is that each zone has it's own unique music styles, just listen to the same kind of genre and it will fit that zone.

I first heard about the Voyage when I got a call from Legend Rider. He, living less than an hour from Holiday World was of course stoked. "Two 90* Bank turns?! 24 seconds of airtime?! 5 Underground moments?!" I said, but he kept going on when I thought this coaster could do nothing else. 70 MPH, 173 feet high, a two minute and 45 second ride! I was shocked and excited at the same time. How would Holiday World pull this off? That’s when I was sent the animated POV. At first it felt like The Beast going into the woods but this coaster was doing what no Beast did. Hill after hill, turn after turn, It could have been done there and been an awesome ride but there was still 2 minutes left of the ride! I was watching my computer screen wiz by like I was on this monster. My first look of the ride gave me the idea of an out and back coaster, but more extreme and out of control. It gave me the idea that this rollercoaster had a mind of its own, trying to break free from the out and back layout. I would say that it succeeded, this ride is anything but an out and back, it's under the layout category known as, "Voyage Layout"! This is what I was thinking and I was only half way through the ride. As the ride cruised by the mid breaks I asked myself, "wait a tic, did it even slow down on those breaks?" I was amazed at the speed it was still going and at such low height. I had never seen a coaster move so fast and do these elements. At those speeds the only thing I would have thought is it has to go up to slow down and lose momentum. This coaster only had 4 real hills and the rest was low height speed elements, I had never seen such a thing. I watched as the POV went in and around the steel track and into the second 90* bank. At this point I said, "This ride is long, and looks longer than The Beast" But when I saw that it was 6,442 I was surprised. As the coaster took its last turns and bends I began moving and swaying like I was on it, I got so into it. Then the ride went into the breaks. I then noticed I had been holding my breath for god knows how long, I took a huge breath and out came one word, "wow". Almost everyday after I looked at the webcam watching it grow. When pictures of the ride began coming in I marveled at each one. But now the ride is open, and not one negative review is anywhere to be found. One mission I must take this summer is all but simple, I must ride The Voyage!

Hmm, And Flight of Fear is also not open at PKD. ?!???!? I have not heard anything about any of the other Lim coasters being down. since were on the topic of FoF, I have heard that new lights are in Hanger 18. I must see those when I get the chance.

He's not lying, lets not have a "he's lying" fit guys. I heard the Tribal music from the Survivor show and it is no doubt the same. Alien Seed will back up the proof.

Wonderful update guys, I have yet to see the show but I am putting it on my list of things to do. I heard so much about it last year I have no doubts that this years is the same if not better. Thanks for the pictures for this update.

Not only do I dissagree, I thing the park has all the stepping stone rides from the young to the old. For example... Giggle Coaster, Avatar, Odd Coaster, Adventure Express, Italian Job, Racer, Vortex, Beast, Son of Beast. If you don't find that a stepping ston from young thrills to the extreme I don't know what is.

Tomb Raiders music is from the Tomb Raider movie soundtrack, and also from the Original soundtrack to the movie, Baraka.

For Rivertown all you have to do is listen to Country Music! I know some people who know some of the songs in their area.

Just to let anyone know, This video does have explicit dialogue at one point. It's not as great as I thought it would be, It's an OK video.

Just read what the red words say on the page, it is a privet video now, you must now become friends with the poster of the video in order to see it.

It was quite a wonderful day to come to the park, a sunny day with a low crowd. Most lines were no more than 30 minutes at tops during most of the day. Other than the heat it was a great day. My highest score on SCATHC was 2400, I felt so happy after that... untill I found out my friend got 3700 points. Sounds like you had a wonderful trip Chef. I wish I couldrelate the real L.A to Italian Job.

What a great little movie that was, must have been so fun to make. I would love to do something like this. What makes it funny is it is all true. Thank you so much for posting that RailRider. Great Acting Skippers!

^You could have just said that without using 16 lines. But among all rides I miss it is the phantom theater. Although it never had much of a line it was one of those rides everyone rode.

That would be Legend Riders job... to throw the dictionary. Anyway, if you read the park map it does say that some rides may close down (this also goes under rainchecks). The rides are fixed as fast as they possably can.

It is quite a mesmerizing photo, great picture Uncle Henry. Although I have never even heard of the soda, this contest sounds cool. Good luck.

Make sure to get to the park bright and early if you want to get your first choice rides walk on. As the day moves on it may become crowded like it has been years before. The STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION will last from July 1st to July 4th. The Celebration will be full of live music, Dancing in the streets, and antique costumes, and a grand end to each night with Nights of Fire at 10:00PM each of those four nights. The show is something not to miss.

Other than Tomb Raider, I love Son of Beast. I am one or the rare ones to say that it is my favorite but I love the layout and the thrill it holds. It has one of the best pre-drop on any coaster and the drop is amazing.

I also forgot the Grand Carousel. The Festhaus was also open. For more information about the 2005 Winterfest at Kings Island you can visit it's web page. http://www2.paramountparks.com/kingsisland/winterfest/

Answer to questin number 2: Scooby doo and the haunted castle Pixie and Dixies Swings HB Carosel Paramount Theater Paramount Story Almost all the shops in International Street, Octoberfest, Rivertown, Santa Land (aka, HB land)