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This year likely the walkback will be to Firehawk rather than The Beast.

Went around 4:00 today with only one family ahead of me. I didn't have a temp pass, but rather had the printouts from an online purchase. For those of you who didn't know, the season passes do NOT have your photo on them this year, and the photo of the pass on PKI.com is accurate, featuring a ride what looks like it may be The Vortex on it along with the new KI logo. Also noted, the canvas promos hanging over the main gate (side roof of the International Restaurant) now feature ads for Firehawk, Season Passes, and the middle one sports a good ol fashion "Welcome to Kings Island" message on it, of course with the new logo.

^ So if you were walking out of your best friend's house, or your grandmother's house and got struck by lightning would you sue them too? It's easy to think of large corperations as being faceless, but it is NOT their responsibility to hold your hand and tell you what's safe or not when common sense should be at bat. I highly doubt that it was a bright sunny day and all of a sudden his car got struck out of nowhere. It was probably pouring down raining with lighting all over the place. He made a poor decision and paid the price... then tried to get Paramount Parks to pay the price for him.

I want to say it was thrown out of court...

I'm almost 100% certain that 2004 saw something like that.

With the exception of last year, the past few years have seen a very unforgiving weather pattern on opening day weekend. Actually, more like "season pass preview weekend" as they used to have. I remember them closing the park at noon a few times.

^ They used to have a nurse stationed at the Crystal Beach Cyclone.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the answer to that question is yes. I just bought my passes online and if you look at the fine print, it says that the barcode on the paperwork grants you one entrance to Kings Island, so I'm guessing the temp passes will work the same way.

Ha... to be honest, I couldn't tell a difference. I wonder how the gourmet pretzels will be.

For those of you who haven't read the trip reports from Kings Dominion and Carowinds, the lines tended to get pretty long on opening day. Thankfully, Cedar Fair was smart enough to do this little favor for the fine folks of the Cincinnati area, so I'd highly suggest taking advantage of it if it's at all possible, especially if you are considering enjoying the park on opening weekend.

Ha... I used this as a reminder to myself to buy my season pass, which I just did about 10 minutes ago.

I posted the press release on the front page, please refer any more question or comments to the official thread: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9382

Season pass holders, get ready to process early in 2007! Kings Island opens its season pass center this Saturday, April 14, at 10 a.m. for seven days of pre-season sales and processing. Guests should access the park through the south entrance and proceed to the front gate. Admissions windows will be open for pass purchases, and the season pass center will provide immediate processing. Pre-season dates and hours are: Saturday, April 14 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 15 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, April 16 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 20 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. All season passes purchased before May 27 are automatically upgraded to gold. Benefits include meal deals, double ride days, early rides, early access to Boomerang Bay, an exclusive parking area, speed lanes and more. For ticket information, click here. Kings Island opens for weekend operation Saturday, April 21. Gates open at 10 a.m. Daily operation begins Wednesday, May 23. Boomerang Bay opens Saturday, May 26.

I remember their sign that said, "Are you tired? Try our oxygen bar!"

As of early February, it was exclusive to Carowinds per Maureen. However hopefully things have changed and you are right.

So I think Maverick's cool and all, but the commentary with the photos.... isn't that a little lame?

Just think... ten years from now you're going to be telling an unbelieving eight year old about how the Paramount Movie Studios once owned the park..

This has to be a fraud because if I know The Beast, he wouldn't want to be your friend, Ruie.

Ha... ready to vote for the newest 'most popular poster on KIC' yet?

have to dig them up but have king cobra construction and Vortex construction as well Interesting... you know I was just thinking the other day that I had never seen any construction photos of The Vortex.

Absolutely amazing... Have any other construction photos that you would like to share with us?

Could be neat. Why not integrate the phrase "Dead Head" into the name? Just food for thought.

I'd be difficult to find actual construction photos since the track went up after the building was constructed.

I bet more "modern" parks have them than you think. A lot of parks used to be farms, and burial on one's own land was common a few centuries ago. So, although I'm sure a lot are hidden, there are probably more than you'd think. Plus, once a body is interred, it's difficult to get permission to have the remains relocated.

Oddly enough, when they announced Firehawk Dane and I had to do several media interviews about it (most of which were posted on here) and a lot of people were asking about "Ft. Cooper" since that's what we referred to the area as in our posts. Of course, that was just for fun, it wasn't official.