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Yes. Must be new wheels.

Invertigo is testing this morning however they still have the ride will not operate today sign up.

Had the breakfast sandwich with the potatoes at French Corner yesterday and am going back this morning. It's fantastic! Kudos to the culinary team on this one. Definetly worth trying.

I noticed those also, the only problem is they don't make it clear to put the puck on the sticker. Maybe I missed something but it wasn't very intuitive that i had to do it. I'm pretty sure it works off the sticker and it's more of a way to have the server know where to look for it.

I was also hoping for a third option (we don't like Friday's). Best part of the marina space was when it served Montgomery Inn ribs! Tomo's (Breakers habachi place) Is the meal my wife and I look forward to each time we go. It's fantastic! (More Saki, More Happy!!!) Also it looks like the Bay Harbor Menu has had some changes to it. Looking forward to trying some of the new offerings. Perkins is also great but isn't open for Dinner.

Not to mention the history of KI with prototypes (lookin at you original Bat :))

At 4:56pm they are starting to put up the large lights on the scaffolds around the fountain.

Looks like alot of activity around Zeypher today. may be ready by this weekend.

I was told it's the same number of boxes just spaced differently and done so the scenes don't step on one another (or you have to many guests trying for the same notes) Completely agree on the audio. Larry needed to be louder (and Archie could have be quieter )

Rode it Friday twice and then on Saturday with 2 of my grandkids. This ride is absolutely fantastic for what is is meant to be. In my opinion this is NOT for the original Phantom Theatre fans. It is "inspired" by the original ride NOT meant to be a reproduction of it. Keep in mind FAMILY RIDE. The original was much darker and scared small children. This one still does a little (especially the lightning/thunder effects in the queue). The biggest surprise and what made me smile was where the "peppers ghost" effect used to be. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT in my opinion. I'm sure I'm in a minority but I think the peppers ghost effect in today's day and age may be more trouble than it would be worth. Face it people today are a little more "brave" to deface things (spitting on mirrors, gum, etc.) I'm sure that would require daily cleaning. I truely fear for Larry in the queue. They have signs about cameras but by then it may be to late. Plexi glass around the section would help (but spitting may still be there). Doing this would have to have left the exit doors still accessible and would may have affected the popcorn scent (loveley touch). Another observation was the neither the Maestro nor Larry do the narration for the information videos on how to use the flashlights. This may be a signal that in case Maestro or Larry stop working the instructions would still be viable. I used Fast Lane my first ride (20 min) the second i waited in line (almost 3 hours). The line seemed to go in spurts. I can understand this because with the new cars, new tech and I'm assuming some work on the track system since it was exposed I think it will take some time to fine tune it. After all with 28 or so boxes and 400-500 in each box that's alot of weight compared to cycling with half of the boxes empty. Saturday when i took the grandkids it was about 2 hours and even though we were there around 3-4 we did get the keychains they were given out. Finally, I noticed a LARGE amount of people entering through the exit. The line was all the way outdoors every time I passes the ride all day. I'm sure the long waits were becuase of stopping for loading special needs which is fine but it does bring up how many people were taking advantage of the situation to avoid the line. Honestly I've never seen that before with Boo or Scooby. It will be interesting to see how long that line is next weekend or in the middle of the season. I understand the need for those who need it but I have heard that KI is rather lax on the reasons they accept for these exceptions. All in all a FANTASTIC addition which I will be riding over and over. Great job to Sally and the KI team (and Rick)!!

The boxes are two at a time (two boxes, two blanks) this creates much more space between sets of boxes. My first ride the first box had no one in it and I was alone in the 2nd box. I had 999,999 by the 1/2 way point of the ride (Hilda). The second time I rode it i was in the first box with a fellow rider and not sure how many but there were people in the 2nd box. My score was around 390,000. So the more people competing to hit notes the lower the score (from what I could gather 1 person has to hit the note for points, if more than 1 hit it at the same time the note survives. ie. no ties). Hope that helps.

The monster has cars installed!

Monster is getting it's arms!

Whirly birds and racer currently running. We're getting close!

2 weeks till passholder preview day. Action going on at the monster, zephyr has it's canapy on and the scrambler has been running most of the morning!

In my opinion It's a flat, no different than antique cars. To me a roller coaster COASTS. Surf Dog and Pipe Scream both are propelled by the ride vehicle itself. You could put the ride vehicles on the ground and provide power (I'm pretty sure power is supplied by the track) and it will go/stop on its own. The track they run on doesn't have any means of propeling the ride vehicle (besides providing power) nor any way to stop the ride vehicle. Therefore I don't consider it a roller "coast"er. Just my 2 cents.

