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Hmmm - this implies that you are the only site to get video of the launch - a most incorrect assumption! It was wierd - it kept acting like it would rollback on the top of the helix, but it always just barely made it over. Like Bill said - the whole ride seems uneventful - especially when it comes out of the billboard. Nope, but the only site that people care about that has it. BURN!! PKICentral Sucks Ryan

For those of you who were unable to be at the park today, they were testing the Italian Job Stunt Track! Of course, PKIC staff member Bill Ware was on hand to bring you some EXCLUSIVE footage of IJST launching and traveling through its course for the first time in front of the general public! Click here to see this great video! Also, he has been so kind as to let you guys in on what the park looks like with its new additions. Click here to see some IJST photos, as well as photos from Happy Days Diner, Graeter's, and the Starbucks construction! God speed to you all! Ryan

New pictures every time.

Hats off to all those who attended the tour. We didn't even know about it until we were sitting in the warm and toasty lobby of Chipolte... to be honest, I don't see too much love loss by missing it, though. I have seen the perimeter of the ride, and now I don't want to see any more until I'm on it for myself.

Updated list from PKI.com: Gold Pass VIP Benefits Get the Kings Island Gold pass for VIP Perks, like walk-on access to the new Italian Job: Stunt Track, the ride where ou become a Hollywood stunt driver. Take a look at this list of VIP benefits that our Gold Passholders enjoy: NEW! ITALIAN JOB SPEED LANE BRING A FRIEND FREE DAYS A RESERVED PARKING AREA WALK-ON WEEKENDS EARLY RIDE TIMES DOUBLE RIDE TUESDAYS GOLD PASS MEAL DEALS PRIORITY CONCERT SEATING Scroll down for more info on each of these great VIP benefits! NEW! ITALIAN JOB SPEED LANE A limited number of Speeding Tickets will be set aside each day just for Gold Season Passholders. With these tickets you can speed past the regular line on the all-new Italian Job attraction every day from June 6th - August 8th. BRING A FRIEND FREE DAYS Use your Gold Pass to bring a friend to the park with you on Sunday, May 8th and Friday, June 3rd absolutely FREE! One ticket per Gold Passholder per day. A RESERVED PARKING AREA Park as close to the front gate as possible in the reserved Gold Pass parking lot! *Parking fee still required. WALK-ON YOUR WEEKENDS Skip to the front of the line on some of your favorite rides every Saturday and Sunday from June 11th through August 13th. EARLY RIDE TIMES More than 50 days this year an area of the park opens early just for Gold Passholders to enjoy some of their favorite rides and attractions! DOUBLE RIDE TUESDAYS Flash your Gold Pass and stay on some of your favorite rides for a second ride every Tuesday all season long! GOLD PASS MEAL DEALS Discounted food and drink packages designed to stretch your dollars! Take a look at the great Meal Deal package line up for the entire season! PRIORITY CONCERT SEATING Gold Passholders can get some of the best seats in the house for concerts in the Timberwolf Amphitheatre! Source: PKI.com

It's kind of like the movie Blow. Johnny Depp is the hero of the movie, who is actually a criminal. I think it puts an interesting twist on the plots.

^ Best idea I've heard all day.

I'd give School of Rock a shot... after seeing Magic of the Movies, what's the worst that could happen?

I could be wrong, but I always thought it was: It's a perfect situation Everyday's a celebration

It would probably be typical of Paramount to take out a scenic area of the park in favor of an industrial area.

They had some of the special effects running last Friday the 25th around 8pm. I was training a class in PKIU and when i got out I could hear the police car sirens running I didn't go check it out cause I had to leave but I never heard any explosions or anything else. Rumor has it that they ran the helicopter too...

Oh yeah, I forgot... I want a write-in vote for the Chippery.

As a former employee of LaRosa's (not at the park), I can tell you to expect some to be popping up in your area before you know it. I like how like 4 of the selections on the list don't exist anymore.

Where exactly was this located ? To try to answer all of your questions: It was located on the midway between HBL and RT. It was probably 50 or so feet long and was a great shaded area. A small portion of it is now located behind Migilla Gorilla's Grill. (Do I have that right?) Likely they removed it just for the sake of a facelift. Since PKI seems to like the layout they have and not really expand, things have to be removed in order to make way for new things... sounds like almost too simple of an answer, but it's very logical.

Rumor has it that they'll begin testing it with people as early as opening day.

I think the parade is great! I probably saw it as many times as some of the employees on here and it never really got old. They truely know how to put on quite a show that will make you walk away feeling like a million bucks.

None... for all we know, it could have been a misprint and they meant F/O.

I'd bet the world on you're 2006 prediction, but I have my doubts about the 07 expansion.

To answer as many of your questions as possible: Yes, the trains were stored in the FoF drum. It was nearly impossible to see them without the maintainance lights being on in there, but it they more or less lined the outside of the drum. The reason why TOGO, or at least PKI's TOGO was a piece of crap was because it was the only TOGO owned by PP that used Japanese steel, which is of lesser quality than American steel. No other Paramount Parks have the same problems with their versions.

For some of our best meeting days, we've had about 30 or so people there. I'm sure if we were able to offer something special and advertised it correctly we could pull of having enough people to rent out a shelter or justify having some sort of special tour.

PKI's was sold to a park in Australia. Someone please elaborate on that...

They're all pretty much right, Hablo. I mean, you're into parks, it's a park... you're pretty bound to have a good time regardless of the crappyness level. Probably my best memory of SFKK was when I went up there last year with DirtySteve. We went to this foot court there and got our food. When it was time to be rung out, this guy at the register asked if I had a Six Flags season pass because apparently they offer food discounts to passholders. Now, I wasn't try to start **** with the dense little Six Flags boy, but just jokingly, and partially to make conversation, I responded with, "I've got a Paramount season pass, what will that do for me?" He looked at me really confused and asked, "Is that the same thing as a Six Flags season pass?"

No, the top was open-air.

Simon Cez and yes, it's terrible.