BoddaH1994

As of this writing, you still must have your pass processed at your HOME park. I do not have an answer to that but I will get an answer to that question for you.

I realize that WCPO has its web cam at Kings Island, but that's more for spotting weather. I was looking at CP's web site and they have a web cam that shows onto one of their midways and I thought that would be really neat for Kings Island. So the question posed it, where would you want the webcam to point? Personally, I think International Street would be best because I could hop on and see how busy the park is before I go. I was going to have the option of pointing the camera at whatever construction is going on, but I think that's too obvious. This would be a permanent fixture. Ryan

The info about the jacket above is a direct cut and paste from PKI.com. I'll keep that date up as the official word just in case until I hear otherwise.

With Halloween Haunt on the horizon, it means it's time to start thinking about getting your 2008 season pass. Kings Island has a brand new season pass program which will not only make the program a lot more simplified, but will also give you a lot more bang for your buck! Kings Island Pass Benefits: Unlimited access to Kings Island's many rides, shows and attractions for the entire 2008 season! Kings Island Gold Pass Benefits: Unlimited access to Kings Island's many rides, shows and attractions for the entire 2008 season plus special VIP benefits like early ride times, special meal deals, a reserved parking area, early access to Boomerang Bay and more! Cedar Fair Platinum Pass New! Benefits: Cedar Fair has merged the Maxx Pass and Maxx Pass Plus programs giving you access to ALL Cedar Fair amusement parks and water parks* for the 2008 season. Includes parking at all Cedar Fair parks as well as Gold Pass benefits at your home park. *Excludes Castaway Bay and Star Trek: The Experience Still not enough? If you purchase your season pass before November 11th, Kings Island will even throw in a FREE Cedar Fair jacket! Jackets will be available for pick-up at the park from 10am - 4pm between October 28, 2007 and November 11, 2007. Jackets not claimed before 11/11/07 may be picked up at the park in April of 2008. Sizes range from Youth Large to XXXL and will be available on a first come, first serve basis. One jacket per pass purchased! Anyone renewing their season pass before November 11th will be awarded FREE parking. Please note that a 2008 season pass will NOT be valid for the remainder of 2007. Click here to be taken to PKI.com where you can purchase your 2008 season pass page for pricing, full benefits. and the ability to purchase your 2008 pass! Also don't forget that summer may have come and past, but the season at Kings Island is far from over! This year, Kings Island has revamped its Halloween-inspired event by adding new mazes and adding even more monsters to create Halloween Haunt, which will bring this typically warm and sunny amusement park to an all-new level of evil! Gates to the underworld for Halloween Haunt will be open from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. every Friday and Saturday night September 28 through October 27 and daily from 7 p.m. to midnight October 28-31. For general information about Halloween Haunt, please go to the Halloween Haunt home page. Also don't forget to prepurchase your Halloween Haunt tickets!! Halloween Haunt will include graphic scenes, suggestive themes and intense imagery and is intended for mature audiences. Parents, please be advised. Mark your calendars now for Oct 21st when Kings Island and Cincinnati's 'coolest' home team bring you Meet the Cyclones Day at Kings Island. The Cyclones will be available to pose for photos and sign autographs from 1pm to 3pm on Oct 21st. We'll have more details as they arrive. Are you an avid Kings Island fan or do you casually visit once a year? No 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

Select rides will be open for Halloween Haunt. You may encounter a few rides being down, but almost all of the major rides will be operating.

It's hard to say. Last year they didn't put them out until about a week into it. I have heard that they didn't intend to do it, but they got a lot of guest feedback saying that they wanted the characters back. Of course, those poor things have taken quite a beating since being exposed to the elements. I hope to see them back.

I kind of doubt CF would be willing to risk having days in November. That could be a big loss if they don't have a discounted weekend.

If you go to the park before 5:00 they'll turn you away from the gold lot. It's not until the evening hours that they quit manning. it.

angrymo -- you know better than to knock Coke in front of the Atlanta guy!

I do not have any information about whether or not they will be temp passes. Season passes will be honored for the 2007 Halloween Haunt but will NOT for the 2008 event. More details on that as they arise.

