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Yesterday a group of KICentral members and Acers were treated to a preview of the upcoming Wake Nation. This is the new water park where wires pull you as you water ski or boogie board. The park is located in Fairfield in a park-like setting. An artificial lake was constructed for the activities. We were treated to a nice demonstration by the owner and a few others to some boogie boarding. The owner allowed us to volunteer to participate but it was just too cold out. One of the people in our group did volunteer and, after two tries, successfully did a nice boogie board demonstration for us. After the demonstration we were treated to a nice lunch of LaRosa's pizza. The nice thing about the park is that it is pay-as-you go,ie there is no admission price, which is nice if you don't want to participate but just watch. The price is $20 for one hour or $35 if you want to ski all day. You can rent skies or boogie boards or bring your own.

I have a bit of a middle age spread, ie about 40-42 inch waist. I had no problem fitting into Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure. The DB restraints look identical to Nitro.

Riding a rollercoaster is a heck of a lot safer than crossing the street. And look at how many people are killed in automobile accidents. Believe me, I would be more worried about that ride to and from the amusement park than being hurt on a ride.

Raptor has huge capacity but on a busy Saturday its giant queue area is still usually filled up. I still don't think the queue area for Diamondback is going to be big enough.

Was just looking at photo of queue area. Considering the demand for this ride, I am not sure it is big enough to prevent conjestion on the midway. The Raptor and MF queue areas look like they are 3-4 times the size. Also the more the line snakes back on the midway, the greater the chance of line cutting.

Any news on whether or not Mr. ( or should I say Monsieur) Bolliger and Mabillard will be appearing for opening of Diamondback?

I'm just joking. I'm 48. The old saying " a person of a certain age " refers to people in in the middle to senior years ( usually women ) who don't reveal their ages.

Kinga Ka this past June.

I am in that age group " of a certain age."

As long as I can remember it has always been Cedar Fair's policy ( at least with CP) going back to the early years of Magnum to let you get in line for a ride until the closing time of the park and everyone in line at closing got to ride even on busy Saturday nights when the park closed at midnight.

I've said it before and I will say again. In order to enforce the line jumping rules, they need to have police patrolling the lines. You cannot expect the ride operators to enforce the rules as you are putting them in a potentially violent situation. Line jumping is a security issue and needs to be treated as such.

It is my understanding that you don't have to pre-register ahead of time for Ride Warriers weekend. Is that correct?

None. I was born in 1960 and KI was not open yet. Old Coney Island was where we went when I was little and Shooting Star was the king of all coasters.

Definately Millenium Force is best night ride. Going down the first drop feels like you are going into a bottomless pit.

Lately I have been packing a cooler of food and drinks and having a nice picnic lunch on the grass island by the KI sign. There are nice shady trees there. Not only do you save money but you end up getting better food than inside the park.

The "head chop" portion of Gemini intimidates me- I lower my hands onto my head at that part of the ride.

While CP may be weak in the area of wooden coasters, I have to say Blue Streak ranks with the best of the classic wooden coasters. T As to the rumored coaster at CP, I am hoping for a woodie like El Toro. Has anyone heard about any possilbilities of CP breaking the 500 foot barrier? I doubt it with the headaches in the early years of TDD but one never knows.

Hands up. Maybe its just my imagination but I think holding the hands up relieves the g's especially on Top Thrill Dragster. Also I like the feeling of freedom.

I'll be there at event. I can't wait. Cannot beat the price.

I plan to get to the park early and get right in line for DB. I don't care how long the line is or if there are mechanical issues-I'm not budging from the DB queue area until I have my first ride. ( That reminds me- have to stop at Staples to get one of those things that you click so I can keep count of my DB rides. The name of that gadget escapes me.)

I just wanted to let you know I've missed you all. It has been months since I've been on this site. Have been very busy with family matters. However I'm back and cannot wait to see everybody this coming season.

How I loved the Cuddle Up. Why oh why KI did you have to remove the Cuddle Up?

While I do agree that there should be a zero tolerance toward line jumpers, it is not worth risking a physical confrontation to confront the line jumper nor should park guests be expected to risk physical confrontations. I've said it before and I will say it again. There should be more park police and security patrolling the line queues.

There was a four year gap between Top Thrill Dragster (2003) and Maverick. (2007)

I disagree. Part of Cedar Point's charm is indeed the classic amusement park feel. While Kings' Island, in my opinion, has overdone it in removing many of the wonderful classic rides ( Cuddle Up, Bavarian Beetle, Rotor, Antique Cars.) Cedar Point has allowed many of the old rides ( Cedar Downs, not one but two antique car rides, their version of old Coney Island's Cloud Nine )to coexist with the high tech coasters. The front midway of Cedar Point to me is very similar to the midway at Old Coney Island.