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That or the upside down....Stranger Things Dark Ride confirmed lol.

The new cameras are definitely pushing more information, you can tell by the studder in the live views. Looking forward to seeing them during Winterfest!

Seems as though the first two live cams have been changed. Good news is a better wider view. Bad news....They are upside down Hope they fix it because the new views are fantastic! https://www.visitkingsisland.com/live-video

Went to Haunt about 8 time and it was great. Once again the shows department hit it out of the park with Nightwalkers (even though iI still think t should have been called Night of the Banshee but I spoke to that in a different post ). The extra food offerings were exceptional especially the cabbage rolls! Kudos to the culinary team for pulling off the extended menu and I'm looking forward to the special offerings for Winterfest. Got a lot of good scares in the mazes (Hotel St. Michelle is a great addition) and the scareactors did a great job. Couple of my thoughts. I much preferred Pumpkin Eater where it was last year in the back of the park. Where it was in Action Zone it was easy to miss the experience unless you moved to the left when entering, which you would have only done to eat a chicken shack, ride Invertigo or find cornstalkers. Those going to Banshee, bat the ice cream most likely missed the heart of the experience. I would love to have a cornstalkers in white water canyon the way it is at CP. Wife and I went to CP the last weekend (like we have for the past 20 years) and cornstakers 2.0 was amazing (It's done in Thunder Canyon). It is a very intense maze, single file in some sections. It's truly hard to see where and when they are going to jump at you. Actually went to the final night of haunt after getting back from CP. (Rode front seat of Millennium Force at 11am Sunday and front seat of Beast at 9pm ) Fog last night was off the chain with the weather. Also even though the outdoor attractions were closed they move the scareactors from those mazes to the indoor ones making them more intense! My biggest disappointment was the weather did keep Nightwalkers from performing (was wanting to see the last show like I did Phantom and FF50). Not sure what was up with the fountains but had they been on I would have stayed for the last closing ceremony. Overall with the staffing challenges I found Haunt to be enjoyable. Great shows, food and employee interactions. Kudo's to all who work the event your efforts are truly appreciated. Here's looking forward to Winterfest and closing out what has been by far the best season I have ever experience at my home park!!!

I don't mind the tree going up. I see it as advertisement for Winterfest. The way weather is around here I say do it while you can. Plus there is a LOT of stuff already up around the park if you know where to look (it's just hidden better).

I'm not picky on what is done as long as it is kept up and lasts. No sense in doing theming that will just end up not working in a couple of years.

Going by the artwork I count 24 "cars" but it may be two abreast, which would be 48. Hard to tell from the rendering. Hopefully it is the 48. With the attendance KI has been getting it seem the capacity would come to good use.

Agreed, being a thespian if you have a full fly tower, you should use a full fly tower!

Not to mention if anyone saw the Q&A with Mr. Bastrup he obviously has ideas for the new attraction. My guess still is he was in town to dot the i's and cross the t's over a contract for something new in 24. (Fingers crossed).

Agree it should have never got that far. Clearly what CF did was above and beyond with giving an extra year. Talking about what CF spent don't forget what the plaintiffs spent. As I've said before I'm pretty sure CF has attorneys on the payroll. Either way once again the only real winners are the lawyers. I've always stated the only way to fix our legal system is having an automatic counter suit against the plaintiffs for 1/2 of what they are asking for from the defendants. Would stop a lot of fraudulent and pro-bono lawsuits that clog up our system.

In a unanimous 7-0 decision the Ohio Supreme Court finds Cedar Point NOT required to issue refunds for pandemic shortened season. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/cedar-point-not-required-to-issue-refunds-for-pandemic-shortened-season-ohio-supreme-court-rules.html

Watch Beverly Hills Cop III and it will really make you scared of the chains.

Loved the ride. The design was impressive. Usually in a ferris wheel type ride one the whole ride stopped to let on more riders. This design does away with that allowing for a continuous experience while the other side loads. Would be nice to see this type of ride make a comeback updated with today's tech. And, of course, if you haven't already you can see it in action in Beverly Hills Cop III.

And here seems to be the tea-cup we're getting (also Zamperla). https://www.zamperla.com/products/tea-cup/

This looks like what the sol spin would be: https://www.zamperla.com/products/endeavour/

KEGGERS!!!!!!! (without the tilting platform)

Guilty

Baryen Kurve please

IF it's year round operations I wonder how many of the "complaining crowd" will give them credit for adding days to the operating calendar. Probably none since I've seen nothing about how platinum passes got more bang for their buck because of KD and Carowinds year round operations. This would explain the increase in the gold pass prices. (120 instead of 99). Seems plausible that if we get year round operations it was "baked in" to the 2023 pass price. Some may think it might be harder to get employees but I don't know if I'd agree. Yes, you lose students in the winter season but on the other hand do you gain "full time, year round" employees (benefits, etc?). Either way speculation is always fun and, of course, if it's a new flat I'm hoping for Der Spinning Keggers !!!!

Yes! The Big Band Sound returns to KI. All hail Woodchopper's Ball Review!

Exactly !

Saw Nyte again last night with screens and I'll give you there is some validity to it. The two things I would change is the flashing abstract section suring "Ghost Town" (love that song, it fits the action so well). Would probably rather see some kind of POV running through woods/etc. Or if we are going to go by the Night of the Banshee theme a POV of Banshee The second is, once again, the curtain call with the bald guy and 14-pac devil. Once I realized this was actually during the curtain call where each performer does their bow it bothers me even more. People I talked to also were confused by what the video had to do with the story (which it doesn't) and had no idea it was the curtain call for the show. Here is where I think the screen should show each performer's name and hometown. Since they each do a certain amount of counts it may even be possible to time the video with the music. Otherwise they could have the tech switch the screen appropriately for each performer. All in all still a fantastic show and one I hope to see a couple more times before the season is over.

As a programmer, my instant thought would be a geo-fence exclusion zone. Major carriers could set up geo-fences around amusement parks, alpine slides, water parks (since waterproof watches also have the feature), etc. that would serve as a zone that would ignore the crash detection or give the user to automatically turn off the detection when inside the zone. Expecting people to remember to turn it off isn't realistic when they can't even remember to secure it in a zipped pocket.

I can see the t-shirts and posters now (which would be a must for those who love to show to purchase and have signed!!). And after a year or two run we can have a male lead in the show for "Night of The Beast"