Justin_M17

I'd like to but I don't have a credit card to buy the ticket with. I'll most likely be in the park though

I wouldn't trust them. I'd just used the automated kiosks to the right of the sales windows, I think you get two one-day tickets for the price of one.

Don't think of me as trying to ruin your fun or anything, but is it really all that important to try and guess the new coaster's name? Personally I don't care what they name it as long as it goes fast and/or turns me upside down quite a few times

I hope I can get a ticket for this! But I doubt I'll manage it, even if I get my job I probably won't start getting paychecks before all the tickets are sold out

Very impressive. There's no way I would recognize a "Drowning child" that fast with that wave pool being as full as it is when I go there. Hats off to the lifeguards

Wow...very inspirational. That got me thinking...If you were going to die soon, would you really want to know? I really do wish the best for his kids, I don't know how it's like to grow up without a father, but I know what it's like to grow up with one that is almost never around.

I vividly remember the last time I did this. I was laying in one of the chairs by the wave pool listening to Hotel California by The Eagles and I fell asleep. I woke up two hours later (My brother had seen fit to let me sleep and leave the water park for the main park) burnt so severely I could hardly stand to move.

I've changed my first ride of the day preference. When I first made this thread, Drop Tower scared the crap out of me, but now I ALWAYS begin my day with it There is no better way to wake up in the morning than taking a 200+ foot plunge

Personally I don't consider a trip to KI "Complete" without at very least two rides on The Vortex. If they remove it I don't see myself going back anytime soon unless this new coaster lives up to all the hype it's creating.

I wish they'd play some of the music from the bands in my sig but somehow I just don't see that happening... *Sigh*

I had a similar feeling on SOB yesterday. NEVER riding in the back car again.

The Beach Boys making a weird noise? That IS singing. Terpy, never a fan....that was his parents' music, or so he'd like to think... I agree.

How much time do you really take out of your day to observe security? I wonder how many park rules would be broken if you were one of the handful of guards trying to make tens of thousands of people follow each rule? Some people don't follow rules no matter what security is there. When was the last time you heard a child was abducted from Kings Island, a rape, murder, major assault, robery, or any other major felony happened at the park? That is the things I am concerned about and if you take in consideration, you may change your statement. You'd be concerned if it had been your stuff stolen out of your locker.

I like it when the guys at The Racers do that It makes waiting in line for the back seat a bit more enjoyable when I get to see people chicken out and wait by the exit for their friends, or people having looks of sheer horror on their faces as they get into the car.

Without doubt. I had never set food in KI prior to Opening Day 2008. It'd be cool to ride all the rides I missed out on

He was still scared, actually more scared. And he still talks to me, lol. We went to Old Town (Kissimee Florida) and rode Slingshot. He saw the signs saying how fast it was, and how tall (i think it's actually the tallest at 365ft.) and we told him that it is also just an illusion! He rode it! We got it on tape, it is so funny! You are most certainly cruel, sir. It's funny because I would do the same thing. Hey! That's my line

I really like this pic. Evidently I'm not the only person who straightens my legs out from fear of them hitting those blue poles Sounds like you had a fun trip though. But this heat is making for alot of troublesome trips to KI. Troublesome, but fun nonetheless

That sounds about right! I seem to recall the costs for a small soft drink coming in somewhere around $.03 when I was still there back in 2001. That included the liquid, ice, and cup. I have not been to the park yet this year, but I heard earlier this year that CF was going to install digital menu boards at food locations, and that the retail price of food and drinks was to be adjusted regurlarly based upon the hourly alpha. Can anyone confirm if this is or is not happening? I for one would not be too happy if I paid say $3.00 for a drink at noon , but then had to pay $3.50 for the same drink at 7pm because the net had dropped. I kind of understand the concept behind it, but not sure how this would be executed without high guest complaints. I'll hate it if they put those in, but unfortunately there's not a whole lot we can do about it. You can't just get tens of thousands of people to boycott Kings Island. And there's an even smaller chance of people not buying drinks on a hot summer day. It's all a case of Elastic/Inelastic demand. Mental note: Thank my economics teacher.

It seems to be on the ground, but the picture is too blurry for me to be sure.

I suppose it's possible, but not very likely. I called the park about it and they told me to call and file a report with the police if I was interested in getting my stuff back, but apart from that there's nothing they can do.

I agree. It wouldn't hurt KI to add a few more songs or completely replace the soundtrack every week or two. But then again, I never stay in the water park for more than the half-hour that gold pass holders are allowed in early anyway so it doesn't really get on my nerves that much. I just hope that I can hear some of the Beach Boys and Bryan Adams tunes

I went to KI on Friday with my girlfriend and her two brothers. After a visit to Boomerang Bay we changed back into our dry clothes and put our wet stuff into the backpack and locked it up at the lockers outside of FoF and Firehawk, This was around Noon. We come back at 9:30 to find out that our locker is unlocked and our stuff is missing. It's not like we lost anything valuble, all we had in there was clothes, but surely if someone would have noticed a person breaking into a locked locker? A serious blow to my faith in the security staff at Kings Island.

I love Summer of '69 and Girls on the Beach. Other than that I'm not a big fan of the soundtrack. They do occasionally play Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet though. Or maybe that was just coming from one of the shops

I've never been to Carowinds, but after seeing the things that tend to happen there I'm starting to think that's a good thing. They really need to bump up their security. Maybe hire some more guards and re-train the old ones with the new ones. I know that it's going to put a dent in their budget, but my guess is if that something isn't done quick they're not going to have to worry about it.

Okay, trip report #3 from Justin! This time I went along with my girlfriend and her two brothers. I'll skip the pre-arrival antics and pick up from the time we passed the front gate onto I-street. It's also worth mentioning that this is their first time to Kings Island (I tend to take alot of first-timers...) We walked through the front gate as the National Anthem was playing over the loudspeaker. We ran as fast as we could to the entrance to FoF. I always love taking people for their first ride on this, especially if we're the first ride of the day and they didn't see the test runs. We fill up the back car and the ops send us without waiting for anybody else, which was a real surprise to me. The ride shot forward, my girlfriend screamed and one of her brothers screamed "HOLY S***!!" which naturally put a huge smile on my face. The other brother seemed slightly queasy so I'm guessing he thought it would be best for him to keep his mouth shut. After FoF they decided to revoke my ride-choosing privleges (Spelling?) and went for a ride that would calm them down. With them checking the park map numerous times, we arrived at the Zephyr. We sat and spun around on that a couple times and they decided that they would ride the park's "Landmark Rides" which means, The Beast, Vortex, and SoB. After our ride on The Beast it was time to break out the aspirin. I love that coaster but I hate how it beats you up so bad riding in the back car. They wanted to ride in the front seat on Vortex but I convinced them that it was a much better experience in the back of the train, and most people who've ridden both the front and back will agree with me. After buying our photo and some T-shirts from Vortex we hurried to SoB. Surprisingly the wait wasn't as bad as it usually is. That's the benefit of going during the work week, I guess. After seeing the lift hill one of the brothers (The eldest of the two) started having second thoughts. He asked me "Da** Justin, how can you ride all of these things? They're scaring the living hell outta me" I lift up my left sleeve and reply with a simple answer: "Jeff, I don't have Carpe Diem tattooed here for nothing" He didn't know what Carpe Diem meant, so I explained it to him and after hearing the reasoning behind it he agreed to get on the coaster. We got into the front seat this time, for his sake. We all had a good time discussing the view from the midpoint of the lift hill up to the peak of it, and then it was time for the screaming to begin. I really don't like when people scream on rides but it's something I've bad to get used to. After SoB I decided that I would show them the rest of Action Zone since we were already up there. We all went onto Top Gu...Erm...Flight Deck and had a good time. After getting off of that one me and Jenn (Girlfriend) were still ready for more, but her brothers looked like they were ready to call it quits for awhile. So we all walked to the Drop Tower. Her brothers saw it fall and decided that it was best that they skipped this one, but me and Jenn ran into the line. This was both of our first rides on Drop Tower (Up until yesterday this was the only ride at KI that I hadn't been on except a couple of the rides in Nick-U because I'm too tall for them. I hate the feeling you get when falling straight down) So needless to say we were both slightly nervous. We took off our sandals and got in the seats we were told to get into, and as the ride started to spin and rise Jenn got slightly scared. "Justin, I'm spinning. The ride is spinning. Are we supposed to be spinning?" (Said inside of about 7 seconds) I told her to calm down and that we were supposed to spin during the ascent. Once we got to the top she looked out at the GWL and said something along the lines of:"Wow, the view is really nice from up HEEEEEEERRRRRREEEE!" and then we got off the ride. She needed a bit of time to calm herself after that one. But after she felt okay again we went over to Invertigo. We sat in one of the middle sections so we could face eachother as we rode the ride. Me and Jenn were going backwards first. It was my first time going backwards first so it was a pretty fun ride. Next up on the list: Delirium Joe and Jeff chickened out when we were standing in line and they saw just how high it swings. So they went out onto one of the benches to listen as their big sister screamed herself hoarse Going on this ride is a ton of fun, but it always scares me. As we swing over the overhang thing with the ride name over it, I'm always scared I'm going to hit my legs on the blue rods that go up from the name. I tuck my legs up every time >.< After all this excitement it was time for lunch. We all agreed on a stop at the festhaus so we could eat in air conditioning (It was extremely hot yesterday). So we got a pepperoni pizza and some Cokes (Which is hardly enough to feed four people, but we got some food in our bellies) and that seemed to be just what the two brothers needed. They were ready to go back to AZ and ride the rides they had missed out on, and I was ready to go with them, but the early-onset maternal instincts in my girlfriend kicked in and we were told that we were only allowed to ride calm rides for the next half hour. So we went out of festhaus and did Viking Fury, then walked into Coney Mall and did The Monster and The Scrambler, and then finished up our calm ride streak with Shake, Rattle & Roll. Then we decided that it was time for a visit to Boomerang Bay. We walked to the train and rode that into the waterpark. We stopped outside of the restrooms and I opened up the backpack and handed everyone their swimsuits and we went to get changed. When everyone was done I got all of our clothes and put them into the backpack, it was a tight fit but it worked out. We tried to go to the wave pool to get some chairs but they were all taken, so we walked back up near the kiddie pool and (After much trouble on my part extracting our towels from the backpack) laid them out in the grass and set the pack down. None of us felt like standing in line for the slides right yet, since it was such a hot day. But we got into the lazy river and floated around that twice. When we got out we felt that we had finally beaten the hot weather and decided it was time for some slides. We got on the two that were just left of the river entrance. (I don't know the names of any of the rides at BB, sorry) and we had a blast riding them Even though I couldn't breathe going down one of them. After about an hour swimming in the wave pool it was time to head back to the main park. We were all pretty badly sunburnt, Jenn more than anyone else (I guess that's the price women pay for wearing those skimpy little bikinis...MWAHAHA! ) The rest of the day was pretty boring. We did The Cypt a couple of times, I finally got them onto Firehawk which they loved and wanted to go on again, but by the time we were done it was an hour and a half wait. So after another ride on FoF we went home and played Monopoly XD It was a really fun day. I look forward to taking them back in a couple weeks. Sorry for not having pictures, none of us have a camera so there's not much we can do about it.