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They did use an abnormally large "36" stamp today, good to know this information though. Thanks Ryan!

Sign for Flight of Fear said 2 hours.

BLSC has removed its seatbelts, I don't know if FoF is the same or not.

Waited about an hour for The Beast and about 45 for Diamondback during ERT. Not to mention being stuck on BLSC for about 20 minutes.

I just figured it would be something fun for those who look for stuff like that at the park.Seems like there is always some differences that go unnoticed through an entire season sometimes.

I will be at Rock on the Range on this day so I will not be able to attend, however, being that I am 21 years old and an AVID Brady Bunch fan I am sad I have to miss this. I read Barry Williams' autobiography 'Growing Up Brady' and he seems like a truly great guy. Hope those of you that get to be there and seem them enjoy it, I am looking forward to seeing the photos!

Last I checked according to weather.com was 70 degrees with a 10% chance of rain, shaping up to be a good opening day.

I for one was a HUGE fan of FunPerks, I felt like I was always driven to reach that next level and get the next reward. I even gave my pass to my then girlfriend to take with her on a trip and get my reward points. Am I sad to see it go, yes. Am I hysterical about it, no. The park did what they felt was necessary and I think was even generous in giving us the e-mail coupon they offered us. Kings Island has been more than generous to us, and even though some feel we should just take it for what it is, I fee like those higher ups that read this sometimes would also value our opinions and our stories about said perks going away so that they can perhaps possibly use for future reference.

I am first off most excited to see how the park looks without SoB, the skyline and the actual area. Then I really want to go look at the Red's Grille, I love baseball and like the Reds. Then with the Brady Bunch announcement I am excited to see photos and TR's as I will not be able to attend the park that day. Hopefully going to be a good year for the park.

Beast trims are less noticeable, might make it worth a trip in the day time to ride.

If you have a physical pass, Gold Platinum or Season, all you do is go online, renew the pass with the number on the back, and your pass is ready to use. I have had this same Platinum Pass for going on 4 years now I believe and I have had the same card for all years.If your brother has a paper and you are taking him before the park opens, just go into processing and they will do it right there, and even if you went during normal operation, last time for me was about 3 years ago mind you, you get one entry to the park with the paper and then you HAVE to get it processed. Hope this helped out in some way.

I got this bright, yet wild haired idea last night just watching TV, so hear me out. Would it not be nice if, for the more enthusiast type people, Kings Island did something like an opening day Scavenger Hunt deal where you had to like pick out 5-10 things different in the park than were there last year. An example is, there is no more trash cans located beside of the Festhaus, or something received a coat of paint, things like that, that only the true enthusiast fan would be able to pick out.

Big ups on getting the job, enjoy the summer!

Maybe Don could float us some old ads or some old B-Roll footage to take a look at, cough cough.

Principle Losses are 1.) Wind Resistance 2.) Wheel Friction. A cookie to the first one to tell me where that's from.

I miss the old blogs they used to do, the one on Millennium Force and the Maintenance crew was one of the best.

Saw this and didn't have time to get a post in on here. I for one am ecstatic to see this, I know exactly where ill be eating on opening day. I am a Reds fan (After my Red Sox of course), and I love baseball. The addition of being able to purchase tickets to the games is also a huge perk. Working wouldn't be bad either, in your downtime you get to clean up an watch the game, what's better?

I believe it is called Beast Canyon Drinks or something back in River town. Alluding to the prowling creature not to far ahead up the midway.

I cannot wait to walk down the midway and hear the combined B&M Roar of Raptor and Gatekeeper, not to mention the long echo of Mantis in the background, coaster looks nice.

I have seen the lights on in the tunnel a couple of times and it really does kind of make it lose it mysterious aura. I wish they would turn out the light that is on in I believe either the center or hanging off the tunnel wall and lighting the area in the final helix. Just make that pitch black dark would be fine with me.

Just watched the feature, makes me wish April 27th would get here more and more soon.

Flight of Fear will always hold a special place in my heart as it was my first ever looping roller coaster. I always enjoy Flight of Fear, it seems that on some days you can catch it running really well and on others it just doesn't do it for me. It is always a must ride for me though however.

What credentials will you have to have to be a part of Beast Buzz?

I am more amazed at the line of Adventure Express in the second one. This picture did give me some good ideas as to where the footers you can still see were used at in King Cobra though.

Loving all of these photos, they really do paint a picture of how the park looked back through the decades.