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Must have been quite an eventful night last night...8 new pages of posts since I went to bed. Can't wait til someone gets pictures and see exactly what's going on. HTCO has me interested.

Have no idea what this could mean for the new attraction. Don is throwing us for a loop, pun intended. On the other hand, I see comedy gold for the 1 sentence story thread!

Don, you gotta be getting a kick out of this thread!

Thanks for the trip report and I look forward to the next part. I've never been to KD but hope to at least check it out sometime. I'm on the fence next year about finally getting a Platinum Pass. I'm really wanting to go up to Cedar Point for the first time.

I don't know but for some reason I'm thinking it may be a dive machine...just a vibe I'm getting from stuff that I saw before

Sad to hear this and hope they can recover from it. I passed through Huntington on my way to Beckley for a funeral a couple of weeks ago and remembered seeing signs for it on I-64. Didn't realize until I checked back in on here exactly what the place was.

Majority of the time I use my Asus laptop (Windows 7 Ultimate with Intel Core i3) but I've started using my Galaxy Note 2 to browse also. Also have an old dinosaur desktop, Dell Dimension 3000 running XP Professional with Pentium 4. Got it for my 18th birthday and just turned 26 two weeks ago...

Welcome to KICentral! Thank you for sharing your experience with us!

Also a good name...Girlfriend of Manti Te'o! Andrew, waiting for produce to be thrown...

Don't worry! Us adults don't bite...much

"Slip Daddy some cash and the Showcase Showdown wheel lands wherever you want..."- Bob Barker And Terpy, thongs? I like where this is going!

Could very well be a possibility. Last week I saw 3 or 4 shipping containers outside. That track and the containers that went along with it may have been destined for Heide Park.

Thursday update: Still no track sitting outside CSF in Batavia, other than the green defective piece mentioned already in this thread. I'm out that way every Thursday if you all want me to still check in to see if anything is laying about...

KIC 10th Birthday Bash at Kings Island September 8th! Featuring appearances by Gordon Bombay himself, Mr. Emilio Estevez and former Reds player David Weathers. Afterparty at The Cincinnati Gardens. Refreshments provided by RC. Sponsored by Waffle House and Ryan and Ronny's Nice, Sit Down Restaurant! BoddaH1994 (Ryan) and Gordon Bombay (Ronny) would have wanted it that way...

EDIT: Double post. Still getting the hang of the mobile site.

I'll be there. Hoping a Flight of Fear, Beast and sign shop tour are on the plate. My buddy is wanting to check it out sometime.

Hasn't that lone piece of track been sitting outside for awhile now?

From Facebook, highly unlikely it's what we're after but I thought I'd share anyways Please be advised that there will be a very heart-warming announcement late tonight from KICentral. @kingsislandpr ‪#‎midnight‬

Was going to add this several hours back but I had to go out to my Dad's in Brown County to feed the dogs (they went to EnterTRAINment Junction and loved it!) and swung past CSF on the way there, no new track outside from what I saw but there are 3 or 4 shipping containers outside of the shop itself.

I kid, I kid. I'm sorry that the post upset you. All in good fun.

Mustang at Kings Island...a ride so good we'll have to have mechanics in the station at all times. Andrew, taking a stab at Ford. I sure hope it wouldn't be called Mustang. That ride would be awfully slow

The only nearby airport I can think of would be Warren County, then again go 1 1/2 miles west of the park on Western Row and you'll find WLW's big 700ft+ tower

I've never tried playing any of the games that Kings Island has to offer. Want to add this since it involves games of skill...I was at a Denny's down in Kissimmee, Florida about 10 years ago with my family. They had one of those claw games in the corner. My stepdad played a couple dollars worth and lost 3/4 of the time. We were approached by an older gentleman who gave us the valuable advice to shake the machine when the claw engages the prize. Watched him almost empty out that machine!

Might be made up, hard to say, ala Richard from Indian Hill or Nick from Loveland that calls into WLW.

Trip Report 7-4 With rain for all of the morning and afternoon, what better time to visit the park? Much like Monday's visit, the park was dead! I arrived around 3pm or so and headed towards The Beast for the first ride of the day. Got in 7 rides total on Wednesday on The Beast, of which 5 were in a steady shower. It made for a painful ride, but a unique experience and my first ever rain rides on The Beast! The other two rides were day rides sans rain. After these rides I headed over towards Diamondback and took in 7 laps, mainly towards the front of the train. Left around 8pm or so. Station waits or 1 to 2 trains at the most for all rides. Diamondback: 7 laps (season total: 7, all-time total: 85) The Beast: 7 laps (season total: 11, all-time total: 37) Trip Report 7-6 Much like Wednesday's trip, with all of the rain plus watching the webcam to see exactly how the park was looking, I decided to head out to the park during the late afternoon. Arrived around 5pm and the park was not packed at all. First ride of the day was The Beast. 2 laps (one in second to last row, one in the middle) on it before it going down, and was closed for quite sometime due to the supposed power surge as well. 1 to 2 train wait at the most for both rides. Headed to Diamondback and got in 2 laps, both towards the front of the train. Amazing as always. It was right after I got off Diamondback that the power surge occurred resulting in the train I just got off of being stuck halfway to 3/4 of the way up the lift. It sat there for around 15-20 minutes before everything resuming as normal. Headed over to The Beast right after Diamondback started back up and it was still down. Sat there and relaxed for a good 15 minutes looking at my phone and waited to see if it was going to open up in the next few minutes. It was during this time that a bird found it necessary for the 2nd time in a week to pick me as their "dumping ground". First at a funeral in Beckley, WV and now here at Kings Island! With the front of my shirt covered in bird $h!t I headed towards the front gate, picked up a Diamondback t-shirt and a license plate frame from ThrillSeekers, $25 for both and was the first time I've ever bought merchandise, save for ride pictures at the park. Around 7:15pm, I headed out to my apartment in Eastgate (to change) and grabbed a bite to eat at Rally's in nearby Milford on the way back. Returned around 9:15pm and grabbed a night ride on The Beast, 15 minute wait for this. After this, headed to Diamondback where I got in 13, yes 13 rides between 10pm and close. It was that dead! First night of the second half on Diamondback was right as the fireworks were getting started and my last ride, coincidentally my 100th ride on Diamondback, was the 2nd to last train of the evening. Pretty good night if I do say so myself! Diamondback: 15 laps (season total: 23, all-time total: 100) The Beast: 3 laps (season total: 14, all-time total: 40) Thanks for reading!