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FLORIDA- 10 COASTERS Disney's Animal Kingdom - Primeval Whirl (both sides) Disney's Magic Kingdom - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Goofy's Barnstormer - Space Mountain (both sides) Disney's Hollywood Studios - Rock n' Roller Coaster Universal Studios Florida - Revenge of the Mummy Universal's Islands of Adventure - Dueling Dragons (both Fire and Ice) - The Incredible Hulk OHIO- 11 COASTERS Coney Island - Pepsi Python Kings Island - Adventure Express - Backlot Stunt Coaster - The Beast - Fairly Odd Coaster (start laughing) - Firehawk - Flight Deck - Little Bill's Giggle Coaster (start laughing again) - The Racer (both Red and Blue) - Rugrats Runaway Reptar (geez...for the third time, start laughing!) The only coasters at Kings Island I've never ridden: Vortex, Son of Beast, Diamondback, Flight of Fear, and Invertigo. Andrew, who doesn't giggle when a bill coasts into his mailbox. Maybe when it's little...

I must say Angie, green looks good on you.

Just checked the weather forecast for this weekend and it's looking good. (Source: Fox 19 Cincinnati) Friday- Sunny, 83 Degrees Saturday- Sunny, 82 Degrees Sunday- Sunny, 82 Degrees Monday- Mostly Cloudy with a chance of T-Storms, 77 Degrees

^ That sucks that you can't ride any of the wooden coasters. The Beast is the best woodie in the park, especially at night.

I also agree that Flight Deck needs a new paint job. Even if Kings Island is planning on keeping an industrial steel look- at least clean up the rust to make it look better!

^ There's framing for the second story, but it has no roof nor is it an actual usable floor. I saw this in the photo gallery on KIDiamondback.com. The stairs might be for roof access. I could be wrong though.

Thanks for sharing this with us Terpy. It's nice to see that Kings Island is probably one of the only theme parks within 200 miles or so that has really done anything major for this season. Not much is being done because of this economy and I wonder if Cedar Fair had the funds committed for Diamondback before the economy turned sour.

A couple of years ago...you couldn't even get me on a roller coaster. That all changed when I was down at Walt Disney World in 2007 and I went on Rock N' Roller Coaster. That ride was awesome and I haven't hesitated about going on a single roller coaster since. WOO-HOO! POST #100!

Nice PTR/VTR Angie! I've never been to Cedar Point and I'll definately have to check it out when I get the chance.

Nice TR SOB_TOM. It sounds like you and Ryan had a fun time up there. I'll have to check it out when I get the chance.

There really isn't a second story to Larosa's in Rivertown.

This probably answers the question as to why the park was a madhouse on Friday....

Nice TR....I do agree that the helix on The Beast feels much better this year since it was retracked.

^ You're definately right about that. When I went on opening day, there were weeds growing up between the parking spaces and the lines badly need repainted.

Nice PTR....you had some very interesting pictures. I was going to go yesterday but heard it was so crowded. I'm going to try to go Friday, but I'm not sure what the crowds will be like since it's Memorial Day weekend.

That sucks, man. Sorry to hear that but someone did something similar to me on The Beast on opening day. Coming out of the helix and into the brake run, the person two rows up from me thinks it would be cool to hawk a loogie. Said fluid hit me right in the face. I was so ticked.....

Kings Island should definately get a ride like The Incredible Hulk at Universal's Islands of Adventure. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the only launch B&M coaster in existence. 7 inversions, speeds near 70mph. Yeah, Kings Island definately needs something like that.

Here's another one, this time between me and my Mom. We were in Flight Deck's station. Mom: "What year did this ride open?" Me: "1993" Mom: "So they kept The Bat in storage for 9 years?" Me: "No, this isn't The Bat! See how the track is banked?" Mom: "I don't care what you say, this ride is The Bat! I'm not going on this d*mn thing!"

I heard this rumor at the park a long time ago: "The land Vortex sits on is haunted because people died on the ride that used to be here, The Bat."

Thanks for sharing this excellent video with us! Nice to see Coney Island in it's heyday.

I haven't had the chance to experience Diamondback yet. I'm not scared...I'm a little bit intimidated by the size and steepness of the first drop.

Nice PTR Ashley! RWW really looked like a lot of fun and if I wouldn't have had to work this past weekend, I would have been there!

Aaron- glad you enjoyed coming back to Kings Island. I have yet to ride Diamondback and enjoy how you highlight your three rides and your experience in each of those seats.

Skywriter, if it has changed, please whack your friend upside the head for us.

I was going to go today but I texted Danielle (keiko_coaster) about 1:00pm and she said most rides were longer than a 30 minute wait and there were kids galore. Today would've been a perfect day to go weather-wise. I'm off next Friday, and contemplating whether or not I should go as next weekend is Memorial Day Weekend.