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+++Parents please be advised. Halloween Haunt may not be appropriate for small children! Kings Island offers HOWL-O-FEST, a family-friendly daytime Halloween celebration from 12-5pm on Saturdays and Sundays.++ The time has finally come for darkness to fall over the park as Kings Island unveils its next level of Halloween terror with the return of Halloween Haunt! Kings Island brings you a bigger, badder and more evil Halloween Haunt in 2008 including the addition of the all new Urgent Scare! A small town is taken over by a virus that seems to control the minds of the town's people and only you can save them! Of course in order to do this you must make it through the town's hospital... which is a hospital that no one would ever want to visit! In addition to the mutant cowboys, creatures of the unknown and doctors-gone-bad, Kings Island also brings you two amazing shows: back by popular demand, it's the return of Kings Island's super hit Dead Awakening! Travel through the nightmares of a young lady as she encounters demons and monsters in this adult-oriented musical. Also NEW for 2009! Ghouls Gone Wild is a monstrous dinner theater with YOU on the menu for this musical revue! To see photos of Kings Island's Halloween Haunt click here! Before night settles in, Kings Island presents its brand new family-friendly Halloween celebration called HOWL-O-FEST! Located just outside of the award winning Nickelodeon Universe, HOWL-O-FEST will be a spooky event to be had family style! With a hay bale maze, a costume parade, trick or treat stops and a dance party, this event will be one that will be a cherished memory for years to come! Click here for more information! What: Halloween Haunt and Howl-O-Fest Where: Kings Island, Mason, OH When: Halloween Haunt will be Fridays and Saturday nights from 7pm to 1am, Sept 26 - Nov 1 Kid's Howl-O-Fest will be Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm to 5pm, Sept 27 - Nov 2 Cost: Halloween Haunt and Howl-O-Fest are FREE with park admission, discounted tickets are also available here. Additional Info: All rides will be open during the day with major thrill rides being open at night. If all of this talk about blood and guts is making you hungry make sure you check out Kings Island's Fright Feast! Be treated to an all you can eat buffet of Montgomery Inn pulled pork, roasted chicken, Saratoga chips, coleslaw, white desert cake, brownies and soft drinks and then be escorted to an early entry into Kings Island's newest haunt, Urgent Scare! Fright Feast is only $13.99 per body for the unlimited buffet and early entry into Urgent Scare. Fright Feast begins Sept 27th and runs Fridays and Saturdays from 5pm-7pm. Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here. In April of 2009, Kings Island will unveil it's tallest and fastest coaster -- Diamondback! Construction has already begun on this steel beast and parts of the 230' structure have already begun to take shape. Track Dimaondback's construction along with thousands of Kings Island's biggest supporters in the Diamondback construction area of KICentral! It sure looks like 2009 will be an exciting season so why not get a jump on it by purchasing your 2009 season pass? By purchasing a 2009 season pass now, 2008 pass holders will get a discount for renewing and new pass holders will get a FREE ticket to use during the 2008 season! Also included are FREE VIP benefits, an exclusive parking area, special meal deals and much more! Click here for information about purchasing or renewing a Kings Island season pass! Do you want the latest information sent directly to your cell phone? Sign up for KICentral's official mobile club and receive text alerts with the latest news and information about Kings Island! Signing up is fast and free! Click here for more information about KICentral's official mobile club! Are you an avid Kings Island fan or do you casually visit once a year? It doesn't matter! KICentral.com is the site for you. Why not register on the forums of KICentral and tell us about your thoughts and experiences involving Kings Island! Registration is fast, FREE, and easy. Don't forget to keep checking KICentral.com for the latest news, rumors and information about Kings Island amusement park! Regards, Ryan

Cemetery is definitely a maze with a lot of potential.

I saw that, but I don't ever remember it trading that low.

Looks like it's just over $.74/share. I wonder if it's ever been that low before.

Rain, snow, sunshine or tornado Fearfest typically has nobody at it. However Halloween Haunt is usually affected by weather in a similar fashion to how the park is affected during the regular season... the nicer (in this case, warmer) weather, the busier it is. Not a law, just rule of thumb.

Yeah, that maze will be LOOOONNNNGGGG! I've heard estimates of up to 20 minutes to go through the whole thing. The entertainment department is very excited about this new experience and they've seen a lot of this stuff. It's got to be different than the status quo.

Latest construction photos courtesy of Don Helbig:

According to my sources, Holiday World's on the short list.... That'd be quite an undertaking for Holiday World. Moving coasters isn't cheap... at all. Plus they'd have to more or less create a steel coaster maintenance division from scratch.

Since we're adding top 5 overall: 1. Phantom's Revenge (KWP) 2. Flight of Fear (KI) 3. The Beast (KI) 4. The Voyage (HW) 5. Magnum XL-200 (CP)

1. Flight of Fear 2. The Beast 3. The Crypt 4. Son of Beast 5. Flight Deck

As Terpy mentioned... sort of... Eric Rakes is a full timer in the food services department.

Likely nothing at the moment. It appears that the work today has focused on the bottom of the first hill and the ascent up the second hill.

The presentation of some of the announcements has been interesting to say the least...

Latest:

Yep -- just like Club Blood last year, you will be the first to experience Kings Island's new Urgent Scare without having to wait in line.

The all-new Fright Feast meal is available Fridays and Saturdays from 5pm – 7pm during Halloween Haunt. The all-you-can-eat menu includes Montgomery Inn Pulled Pork, Roasted Chicken, Saratoga Chips, Coleslaw, White Dessert Cake, Cookies, Brownies and Soft Drinks. Special dinner guests include Zombies, Werewolves, Vampires, Mummies, Demented Clowns, Pirates, Side Show Performers, the Living Dead and more! After dinner, you will be escorted to our all-new thriller, Urgent Scare – the most anticipated new haunted attraction in the Midwest. Just $13.99 per body! Buy your Fright Feast ticket now, at any Front Gate Ticket Window, or at the Rakes-Helbig Memorial Hospital in Rivertown. Click here to order tickets to Fright Feast. Side note: Does anyone else see an ethical issue in this Rakes-Helbig company being in both the hospital and funeral home businesses? Just a thought.

Just a follow up on that last image I uploaded. It looks like that'll be the bottom of the first hill.

Looks like they're putting in another piece:

Haunt, hands down.

I think the time is coming when people begin to realize just how monstrous this thing is. Every time I go up there I'm surprised to see that thing. It will certainly change the landscape.

I think Holiday World is really 'all hat and no cattle' with how friendly they apparently are. They certainly tote their Golden Tickets, but I don't see anyone there going out of the way to help guests. No more than any other park.

Allow me to correct myself. US Bank Arena had nothing to do with yesterday's world record kickline attempt. It was organized by Gameday Communications for publicity to the Rockettes' show at US Bank Arena in December.

This event was conducted by US Bank Arena and the Rockettes. It was the marketing rep from USBA that changed the time and location, which is why people were getting conflicting information about the kick line. No one from Kings Island dropped the ball on this.

Helbig's job is to bring you the news... not dance in kick lines.

Courtesy of KICentral's ZosoBeast