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Wouldn't it be more likely to have a train pause on the lift for the MCBR to clear instead? The day the crew is having that problem is a good day.

Yeah I figure the original RCDB source (which Wikipedia is using) is probably the original ride documentation/specification. I don't understand the differences in the early Premier "spaghetti bowl" models and the later ones (Poltergeist, Joker's Jinx, another in China). The later models don't even have a mid-course brake, so they are technically designed for less trains. So is the excess speed hurting those rides? I also find it funny that Banshee is likely operating with an hourly capacity which is equal to Flight of Fear and Firehawk combined. Maybe that is a bit of a stretch, but it certainly feels that way sometimes.

I just stumbled upon Flight of Fear's Wikipedia page where it claims the capacity is 2000 riders per hour.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_Fear HAHAHA. I would imagine 2000 was the theoretical capacity for the ride running 4 trains. I believe it only ever ran with 3, and now it runs with only 2, I think. I would be stunned if it does more than 800 people per hour.

The year Kings Island adds a gigacoaster will be the year it goes up $10-$15.

It could be worse. Cedar Point's season pass is now $126...and that doesn't include perks that are included with the gold pass like ERT.

I loved the first tweet about "something from 1972", but this one makes it too obvious that Racer is not going anywhere. https://twitter.com/KICentral/status/633766061834379268 Assuming the 1972 portion is still accurate, it's still a bit sad. I can't think of anything original to the park which I would think is past its time. Then again, I don't get to see the maintenance budget.

That's a drone picture taken from last fall. Cryptic?

Per Twitter, we are getting an announcement tomorrow!

$126 Cedar Point $213 Cedar Point + Dining Plan (+$87) $189 Platinum $288 Platinum + Dining Plan (+$99) Edit: Renewed passes are $9 cheaper (except for juniors).

Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

I blame Italian Job...well kinda. Car rides seem to be a good fit for these campout events due to the amount of grass available in the ride area. They also don't have any dangerous "low zones" or electrical systems (typically). The only problem is the limited amount of total space. Putting everyone in the picnic area is also easier for security reasons. They can essentially lock them in so that they can't wander off into areas they should not be.

All of your reasons are legitimate, but they don't explain why the stacking has been so much worse for the past few years. Diamondback has dealt with all of those issues since it opened, so why would they be causing more issues now than 5 years ago?

Things took a weird turn tonight when someone noticed that a "Cedar Point VR" app was being shown in the Google Play store. It's now been pulled, but you can still view the app page from the Google cache. The app was offered by Cedar Fair.

I agree that a midget show doesn't seem like the best idea. I didn't actually attend Haunt that year to see it, so I can't comment more than that. However, I do understand that the crowds for Haunt are much younger in average age. I wonder what the average age actually is? 19-21? It's not the easiest thing to come up with shows that appeal to that demographic.

The scare thing happened during last year's campout at Cedar Point. They didn't do it again at the one earlier this year. They are clearly not going to try something like that again based on the reaction from last year.

Personally, I like Dorney's campout. It includes an evening meal and Dinosaurs after Dark. Although, it is tough to compete with Fury 325. The worst are Knott's and Worlds of Fun, which have no evening ERT. In the case of Worlds of Fun, no morning ERT either! I sincerely hope they are going to update the itinerary... I guess this proves corporate was serious about rolling this out to all other parks this year (except Kings Dominion apparently).

I just found the website for this local Cincinnati shirt company. There are some minor differences, but it seems possible that Kings Island is working with them on some of these shirts. They obviously have permission to be using the logos. They also have Son of Beast, Demon, and Phantom Theater shirts! http://www.cincyshirts.com/index.php/cincyshirts/vintage-cincy-shirts/cincinnati-amusement-park-vintage-shirts.html

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Here's a photo I snapped about two weeks ago of the retro shirts. Note that they also have some different colored t-shirts with just the old style Kings Island font on a separate display. The blue shirt on the bottom left says "Opening Spring 1972" and lists the rides that opened with the park. A huge kudos to Kings Island for having this type of merchandise! I hope it is selling. Now if I could just get an Adventure Express shirt...

I hope the hotel that was booked was not Kings Island Resort.

Mr. Helbig wins the Internet today.

I was definitely not thrilled when they made both sides of Racer go forward again. This was mostly because I knew it meant they would also use it as a reason to only run 1 side during low attendance times. My annoyance was increased by the non-answer the park gave as the reason for the change. However, now that it is years later, I can see why the park did it. It seems clear that Cedar Fair has evaluated and re-evaluated rides in terms of their safety status and eliminated anything that could be considered questionable. I wonder how much effort it would have been to reach out to PTC or whoever could give a full safety approval to recAR. More baffling to me are their policies on the Arrow suspended coasters. (Add seat belts! Take seat belts off! Change Iron Dragon height requirement to 48" after 27 years...)

I always knew the red side cheated to win. This proves it!

Yes that would be terrible. The local newspaper might even write a story about it!

I'm sure news will be coming soon about Haunt. It is usually towards the end of July that any construction and planning for Haunt begins to take shape.