Yet another sign of opening day getting closer. Woodstock's Whirlybirds are on the track! Also the ride vehicles for Phantom's Theatre are starting to dissapear at the royal fountain stage.

You can see the back of the castle top from the Camp Snoopy and Planet Snoopy cam on their website.

It was if you bought it early enough the allpark passport was included with gold this season. (I got it for my grandkids).

I often wonder exactly how close we came to getting Siren's Curse. My guess is that had TT2 operated consistently from the start we would have gotten Sirens last year.

What would be neat is if they had the scores included on the picture!

Had to do it (Again, if I missed any, let me know). Interesting how close the averages are. Blue Streak 1964 Cedar Creek Mine Ride 1969 5 Corkscrew 1976 7 Gemini 1978 2 WildCat 1979 1 Wilderness Run (Jr. Gemini) 1979 0 Iron Dragon 1987 8 Magnum XL-200 1989 2 Raptor 1994 5 Rougarou (formerly Mantis) 1996 2 Millennium Force 2000 4 Top Thrill Dragster 2003 3 Maverick 2007 4 GateKeeper 2013 6 Valravn 2016 3 Steel Vengeance (rebuilt from Mean Streak) 2018 2 Wild Mouse 2023 5 Top Thrill 2 2024 1 Siren’s Curse 2025 1 AVERAGE YEARS 3.39

I see you point, just not that adding a roller coaster is a must for a park like KI. One of the main concerns is that KI has a need for more flat rides. Also the larger the park is the more it takes to keep up the current park without adding anything new. Not sure where you're getting the 8 or 9 year gap. The last coaster we had was 2024 and I'm looking at 2029 at the lastest (hopefully 2028) for the next coaster. They have twice waited 5 years between coasters and 6 times they have waited 4 years. The Kings Island we grew up with is different than the park now. Then they were fighting to get recognition and the area around the park wasn't nearly as built up with homes as it is now. They had plenty of undeveloped land and a much smaller footprint to keep up than today. The KI of old not only had coasters but also quality shows to draw people. Not all was good, however because KI always wanted to be the "first" which burned them at times with the original Bat being the biggest example of this followed by Son of Beast. The fantastic times we grew up in with CP and KI each adding a coster every other year if not every year are gone for good (they were good times!). A park can only have so many coasters, not only for employee and maintenance costs but I'm sure there is also insurance costs. In the past they just needed to prep land and build a coster. Now they may also need to add in the cost of getting rid of an existing coaster to add a new one. I did a quick look at coasters and when they were built listing the number of years since the last coaster. (I was curious) and found the average number of years between coasters is 3.25. If I missed any in the table below let me know but I found it interesting. Again I may have missed something, let me know. I'm a data nerd so I just had to look this up. Now I need to look at it for CP. Coaster Year Built Year Since Last Coaster The Racer 1972 Woodstock Express 1972 0 Screamin’ Demon / Demon 1977 5 The Bat (1981) 1981 4 King Cobra 1984 3 Vortex 1987 3 Adventure Express 1991 4 Great Pumpkin Coaster 1992 1 Flight of Fear 1996 4 Invertigo 1999 3 Son of Beast 2000 1 Woodstock’s Air Rail 2001 1 Queen City Stunt Coaster 2005 4 Diamondback 2009 4 Banshee 2014 5 Mystic Timbers 2017 3 Orion 2020 3 Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers 2024 4 AVERAGE YEARS 3.25

I agree this would be cool but I fear the event of times past would be brought up again and reflect negatively on the park. I think we should kee stories about people climbling the tower out of the media.

I didn't say they never have to add another roller coaster, my statement was they could not adding anything new in 2- 4 years. Only Flight of Fear would fall in that timeframe. With it being an indoor coaster out of the elements it's life could be longer than other metal costers. Remember Corkscrew at Cedar Point is still operating after 49 years (built 1976). It has been shown that metal coasters can have re-tracking done such as Fury 325 a couple years ago. According to chatgpt: Common operational lifespan for a medium-sized steel coaster is often around 30–40 years before major refurbishment, retracking, or retirement becomes economically likely for a park. Some parks invest in continuous maintenance and retracking, allowing coasters to operate well beyond that range (50+ years) if they remain popular and structurally sound. Interestingly enough the oldest operating all steel coaster is Little Dipper at Memphis Kiddie Park in Ohio (yes a kiddie coaster) was made in 1952. Remember we had Firehawk and Vortex at one time. Both "large" coasters. The only replacement was Orion. People still keep coming. It's not all about coasters especially as KI tries to become more family friendly. That being said, I would expect a new coaster in 2028 or 2029 at the old Vortex spot.