BoddaH1994

Based on your experiences over the past few weekends of operation, are you confident in Cedar Fair's ability to run Kings Island? Will it be restored to the old glory of the 70s and 80s? Will we see a thrill ride boom? Will Cedar Fair run the parks as well, or even better than Paramount Parks did? Ryan

Since the park has been in operation, I was just wondering how you feel about all of the changes. Ryan

Source: CedarFair.com

I certainly think they should offer separate admission that will only grant you access to Boomerang Bay, but I doubt KI would do so well with another season pass change.

If the rides change names, it won't be this season.

I've also noticed how they ignorantly left out a compass rose... now how am I supposed to find the buried treasure?

May not do it anymore but they sure did it before. He was with our church group and I was there when they handed him the sig stuffed animal and told him to walk around the park with it! I remember it clearly because I was hoping he didn't want me to do it cause it was hot that day!! hehe Oh, and when we worked with our church group we wore tan pants and a white, or blue, shirt. We had no official park uniforms or nametags. uhm well i've been working there for 8 years now and we've never done anything like that I'm not saying that KI does it now... or has ever done it for that matter, but that was a common practice in the past for amusement parks.

Flight of Fear, 6 hrs in 1996. Line started at the Zephyr, you had to queue through temporary 'bicycle rack' queues on the plaza, queue under the press area, queue in the hanger and then finally ride with those lovely OTSRs.

It still says Flight of Fear. I'm guessing that will change once Firehawk is open.

Happy Birthday! If I'm not mistaken, isn't this Jeff Siebert's birthday too?

Kings Island has added season pass processing hours for the week of 4/30 to 5/4/07 from 4pm to 8pm. Source: PKI.com

Yesterday we had the privileged of taking a tour of Kings Island during its weekday downtime. Although guests are still only in the park on weekends for now, during the week the park is certainly still alive. Firehawk is now a complete circuit and the additional photo booths, greeter station and plaza are being constructed. Don't forget that Firehawk is scheduled to be open on Memorial Day weekend! Many of you have noticed that the Coca-Cola Cool Zone was removed from the area outside of The Beast. Don't fret, a brand NEW Coke Cool Zone is currently being built right outside of Coney Mall! Also, construction continues as the final preparations are made to the Paramount Theatre for the Endless Summer on Ice show! The frozen sand base is down and it's ready for the final thick, skate-worthy sheet of ice on top! Don't forget to check out Kings Island's new ice show featuring singing, dancing and of course skating opening June 9th in the Paramount Theatre. Click here to see photos of Firehawk, the new Coke Cool Zone, the Paramount Theatre, and more! For the latest Kings Island information make sure you check out KICentral.com, the complete guide to Kings Island! Regards, Ryan

Don't forget that not all eating places (Panda Express) are open quite yet... but soon! Closing...

I'd say get the thing working properly and then decide.

Wood coasters are turbulent by nature, so I'd go with the above and say that if you still intend to ride them. Also don't forget that many steel coasters, especially Adventure Express, have very strong lateral forces. At the entrance to each ride there is a posted Fun and Safety guide outlining several things including ride elements and medical condition warnings. I'd highly recommend reading those and following the guidelines. Don't forget, you know your limitations much better than Kings Island does.

Funny that you say that. When Arrow was developing the first log flumes Karl Bacon, Ed Morgan as well as the designer Bud Hurlbut wanted to build a ride that would get you drenched but Six Flags Over Texas wanted them to design the ride so that you wouldn't get wet at all. After several tweaks and several guest surveys they asserted that most people wanted a ride that would get you "a little wet." Looking at rides like Congo and WWC, I'm guessing that assertion has changed.

Just go on aceonline.org or i am guessing coasterbuzz.com. These are the 2 major clubs the put on events at Kings Island. If i am wrong about CoasterBuzz please correct me. Coasterbuzz does allow non-members at their event.... but there still isn't going to be one at KI this year...

They may have changed this, but I know last year they sold Calzones at the LaRosa's in Rivertown.

That statement is not true. Beastbuzz is open to everyone, you just get a discount if you're in the Coasterbuzz club.

I see it this way: if it's your first time visiting a park and you're willing to drop another $20 or so to ensure that you get to ride 3 or 4 of the best rides, then so be it. I don't think that the program will be so popular that regular guests will be angered by it, but it would benefit some people.

KI Since 1991, heard about KIC when a guy named Dane approached me and said, 'Hey, look what I've been working on...." The rest is history.

Haha yes this is the first year Global Amusements Company hasn't run that game and the games department has taken it over, so we are trying to get better at it as you speak come back in a month man! Does this mean we're not going to be hassled as much at that game?

I don't know if you guys saw or not, but they're replacing the springs in Sling Shot. Also, Eurobungee seems only about half constructed.

Neither was Orlando until Walt had a vision...

^ I completely agree with the above statement. I really think that the ratings are more of a service to people who have younger kids and don't want to force them onto a ride which is inappropriate for them. I can see this being a more fair metric: 5 -- Extreme Thrill Ride Beast SOB Drop Zone Vortex 4 - Moderate Thrill Ride Racer Top Gun Delirium 3 - Mild Thrill Ride Adventure Express Congo Zephyr 2 - Low Thrill Ride Eiffel Tower 1 - Everybody-friendly ride Train Antique Cars Most stuff in NU