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I saw it when I rode Flight Deck earlier. Looks nice!

A few more new things: Fake smoke during the "Red Baron" scene in Snoopy Rocks on Ice Delirium and Drop Zone now have their own "theme music" of sorts... During the ride cycle on Delirium, they play "Song 2" by Blur, and on Drop Tower, it's "Right Now" by Van Halen. The dramatic opening of "Right Now" as you're going up on Drop Tower really adds a lot to the ride in my opinion and the "Woohoo!" parts of "Song 2" make Delirium more fun

I saw Way Too Much TV tonight when I ducked into Festhaus around 6pm to dodge the upcoming storms and really enjoyed it. I didn't pay much attention to it last year, but I will probably go back and see it again more this season.

I've never been to HW either, but will definitely try to make it out there this season. Maybe I'll skip Camden and go to HW this year instead (since it's only 3 hours from here as well). I'll have to see what my finances look like in a couple months.

Very nice! That 1996 media footage video brings back fond memories... The rainbow leading to HB Land, King Cobra, the original name of the water park... Can't wait to see what else you've got!

Those of you who are my friend on Facebook have likely already read about this, but I wanted to post this as a reminder for everyone. Never leave anything valuable unattended in Boomerang Bay, even if it's in a backpack in an area with lots of other towels and such. This past Saturday I had quite a scare. Being a hot day, I went on all the water rides, then promptly took a train ride to Boomerang Bay to cool off some more. I didn't even think to leave my shorts (with my wallet, cell phone and keys) in a locker at WWC until after I got to BB. I couldn't bring myself to shell out whatever the asking price is for lockers in Boomerang Bay now, and didn't want to take a train all the way back to WWC to get a locker, so I just found a shady spot on a hillside near a food cart where many others had laid their towels, set my stuff down, put on sunscreen and headed off to the very crowded wave pool. After a dip in the pool, I walked back past my bag to make sure it was still there and also to make sure I remembered where I left it. It was still there, so I headed off to wait in line for Tazmanian Typhoon. Being such a hot day, there was quite a long line. I'm estimating an hour passed between the time I got in line and the time I got off the ride. By that time, I was tired of the crowds (and didn't feel like waiting an hour for anything else or dodging the crowds in the wave pool), so I decided to gather up my stuff and head back to the main park for another round or two on White Water Canyon. I went back to where I'd left my stuff to find that my backpack was gone (my towel and sandals were still there). This included my shorts with my wallet, keys and cell phone, my shirt, my glasses, my sunscreen and a hair brush. I headed off to the BB entrance (the parking lot entrance) and informed a security guard, who promptly called for a police officer. The KI police officer who handled the situation did a great job - explaining the situation, arranging a place for my parents to meet me (out at the passenger pickup, since neither one of them has a gold pass), letting me sit in First Aid to cool off and get water, and ensuring I got a ride out to the passenger pickup. He gave me his card with the case number and told me I could take that to the ticket window to get a free replacement gold pass. He also suggested that I call Lost and Found on the off chance that my stuff turned up there. When I got home, I had to call the bank and cancel my bank card (a new one is on the way), call Sprint to temporarily suspend my service and dig up an old pair of glasses (I can see without them, but distant objects are somewhat blurry), and I was particularly unhappy about how much this was going to cost me (mainly new glasses + cost of eye doctor appointment). I called Lost and Found on Saturday before the park closed and left them a message. I got a call back on Sunday during church and returned their call that afternoon when I got home, again getting their answering machine. A short time later, they called back asking for a better description of the backpack that I'd lost. After a short time, they returned and said that they had my backpack and gave me a confirmation number that I could use to get it at the park. Much to my relief, the only thing missing was the $2-$3 in cash that I had in my wallet. I am very fortunate that I was able to get everything back (don't care too much about the cash, as that's peanuts compared to the value of everything I could have lost), and very grateful to KI security, police and the BB first aid staff for helping me in this situation (the first aid staff truly care about guests), but I want to remind everyone not to do what I did. Lockers are expensive, but not nearly as expensive as it would have been for me to replace all the stuff I had in my backpack.

I wouldn't count on it. The drain's been plugged on that thing since a couple months into the season last year (I posted on June 24th of last year that it had been clogged the past two times I'd been to the park).

Interesting. Do you live in that area? That would explain why he was getting off in Lawerenceburg (since that road is right off Route 56, which ends at US 50 in Aurora). Must have been stopping at home for the weekend on his way to wherever that track is going.

If I weren't already taking 4 days off of work that week to go to Nashville, I'd definitely do this. Sounds like fun!

Tower Gardens is nothing more than the park's largest designated smoking area. Unless you're a smoker, there's really no reason to go there. Back when Paramount owned the park, it was called Paramount Story and was quite a nice place to visit - waterfalls, nice park-like setting and a timeline of Paramount films. CF turned it into Tower Gardens and turned off the waterfalls, then turned it into a giant designated smoking area last year. Back on topic, Channel 9 just reported a bit more info on this. According to the police report, the victim was a 7-year-old boy and he was sexually assaulted in a bathroom. The Mason Police are going to hold a press conference about it at 2pm today.

There was/is an old drinking fountain hidden behind a caricatures stand right outside of Greaters. It was the only one not at a restroom and is the old pedal-type. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19824&view=findpost&p=386888

Got a response to my feedback

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I've only visited the park on the weekends this year (four separate Saturdays - April 30th, May 7th, May 28th and June 4th), but the lines seem to be about the same as last year - anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour depending on the time of day. ERT seems to vary depending on the day. On the 28th, they were assigning rows and the SRL was open. On the 4th, it was much slower during ERT (13 rides for me including first train of the day and a string of 7 consecutive rides without having to walk back around - I either stayed in the same seat or moved to another empty one).

I've got the latest version (1.1.1) and webcams are broken for me. In addition, there's a bug with the option to update Twitter - it doesn't recognize that you've already authorized Twitter. If you go to Twitter and authorize again, then go back to the app, it crashes. However, if you just go back to the app (by hitting the back button in Android; not sure what the procedure is for iPhone), it works fine. I've sent them an email through their website (http://mypark.wddonline.com) so hopefully these issues will be resolved soon.

The videos are still there. Click the link in the first post, then click "Watch the Videos".

The park has stated that the ride will last 3 minutes, so it will indeed last longer than that test cycle did.

Found this on Youtube... A guide to Coney in its final season before KI opened.

Since most of us here already have KI passes, this is mostly for everyone to pass on to anyone who doesn't... Fox19 is giving away a pair of tickets to KI every day from now through August 21st. To enter, go to http://www.fox19.com/story/14809718/enter-to-win-kings-island-tickets and fill out the form.

Nice job!

I just went ahead and paid the full $7 for parking. I think I could have gotten money back by showing my ticket/receipt to Guest Services or at one of the places where you buy pool/ride bands, but I'd left my receipt in the car and didn't feel like hiking all the way back out there to get it (I ended up parking out by River Downs, so it was quite a hike from there to the park). Also, out of curiosity, why is Pipeline Plunge closed for the season? I'm not big on body slides, but find it odd that it would already be closed for the entire season when the park just opened this past weekend.

Unfortunately you're out of luck then.

Try this URL in your phone's browser. This will take you straight to the login page: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=global&section=login (I put it in code tags because it won't show the full URL otherwise)

While waiting in line at Dodgems at Coney Island on Sunday, I heard a guest say that Coney Island used to have a lot more rides "until Kings Island bought them out". Yes, KI is home to several rides that were once at Coney, but they never bought out Coney.

Sure... A ride spinning at 35mph can easily throw an object weighing over 100 pounds out of the seat...