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Keep in mind this weekend will include Dollar Days at the park, which may affect crowds. Information on what is offered for $1 can be found here: http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/30114-dollar-days-2014/ With food and drinks that cheap, I would expect that it would dramatically affect attendance. Oh and by the way, welcome to KIC!

I may make an appearance after while. Lunch in Milford with family in from Detroit at 2:30, then possibly Jungle Jim's afterward. Girlfriend is not feeling good so I may go and take care of her, depends on how she feels. One thing is for certain...it is HUMID outside.

Platinum Pass has been renewed for 2015! I renewed with just the pass, not the All-Season Dining Plan. I may decide to add that at a later date. It's a no-brainer. I got my money's worth this year. Trips to Cedar Point, Carowinds, Dorney Park, Kings Dominion, and of course Kings Island. And there will be a trip down to Charlotte in 2015 to ride Fury 325, come Hell or high water...

Fury 325 (from what I've heard it's pronounced three-two-five not three twenty five) looks awesome. When I was at Carowinds in early July the amount of land cleared out next to and behind Hurler was massive. Who's up for a trip in 2015?

I heard one ride op at NJFTP yell "Take Five!" before dispatch. That ride was Runaway Mine Train. Didn't know what it was when I heard it...

When I went on Jokers Jinx over the Fourth of July weekend, I did not see any brakes along the circuit. The ride is pretty much identical to our Flight of Fear, save for the lack of a midcourse brake and that it's outdoors.

Where did you get the font?

Agreed. I don't forsee KI going down the route with a stand-up coaster anytime soon, if ever. Last new B&M installation of a stand-up was Georgia Scorcher at SFoG in 1999. All others since then have been ones relocated within the Six Flags chain which I've both ridden at their new parks, Apocalypse at SFAm (former Iron Wolf at SFGAm) and Green Lantern at NJFTP (former Chang at SFKK). I never got to ride King Cobra when it was at Kings Island, but I did ride Shockwave at Kings Dominion earlier in the month. Safe to say I prefer B&M stand-ups more than TOGO. Stand-Up coasters are still offered by B&M per their website so it could happen, but given the amount of installs I wouldn't hold my breath. Giga...I would love for Kings Island to have one of these. Millennium Force and Intimidator 305 are both in my Top 5, with a slight preference to I-305. I would love for KI to have something identical to Intamin's latter installation, but I'm pretty sure that Cedar Fair and Intamin have already burned bridges permanently- Shoot the Rapids is a good example of why. I haven't been on Leviathan so I'm not sure if it delivers airtime in spades like Diamondback but given my experiences with B&M I would be satisfied with a giga made by them. I wouldn't mind an Intamin Blitz Coaster (Maverick) but again for reasons specified above, I don't think it will ever happen.

I was at Carowinds for the first time ever at the beginning of this month. Look what me, LoraX, Princess Sparkles and company did! We scared him off and we scared all the nickels out of his pockets! Andrew, who just HAD to...

Good article but I'm quite surprised Cedar Point wasn't mentioned more. Magnum XL-200 (1989) was the first coaster to surpass 200 feet and Millennium Force (2000) was the first to surpass 300 feet I'm surprised The Racer didn't get a nod as it was the coaster that re-ignited the coaster boom.

Ride El Toro in the front seat...best airtime I have ever had on a coaster hands down! I need to get back to NJFTP to ride that, Bizarro, Nitro, and (finally) Kingda Ka.

I heard this on CPFansite, not sure how credible it is. Paging Hydra...

Like Devan said, Maggie got a new PLC this past offseason. B&M actually came in from what I heard and was responsible for the new system. From what I've heard, the airtime hills toward the end of the ride are much more tolerable than in years past. Rode it for the first time this year, one of the rides being in 1-1. Very painful. If that statement holds true, I would have left on a stretcher and that's no lie.

Not seeing anything either on my end.

27 years old, Gary Wachs and Taft throw him the keys to Kings Dominion and tell him good luck. One lucky man right there...

Have you been up to Cedar Point since they installed Gatekeeper? It's a huge ride that stands out against the rest of the coasters. Keep in mind that Thunderbird will only have 2 trains, which saved the Koch's a pretty penny as well...

I've been wanting to get to Holiday World for years. I've heard absolutely nothing but good things about The Voyage. Next year I will be there, without a doubt. Ed Hart- ball is in your court, sir

Already being discussed... http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php/topic/29477-66-days-at-sea/

While on the topic of Dennis Spiegel, I was watching "Rollercoaster" right before we went out of town on our weekend trip. Sure enough, he was cast as the GM of Kings Dominion in the movie and IMDB has him credited. He must have been, what, in his 20's when he opened Kings Dominion? He certainly looks like he's in his late 50's/early 60's!

http://data.sphosting.ch/Intamin/Media/Lattice%20Tower/Lattice%20Tower.pdf Some rare pictures here, and I mean rare.

"Ye olde big book of Racer: MCMLXXIII edition, forward written by Ann B. Davis"

I'm interested in hearing about the sign! "The International Showplace dedicated to the biggest Dick in Hollywood." Now, that's excitement!

Ahhh thanks bud. I see what you're saying now. Makes a world of difference!

Well...it's gonna be awhile! 100,000,000 divided by 42 gets me 2,380,952 per year which of course means jack diddly. 1,000,000,000 divided by that number estimates that it will take 420 years for that to happen. The year? 2392.

Chuck Yeager won't be happy to hear this...264 years before he broke the sound barrier.