Jasper

Coasterbob62 is one of my personal favorites, as he does mainly Cedar Point and Kings Island videos. I also love that 25 Years of Terror video, if you will watch at about 9 minutes and 40 seconds in and wait for the reverse POV to come on and watch the guy sitting behind the people in the foreground, he literally almost comes out of his seat. I wish more and more everyday I would have gotten to either ride The Beast or The Racer with buzz bars.

Got a chance to experience Haunt Friday the 28th. First off I was floored by the sheer environment of Haunt this year, it blew all the other years I have been away by a long shot. The fog was thick as ever, it was rising up from anywhere and everywhere as cast a shadowy haze over the park. At one point I was in line for Cornstalkers and could not even see the Eiffel Tower because it was so thick. I am going to try and not give to much away and let you experience the mazes for yourself but here's my review in order of what we did. Club Blood (6/10)-Same as every year really, got quite a bit more scares out of this year however. The person outside giving rules and directions was foul mouthed, dressed to the part an really fit the Club Blood "Scene" I must say. Wolf Pack (6/10)-We did this around 7'ish I believe and it was still light out so the sun lit up a lot of the maze taking away the factor of fear. Overall though got a couple really good scares, besides the Haunt Staff member following us the whole way through and the park sweep that came in when we were walking through. Slaughterhouse (4/10)-Not very entertaining at all compared to past years I thought. Still had a couple stand out points in the maze I thought made it worth the 2 minute wait however. Not a bad maze, but not the best compared to how it has been in years past. Cutthroat Cove (5/10)-Had never done this haunt before so I did not know what to expect. Overall I was impressed with it. I thought it could have been a little more enclosed, I am not a fan of the wide open houses, I like the feeling of everything being right on top of me. Once again, not terrible though. Cornstalkers (7/10)-Our first really good house we went through. The fog was rolling and couldn't hardly see anything. Couple times my girlfriend got terrified and screamed and even once took off running. I don't want to ruin anything so I will leave this maze at that. I rate this one as a must do IMO. Massacre Manor (9/10)-IMO probably the best haunt in the park. Every single minute is intense and scares the absolute hell outta me. We had a girl in our group get scared so they sent someone in for her but she said she was fine but it seemed as if they toned down all the scares after that, so that made it go down a notch but still a must do Haunt. Mysteria (-8/10)-Yes that is a negative, I just thought there was nothing going for this house, from the reviews and me seeing the scareactors I knew it wasn't going to be up to snuff. I really wish I would have gotten to do this house when it was Maze of Madness, it looked so much better then. Urgent Scare (7/10)-It seemed like all the theming had been removed and it was just a plain ole Hospital gone wrong haunt now, no back story or anything like it use to be. Still gave some good scares and is always a must do for me. Madame Fatales (10/10)-While Massacre Manor does it more for me, this house was truly amazing. The Scareactors in the house were perfect, the set up was perfect and it was nice to look up and see the old Deity God staring at you. I cannot praise how well Kings Island did with this new haunt, everything about it was on point and it had something to scare everyone. I just hope we don't see it disappear if they decide to remove the Crypt building in the future. Tombstone Terror-Tory (7/10)-Better than I had remembered in the past, couple of surprises that really got me. It's just such a nice haunt to walk through the woods and everything, nice set up and a good maze. CarnEvil (8/10)-This was the ONE haunt I have wanted to do since the FearFest days, and let me tell you it did not disappoint. The only thing I have against it is that I wish I would have bought the 3D glasses. The ending was awesome as well. Overall a great maze I thought, a must do. Holiday Horror (6/10)-This was our last maze as the park was nearing closing time. The only objection I have is that it is very hidden in the back of Planet Snoopy which they advertised as being closed. Not to mention the yellow skull indicating it was a house wasn't working. Me and my girlfriend went in with just is two because nobody was in line at all. Some good scares all around but for it just being us two I thought they could have done more. I like the theming though I must admit. My favorite house was by far Madame Fatale's, followed by Massacre Manor closely and then CarnEvil. Overall the park wasn't too bad crowded, got all the rides in except Firehawk. I wish they would have kept the theming on the back half of The Beast like it was last year but still a great night ride on a cold October night. And can someone tell me what that HUGE explosion was in Coney Mall, we heard it in line for BLSC and it scared the hell out of us, it sounded like what happens for the show on International Street but it came from about where Zephyr is, we were puzzled. Everyone needs to get out to Haunt this year, best year for it IMO.I had been typing this on my iPhone at work for the past couple of days so sorry it took so long to get on here. I have pictures but they are not very good quality, due to it being dark and my iPhone not being the greatest of quality. New lights in The Beast station, made it look really nice. Cutthroat Cover. Eiffel Tower all lit up, shortly before it disappeared in the fog. This was taken literally about 20 feet from Slingshot and you can barely see anything, awesome. This is amazing to me, that little orange glow you see is the orange Haunt skeleton from about 20 feet if that away. That fog carried in the maze and made the environment spectacular. I would like to once again say thank you to Kings Island for making this year's Haunt the best in my opinion. I also loved the monsters coming out at the very beginning at the front gates.

If I am not mistaken isn't there going to be another coaster with inversions that is wooden as well? Besides Outlaw Run?

Ah good ole Hoose rides, now those are super reliable. In my several trips to Cedar Point I have never seen TTD operate for a whole day, Milly has at least went down once when I was in line for it on my trips, Maverick has went down once or twice in all of my trips to the Point and Wicked Twister has never been down in all my trips there.I would take an Intamin, down time or not, as those are some of the best rides I have ever had the pleasure to ride.

