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I would visit the zoo more often if it weren't so expensive. It's only 10 or 15 minutes from me. I can't really afford a zoo membership at the moment ($47, $77 or $116 depending on which perks you want - you have to pay $77 just to get free parking!).

We'll have to wait and see what happens. I haven't heard any such thing, but I don't really put too much faith in these rumors anyway.

Not surprised that you mentioned Hamilton County Parks. Their parks are quite nice, and the campground at Winton Woods looks like a great place (I've been through it, but have never stayed there - in fact, I've never even been camping...). Looks like there are quite a few campgrounds close to PKI.

Thought some of you might find this interesting since PKI's campground is closed this season. While driving around after work today, I found some camping really close to Kings Island (thanks to a blue "Tourist Attractions" sign near the intersection of SR48 and US22/SR3, just outside of South Lebanon). I thought I was familiar with all the lakes in this area, but I'd never even heard of this place until today. Lake Cozy-dale is only 15-20 minutes from Kings Island, but it's far enough off the beaten path that you'd never think Mason, I-71 and King's Island were so close. It's in the little town of Cozaddale, just 3 miles west of Goshen and State Route 28. Directions: From PKI, go north on Kings Island Drive. Turn right on Kings Mill Road. Turn left on Columbia Road. Turn right on Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road. Turn right on SR 48 and go about 6 miles. Turn left on Cozaddale-Murdock Road and go about 2.5 miles. Lake Cozy-dale will be on the right just before a sharp left bend in the road. Address: 10621 Cozaddale-Murdock Road For those who live in the Goshen/Milford area, just go north on SR28 until you're just outside of Goshen and look for the sign on the left (the road will be called Cozaddale-Goshen Road). It's just south of the intersection of SR28 and Old SR28. More info: http://www.lakecozy-dale.com

With the public opening of IJST this weekend, and the expectation of really long lines, I thought it would be fun to discuss the longest you've ever waited in line for a ride (and what ride it was). Personally, I think the longest I've ever waited is an hour or so for Flight of Fear when it first opened.

Official opening is tomorrow night I think.

If you ever see anyone walking around with 3D glasses from Spongebob, just inform the nearest associate or security guard and let them handle it (unless of course you're an associate).

I agree. A ferris wheel would be a great addition. Only problem is they take up a lot of space so they'd have to flatten out that small hill there and possibly demolish the old laser tag building (not that there'd be anything wrong with that...). In fact, two major ride companies have a product called Giant Wheel that would be perfect: Ride Trade (Intamin) Giant Wheel Vekoma Giant Wheel

Slingshot does look like a lot of fun, but I just don't feel like paying so much for one ride. If it were cheaper (ie $5 or less), I'd consider riding it... I did go on Drop Zone yesterday before work (waited an hour), then went to watch the Wild Thornberrys ride for a while, but it wasn't any fun because they didn't have the elephant turned on.

I was mainly interested in what the Math/Science Day was all about. As it turned out, I ended up sitting around doing nothing for about 15 minutes until my supervisor showed up because HB isn't part of the Math/Science Day thing. I already knew how late I'd be working, although I was a bit surprised at the number of young kids who were still there after 8. It was a fun night, except for the hour or so when the rides were shut down because of the weather.

I don't think PKI needs this. Anyone riding a Level 5 thrill ride should be well aware of what they're getting into...

As I posted on the other PKI forum... http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/news/...011400_03.shtml

Here's an excerpt from an article on Ohio theme parks that appears in the Cincinnati edition of the latest issue of AAA's Journeys magazine (probably appears in other Ohio editions as well. Not sure.): Article info: Title: "Out of Control" Author: Sally S. Doran Where: Journeys Volume 26 Number 5 (May/June 2005) [Cincinnati Edition], pages 34-35

Yeah. I never have understood why people wait so long for that ride. Of course, I never have been a big fan of the Tomb Raider video games or even the movie, so maybe I'm missing something.

I didn't know it was legal to haggle over the price of pay-per-play rides. I thought you just had to pay whatever they said the price was.

Sounds like it's going to be crowded on Sunday, assuming the weather holds out. Can't wait for the official IJST opening either, although I haven't actually had a chance to ride it yet...

I don't think it's over-rated at all. It's still considered to be one of the best wooden coasters in the country, and I never get tired of it. If any ride is over-rated, it's Adventure Express...

The latest issue of the Cincinnati edition of AAA's Journeys magazine includes an article about several Ohio theme parks (Cedar Point, PKI, Geauga Lake, Kalahari Waterpark Resort (in Sandusky apparently) and the Beach). There are a couple of photos along with this article, one being of Cedar Point, and one credited as being Tomb Raider The Ride at PKI. However, the Tomb Raider The Ride shown in that picture is actually the one at Paramount's Canada's Wonderland (figured that out using Google's image search), which can be seen at http://www.coasterimage.com/pictures/canad...lercoasters.htm. My question is of course, why is the one there so much different than the one here? I know that several other parks have a Top Gun and a Vortex that are quite a bit different than the ones at PKI, but at least they're still roller coasters. This isn't even remotely similar to ours (although it looks like fun).

Definitely apply online. That way they'll have everything together when you get there and you'll have less paperwork to fill out.

So couldn't PTC build custom trains for it then?

I live about 30 minutes away (10 minutes north of Downtown in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Northside), so I wouldn't stay there either.

The Eagles were a lot of fun, and they should have left them in. There's still plenty of room for them over next to IJST.

I've done front seat on both rides this year, and still like The Beast better. SOB is a rough ride, but I think that only adds to the experience.

I'm doing it, and haven't found it all that hard. The most important part is to try to schedule your work week around your school schedule so you still have time to do homework.

I think they're about the same.