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I agree, but that's assuming she bought the tickets at the front gate. Other ticketing agents like the ones in my previous post would not have the ride restrictions available to give.

Um, okay... So the Admissions associates are now to become experts on ride restrictions? The way it's worded that's what it makes it sound like, but the more likely scenario is that the Admissions associates will be trained to direct the guest to Park Operations or Town Hall. But what of the many, many ticket purchases made via avenues other than the front gate: AAA, grocery stores, group sales, internet, motels, etc.? A very small population of guests with prosthetics will be advised of the park policy at time of purchase. Hildebrandt's words sound good, but practical? For a majority of those in this situation, there will be no change from what the park already has in place. Funny, I don't recall ever seeing a ride with a fax machine in the station.

That was great! I wish I had seen it, but I was entering Beast's queue around that time. I'm finally somewhere where a flash mob happens and I didn't see it. But at least this way, I got a dime contributed to charity.

From the email that KI sent out yesterday: From plenty of past experience, the earlier you get there the better!

^It's really no different than when they held the ice show in there, or the Cheers show, or the game show, or the Christmas shows... What gets me is that there's no longer any German food there... only Italian and Chinese!

And for some reason, AC/DC was going through my head last Friday as I got my 100th coaster credit... THUNDER! (aw, aw, aw, aw, aw, aw, aw, aw, aw)

Having worked in Admissions for 10 years during the Paramount era, I gave up a long time ago on making sense of pricing. Back then the price generally increased $1-2 per year, and the season passes increased in small increments as well. I agree that $50 is a big mental barrier... we were worried when we surpassed the $40 mark, but that went rather smoothly considering. Back in the Paramount years, the number of people who actually paid full price for a ticket was very miniscule, as there were (and still are) many discounts available. I won't say the actual precentage because it's not public knowledge, but suffice it to say it was pretty small, as I suspect it still is today. The Pay Once Visit Twice (or P1V2 as we called it) first appeared in the early 2000's and I still think it's a pretty good deal if you're only planning to visit twice. That beats the $17 I paid at SFGAdv this past Saturday... $15 plus $2 tax, credit cards only... no cash accepted at the toll plaza. We did split the cost between the three of us though (KIRuler, Beast Man and myself). [ Then you are obviously not out in the parking lot at the right times. Every time my family and I go out to eat from our car, we are far from the only ones doing it! I say it's worth it. I went for my first time on Saturday. My day didn't start off well, but it turned into a great day. Every single employee was friendly, and I found out I really love the speed of Kingda Ka! (Oh Dragster, why can you not have the same restraints that are on Ka so I'm able to finally ride you? You're a lot closer to home than Ka is!)

Before Paramount, the park shared the local 398 prefix. 754 came along a few years after Paramount bought the park.

I wouldn't say everyone's assuming it will be a haunt trail. In fact, I would be very surprised if they do make it one. It's a possibilty that they might, especially given that the site was the location of the popular Trail of Terror, but I just don't see them incorporating the dinos into a Haunt attraction. I could be wrong though.

Walking distance and free fireworks are perks you just can't get in a platinum pass! Ahhhhhhh. I think I might need to upgrade. All I get at my house is to hear the "booms" of the fireworks at the park.

Glad to see I wasn't the only one to think of that situation, but I refrained from pointing that one out. I'll never be able to forget the infamous pawprint season passes, as that whole situation is throughly entrenched in my brain for some reason. If they ever do Doll Factory, I'd be quite happy if it's like Happy Jack's at CP. There may be better ones out there that I'm not aware of (my haunt mazes have admittedly been limited to CP and KI the past several years), but I thoroughly enjoy Happy Jack's. What? And here I thought the sun was just the center of the solar system, not the entire universe! (Just havin' some fun with you Gibson! )

Oh yes, very much so! Here was an incentive the park instituted in order to...keep order. They were called star cards and for every 10 cards you received an actual star that would affix to your name-tag. Notice that I am being congratulated for being on time...I can almost hear the sarcasm in my managers voice when writing this out to me The Star Cards came in with Paramount, but it was an evolution of the program the park had in place before then. Before Paramount, they were known as Apple Cards. When you got so many Apple Cards, you could turn them in for an apple to put on your nametag. The first apple was green, then the next set of cards you turned in got you a red apple, the next was silver and the one after that was gold. Back in those days, Apple Cards were much harder to come by than Star Cards were. You had to really go out of your way and do something special to earn an Apple Card, but sadly the program eventually devolved to the point where supervisors were writing out Star Cards for the smallest, silliest things. This now completes today's session of useless Kings Island history trivia.

I'm not sure where you're referring since I never saw the the wrestling midgets. My alter-ego and I were otherwise occupied in another area of the park processing meats of questionable origin in a certain house of slaughter. The lockers are located between Viking Fury and the westernmost entrance to Emporium. In fact, they touch the outside of Emporium. If you look on the park map there is a key in that spot signifying where the lockers are.

I have a large collection of ties from when I used to wear them to KI, most of them being Hanna Barbera and Nickelodeon. I even had a Snoopy tie that I wore. Of course, back then I didn't know that would be appropriate nowadays. Now all of those ties are just sitting in my closet collecting dust, unworn for years.

Dinosaurs Alive will be right where the logo is on the map, behind Racer. And what's with all this uproar about Vortex being orange on the map? The Vortex rails have always been orange, so I don't see how someone would think the map is wrong in that respect. But the missing loop on Invertigo and the extra drop at the end of Adventure Express on the other hand...

That Hitler video was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long long time. Thanks for the laugh!

3 arm ferris wheel? Nope. Zodiac only had two arms. http://www.KICentral.com/history/photos/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=54 and http://www.KICentral.com/history/photos/displayimage.php?album=11&pos=54

Automatic renewals was something we were working towards even when I was in Admissions (1995-2004). We saw it as the best and most convenient way to cut down the amount of time the guests have to spend in line every year waiting to have their pictures taken at the Season Pass Processing center. The development of the Gate Central system made that possible. It's great to see it finally come to be (especially now that I'm a season pass holder again, since I'm now reaping the benefits). Sure, there are bound to be some glitches. That's why I always keep my receipt from my purchase in the fall and bring it with me on opening day the following year. I haven't had a problem yet since they've been doing the renewals, but I'd rather be safe than sorry!

^As someone who has a long history with Admissions (although at KI not KD), I say that's very good to hear! I'm glad it worked out much better for you than the Carowinds Debacle of 2010.

That's because the revived The Outer Limits series aired on Showtime, which was owned by Viacom, from 1995 to 2001.

Just not next to me please! There goes my airtime! That is, of course, unless you and I both become less of the people that we are!

I saw this on the news last night, Great American Ball Park is using this system this year. Bottoms Up is shown at 1:46 in the video: http://www.wcpo.com/...rican-ball-park

I can see your point, but still, as a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's (born in '72) and only getting to go once a year for quite a few of those years (until we got season passes starting about '85 or '86), that park with "not a great deal to do" earned a place of endearment in my heart and in those of quite a few others. So much so that I was absolutely determined to start working there when I turned 16, so I did. That seasonal job eventually turned into a career for awhile. Yes, there were a few years where that magic was tarnished, but it once again holds a special place for me. I am now a season pass holder again and come Haunt time, I plan on returning for my 20th season of employment at the park.

Already posted and being discussed here: http://www.KICentral...ndpost&p=415689

^Excellent call with the tumblebug aspect of the argument! I wish I had thought of that. I used to love the two (adult & kiddie) that KI used to have. A few of us from KIC got a ride in on Stricker's kiddie one last year, The Turtles. That was my first ride on one in quite a while!