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We were in Detroit for Mrs. Gator's family reunion on August 20th, and I was talking to a few of her uncles about school start dates. GatorGirl had started on August 16th, and they were telling me something about a law in Michigan that either is in effect or that a group is trying to pass that schools are not to start until after Labor Day.

Heeheehee... That may or may not have been me. Do you happen to remember where in the house this happened and/or what the guy looked like? I've found myself singing along with the great soundtrack in there before... and then scaring the hell out of people! It happened right at the front, after they let you in the door and count off the number of people. It was set up like a store. I'm sorry I don't recall what the guy looked like, but it was dark, but he was definitely dressed as a meat market salesman, with the l'i'l service hat. YES!!! THAT WAS ME!!! It's so great to hear from one of my victims! Most nights I was typically only in that room for about 15-20 minutes a night, covering the break of the person normally in there. Last year "Mama" was in that room; she did a wonderful job in there. And when Mama needed a break, I was always the one to fill in. Some nights I was in there longer, but not very often. My costume was a chef's jacket, apron, black & white checkered pants with a matching bandana (which could very easily be mistaken for a "l'i'l service hat" in the dark), and my own custom made nametag with my alter-ego's name on it. OK, this has just got me even more ready! 24 days to go!

This has got to be one of my all-time favorite posts because it is so true. Great advice, RingMaster! (I'm already looking forward to being sore at the end of the night...) I completely agree. Be original. It would be one thing to use movie phrases if the house was themed to a movie, but none of the KI houses are. It may take a while to think of some good lines, and it takes some trial and error to find out what works and what doesn't. I've had some that I thought were great that fizzled when I used them. But that just makes you want to try harder. Heeheehee... That may or may not have been me. Do you happen to remember where in the house this happened and/or what the guy looked like? I've found myself singing along with the great soundtrack in there before... and then scaring the hell out of people! I can think of a few good spots for you... Good luck with the audition! And remember, when/if you get placed before the park announces the 2011 attractions, don't post on here or anywhere else where you are. Doing so could jeopardize your job, and working Haunt is too much fun to miss out on! Gator, eagerly awaiting the park to announce what the 2011 Haunt attractions will be so that the KIC universe can be informed as to where they can find me lurking this year.

I thought Tanna was going to point out Lizard Wizard too.

I'm so sorry to hear that. He was indeed a good man.

Are they messing with us, once again? Well, that sure is a Mysteria-ous tweet.

That came up every once in a while when I worked there in Food years ago. "You shouldn't be charging me tax! I'm taking the food to go!" And it was invariably a man that would say that to me. I would have to explain to him that even though he may be taking it off our patio area, he is still IN the bigger property of Kings Island. This usually put an end to their argument.

$1.99 + 6.5% tax ($0.13) = $2.12

^I don't like to be, but sometimes I end up on the losing side of things! Soy un perdedor, I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?

Wait... they moved Diamondback? I was just at KI on Sunday and it was still there! When did this happen? Please tell me it was anywhere but Athens, OH! (Diamondback is located in southwest Ohio ) I've never been there, but with some of the coasters they have in their lineup I thought La Ronde could be considered a major park. Plus It's in the chain that numbers it's flags... Gator, just havin' a little fun with ya!

What, no option for the losing Racer?

This is the first mention of a "mild jog". Did YOU not read the OP? I completely hate that I'm doing this, because I don't agree with MagnumFan's actions at all and don't want to side with him in any way, but... ... he did say it in the OP.

^The sad thing is, I almost went back and checked...

Good to hear about them assigning seats on DB. A few of you were with me on Sunday and saw my reaction to all those empty seats on the trains... especially when row 16 went out completely empty! (My favorite row) Seeing sometimes up to 6 or 7 empty seats on a DB train is something I don't think I could get used to. I don't remember them assigning seats on Beast in years past at all... and I've been around awhile! I could be wrong though, and my memory may be going!

Why yes, I believe it is. ajwinters, I took the 45 seconds to use the Search feature on this site for you. Here is the Haunted Kings Island topic that was started in 2003 and has continued off and on through this year. You will find a lot of questions answered on this subject in that discussion. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=281&hl=haunted&st=0

I clicked google13's link above in post #121 and it was still there.

Serpent and Bavarian Beetle are not the same coaster. Serpent came from Nobles Funland in Paducah KY, Bavarian Beetle was scrapped after the '79 season. Serpent: http://www.rcdb.com/323.htm Bavarian Beetle: http://www.rcdb.com/626.htm EDIT: Terpy beats me again!

^I didn't have any numbers except for noting that I saw trains with several empty seats. I don't dare speculate on ride capacity numbers.

^Yup, looks like it's Latin-based gibberish. Although I find it interesting that it's based on "a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC" called "The Extremes of Good and Evil" by Cicero. Nothing better to do tonight, so I've been sitting here trying to translate it and came upon the wikipedia site jcgoble3 linked, as well as this site: http://www.lipsum.com/ It may not have been a mistake, maybe they wanted something Latin-looking and used a Lorem ipsum generator like the one that's on the site I linked... just to drive us crazy for a little while!

^Not a clue. I'm waiting for that just like everyone else. Then I can finally say where I am. Like I said a few pages back, this time of year is always hard because I have to keep what I know to myself.

are you going to be working there this year I'll be working Haunt, but I won't say where yet. Not until the park announces all the attractions that will be there this year.

^That's pretty much how I met Coaster Kid & kiruler102 for the first time. I was working Club Blood and they introduced themselves to me while going through!

^In the past it's been one friend per pass, and from the wording it sounds like that's still the case. It's bring A friend,... ...friend is not plural,... ...and ticket is not plural.

^Agreed. We got there at about 6:00, and we all agreed that it was crowded for a Thursday. I thought it was very odd with that size crowd that they weren't assigning seats.

I saw that at DB yesterday, but with that we saw lots of trains with 4-5 empty seats. There was one train where row 15 was completely empty. Seems less efficient capacity-wise to me.