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I need to remember to add that to my pass next time I'm at the park. It's a shame drinks aren't included, but I'm sure they have a good reason for that, and I can always bring my souvenir cup, even though I hate carrying it around the park all day. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

Steak n Shake is on Mason-Montgomery, but there are so many hotels in that area that there's no telling which one you were at Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

There's a Super 8 right up the road as well. Being a local, I have no idea how good it is, but many people stayed there for Media Day / opening weekend, so it can't be that bad. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

A mini coaster marathon was the biggest highlight of my trip Monday. 6 Banshee rides, 4 Bat rides, 3 DB rides and a Beast ride all in 2½ hours. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

Great photo! However, you mean 1979, not 1972, unless Beast somehow debuted 6 years before that construction photo was taken

Given the maintenance issues ultimately leading to the removal of Holiday World's Intamin water ride after only 5 years, I sincerely doubt many parks will be interested in a water ride from that company anytime soon, regardless of what type of water ride it is. I also don't see why the park would put another water ride in the main park at this point - the three they have now are popular enough.

Since you brought this up but nobody mentioned it, the International Restaurant actually closed a couple decades ago. A search here should turn up more details surrounding that. The restaurant area is still there but is only used for private events now. It does still have the cool 1970s-era furniture though.

I'm registered as well. Looking forward to this!

As I expected, today was a great day for rides. Even with it being a Math & Science Day, the longest I waited for most rides was 15-20 minutes (the only exception was Firehawk, which was a 45-minute wait due to them only running one side at the time). I even had time for a leisurely stroll through DA (glad it's free for gold/platinum now) and a nice mini coaster marathon at the end of the night, cramming in 6 Banshee rides, 4 Bat rides, a Beast ride and 3 Diamondback rides in just 2 1/2 hours. Today also gave me a couple of new experiences - a lights-on FoF ride and a solo Bat ride (still have no idea how that happened, but it was cool being the only one on the train). It is apparently also possible to dispatch a Bat train before the other train gets back (this was the ride right before my solo ride, when only 4 people were on the train). Other trip notes: WindSeeker was down most of the day due to wind Apparently the policy on DB is to buckle seatbelts in empty seats as well - not sure why I almost witnessed someone taking a walk of shame on Zephyr (first time I've seen that happen on that ride) While on Dodgem, they had to stop the ride so they could go tell some lady to put her cell phone up - after making the typical "put your electronic devices up" announcement twice (I'm surprised she didn't get kicked off the ride for that)

Mid-July would probably work best for me. June 8th wouldn't work at all as that would be my 4th day requested off in 3 weeks (I'm taking off the 30th and 31st for Kat's wedding and June 3rd so I can attend a baseball game with my dad and his brother whom I haven't seen in 10+ years). June 14th might work. Later in June might work as well, but I might possibly be requesting off the last day of Spirit Song (the 29th) to see Burlap to Cashmere, and the 30th is my birthday (though I'm almost always off on Mondays right now).

I'm looking forward to daily operation. That means I'll be able to hit KI on my days off and make up for lost time during the slower periods Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

Too bad I have to work until 12:30 that night. Hopefully they'll do it again later in the season Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

On top of that, this is far from the first season that the park has been closed for a private event on the last Sunday in April. This has been an ongoing trend for years.

Hopefully they'll get the issues with Fast Lane worked out soon, or it will only get worse as the season progresses. The easiest way to resolve the issue though is to go through Guest Services - the complaints will go directly to the appropriate people, and they will take note of the fact that they're getting a lot of complaints about a particular issue (I would imagine the park has some way of tracking complaints and look for trends among departments/areas). Since I live just 30 minutes from the park, I don't see a need for Fast Lane - especially when I can use the money I saved by not buying one to use toward a trip to another park this summer (I still want to get to Holiday World this year, and possibly make a return trip to Camden and/or Beech Bend as well).

I doubt they would need permission to just show the current score. If they wanted to do more than that, they could contract with ESPN, Fox Sports Ohio, etc. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

If the restraints were to somehow fail going up the hill, gravity and the sloped seats would keep you in place. Anywhere else, a combination of things would prevent you from flying out. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

I agree. Why do pass holders have to wait 30 minutes longer? It's interesting that they keep choosing KI for testing stuff - Fast Lane, Fun Perks, now dining plans. Let's hope this test has a better outcome than Fun Perks does. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

It makes absolutely no sense for Diamondback to get seatbelts, especially after 5 years without them. I'll believe it when I see it. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

Weekdays early in the season are usually the best times to go. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

The Hank's employees did seem to be well-informed. One of them was quick to direct a guest to the nearest stand with gluten-free options, while the one who rang up my order knew to ask for my pass when I was buying a souvenir cup.

And all this time I kept hoping they'd eventually restore that clock to its original glory. I'm sure that wouldn't be cheap (clockwork seems to be a very specialized skill these days, especially with the ever-increasing presence of digital clocks), especially for a clock that size that's been sitting unused for the better part of a decade, but it's still a shame that they chose to remove it instead of fixing it up. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll bring it back at some point, but I don't see that happening now.

Almost 5 hours, counting the downtime. This is despite us getting in line near the end of ERT (we even got there by 11 but it took us close to 30 minutes to get in the gate and figure out where the end of the line was once the gates opened at 11:30). Granted, we weren't planning on such large crowds, but I was still amazed that getting in line right at the end of ERT still gave us that long of a wait.

I thought it was pretty good for a brand new option. The TV's they have this time are far better than the ones originally in the DB queue, though I agree that the trivia questions were a bit on the cheesy side (I also agree with that Sammy Hagar hint). The music video by St. Vincent was a bit odd as well, but it at least got my attention because it was unusual. I also liked hearing "Enter Sandman" and "Thriller" in the Banshee queue last night. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk

No more Festhaus clock

Banshee has been running fine since around 12:30 or 1. To my knowledge, the only rides not open now are Drop Tower and Train. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk