Hoeter

Check this out. http://clermontauditor.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=faba2e070a30404897820d1a9b54ba5e&webmap=424ea4b509b042ceb50dbc9774fa73a4 Comparison between 1972 in Clermont County and present day. East Fork was built around that time, I believe.

Interesting. My grandparents owned a house over off of Twin Bridges Rd. in nearby Williamsburg. The State of Ohio bought their house (and many others around it), flooded the area, and the area as we know it is East Fork Lake today. From what I was told, very few (if any) of those houses were demolished Sorry to get off topic for a minute, but I wanted to add this to the conversation.

It is but there's an entrance a few miles to the east.

Falling trees... http://www.agri.ohio.gov/topnews/asianbeetle/ Affects Bethel as I mentioned earlier on but also affects East Fork State Park, which is a couple miles east of CSF.

"There's a lot more than corn in Indiana..." Same goes for Batavia. Hoeter, lifelong resident of Clermont County.

I will be there. 1pm Beast tour.

Definitely sad to see this go. The Sorcerer's Hat and Mickey's wand on Spaceship Earth generated a much different feeling...

I'e thought about it. Is that something you guys want? I have my own personal one, so I imagine you can't be logged into two, right? Looks like you'd have to log out of your personal one and into the KIC one should you create it. Did a Google search and didn't come up with anything where the official app supports it. Looks like there may be third party solutions to this, though.

I'm surprised the FAA allowed Kentucky Kingdom to do it. I remember last year Cedar Point filed for Valravn and got denied. Eventually it was approved, I believe, after appealing it. Of course I don't know how far away Cedar Point is from an airport.

Isn't the airport on the other side of I-264 opposite Kentucky Exposition Center and Kentucky Kingdom? Used to go down to the Mid-America Trucking Show the last weekend of March at KFEC every year with some buddies. Been several years since. Last time was when Chang (now Green Lantern at NJFTP) was still standing. That's how long it's been since I've been to Louisville.

I recommend front row on El Toro. I have never had such insane ejector airtime in my life. The NoChickens thought I was going to fly out of my seat!

Park doesn't look busy at all. Diamondback looks to be a 10 or 15 minute wait per the webcam (http://pixelcaster.com/live/kingsisland/Diamondback.html) Banshee looks to possibly be down right now (http://pixelcaster.com/live/kingsisland/Banshee.html)

Whatever it is, I'm sure people will complain that Kings Island didn't get something else. I heard numerous people complaining at Banshee's announcement that we weren't getting a wing coaster or a giga coaster instead. Be thankful they are investing tens of millions of dollars in new attractions into the park. If you want to ride a wing coaster or a giga coaster that bad before Kings Island gets one, Sandusky is only 200 miles north.

Don has worn many hats at the park in previous seasons. A couple of seasons back, I believe he worked at The Beast and The Racer for a day or two.

Someone mentioned the structure at the new entrance previously, I believe but I forgot all about it until I got to the park last night. All signage has been taken off and there are cans of paint and scaffolding behind the structure. Personally, I think it looks fine the way it is!

Thank you for sharing tjpavlik! Six Flags Great Adventure is one of the most beautiful parks I've ever been to. I was there two years ago, didn't ride Kingda Ka, Superman, or Batman but enjoyed all of the other coasters- especially El Toro and Nitro. I need to get back there at some point. The trip I went on in 2014 consisted of this park, Dorney Park, Kings Dominion, Carowinds, and the other Six Flags park in Maryland that needs no introduction. My Six Flags membership saved me a TON of money that weekend. If you plan on hitting up multiple SIX parks in a season I recommend the Combo Gold Pass...https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/store/season-passes

Leaving the park about 11pm tonight (got last train of the night on The Beast) going out the south exit, a car pulls in and is coming straight toward me as I was leaving. Fortunately I was able to get over to prevent an accident. Are two DO NOT ENTER signs on poles (and a sandwich board saying the same) and a NO RIGHT TURN sign next to the traffic signal enough?

I saw this on Facebook and this thread immediately came to mind.

If I'm not mistaken, Jet Express is who was running the tours during Coastermania! in 2014. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

Each of my 3 rides so far this season on Vortex has been in 7-1. Much more intense back there and the first drop is amazing. Still catches me by surprise every time.

I'm looking at the webcam currently and it looks like the front LED lighting by the dive loop is turned on for some reason. I'm seeing flashing red, blue, and green lights. That's what it looks like to me.

This was from a family member years ago. We were watching a TV show or something about Kings Island and they start talking about Don. It showed a picture of him, with hair, back about 30 years ago. Then it cut to a picture of Don as he is today with no hair. Said family member exclaimed "I know how he became bald! It's from riding that Racer thousands and thousands of times!"

I've gotten cups of ice water, gratis, several times this season already. Once on Sunday at Rivertown Larosas and one last Saturday at RHOFG. Another poster on here said they asked for a cup of water and the particular stand wanted to charge $4.13, tax included for it. They're still getting the hang of things but as far as I know it's the same as in seasons past.

Extra nickels means extra FUN!

I rode Shockwave in 2014. Being that I never rode King Cobra while it was at Kings Island, I definitely wanted to experience it. I had heard before my visit that SkyRider at CW was being removed at the end of the season, and didn't think the future looked well for Shockwave. I had to ride it then because I knew I wasn't able to get back to that park for awhile. And I didn't sense your sarcasm earlier. Much easier to tell face to face than behind a computer screen.