Just now got around to photographing some of my memorabilia I treasure. The first of which is something which I believe is very rare as I have not seen this anywhere else. These are my Face/Off playing cards from the Paramount days. I believe I bought these in 2002 when KI was celebrating their 30th Anniversary Season.

From what I am reading it appears that they are using new methods of fog and the old smell is gone. I am very disappointed in this because as Burgtoad said it was lacking the smell and the amount of fog in general. I am hoping this was just for the first night of operation and not going to continue throughout the event. The fog was one of my favorite parts of Haunt, really added well to the atmosphere.

I am going to the park Friday, but with it being dark I do not think I will be able to see anything. It is really weird to see something being demolished that has been at the park since you can really remember, seeing this thing go down piece by piece will really be interesting.

I will be at the park on Friday night for Haunt and to hopefully get at least a couple of rides in as I hope for light crowds. My main haunts I want to do are Carn-evil as I have never done it and Madame Fatale's with it being the new haunt.

Wonder if this has anything to do with the rumors of KI getting two new flat rides for 2013?

Not exactly I was thinking Blood Drums was going to be, if that is the same show they bring to KI.

Like I said take it with a grain of salt but from what I have observed the couple times I have read Screamscape it has tended to put me in the right direction of a rumor.

Has anyone read the rumor on Screamscape saying that a new coaster for 2014 saying something very large? Take it with a grain of salt.

I have started to not black out, but grey out on some coasters now such as Invertigo, BLSC and Vortex. The only remedy I have found is to look up, it helps me out.

Iron Rattler looks like an amazing ride, it almost depresses me that KI couldnt have done something with Son of Beast like that. Full Throttle looks.....interesting, but nothing huge to me. Sky Screamer looks like the ride I would want to try the most being terrified of heights.

I must have missed that last year, I only saw one scareactor and that was the individual that slides on his knees.

I have to agree, sitting in either 7-1 or 5-1 really makes that first drop a one of a kind experience. You can also catch some of that good Arrow Ejector air they are famous for when you come up that second hill. Only thrills that Mr. Toomer could create.

This is just my honest opinion here, it seems as if Haunt has gone downhill in the past few years. The mazes have become less scary and more of a gimmick. I hardly see any haunt members roaming the park anymore. I wish they would do something like they use to with the walk through scare zones, I always loved those. Maybe this year will bring about a big change in the haunt aspect. I still look forward to it every year. I do also have a question, with me having a 2012 Platinum Pass will I be able to get in the park? On the site it is saying get in for free with a 2013 season pass.

I did some searching and surprisingly a topic like this did not come up. What are your top ten coasters? Wooden and steel. 1.) Millennium Force (Which until last week was at number 2-3) 2.) The Beast 3.) Magnum XL-200 4.) The Voyage 5.) Maverick 6.) Top Thrill Dragster 7.) Thunderhead 8.) Apollo's Chariot 9.) Diamondback 10.) Somewhat of a tie between Ride of Steel at Darien Lake and Raptor

Never thought I would be ready for Haunt, but I am. I love the atmosphere and the colder weather will be a nice change. I am kind of dissapointed they close down on the 28th of October instead of maybe extending the season into the first weekend of November.

I happened to be at the park on the day that Gatekeeper was announced and was pleasantly surprised. For those who do not know they had type of a grim reaper style character come out on top of one of the buildings with smoke behind him talking to John Hildebrandt when the ride was announced. It was a very miserable announcement due to the fact that the annoying like rain would not stop coming down. Just wet enough to make you uncomfortable. We left about 20 minutes after the ride was announced and missed my Gatekeeper shirt sadly. The layout is very intriguing to me, from the rolling flipping drop to the two keyhole elements that take place over the new entrance, which looks like it will be very very impressive. John also stated some little known facts about the entrance gate, such as how long it had been there and that it had not been changed in some odd years. Not to mention it is leaning. I cannot wait to get to the Point to ride this ride next year. I do wonder though why they brought in a character such as the grim reaper when the logo seems to be like an animal or some type of griffon looking style animal. Gatekeeper seems to me to fit more the grim reaper character than that of the griffon type. As far as the B&M roar, for those of you who have never been to a park like Cedar Point and are saying that Diamondback roars, you are mistaken. You can literally hear Raptor from almost anywhere in the front of the park and that isn't the loudest ride. Mantis is one of the loudest coasters I have ever heard. You can be in the back of the park near Skyhawk and literally almost hear it roar coming down the hill. It is truly an amazing sound to behold.

According to screamscape there are rumored to be not one....but two keyhole elements.

I was at the park today and was waiting in line for Delirium and noticed that the ride cycle seemed short, and then when I boarded the ride it indeed did seem like it only took one full swing in each direction and then started to stop. Has anyone else been noticing the shorter ride cycle?

I did notice Flight Deck was closed when I was there today, the first thing that entered my mind was how the proximity of FD to SoB could have something to do with the tearing down. Speculation of course, I do not claim this to be true or hold any water.

Wolf Pack will be back this season and beyond. I wonder where in the park it will be relocated. If the same props are all reused, I would see it as an indoor maze. Possibly a whole new building? Possibility of it going inside The Crypt building?

Any speculations on if they are going to be able to save Wolf Pack for one more season? Sorry if this has already been mentioned. After reading about the last 8 gender posts I felt I needed something to get the topic back on course.