I NEVER said there wouldn't be speed lanes. I just omitted it because I don't have exact information on it at this time.

This is your official information about season passes. There will be a three tiered system for season passes, regular, Gold, and Platinum. Regular Kings Island Pass Benefits: Access to Kings Island for over 100 days of rides, food, and live entertainment. Gold Kings Island Pass Benefits: Access to Kings Island with Gold benefits including early ride times, and a special Gold/Platinum-only parking lot. Cedar Fair Platinum Pass Benefits: Grants you access to all Cedar Fair properties, both dry parks and waterparks excluding Castaway Bay and Star Trek: The Experience. This grants you season long parking at all Cedar Fair properties as well as platinum benefits at Kings Island! If you renew your pass before November 11th, season long parking will be free. After November 11th, parking will be $34.95 for the first car and $15 for additional cars. Parking passes will be honored at all Cedar Fair properties. If you purchase before November 11th, you will get a free Cedar Fair fleece-lined jacket. Season pass processing will begin Sept 23rd, 2007. A 2008 season pass will NOT be valid for the remainder of 2007, however you are not required to surrender your 2007 pass in order to receive an 08 pass, you will be issued a new one. More details as they are released....

Price is not the issue in my eyes. Amusement parks are businesses... and they are very good at having your cornered into purchasing from them. I wouldn't mind spending a lot on food under those circumstances if the food wasn't horrible in some cases.

It's terrible how Six Flags is such a mixed bag of getting things right and completely wrong. I honestly believe that Shapiro is what that company needs to pull itself together. Here's an idea: give the guests a good value for their money so they're enticed to spend their money on the grounds instead of leaving.

Click here to open the 48 page PDF of the current issue of Amusement Today magazine. It contains all of the winners.

You can tell how much ERT the TPR group had by how good of a review they wrote of a park.

Check out the official Halloween Haunt Hearse's Myspace page! It includes photos, music, and overall a drop-dead wonderful attitude!! www.myspace.com/kings_island

Lights on tour of Cowboy Carnage and Circus of Horrors ERT Beast 2 A.M. Free Games Tickets (I won a huge scooby and 3 other medium prizes) Walk On All haunts ....skipping 3 hours lines (we did 4 houses in under 1 hour) Best Part* Maintenance Tour...(Different from KICEvent sign shop tour) Yeah.... ...and it'll be even better this year! Oh wait...

They had backstage tours of Fearfest stuff. Of course, as YG stated, you have to join their club in order to even go. So that's $60 for the membership and another $20 for the event. I don't know... it just seems like $80 is a little steep considering the KIC event was like $16 or whatever.

Kings Island Wins 2007 Golden Ticket for Best Kids’ Area for the Seventh Year in a Row Legendary Beast voted one of the top 10 wooden roller coasters in the world Kings Island, Ohio – For the seventh year in a row, Amusement Today readers awarded Kings Island with the prestigious Golden Ticket Award for Best Kids’ Area in the world. Kings Island’s Best Kids’ Area, Nickelodeon Universe™, features two outstanding neighborhoods spotlighting SpongeBob SquarePants™ and Dora the Explorer™. Between the two areas, Nickelodeon Universe™ brings to life Nickelodeon’s most popular characters with a total of 18 attractions including more kid’s coasters than any other theme park in the world! In addition to receiving the Best Kids’ Area award, Kings Island’s Beast roller coaster received top honors. The park’s legendary coaster, which made its debut in 1979 and still stands today as the world’s longest wooded roller coaster, was voted one of the top 10 wooden roller coasters in the world. The Golden Ticket Awards are the result of a survey conducted by Amusement Today, a respected amusement park trade publication. Every year, hundreds of well-traveled theme park enthusiasts are chosen to share their expertise to determine a winner in each category. A list of all the Golden Ticket Award winners can be found at www.amusementtoday.com. Guests can enjoy Kings Island’s Best Kids’ Area Saturdays and Sundays this fall for Nick or Treat September 29 through October 28. Park tickets are available through an online offer of just $24.95 at www.pki.com. Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: “FUN”) is a publicly traded partnership headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. The Partnership, which owns and operates twelve amusement parks, five outdoor water parks, one indoor water park and six hotels, is one of the largest regional amusement park operators in the world. Its parks are located in Ohio, California, North Carolina, Virginia / District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, and Toronto, Ontario. Cedar Fair also owns and operates Star Trek: The Experience, an interactive adventure located in Las Vegas, and operates Gilroy Gardens in Gilroy, California under a management contract. www.PKI.com

