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Great job Dare-To-Fly, I highly enjoyed it! Saw a couple of familiar faces in the video! Little over a week now gang, can't wait!

Never understood why there wasn't a sign along I-77 for Carowinds similar to ours. The area around that park has built up over the last few years, with the Cabela's store under construction when I was there in July 2014. April 2015, the store was open for about a month at that point. I'd hate to see what traffic looks like during a busy weekend at the park with Cabela's being there using Avenue of the Carolinas. I miss our old sign. Pretty sure Kings Dominion's sign is the original one from 1975. Ours lasted 30 years until being knocked down by straight-line winds.

Father and Son could run The Walt Disney Company! Father has 40 plus years at Cedar Point! "People Gotta Eat!" because "I'm an Operations guy, not a Finance guy!" At least they could be getting Michael Eisner back...

I'm thinking an LED sign that can display messages, similar to our marquee that got upgraded a few years back. Surprising that there's no LED sign on the new tolls.

Per Greg Scheid's Twitter account, @KIGMGREG. Looking good! Less than two weeks now until the second most important Opening Day in Cincinnati! Has it been announced how many passholder lanes there will be and if these (I would think) would be automated?

Last year...went to Carowinds the first weekend in April to ride Fury 325 and lost my pass. Got a replacement at Kings Island a couple of weeks later. Because I used it at Carowinds before KI, even though purchased from KI, it switched my home park down to Carowinds. Took a couple of minutes for them to get it straightened out. Has this happened to anyone else? See my previous post in this thread.Thank you!

Kings Dominion is a good park. Have to say that Dominator, Volcano, and I-305 are my favorites there. Kinda surprising that I-305 didn't have a wait most of the day. I spent 1 1/2 days in the park over the Fourth of July weekend a few years ago. Longest wait I encountered was 30 minutes at night. The Sunday of that weekend (July 6) it was a walk on and I was able to get 6 or 7 rides in a short amount of time. Thanks for sharing!

Last year...went to Carowinds the first weekend in April to ride Fury 325 and lost my pass. Got a replacement at Kings Island a couple of weeks later. Because I used it at Carowinds before KI, even though purchased from KI, it switched my home park down to Carowinds. Took a couple of minutes for them to get it straightened out. Has this happened to anyone else?

Meetup thread here, gang. http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/31877-season-passholder-preview-friday-april-15th-from-5-10pm/#entry718054

Half day was requested back in January for this and it's been approved! See you two weeks from Friday!

Well you can always cut over to Colerain since Putz's is over off the Montana Avenue exit on I-74 and head up from there! I-74 west to Miamitown exit is a straight shot to Stricker's also!

We'll see you then! And I've never had Putz's Creamy Whip. Definitely will have to check that out sometime. Hopefully no rain like the last time we met up!

I may hit Stricker's up again on July 14th. Looks like the shortest route from KI to Stricker's is to take I-71 south to I-275 and head west to Colerain Avenue, exit 33. Then north on US 27 to State Route 128, then west from there a couple of miles. In total...29.8 miles from the park.

Do it. We got Saturday also and the park is closed (as I've seen in the past) the Sunday of opening weekend. It's only 8 or 9 hours from DC to Cincinnati!

Not sure if mentioned already but per KI's website...season passholder preview night. Friday April 15th from 5pm-10pm. https://www.visitkingsisland.com/events/things-to-do/events-and-promotions/Gold-and-Platinum-Pass-Exclusive-Preview-Night EDIT: I see that a separate thread for this has already been created. Carry on...

Flight of the Son of Beasthawk or FOTSOB for short. Sorry I had to.

It's well worth it. A lot of classic rides, plus two roller coasters (Teddy Bear and Tornado) I visited for the first time in 2014 and I highly recommend it.

^ I thought that as well when the announcement was made that Shockwave was no longer. Tear down one of the roughest wooden coasters I've ever ridden or the oldest un-modified stand up coaster still in existence? The former was my decision. I'd like to know specifically what they mean by "extensive rehab"

Per KD Golden Years on Facebook, Hurler will not operate for the 2016 season.

It took so long according to her that the ride itself shut down and had to be reset.

No upcharge according to the poster (mutual friends with IBEW_Sparky and me) and not required. Speaking to her in the group chat now.

My vote was for Invadr. Good to see a GCI being built instead of an RMC for once!

The other night, I saw the episode of "The Partridge Family" set at Kings Island for the first time. A lot of scenes that I saw were filmed at the Kings Island Resort. Did not know Johnny Bench had a cameo as a waiter. Any updated pictures of the demolition itself?

I've registered for the event and the 1:00pm Beast tour.

I recommend any coaster or theme park enthusiast to check out this documentary as it was very informative. I highly enjoyed it. Did not know Dana Morgan's father was one of the founders of Arrow Development.