Oldiesmann

How do you know that the purchase has not registered on your account? Buying something does not automatically mean you get additional rewards.

KI did have a coat check and would even hold your purchases for you when the park first opened. It would be rather difficult to do today due to the much larger crowds the park attracts (not to mention the amount of space needed to handle such operations).

Thanks for the clarification Terpy. It is odd to see anything built across state lines, though they did it with an elementary school near Oxford (which apparently has also caused problems for the school district - I found an article from 1989 saying that Ohio was threatening to stop subsidizing the district because their high school is in Indiana).

The only thing to keep in mind with the shuttle service is that it stops at the passenger drop-off area out by the KI sign, so you'll still have a bit of a hike from there to the front gate. If that's not a big deal, then that hotel is your best bet as it's the closest to KI (excluding Great Wolf Lodge).

Because Carowinds' official address is in Charlotte, NC, I would imagine that the law would only apply if it were passed in North Carolina. It depends on which state takes responsibility for inspecting/certifying the rides though.

I'd like to see that house as well. I'd probably pick one of those tram cars out behind Son of Beast. Lots of room to stretch out and you're protected from the elements a bit.

In 2005, the height requirement for what was then Beastie (now Woodstock Express) was raised from 36" to its current 40". I wonder if the changes you mentioned happened the same year.

Call Lost and Found tomorrow. I had a similar thing happen to me last year and my bag turned up at Lost and Found the next day. Fortunately I only lost a couple bucks in cash that I had in my wallet (making me think that the thieves were kids/teens looking for a quick buck), but it was definitely not a fun night.

There is no way to prevent sharing of free drinks unless the park wants to force guests to consume the drink at the stand where it is purchased, where employees can make sure that the guest with the wristband is the only one drinking it. What's different between buying a drink for another family member and getting a free drink for another family member?

I think I've found the source of the 2015 rumor. The annotation at the beginning was apparently added later after lots of people commented stating what it actually was...

One thing I don't understand is why they were throwing around the idea of a 50-year lease. Why on earth would anyone want to lease something for 50 years, especially when there's no guarantee you'll be able to profit from it?

I don't think it will be all that useful even if they do add that feature, as guests will likely be reporting how long they waited for the ride, and there's no guarantee that the time they waited for the ride is the same as the current wait time. Riding FoF early in the day once, I waited 20 minutes for it, but the line was easily an hour by the time I got off. Even if we relied on the employees to report the time, it wouldn't help as the "estimated wait time" signs on the rides that have them aren't usually accurate for most of the rides, especially those that don't have a greeter (BLSC and Beast for example).

Some employees do enforce the "guys must have a shirt on" rule apparently. Earlier this month while at KI, an area manager who was walking through Rivertown noticed a guy walking around with his shirt draped around his shoulders. The manager stopped and made the guy put his shirt on.

WCPO (Channel 9) mentioned it on the noon news today.

The fair board is now reporting that a couple of national park operators may be interested... http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120618/NEWS01/306180061/Mayor-s-office-offering-help-new-theme-park-deal

And Disney, and Holiday World, and Kennywood, and Alton Towers, and Thorpe Park, and Seaworld, and and and! That would be one heck of a Platinum Pass! Don't forget Europa Park!

That is indeed a KI billboard. I work at Newport on the Levee, so I'm in that area quite a bit.

I love how the city councilman tries to turn the focus away from government red tape. Of course it had nothing to do with what the city and state were offering. It just "didn't fit the business model" that the Kochs wanted to operate under...

Accidental double post

Where is the billboard located?

Another fun rumor about this... A coworker told me tonight that Son of Beast will be torn down and that KI will be getting a new coaster in its place for 2015. I don't know where he heard that though.

Last night the lady doing the spiel on the train was talking about the Western town and mentioned that the funeral home's motto was "You stab 'em, we slab 'em". She then pointed out the jail, saying that it was "for the people doing the stabbing, as well as all the line jumpers at Kings Island".

There was some sort of a problem with DB again last night. My sister and I decided to ride the train before getting in line for DB (since we were planning on making DB our last ride of the night), and it was running several cycles of empty trains at the time. We got off the train around 9:30 or so. DB was still running empty trains, and they weren't letting people in the line, but there were still people in the queues and in the station. Shortly after 9:30 it reopened again with no apparent problems.

If you look closely in The Vortex queue, you can still see a couple of areas from when the queue line went down under the station. As you come down the steps to the "landing" above the side track, you can see a set of stairs behind a gate, and another gate with nothing on the other side of it. I'm not sure when the queue was changed to its current format or why, though.

The exits are on the sides at the back of the theater, but it's quite easy to get up and leave early regardless of where you're sitting. If you think you might have to leave, just sit on the end of the aisle so you don't have to disturb other guests in the row.