Talk about unfair!!!! I read about an award like that, and then I check PKIMaureen's profile. No picture? That just seems wrong.....LOL Here's to a level playing field:

All of the other Golden Ticket awards are on a shelf in the admin building, but the "Hottest Spokesperson" was made into a necklace with a clock on it for Maureen like Flava Flav.

Plus some categories come and go. Like last year Kings Island won by a landslide for "Hottest spokesperson".

ha -- good catch. Isn't it funny how you can proofread something 10 times but still get a vital fact wrong? The Beast is in fact #8, NOT #9. Thanks for the heads up. I fixed it.

++Please note that Kings Island will be closed to the public and to pass holders from September 4th to the 22nd. Click here to be taken to PKI.com's operating calendar.++ As 2007 draws to a close, 2008 season pass information is beginning to be released. The old Maxx Pass program has a new name, new benefits, and a few new teaks. Click here for more information about 2008 Kings Island season passes. Kings Island is proud to have been once again awarded the Golden Ticket for the #1 Kids Area for Nickelodeon Universe by Amusement Today Magazine. Nickelodeon Universe was expanded in 2006 and has rides and attractions inspired by some of Nickelodeon's most popular characters including Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues, and of course Spongebob Squarepants. It features eighteen rides and attractions in two neighborhoods inspired by Spongebob and Dora the Explorer. Click here to see photos of Kings Island's Nickelodeon Universe. Kings Island was also recognized for The Beast being rated the #8 wooden roller coaster in the world. This 7,359ft monster travels through the woods and versatile terrain and holds the Guinness Book of World Records record for the longest wooden roller coaster on Earth! "Kings Island would like to thank Amusement Today, Golden Ticket voters and park guests for honoring Nickelodeon Universe as the Best Kids' Area on the planet for the seventh year in a row!" said Don Helbig, Public Relations Area Manager of Kings Island, "We are also thrilled that the readers of Amusement Today have once again named The Beast as one of the top 10 wooden roller coasters in the world." For Kings Island's official press release about the Golden Ticket awards, click here. Other notable awards went to Kings Island's sister park, Cedar Point, for being voted 'best park' by Amusement Today. They also took home #2 best steel roller coaster for Millennium Force and #5 best steel roller coaster for Magnum XL-200. Congratulations to our friends up in Sandusky! The Golden Ticket Awards are presented by Amusement Today magazine. Amusement Today is an authority in the amusement industry and it picks a panel of judges to carefully critique each park by category. The Golden Ticket Awards are some of the most prestegous awards a park can be recognized with and are known as the 'Grammys' of the amusement industry. Also don't forget that summer may have come and past, but the season at Kings Island is far from over! This year, Kings Island has revamped its Halloween-inspired event by adding new mazes and adding even more monsters to create Halloween Haunt, which will bring this typically warm and sunny amusement park to an all-new level of evil! Gates to the underworld for Halloween Haunt will be open from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. every Friday and Saturday night September 28 through October 27 and daily from 7 p.m. to midnight October 28-31. For general information about Halloween Haunt, please go to the Halloween Haunt home page. Also don't forget to prepurchase your Halloween Haunt tickets!! Halloween Haunt will include graphic scenes, suggestive themes and intense imagery and is intended for mature audiences. Parents, please be advised. A warm-hearted employer seeks cold-blooded employees as Kings Island continues its search for members of the Halloween Haunt Scare Team. Scare Fairs are held every Friday and Saturday from 2-6 p.m. through September 8 at Kings Island. Ghouls and ghosts who transform the park from a sunny summer destination into the Midwest's largest and scariest haunted event can earn up to $10 per hour. Are you an avid Kings Island fan or do you casually visit once a year? No 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